New Delhi: A doctor on Saturday told the court trying the December 16, 2012 gang rape case that the injuries suffered by the victim could be caused by the weapons (rods) used in the crime.

"Looking at the nature of the injuries suffered by the victim in her private parts, in my opinion, can be caused by the weapons produced before the court," said the doctor, who was part of the medical team of Safdarjung Hospital where the 23-year-old woman was initially treated.

The woman, who was gang-raped by six men, including a juvenile, in the moving bus and later dumped on the road to die, was...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the unauthorised collection of deposits for chit funds should be curbed in the wake of the Saradha Group defrauding thousands of depositors.

Speaking to reporters at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the prime minister said, "The unauthorised collection of deposits, in exchange for the promise that exorbitant rate of return will be given, is...

New Delhi: The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Saturday, said that the murderous attack on Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh was 'very sad'.

"Yes, it is very sad, some inmates attacked him in jail. I think that is a very sad development," Manmohan Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a function at Rashtrapati Bhawan here.

Sarabjit Singh was admitted to the intensive...

New Delhi: Four family members of Sarabjit Singh were Saturday granted visas to travel to Pakistan to see the critically injured Indian death row convict who was brutally attacked in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail.

With Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh in coma at a Lahore hospital after being fatally assaulted by fellow prisoners, his family members in Punjab said Saturday that they wanted...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday ruled out the resignation of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar.

The prime minister's assertion comes a day after the opposition demanded the law minister's removal for vetting a draft of the CBI probe report on the coal scam, meant only for the Supreme Court.

"There is no question of the law minister resigning... the matter is sub judice," the...

Amritsar: With Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh in coma at a Lahore hospital after being fatally assaulted by fellow prisoners, his family members in Punjab said Saturday that they wanted to leave for Pakistan immediately to take care of him.

Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, who has been spearheading the campaign for his release from Lahore's Kot Lakhpat prison, and his wife and two...

Mumbai: Nandlala Sonavane, a Force One commando shot self in chest allegedly over some personal issues with his fiance. The 25 years old elite force's officer was due to marry on May 12. The incident happened at force headquarter Kalina on Friday morning.

Additional commissioner of police (west region) Vishawas Nangre-Patil said, "He committed suicide due to a personal problem. He left four...

Lahore: Indian prisoner in Pakistan, Sarabjit Singh, who was fatally assaulted by fellow prisoners in a jail here, is in coma and doctors attending him are unable to perform surgery because of internal bleeding caused by a severe head injury.

Sarabjit (49) suffered critical head injuries in the assault. He was attacked by 4-5 prisoners with bricks and plates at the Kot Lakhpat Jail. A separate...

Washington: Miffed over the brief detention of his Urban Development Minister Azam Khan at Boston airport, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav skipped a Harvard University event they had come to participate in.

Instead, UP Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani took the duo's place in a panel discussion on "Harvard without Borders: Mapping the Kumbh Mela" - a Harvard study of the pilgrimage at...

Islamabad: A medical board has been constituted to treat Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh who was admitted to the ICU of Lahore's Jinnah Hospital after a murderous attack on him by fellow prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail on Friday.

"A high-powered medical board has been constituted to treat the patient," said Allama Iqbal Medical College Principal Mahmood Shaukat.

The board includes...