New Delhi/Siliguri[India], May 5 (ANI): Former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict in the Nirbhaya gangrape case and said the apex court has taken the decision based on several facts.

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The whole country on Friday hailed the Supreme Court verdict in the Nirbhaya gang rape case.

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Thirty-four memorandum of understanding (MoU) MoUs amounting to about Rs 2 lakh crores were signed in the three day India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit that was concluded in New Delhi today.

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Congress party president on Friday Sonia Gandhi welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict to uphold the death sentence of the four convicts involved in the December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya gang-raoe and murder case.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 5 (ANI): The Congress on Friday described the 14 day study tour to Australia, Singapore and New Zealand by the team of Maharashtra ministers highly objectionable and insensitive.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 5 (ANI): The Child Line team members along with state administration and police rescued the sold child and handed over to his biological mother.

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Expressing her lament over the Supreme Court taking a substantive amount of time in upholding the death sentence of the four convicts involved in the gang rape and murder of her daughter almost five years ago, Asha Devi on Friday demanded creation of fast track courts and a law to hang juveniles in such crimes.

Patna/Lucknow (Bihar/Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): Lauding the Supreme Court's verdict in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that though justice was delayed but the decision was good.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): A Lucknow Court on Friday sent ISI agent Aftab Ali on nine-day remand to Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Several politicians took to Twitter on Friday to welcome the Supreme Court's decision to sentence convicts involved in the Nirbhaya rape case to death.

New Delhi [India] May 5 (ANI) : Leaders of various South Asian countries with the exception of Pakistan welcomed the successful launch of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) on Friday, and, agreed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that regional cooperation stood to be enhanced through such endeavours.

Agartala (Tripura)[India], May 5 (ANI): As the news of a tribal mother selling her son for mere Rs. 200 in remote Gandacherra subdivision of Tripura hit the headlines of national and international media, the state government is trying to hush up the entire episode saying that no such incident took place and it is just a propaganda to defame the Communist government.

Pune/New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): As the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the South Asia satellite, space strategist on Friday hailed it as a path breaking and incredible step, while saying that it would invite all the neighbour countries on the same grid.

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Terming it as a rarest of the rare cases, the Supreme Court on Friday said the December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case was a crime that was brutal, barbaric and diabolic in nature.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 5 (ANI): Agartala is gearing up to welcome Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah who will be visiting Left Front-ruled state on May 6.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): Hours after senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav announced the formation of the 'Samajwadi Secular Morcha', former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday pitched for a secular brand politics.

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Terming the successful launch of South Asian Satellite as 'historic', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it opens up new horizons of engagement.

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Flagging the latest statistics on crime against women, where national capital, New Delhi is ranked first, Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday accused the Centre for not putting in place an effective policy to reduce crime against women.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 5 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the Indian Forest Service (IFS) does not only have the responsibility of serving the sector of forestry in the country, but a much larger onus of arresting climate change apart from preservation of bio-diversity and enhancement of forest cover and encouraging forest based livelihood.

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): After the Supreme Court upheld death sentence of four convicts involved in the December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case, Delhi Police claimed on Friday that this judgment would have a demonstrative effect on society.