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No consensus on death for rapists
Chief Secys, DGPs meet MHA officials, agree on lowering juvenile age from 18 to 16
New Delhi, January 4
Representatives of the Central and state governments on Friday failed to evolve a consensus on death penalty for rape convicts.

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde with Home Secretary RK Singh at the conference of Chief Secretaries and DGPs in New Delhi on Friday. — PTI

Nation: SC notice to Centre on fast-tracking rape cases

Honour killings: SC summons Haryana top cop, two SPs
New Delhi, January 4
The Supreme Court today summoned the Haryana Director General of Police (Law and Order) and the Superintendents of Police of Rohtak and Jind districts in a case relating to checking honour killings of young couples involved in same “gotra” or inter-caste marriages at the instance of khap panchayats.

Punjab clears fast-track court to resolve NRI disputes
Chandigarh, January 4
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced the creation of a fast-track court for ensuring quick settlement of NRI cases.

Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal at the NRI Sammellan in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo

For Omar, 2013 will be crucial
Jammu, January 4
Omar Abdullah, the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, is left with just two more years to accomplish what he had promised to do in six years of his tenure at the start of his innings in January 2009. So far, he has traversed through one crisis after another.

 Omar: People will judge our performance in 2014
 Development claims fail to impress Oppn

Delhi’s shame
‘3 PCR vans came, but none helped us’
Delhi victim’s friend recounts the horror
New Delhi, January 4
The Delhi gang-rape victim’s male friend today broke his silence over what happened on the night of December 16 and criticised the police for its tardy response.

Police accepts alibi of 2 accused into cop’s death
New Delhi, January 4
The Delhi Police has acknowledged the alibi of two of the eight accused arrested for the alleged murder of a constable during the violent clashes at India Gate on December 23. (Details on Nation page)

Cold claims 22 lives in North
7 die in Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh
Death toll mounts to 129
New Delhi, January 4
Intense cold claimed 22 lives in North India today as temperature plummeted to sub-zero levels at many places in the region.

Dense fog engulfs the Ambala railway station on Friday. Photo: Dev Dutt

Flights hit at IGIA
Over 200 trains delayed, 80 cancelled