New Delhi: Eight years have passed since the brutal gangrape and murder of Nirbhaya, but the number of crimes against woman refuses to come down. The national capital has witnessed as many as 1,429 cases of rape till October this year. In the same period last year, Delhi had reported 1,884 cases of rape, which went […]
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Nirbhaya’s lawyer to fight case of Hathras victim
Hathras (Uttar Pradesh): Seema Kushwaha, lawyer of the 2012 Delhi rape victim, known as Nirbhaya, will now fight the case of the Hathras victim. Seema tried to meet the victim’s family on Thursday, but was prevented from meeting them by the police. “I will not leave Hathras without meeting the family. They have requested me to […]
Justice prevailed: PM reacts after Nirbhaya killers’ hanging
New Delhi: After the four persons convicted for the gruesome gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in 2012 were hanged in the wee hours of Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that justice has prevailed. Without naming the case, Modi said that ensuring the dignity and safety of women was of utmost importance. […]
‘Happy’ to execute Nirbhaya convicts: Hangman Pawan Jallad
New Delhi: The four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case were hanged to death at Delhi’s Tihar Jail in the wee hours of Friday. Following the execution, hangman Pawan Jallad left for Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut amid tight security arrangements. Following the hanging, Pawan (57) said, “For the first time in my life, I’m […]
Justice delayed, but not denied: Nirbhaya’s mother
New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s mother, who has waited with baited breath to see the day when finally her daughter’s rapists would be hanged, could not contain her satisfaction when the confirmation of hanging of four convicts in the gang rape and murder case came in a little after 5.35 a.m. on Friday. In her first reaction, […]
Justice delivered, Nirbhaya convicts hanged in Tihar Jail
New Delhi: More than seven years after committing the gruesome crime, the four men convicted for the brutal gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapy student in the national capital were hanged in Tihar Jail in the early hours of Friday. The four convicts — Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh and Pawan Gupta — have […]
From bus to gallows: A timeline of events in Nirbhaya case
New Delhi: The brutal gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapy student in December 2012, which shook the conscience of the nation before gathering dust for several years, is going to come to an end in few hours with the hanging of the four convicts in the case. The condemned convicts — Vinay, Akshay, Pawan and […]
Nirbhaya case: HC holds midnight hearing on convicts’ plea
New Delhi: Soon after the trial court did not provide any relief to the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the convicts approached the Delhi High Court late on Thursday night to try and stay their execution scheduled for just a few hours from now. A division bench of […]
Nirbhaya case: Delhi HC pulls up convicts’ lawyer AP Singh
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday pulled up the lawyer representing the death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case for not adhering to prerequisite technicalities before filing the petition. Advocate A.P. Singh moved the High Court challenging the trial court’s order which had declined to stay the execution scheduled for […]
Whole nation has got justice today: Nirbhaya’s mother
New Delhi: Soon after a Delhi court on Thursday paved the way for the hanging of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the victim’s mother Asha Devi said that “this is the moment of justice for the whole country”. Speaking to IANS over the phone, Asha Devi said, […]