NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday underlined the importance of expedited justice in cases related to crimes against women, urging the district court judges to prioritise the swift resolution of these cases, stating that prompt justice would enhance women’s sense of security.Speaking at the inaugural session of National Conference of District Judiciary PM…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu for the first time has publicly spoken about her views on the Kolkata incident through an article titled “Women’s Safety: Enough is Enough.”Declaring that “enough is enough,” Murmu stressed upon the urgency of addressing the harmful mindset that views women as “less powerful, less capable, less intelligent,” because of which…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that crimes against women were “unpardonable” and negligence at any level should be “taken to task”. This came in the light of country witnessing widespread protests after rape and murder of a doctor at a Kolkata hospital and sexual assault of two kindergarten girls in Badlapur.“I…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi anguished by the “shameful” crimes against women, took strong exception to recent incidents that have raised serious concerns over women safety across the country. Referring to the latest Badlapur sexual assault, the Congress leader on Wednesday called for prompt justice to the victim and wondered why a FIR…
BENGALURU: A 21-year-old college student was allegedly sexually assaulted by a biker whom she had hitched a ride with for a drop home past Saturday midnight.The alleged incident took place at an isolated spot in Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, HSR Layout, in southeast Bengaluru’s Sector-7. The woman was returning to her accommodation in Chandapura area, off…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court on Wednesday ordered a court-monitored CBI investigation into multiple complaints about crimes against women and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, home of arrested former Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan.Hearing a petition for an inquiry commission led by a retired high court judge, a division bench of Chief Justice T S…
