Tag: Swati Maliwal

New Delhi: The Delhi Police today detained nine students of the Banaras Hindu University who were on their way from Jantar Mantar to the prime minister’s official residence to submit a memorandum. The students — eight boys and and a girl — were released later. The Chanakyapuri Police said the girl was asked to to […]

New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that rapists be hanged within six months of their conviction. Laying emphasis on implementation of laws strictly, she demanded that police resources need to be increased and their accountability fixed. “Merely making the law […]

New Delhi: DCW chief Swati Maliwal, who was on a hunger strike to demand capital punishment for rapists within six months of their conviction, was taken to a city hospital after she fell unconscious on Sunday morning. When Maliwal’s condition deteriorated on Saturday night, doctors advised her to go to a hospital, but she refused […]