Surrounded by a group of people, breaking the sombre silence with their muffled sobs, two women are quiet and stoic — one is the mother of Vinay Sharma and the other of Pawan Gupta, two of the four Nirbhaya convicts hanged to death on Friday. Just a few kilometres from Tihar Jail where their sons were executed at 5.30 am, the women sit outside their homes in south Delhi’s slum colony Ravidas Camp, waiting for the bodies of the two young men who were among the six who so brutally raped a 23-year-old woman on December 16, 2012 that she…
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If recent reports are to be believed, Baby Doll singer Kanika Kapoor has been infected with the Coronavirus. The singer returned from London recently. Singer Kanika Kapoor might be infected with Coronavirus. As India battles to curb the number of Covid-19 cases, new claims suggest the Baby Doll singer could be India’s first celebrity to havecontracted the virus. According to a tweet by ABP News Editor Pankaj Jha, she returned from London a few days ago and hid the fact that she was infected with the virus. The singer was reportedlyput up in a lavish hotel in the city and…
As soon as Kamal Nath government collapsed in Madhya Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party has intensified the exercise to form the government. A round of meetings has started from Delhi to Bhopal. A similar meeting took place at the residence of Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Delhi, after which there is speculation about the next Chief Minister of the state. Many BJP leaders including Dharmendra Pradhan and Jyotiraditya Scindia attended the meeting. A strategy was chalked out in this meeting about the formation of the government in Madhya Pradesh. The cabinet formation was also discussed at this meeting. Meanwhile,…
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for “Janata Curfew” and said there is a need for more reinforcement of social distancing. “I welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to solidarity at this challenging time. Will support “Janata Curfew” while conscious that Sunday is the easiest day to try it. Need more reinforcement of social distancing (including suspending Parliament) and specific economic relief measures,” Mr Tharoor tweeted. https://twitter.com/ShashiTharoor/status/1240658550180855808?s=20 “I am seeking one more support from every countrymen today. This is a public curfew. Janata curfew means for the public, curfew imposed by the public on its…
Chief Minister Kamal Nath resigned on Friday ahead of the trust vote in the state Assembly, ending a 15-month-old Congress rule in the state. Kamal Nath’s government lost majority after the resignation on 22 MLAs, who are in support of Jyotiraditya Scindia, who recently moved to the BJP. Before resigning Kamal Nath addressed the media and alleged that it was BJP conspiracy in the state to pull down the elected government. He said that he worked for the development of the state and BJP did not want action against the mafias operating in the state. The outgoing Chief Minister alleged:…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said justice has prevailed after four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a Delhi woman were hanged on Friday. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1240877444850003969?s=20 “I have seen Nirbhaya’s mother’s struggle over the years, though it took time to get justice but it has been done finally. It is also a message to people that you can run away from law but cannot finally avoid it. I’m happy that justice has been done. Nirbhaya case convicts’ hanging is a message for every criminal that one day law will catch up with you” said Smriti Irani Minutes before they…
After a meeting with the group of ministers on Thursday, the government has banned the export of surgical face masks, the textile material that goes into making the masks and covers along with ventilators and respirators as it seeks to ensure adequate supply of the critical materials at a time when the coronavirus count is rising in the country. The ban was notified by the directorate general of foreign trade. While India had banned the export of masks soon after the outbreak due to a surge in exports to China, it later on withdrew the curbs. But by that time…
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath will address a press conference at noon on Friday, hours ahead of the scheduled floor test to prove his majority in the state assembly. Speculations are rife that Kamal Nath might announce his resignation rather than face the floor test during the press conference. These speculations were further boosted after senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh conceded that they ‘did not have the numbers’ to survive the floor test. The floor test for the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh to prove its majority in the Assembly is scheduled for 2.00 pm on Friday. Speaker…
People waiting outside Tihar Jail celebrated and distributed sweets as the clock struck 5.30 a.m. on Friday. Slogans of ‘Nirbhaya zindabad’ and ‘live long Nirbhaya’ were also raised as they learnt about the hanging of the convicts. As the countdown to the hanging of four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case entered its final phase, the crowd loudly did the final countdown; a handful of posters reading “thanks to judiciary” and “the morning of justice” also were propped up outside the Tihar Jail premises. One of them saluted Nirbhaya’s mother keeping the fight alive and making…
Our wait for justice was painful and agonising but we finally got it, Asha Devi, the mother of Nirbhaya said minutes after four of her daughter’s rapists and killers were hanged at Delhi’s Tihar Jail this morning, over seven years after the young medical student was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in the capital. “We will continue our fight for justice for India’s daughters. Our wait for justice was painful and agonising. We finally got justice,” she told reporters. “I hugged my daughter’s photo,” Asha Devi said. “The beasts have been hanged.” Akshay Thakur, 31, Pawan Gupta, 25, Vinay…