Don't give Bihar poll tickets to those who committed crimes against women: Nirbhaya Trust to partiesIn a statement, the Trust said political parties without indulging in vote bank politics should choose candidates with clean backgrounds fo...
11 Oct, 2020, 02.43 PM IST
Nirbhaya: SC defers hearing on Centre's plea for separate execution, asks convicts to file repliesA bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna appointed senior advocate Anjana Prakash as amicus curiae on Thursday to rep...
13 Feb, 2020, 01.08 PM IST
Nirbhaya's parents urge HC to expeditiously decide Centre's plea against stay on convicts' executionThe Centre and Delhi government challenged the trial court's order staying the execution. Nirbhaya's parents urged the Delhi High Court to ...
04 Feb, 2020, 07.42 PM IST
Conviction rate for rape only 27.2% even as country celebrates justice in Nirbhaya caseAccording to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 1,56,327 rape cases were on trial in 2018. Of these, trial was completed in 17,313 c...
09 Jan, 2020, 01.57 PM IST
Nirbhaya case convict shifted to Tihar JailPawan Gupta is lodged in Jail No. 2 of Tihar, where two other convicts in the case - Mukesh Singh and Akshay are also lodged, while Vinay S...
10 Dec, 2019, 03.25 PM IST
Supreme Court to examine laws on media reporting in sexual assault casesThe apex court was told that in today's world, parallel media trials were going on even when proceedings of cases were pending before the c...
10 Aug, 2018, 08.00 PM IST
Government exploring ways to stop juvenile joining militancyWith the juvenile convicted for 'Nirbhaya' gangrape and murder set to be free on December 15, the government is exploring ways to prevent h...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.27 PM IST
Centre approves Rs 2,900 crore to make cities safer for womenThe Nirbhaya Fund was set up in the aftermath of the gruesome gangrape and murder of a paramedical student in Delhi in 2012, and aims at im...
01 Mar, 2018, 10.43 PM IST
Budget allocation to women's schemes hiked 4% to Rs 1.21L crThe target of beneficiaries under Ujjwala scheme has been raised to 8 crore; Proposal to lower female EPF contribution to 8% for first thre...
01 Feb, 2018, 08.30 PM IST
Make policy for providing relief for rape victims: Supreme CourtThe bench sought to know what steps were taken on a host of issues to ensure safety of women and hasten conviction in cases involving crime...
27 May, 2016, 01.06 AM IST
Nirbhaya's parents witness Rajya Sabha proceedings on juvenile billParents of the December 2012 gangrape victim today keenly watched deliberations in RS as Minister Maneka Gandhi piloted the Juvenile Justic...
22 Dec, 2015, 03.58 PM IST
Nirbhaya case: DCW chief Swati Maliwal hopes juvenile offender is not released todayDCW chief Swati Maliwal hoped that the juvenile offender in the December 16 gangrape case will not walk free today as scheduled as her plea...
20 Dec, 2015, 01.02 PM IST
Railways dips into Rs 700-cr Nirbhaya Fund to install CCTV cameras in 20,000 coachesRailways has installed CCTV cameras at all major stations as part of an integrated security system for keeping track on its premises.
23 Aug, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
Women still unsafe in Delhi 2 years after December 16 gangrape: AAPNothing has changed even two years after the horrific December 16 gangrape case in Delhi, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said.
16 Dec, 2014, 11.32 PM IST
Government dusts policies it couldn't enforcePost-Nirbhaya, the transport department had declared that all autos would need to get GPS-based meters within three months.
09 Dec, 2014, 12.00 PM IST
15th Lok Sabha: To be remembered as pepper spray houseParliament can’t be proud of the legacy of 15th Lok Sabha, which was an unusually painful chapter in the country’s legislative history, so ...
22 Feb, 2014, 11.45 AM IST
Rs 1,000 crore Nirbhaya fund remains untouchedThe government is yet to shake off its lethargy and has not spent a rupee from the much-touted Rs 1,000-crore Nirbhaya fund.
15 Dec, 2013, 09.41 AM IST