The central government told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it will implement within six weeks a system to provide financial assistance to rape victims as part of an effort to ensure 'restorati

Raising the issue of law and order in Uttar Pradesh where a spate of rape cases have been reported recently, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that there was no security for the common man in the state which was hampering its development.

Accused of raping a 17-year-old tribal girl from Banda, ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Purshottam Naresh Dwivedi Thursday got his wife Asha Dwivedi to come to his rescue. Short of terming him as "impotent", she said everything to claim he was "innocent." "My husband is 50 years old with acute diabetes and is not capable of committing rape," Asha told a press conference here on Thursday.