Delhi court convicts four ex President Bodyguards for Budha Jayanti Park gang rape

October 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's tweet suggesting that Gandhi Jayanti be a working day has sparked off much discussion and debate on the Internet. "Why should Gandhi Jayanti, or for that matter the birth and death anniversary of any leader be a holiday? In all the fuss, the very reason for the holiday is lost.

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil on Thursday greeted the people on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, which will be celebrated tomorrow. In her message from Gandhinagar, where she is currently on a visit to Gujarat, President Patil said: "Gandhi Jayanti is an occasion for all of us to reflect on the life and work of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi." "Whenever I remember Bapuji, particularly on this day, I am always overwhelmed by his leadership, philosophy and values.

August 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi court on Friday sentenced two former members of the President's Bodyguard to life imprisonment in connection with the 2003 Budha Jayanti Park rape case. The court also sentenced two other convicts to ten years each in prison.

August 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi court will pronounce the quantum of sentence to four members of the President's Bodyguard in connection with the Buddha Jayanti Park gang rape case today. On August 17, at the Patiala House Court, Additional Sessions Judge S.K.

July 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 21-year-old Nepali woman, who had come to Delhi a few weeks ago was gang raped by three men in east Delhi, police said Sunday. The woman from Nepal had come to Delhi June 21.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In the second incident of gang rape reported in the capital in as many days, a 22-year-old woman has alleged that she was assaulted by three men in her east Delhi home, police said Wednesday. According to the woman, three men, including her husband's friend, raped her when she was alone at her Bholanath Nagar residence in east Delhi Tuesday evening.

April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil has greeted her countrymen on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, which will be celebrated tomorrow. In her message, President Patil said: "On the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, I extend my greetings and good wishes to all my fellow citizens." "May the message of Lord Mahavir, of love, compassion and peace, guide our conduct and inspire us to follow the path of Ahimsa for good of all humanity,' the President added.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The police Monday said they have made no headway in the killing of a Delhi businessman who was shot dead in the southern Ridge area of the capital Sunday. 'We are investigating the matter and there is nothing as of now that we can tell, as it will be too early to say anything,' Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) S.

January 26th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Five youth from Haryana were convicted by a court here Tuesday for the gang-rape of a young German tourist visiting the city in September last year. Pankaj, Manvir Singh Jolly, Harpreet Singh, Sompal and Sukhwinder Singh, all from well-to-do families from neighbouring Haryana, were charged with rape, kidnapping and criminal intimidation.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The four robbers injured in the daylight shootout with the Delhi Police Monday at a busy south Delhi market are members of an interstate gang, the police said Tuesday. 'The gang was involved in several cases of robbery in Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh,' Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) H.G.S.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to Delhi Police asking it to explain the shootout in south Delhi Monday after which six alleged bank robbers were arrested. Family members of Sonu alias Kuldeep, one of the alleged gangsters who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Scineces (AIIMS) after he received bullet injuries in the shootout near Green Park Extension, sought transfer of the investigation in this case to an independent agency.

January 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A young German woman, who was gang-raped by five youths after being taken on a drive from an upscale hotel here last year, appeared before a local court here for the first time in connection with the case. The victim was driven into the district court complex in Sector 17 here Friday amid tight security.

January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four members of an inter-state gang were arrested Monday for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a Delhi University student last week. The 18-year-old girl, a resident of Noida, was abducted by three car-borne men from Sunday bazaar in Sector 58 police station area Jan 4 when she went with her mother for shopping.

January 10th, 2009 NOIDA - One more suspect was arrested Sunday for the gang rape of a management student in Noida that stunned residents of the Indian capital and surrounding areas earlier this week, the police said. Pushpendra alias Tunia was arrested from his hideout in Garhi Chaukhandi village, the police said.

January 9th, 2009 NOIDA - Two more suspects have been arrested for the gang rape of an MBA student in Noida by 10 men that shocked residents of the Indian capital and surrounding areas earlier this week, police said Saturday. The two teenagers were arrested Friday night during searches conducted on their houses, according to the police.