Hitting back at Sonia Gandhi for her remark that the Modi government has "declared war on its own people", Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Congress president was shedding "crocodile tears" for political gains.
The death countdown has pushed convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case under depression, jail sources told PTI on Friday. Sources revealed all the four convicts have also reduced their food intake.
Pawan Jallad, a hangman at the Meerut prison, said that he is ready to carry out the execution in the Tihar jail of the men convicted of raping and murdering Nirbhaya in 2012.
Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case gathered the nation's attention in 2012 and the furore is still alive. The four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case are nearing execution. Reports also say execution ropes have been prepared to hang the convicts of the Nirbhaya gangrape case. However, collective hanging of the four convicts has posed some challenges before the Tihar jail authorities.
In the Nirbhaya case that took place on December 16, 2012, six persons brutally raped a 23-year-old paramedic in a moving bus. She was accompanied by a friend who was also beaten up and later, both of them were thrown out of the vehicle.
Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old paramedic, was brutally gang-raped on December 16, 2012, inside a running bus by six people in Delhi. The shocking incident left the nation stunned and forced the government to tighten the rape laws.
He said he did not require even pay for his job and claimed he can do the execution effectively. He said four people, sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya case, were awaiting execution.
The court disposed of the PIL after the prison authorities, represented by Delhi government standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra, told the bench that none of the items in the ASJ's report were provided specially to the Chandras as such things were available to all the inmates.
The Congress leader was in the city to take part in the party's poll campaign. "This election in Jharkhand will mark an important turning point -- the BJP on the one side and the secular- progressive parties on the other. Eighty-one members will run the state and I appeal to the people of Jharkhand to remain focused on who will be these 81 people," he said. Urging the people of the state to vote for the opposition alliance, he said the Congress has dented the BJP in Haryana and denied it power in Maharashtra.
"Appoint me as executioner so that Nirbhaya case convicts can be hanged soon and her soul rests in peace," Ravi Kumar, 40, Shimla
Former Union Minister P Chidambaram is a free bird, at least for now. He walked out of Tihar jail Wednesday night after securing bail in the INX-Media corruption case. The Congress stalwart met party president Sonia Gandhi and said that he would address a press conference on Thursday.
INX Media case: The top court observed that Chidambaram should not tamper with the evidence and not influence the witnesses. He should also not give press interviews or make public statements in connection with this case.
The authorities have set up an exclusive green-walled one-room studio inside Central Jail 1 for inmates to hone their craft. It has a huge mirror and a number of music instruments like congo and speakers. Next to the studio runs the Tihar FM station.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday visited former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in Tihar jail, party leaders said.
Chidambaram is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with granting of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to INX Media while he was the Finance Minister.
P. Chidambaram is in Tihar Jail as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing a money laundering case, pertaining to alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to the media group for receiving overseas funds in 2007 when he was the Union Finance Minister.
His father Ajay Chautala, who walked out of Tihar prison in Delhi for two weeks on a furlough, said he feels proud that "Today, I am known in the public as Dushyant's father".
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and scores of Dalit men lodged in the Tihar Jail on Sunday sat on a hunger strike protesting against the jail authorities who allegedly denied them permission to observe Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti.
Finally, some "ghar ka khana" for Chidambaram is on its way. Now that Former Finance Minister has got approval of a Delhi court, Chidambaram will now be able to relish home-cooked food in Tihar jail once daily. The Congress leader has been permitted on grounds of his medical condition.
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has lost 4 kgs in Tihar jail. And, his stay is set to be prolonged as his judicial custody has further been till October 17. This also means that the senior Congress leader will have to spend festivals in Tihar jail.
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