-The Indian Express Kolkata: Nearly 15 months after she was allegedly Raped by five men after she stepped out of a city hotel and accepted a lift in their car, the 38-year-old woman known as the Park Street Rape victim has decided to make her identity public. "I have been a Rape victim, a Rape survivor. Why should I be ashamed and hide my face? The criminals who Raped me should hide...

-The Times of India KAMDUNI (BARASAT): "Shut up", West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had shouted at Kamduni women on Monday. Her party toughs ensured they did. When TOI visited the village on Tuesday, the roar of a hundred women the previous day had been replaced by a deadening stillness. Branded "CPM supporters" and browbeaten by the CM, the women shut up and shut themselves indoors. On Monday, they had rushed to...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The plan to give tablets, laptops and smart phones to babus as part of the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry's proposal to set up a social media cell has hit a major hurdle with Planning Commission objecting to the scheme. While the plan to buy costly gadgets has raised eyebrows, the proposal to have a separate social media wing, independent of the existing Press Information Bureau...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Was 2012 the most dangerous year for women in the capital in the recent past? One statistic would seem to suggest so: the proportion of Rapes committed by men who were strangers to the victim rose above 2% for the first time in five years to cross 10%. 'Stranger Rape' of the type that occurred in Delhi on December 16 last year tends to form...

-The Times of India LUCKNOW: The news is worrying. Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the most unsafe state for children in the country. The latest report of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) says UP tops the list of crime against children in 2012. The state reported 15.8% of total crime against children cases last year. UP is also ranked second in crime against women. Madhya Pradesh is a close second with...