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India hangs 4 over 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape

Mar 20, 2020 - 3:07 PM

'All 4 convicts (were) hanged at 5:30 am,' says the head of the Tihar Jail in the Indian capital

Security personnel stand guard as an ambulance carrying the bodies of four executed men enters Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital in New Delhi on March 20, 2020. India executed four men for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion. Money SHARMA / AFP

U.S. woman alleges gang rape in Indian capital

Dec 04, 2016 - 5:55 PM

The woman says her local tour guide gave her a spiked bottle of water and raped her with 4 other acquaintances inside her hotel room

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India court jails 5 for life for tourist gang rape

Jun 10, 2016 - 7:00 PM

They are convicted of assaulting the 52 year old woman at knifepoint as she returned to her Delhi hotel in 2014

Indian minister says rapes happen 'accidentally'

Jun 08, 2014 - 9:15 PM

The minister Ramsevak Paikra claims he was miqsuoted

NEVER FORGET. Indian students make a sand sculpture to pay homage as they commemorate the first anniversary of the fatal gang rape of the 23-year-old New Delhi student on a moving bus, in Allahabad on December 16, 2013. Photo by AFP/Sanjay Kanojia

Father of gang-raped, murdered India girls demands justice

Jun 01, 2014 - 8:34 PM

We want the same treatment to the accused that they gave to our daughters – they should be hung from a tree said the father of one of two girls who were raped and killed

New Delhi gang rapists sentenced to death

Sep 13, 2013 - 5:25 PM

A judge convicts the men behind a gang rape in New Delhi sentencing them to death

Judge to rule on death sentence for Delhi gang rapists

Sep 13, 2013 - 12:54 PM

4 men will learn Friday if they are to hang for the murder and gang rape of an Indian student

All 4 Delhi gang rape suspects guilty of rape, murder

Sep 10, 2013 - 3:26 PM

Four men were found guilty of gang raping and murdering a student on a New Delhi bus last December

Teenager sentenced to 3 years in Delhi gang-rape case

Aug 31, 2013 - 10:21 PM

The separate trial of the four adult suspects in a fast track court is hearing closing arguments and is expected to wrap up in the next few weeks

GUILTY.  Indian policemen escort the juvenile (C, in pink hood), accused in the December 2012 gang-rape of a student, following his guilty verdict at a court in New Delhi on August 31, 2013. Photo by AFP/RAVEENDRAN

First verdict expected in Delhi gang rape case

Aug 31, 2013 - 3:10 PM

A New Delhi court is expected to hand down its verdict in the case of a teenager accused of taking part in the gang rape of a student which sparked outrage across the country

Mumbai gang-rape victim discharged from hospital

Aug 28, 2013 - 9:24 PM

A young photographer gang raped in Mumbai last week has been discharged from hospital after improving steadily

'STOP THE RAPES' Members from The All India Democratic Students' Organization hold posters as they take part in a protest in Ahmedabad on December 24, 2012, following the gang rape of a student last week in the Indian capital. AFP PHOTO / Sam PANTHAKY

Mumbai police arrest fifth suspect in gang-rape case

Aug 25, 2013 - 7:42 PM

A Mumbai police team arrested the suspect in the capital New Delhi over the brutal attack on the woman as she was taking photographs in India s financial hub with a male colleague

SUSPECT. Indian police on August 24 escort a suspect in the gang-rape of a female photographer in Mumbai. Photo by AFP/Punit Paranjpe

6 men to appear in court over gang rape

Mar 18, 2013 - 3:34 PM

4 will be charged with gang rape the police say

Indian President approves death penalty in some rape cases

Feb 03, 2013 - 11:42 PM

President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the new rape law two days after cabinet ministers recommended changes to improve safety for women

'HANG RAPISTS.' Indian university students shout slogans during protest march in New Delhi on December 31, 2012. The family of an Indian gang-rape victim said they would not rest until her killers are hanged as they spoke of their own pain and trauma over a crime that has united the country in grief. AFP PHOTO/ RAVEENDRAN

Indian panel recommends tougher sex crime sentences

Jan 23, 2013 - 9:25 PM

A government panel reviewing India s sex crime laws after the fatal gang rape of a student in New Delhi proposed tougher jail terms but stopped short of calling for the death sentence

'HANG RAPISTS.' Indian university students shout slogans during protest march in New Delhi on December 31, 2012. The family of an Indian gang-rape victim said they would not rest until her killers are hanged as they spoke of their own pain and trauma over a crime that has united the country in grief. AFP PHOTO/ RAVEENDRAN

Indian gang-rape accused asks for trial to be moved

Jan 20, 2013 - 9:01 AM

One of the six charged in the fatal gang rape of a 23 old student in a bus in New Delhi asked the Supreme Court on Saturday January 19 to shift the trial from the capital saying a fair hearing was impossible

Indian police personnel stand guard outside the district court Saket in New Delhi on January 5, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash SINGH

Prosecution wants India gang-rape accused handcuffed

Jan 14, 2013 - 9:47 PM

The five adults charged with the murder and gang rape of a student in New Delhi are dangerous men and should be handcuffed while in custody

Delhi gang-rape case to be fast-tracked

Jan 10, 2013 - 1:50 PM

The case against five Indian men charged with the gang rape and murder of a student is set to be moved to a fast track court Thursday January 10 after a lawyer said three of the accused would deny the charges

Indian police personnel stand guard outside the district court Saket in New Delhi on January 5, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash SINGH

Two to plead not guilty in Delhi gang-rape

Jan 08, 2013 - 9:24 PM

Nothing has been proven yet said their lawyer

GANG RAPE PROTESTS. Indian activists from the women's wing of the Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) hold placards during a protest against the gang rape and murder of a student in the Indian captial, New Delhi, in Siliguri on January 8, 2013. Five men appeared in court for the first time on January 7, to face charges over the murder and gang-rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi amid chaotic scenes that forced the hearing behind closed doors. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA

India's gang-rape accused in court for first time

Jan 07, 2013 - 8:31 PM

Two of the accused offers to cooperate with prosecutors according to a source

India gang-rape suspects to appear in court

Jan 07, 2013 - 7:50 AM

Five men charged with the brutal gang rape and murder of a student in New Delhi will appear in court for the first time Monday

Indian police personnel stand guard outside the district court Saket in New Delhi on January 5, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash SINGH

Police sue Indian channel over gang-rape interview

Jan 05, 2013 - 2:53 PM

Police sue an Indian channel for an interview with the rape victim s boyfriend saying it violates anonymity laws

India gang-rape victim's family wants killers hanged

Dec 31, 2012 - 8:40 PM

The family of the Indian gang rape victim will not rest until her killers are hanged

Cremation ceremony begins for India gang-rape victim

Dec 30, 2012 - 11:25 AM

Cremation was held immediately after the victim s body was flown back from Singapore where she had died of her injuries

Gang-­rape victim's body back home in grief­-stricken India

Dec 30, 2012 - 7:57 AM

The body of a gang rape victim arrived back in New Delhi on Sunday after her death from sickening injuries in a Singapore hospital as India was engulfed by a mass outpouring of grief and anger

Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore

Dec 29, 2012 - 1:44 PM

An Indian student whose savage gang rape on a bus in New Delhi sparked mass protests across the country dies on December 29 in a Singapore hospital after suffering severe organ failure

Singapore medics battle to save India gang-rape victim

Dec 27, 2012 - 2:53 PM

Medics at Singapore s Mount Elizabeth Hospital say the victim s condition as extremely critical