India's fight for women's safety
The death of a 23-year-old girl after she was gang-raped has provoked protests and rare national debate
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Gang rape victim whose assault in New Delhi triggered nationwide protests has died of her injuries in a Singapore hospital Full story at in.reuters.com -
Here are some reactions sourced from Twitter - in.reuters.com
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says deeply saddened by the death and pledges to channel emotions surrounding the case into concrete action. More at in.reuters.com
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Metro stations and major roads leading to central Delhi shut down after death of gang rape victim
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Undertakers and hospital staff carry the body of the rape victim into a van as they leave Mount Elizabeth Hospital for the morgue in Singapore December 29, 2012. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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T.C.A. Raghavan, the Indian High Commissioner to Singapore, told reporters hours after the woman's death that a chartered aircraft would fly her body back to India on Saturday, along with members of her family. The woman's body had earlier been loaded into a van at the hospital and driven away
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A case for the death penalty? This was written before the woman's death but Arnika Thakur argues at blogs.reuters.com that swift and harsh penalties against rapists, including the death penalty, would prevent people from seeing the crime as just one more infraction to overcome.
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A policeman stands guard at a barricade to stop protesters near India Gate in New Delhi December 29, 2012. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Policemen gather at the epicentre of previous protests near India Gate in New Delhi December 29, 2012. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Home Minister Shinde said that rape victim's death will not go in vain
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President of India condoles passing away of 23-year-old girl
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Shinde says other options like London were also considered for further treatment of the victim -
Shifting the victim to Singapore was not a political decision - Shinde
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Pictures - Delhi rape victim shifted out of Singapore hospital reut.rs
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The traffic in the Connaught Place area is moving normally for now
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Most roads around India Gate have been shut; 10 metro stations have also been closed
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Shashi Tharoor on Twitter -- Deeply saddened by the passing of our brave sister in Singapore. She waged a courageous battle for life&galvanized a cause that will not die
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Gang rape victim dies: reactions on Twitter. Read Here
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Sushma Swaraj, senior BJP leader on Twitter -- Her death has shaken the conscience of the nation. We must wake up and make India safe for daughters.
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Sad, disgusted at her death! Those men should be hanged! -
Zee News: Section 144 imposed in New Delhi. Read here -
Narendra Modi on Twitter -- Deeply saddened & distressed by the news of India's braveheart daughter passing away. My deepest condolences with her family.
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Gang rape trial should be over within two months - Ram Jethmalani, Rajya Sabha MP and BJP leader to TV station
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Her soul shall forever stir our hearts, says Amitabh Bachchan: Read here
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Arvind Kejriwal has tweeted -- Condolence meeting at Jantar Mantar at 11 am. Let's all reach there.
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Earlier today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he was deeply saddened by the death of the rape victime and pledged to channel emotions surrounding the case into concrete action
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Sheila Dikshit condoles Delhi braveheart's death, says incident has ashamed her government: Read here
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RT @saikatd: An Air India flight has taken off from New Delhi at 8 am today to get back the 23-year-old. Likely to be back late today. # ...by Annie Banerji via twitter 12/29/2012 5:33:43 AM -
RT @juniorbachchan This is not the country I grew up in as a child, this is not the country I want my daughter to know whilst she grows up! -
10 central Delhi metro stations shut. Only interchange allowed at Rajiv Chowk.
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Victim’s family hope India becomes safer for women, Indian High Commissioner T C A Raghavan said today. Read the story here
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All political parties must include in their agenda the issue of increasing violence against women, CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat tells NDTV.
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No one from Bollywood should attend the poor rape victim's funeral in Delhi. The industry's responsible for degeneration of India's morals.by syedmhaider via twitter 12/29/2012 5:53:52 AM -
Delhi continues to be on high alert after rape victim died in Singapore at 2:15 a.m. IST
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TV channels now showing that people are protesting at Jantar Mantar; the protest however is peaceful
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We'll try and get your pictures from the protest as and when we get them
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Last week, protests at India Gate became violent at one point
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President Pranab Babu condoles death of gangrape victim. Where were you Prez when protesters marched to Rashtrapati gate? #Delhigangrapeby Oneindia via twitter 12/29/2012 6:07:19 AM -
Boycottt The New Year parties till there is no solutions to THIS. INDIANS!! Don't just yell with stupid words. ACT Nirbhayaby geoparadized via twitter 12/29/2012 6:07:56 AM -
Nirbhaya, said "I want to Live". Let's make that the objective of our lives and say "We want to live".by NirbhayShah via twitter 12/29/2012 6:08:01 AM -
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May Her soul rest in Peace ...hav nothing to say..Delhi braveheart passes away ..and the morons are still aliveby aiswaryaa via twitter 12/29/2012 6:09:08 AM -
Silent protests are going on at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi
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The Government should answer for her death! Not the Rapist.... :( -
Why girl shifted to S'pore , she might have dead before shifting, why pranab is expressing his views ? He should first teach family to respect Women. Shame for Shila and his jawani... this is not first case... if she is full of shame she should resign and leave Politics
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