Amidst widespread demand for the death penalty in cases of rape and brutal sexual assault, the Justice Verma Committee on Wednesday sought a minimum 20 years’ imprisonment for brutal rape cases extend

As the government prepares to bring stringent laws for rape and sexual assault offences, in a first of its kind meet, the Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth on Wednesday has called a meeting of committee of secretaries (CoS) on the growing ‘’sexual crimes against women’’ and review the steps taken by the government after the brutal December 16 gangrape incident in the national capital.

It is not just the confidence building measures with Pakistan that have taken a hit following the escalating tension on the Indo-Pak border after the killing of two Indian soldiers, but cross-border i

The Union ministry of home affairs has received the first inquiry report on the alleged lapses by the Delhi police in its response and handling of the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old woman in the national capital on December 16, 2012.

The Centre has decided to create anti-Naxal ‘’special forces’’ for left-wing extremism affected states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa on the lines of Andhra’s Greyhounds.

India on Tuesday put on hold its move to allow visa on arrival facility for Pakistani senior citizens after tensions escalated on the Indo-Pak border following the brutal killing of Indian soldiers ne

The CRPF has begun an internal inquiry into the Latehar incident where Maoists managed to inflict maximum injuries on CRPF personnel to the extent of planting IEDs inside a dead personnel’s body, besi

Regardless of the government attempting to encourage the girl child, the apathy in registering cases against female foeticide is shocking. While the child sex ratio has dropped to 914 females per 1,000 males in 2011, the lowest since Independence, government statistics show only 132 cases of female foeticide have been registered throughout the country the same year.

Data on female foeticide shared by state governments with the Union home ministry has set off alarm bells within the MHA about the complete neglect of laws governing pre-natal sex determination and implementation of the ban on female foeticide. MHA officials said the crime of female foeticide is much bigger given the decline in the female child sex ratio, which puts a question mark on the figures being reported by state governments.

Despite the rise in infiltration bids at the India-Pakistan border, the government has ruled out putting the liberalised visa agreement with Pakistan on hold.