-PTI Bowing to massive public protests over the gang Rape of a young Delhi girl, the Central government on Saturday announced setting up of a judicial commission to probe the incident and to suggest measures for improving the safety of women and indicated that maximum penalty for Rape could be enhanced to death. Disclosing the series of steps being taken by the government as public protests mounted in the capital, home minister...

-PTI Police fired teargas shells and used water cannons as several hundreds of young students on Saturday marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan for the second day demanding justice for the 23-year-old gan gRape victim. A boy and a girl and a traffic policeman were injured as the police directed water jets and opened a volley of teargas shells that pushed them back a little even as some of the protesters braved the chill...

-DNA Social networking sites are abuzz with the cry of death penalty for the accused of the Delhi gang Rape case. However, the major sections applied in the case, which include 376 (2) (G) (gang Rape), 377 (unnatural sex), 307 (attempt to murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence) read with 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, will attract a maximum punishment of life imprisonment for the accused. The sessions court,...

-Outlook In the backdrop of the brutal Rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in the city, the Indian Women's Press Corps today met Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and demanded systemic and institutional interventions to check the rising crimes against women in the capital. A four-member delegation of the IWPC comprising president T K Rajalakshmi, general secretary Mannika Chopra, vice president Shobhna Jain and senior columnist Neerja Chowdhury met the CM and submitted...

-PTI Majority of women surveyed by Assocham said they feel unsafe, especially during night shifts, in all major economic hubs across the country. Most of them are employed in sectors like BPO/ITeS, hospitality, civil aviation and nursing homes, it said. "About 92 per cent of working women feel insecure, especially during night in all major hubs of economic activities across the country especially in key segments such as BPO/ITeS, hospitality, civil aviation...