New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a PIL for women's safety filed by a former IAS officer. The PIL asks the government to ensure safety for women across the country and set up fast-track court proceedings of all rape cases. The PIL also asks for MLAs or MPs chargesheeted with crimes against women to be suspended. According to a report, two MPs and 42 MLAs are accused of crimes against women including rape. In the aftermath of the brutal Delhi gangrape incident, there has been huge public outcry against political parties giving tickets to tainted men, especially those who have rape charges against them. On Thursday, the ruling Congress expelled a local party leader in the Bodoland area of Assam who had been accused of raping a mother of two. Earlier, the Trinamool Congress suspended its partymen who had been caught on video heckling and throwing money at women dancers at their foundation day party.
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India, US in talks to prepare for PM visit
India and the US are in discussions to plan for PM Manmohan Singh's visit to America in the "near future".
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Delhi: AAP announces shortlisted candidates
Gearing up for its electoral debut in the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced the names of 44 shortlisted candidates for 12 constituencies.
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'Lee was due to come home this weekend'
The family of the British soldier who was beheaded by two armed men outside a military barrack in Woolwich in London have expressed their sorrow and grief.
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Dutt's third stint in Yerawada jail
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has started his 42-month sentence at Pune's Yerawada Central Jail.
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The severe heat wave conditions in Andhra Pradesh have so claimed 84 lives from April 1, officials said.
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US imparting training to Ind students: Pallam
Some prominent US educational institutions are imparting industrial training to students in India claims HRD Minister M Pallam Raju.
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UK soldier beheading: Known facts
Here's a look at the key known facts about the Wednesday attack in south London, when two men hacked another to death near military barracks
