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Singapore, December 28: The 23-year-old Delhi gang rape victim has significant brain injury, infection in lungs and abdomen and she is currently struggling against all odds at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, where her condition continues to be extremely critical, the hospital said on Friday. “Our medical team’s investigations upon her arrival at the hospital on Thursday showed that in addition to her

Kolkata, December 28: After Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee, another politician from West Bengal has made a sexist remark, and this time the target is none other than Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. CPM leader Anisur Rehman made the crude remarks against the CM at a rally at Itahar in North Dinajpur. He reportedly said, "The government promises that it will do well for everyone - girls, farmers and

Chandigarh, December 28: Amid speculations that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra may get clean chit in land deals in Haryana, a high empowered committee of state government has prepared its probe report. Sources said the committee might submit its report on Friday or Monday. The government had asked the committee to submit its report by December 26. The three member committee

New Delhi, December 28: If Nitish Kumar feared that being accosted by Narendra Modi at the NDC meeting would make bad PR for him, the Gujarat strongman was not interested. Fresh from his third victory in the state and seeing himself as a strong PM candidate, Modi kept away from his Bihar counterpart who has not hidden his hostility towards him. It marked a big change from the past when the Gujarat

New Delhi, December 28: Samajwadi Party has asked the Centre to facilitate "Muslim quota", betraying concern that a strident party stamp on minority politics can neutralize its fledgling attempts to bait upper castes and OBCs with 'promotion quota'. SP leader Ramgopal Yadav said, "We will pass a resolution in UP assembly to ask the Centre to amend the Constitution to allow reservation for Muslims

Singapore, Dec 27: The 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim, who was flown in an air ambulance from India early this morning, was in an extremely critical condition at the super specialty Mount Elizabeth Hospital here. A bulletin issued this evening by the hospital said: "As at 7pm (4.30pm IST) the patient remains in an extremely critical condition. She is under treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital

Kolkata, December 27: President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee stoked a major controversy by describing women participating in Delhi protests against gang rape of a student as 'highly dented and painted', triggering angry backlash. Abhijit had said, "Walking in candlelight processions, going to discotheques, we have also led student life, we have been students. I well know what the

New Delhi, December 27: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today walked out of the National Development Council (NDC) meeting here accusing the Centre of "stifling" the voice of Chief Ministers by restricting their speeches to 10 minutes. Coming out of the Vigyan Bhawan, the venue of the meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said it was a "big humiliation" for her to be

New Delhi, December 27: President Pranab Mukherjee‘s son Abhijeet Mukherjee made extremely sexist comments on the protests by students in Delhi against the Delhi gangrape, sparking off a controversy. In an interview to ABP Ananda Abhijeet Mukherjee said, “This is almost like the Pink Revolution. These women who are protesting have no contact with ground reality.” “These pretty women, dented and

New Delhi, December 27: The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has alleged that that at least 45 custodial rapes were reported between 2002 and 2010. In its submission to the Justice Verma Committee set up in the wake of the gruesome rape on December 16 here, the centre said that at least 45 custodial rapes took place between 2002 and 2010 as per the complaints registered by the National Human