The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday approved an ordinance on the death penalty for those convicted of raping children below the age of 12.

In another twist to the controversial Unnao rape case, charges under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act are likely to be dropped as a medical report claims that the girl was not minor at the time of rape.

Amid nationwide outrage over sexual violence against young girls, the Cabinet has decided to bring death penalty for raping a minor. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is returning from his five-day UK visit, will be chairing a meeting on Saturday.

A minor girl was first raped and then murdered during her brother's wedding ceremony in Chhattisgarh's Kabirdham. The body of victim girl was recovered from a drain in unscrupulous condition.

Manmohan Singh on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to follow his own advice of speaking more often. He was commenting over the long silence of PM Modi on Unnao and Kathua rape cases.

There is a development in Surat rape incident that took place this month. Surat police on Tuesday said that a man from Andhra Pradesh has alleged to be the father of the minor girl who was raped before being strangulated to death. The police, however, said that they will verify the claims of the man and will conduct a DNA test before coming at a conclusion.

A 15-year-old girl in Delhi approached the police with Rs 5 lakh, the amount that her parents have received to force her to change her statement in gang rape case trial. The surprising fact was that the victim decided to trust the police over her parents.

The trial for Kathua rape and murder began on April 16, 2018. The case is related to brutal gang rape of an eight-year-old, following murder by eight people in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. The court asked to undergo narco tests on the accused. The entire nation is staging protest against the heinous crime. The trail began a day after protests were staged across India by outraged citizens. The next court hearing will be conducted on April 28.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to conduct a Narco test on rape accused Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Kuldeep Singh after his statements were found contradictory in the Unnao rape case.

In his post in Malayalam, Nandakumar had justified the killing of the young victim. He stated that it was good that she was killed otherwise she would have turned into a future human bomb and grown up to be a terrorist.