NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and the CBI on a petition seeking a judicial inquiry as to how a minor girl who was raped in Banda district was jailed for 33 days in violation of the Juvenile Justice Act.

NEW DELHI - Madhya Pradesh records the highest number of crimes against children and Delhi sits on the fourth spot, reveals National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, pointing to a rise in such cases in India.

NEW DELHI - Exactly 12 years after Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons were burnt to death by a mob of Hindu fanatics in Orissa, the Supreme Court Friday upheld life terms for Dara Singh, alias Ravinder Kumar Pal, who was leading the crowd and his accomplice Mahender Hambram.

BHUBANESWAR - Christians Friday said they accepted the life term handed down to Dara Singh for killing Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in 1999 in Orissa while the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar archbishop said the community had already forgiven him.

BHUBANESWAR - The Supreme Court Friday upheld the life sentence of Dara Singh in the killing of missionary Graham Staines and his sons, exactly 12 years after they were burnt by a Hindu rightwing mob in Orissa's Keonjhar district. A timeline of the case: