The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Jammu and Kashmir government's response on a habeas corpus plea in the alleged "custodial torture" of Talib Hussain, a key member in the agitation seeking justice for the Kathua gang rape-murder victim.

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.

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.

Court hearing regarding Kathua rape and murder case will begin today. Deepika Singh Rajawat of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court will fight on behalf of victim’s father Mohammad Akhtar. The entire nation is demanding justice for the eight-year-old girl who was cruelly gang-raped and murdered in the Kathua district of Jammu in January this year. Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal is asking for death penalty for rapists.

The Supreme Court on Friday issued warning to lawyers for preventing the filing of chargesheet in sensational rape-cum-murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu.

Speaking for the first time over the shocking rape-murder of a minor in Jammu and Kashmir and the rape of another minor in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said such incidents have shamed the country and assured that justice will be done and culprits won't be allowed to escape.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will 'gherao' Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence here on Sunday over what it said on Friday was his silence on the rapes in Unnao and Kathua.

As Congress President led a midnight march at India Gate to protest against the incidents of rape in Unnao and Kathua, his sister Priyanka Gandhi was visibly miffed after she got pushed by the unruly crowd.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi led a midnight protest by the party workers at India Gate here against the "slumber" of Narendra Modi government over the rape incidents in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and Uttar Pradesh's Unnao and to seek justice for the victims.

The rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua has triggered communal tension in the state. As a result, most offices and businesses remained closed in Jammu on Wednesday. The J & K police in the chargesheet of Kathua rape and murder of a minor girl have mentioned that the mastermind instigated his juvenile nephew and six others to execute the ghastly act to drive out the nomadic Muslim community of Bakarwals from Hiranagar tehsil.