A Special Court in Pathankot of Punjab on earlier on Monday convicted six out of the seven in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year.
June 10, 2019The eight-year-old nomadic girl, who was kidnapped on January 10 last year, was raped in captivity in a small village temple after having been kept sedated for four days before she was bludgeoned to death.
June 10, 2019Mehbooba said that as chief minister she had visited the families of policemen and bank guards who were killed by terrorists.
January 7, 2019Hussain's cousin had filed a habeas corpus writ petition alleging that Hussain has been kept in illegal detention and being subjected to custodial torture.
August 7, 2018The district and sessions court here today framed charges against seven of the eight accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The eighth accused in the case is a juvenile. The trial in the case began on May 31 with the seven accused being produced before …
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June 7, 2018Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who is ready to release his upcoming multi-starrer action thriller Race 3, chose to speak about the Kathua and Unnao rape cases at the launch of the film’s trailer. Also read: Race 3 trailer: Salman Khan’s ‘family’ is back on track in action-packed thriller At the trailer launch on Tuesday, the actor was asked …
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May 16, 2018The brutal rape and murder case of an eight-year-old in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, led to a nationwide outrage and condemnation of the heinous crimes. The details regarding how the crime was planned and executed continue to shock people. In the latest revelation, it was reported that Sanji Ram, one of the main accused in …
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April 28, 2018When many Bollywood celebrities took to social media to ask for justice for victims of rape cases in Kathua and Unnao, megastar Amitabh Bachchan decided to keep shut and not make any comment. At the song launch of his upcoming film 102 Not Out, Big B, who is the brand ambassador of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign, was asked …
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April 23, 2018Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has finally spoken about the Kathua rape case. The actor finds it “terrible” to even mention about the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir. During the song launch of his upcoming film 102 Not Out on Thursday, Amitabh Bachchan, who is vocal on girl child rights, was …
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April 19, 2018The Jammu High Court Bar Association on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it did not support lawyers’ protest in connection with the Kathua gang-rape and murder case. The Bar Council of India told the court that they have constituted a team, headed by a former high court judge, which will visit Kathua to …
April 19, 2018Actress Alia Bhatt, who has beautiful memories of shooting her upcoming film “Raazi” in Kashmir, says she feels angry and hurt about the barbaric rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. She hopes that justice is served. The actress was present at a song launch for the Kashmir-set …
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April 18, 2018While the arrest of an assistant professor for allegedly trying to lure girl students into prostitution rocked Tamil Nadu, yet another controversy has erupted in Dr. Ambedkar Law University, an affiliated government law college in Coimbatore, after it suspended Priya, a third-year student, for criticising patriarchy when she was debating on Kathua rape case in …
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April 18, 2018Actress Bhumi Pednekar, who has featured in films laced with social messages, says incidents like the rape of an eight-year-old in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, shows people are moving towards animalistic and beast-like mentality. Bhumi spoke to the media at the 20th Beti FLO GR8 Awards 2018 here on Monday night. She said: “The kind …
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April 17, 2018Her eyes keep on staring at me, stirring my conscience, my being. They ask me uncomfortable questions
April 17, 2018A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked the state police to provide adequate security at the observation home where a juvenile accused has been kept.
April 16, 2018The juvenile arrested in the Kathua rape and murder case has moved a bail application before the judicial magistrate, which will be heard later on Monday.
April 16, 2018The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear later in the day a plea by the father of Kathua rape and murder case seeking transfer of trial to Chandigarh from Jammu. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the hearing of the matter to 2 p.m. Dipika Singh Rajawat, lawyer of …
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