West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will introduce a bill in the state assembly within ten days to ensure capital punishment for rap...

Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected adjournment motions on the gang-rape and murder of a young woman veterinarian in Hyderabad but allowed m...

J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has also reiterated that she is determined to bring in the new law awarding capital punishment to child r...

Former Delhi HC Chief Justice AP Shah has said the Delhi government's decision to explore possibility of awarding death sentences to juveni...

Four cases of sexual assaults of minor girls in schools in as many months in Bangalore have led to growing public outrage and protests over...

Rapists should not be hanged. Not on the grounds that 'Boys are boys – they make mistakes' but because the certainty of Capital Punishment ...

Amid the nationwide debate over giving rapists the death penalty, Nobel prize winning economist Amartya Sen is not in favour of capital pun...

The Chief Minister also suggested to enhance the period of punishment from present seven to fourteen years under section 376 (1) and (2) of...

“States have said that the age to consider someone a juvenile should be reduced from 18 to 16 as it was earlier. We are looking into the de...

Congress' draft proposal has suggested life imprisonment extending to the entire life of the rapist and setting up of dedicated fast-track ...

The protesters lit candles and shouted slogans like "We show solidarity with women in India" and "We will stand up for women everywhere".

Congress has been pushed on the backfoot with the death of the 23-year-old gangrape victim and public outrage over the horrific incident.

Emotions ran high in parts of Karnataka following the death of the Delhi gangrape victim with people, particularly women, demanding stringe...

"Minor punishment of seven years jail term will not be adequate for such an act. Existing laws need to be amended to end the menace," Yadav...

Jammu today witnessed protest demonstrations and rallies by school and college children for the third consecutive day.

BJP MP from Aonla, Maneka Gandhi today claimed all party MPs from Uttar Pradesh were against reservation in promotion.

Outrage over the rape of a woman in a moving bus in the Capital on Sunday night took precedence over all issues in Parliament on Tuesday mo...