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Its my GANGNAM STYLE

Thousands of candles and prayers at sunset for 'India's Daughter'

Courtsey : NDTV New Delhi: At sunset, more than a thousand candles offered a sombre glow at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, the designated location for protests against the death of a young medical student, who was gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi two weeks ago. The student died early this morning at a hospital in Singapore, where she had been flown with her parents on an air ambulance on Wednesday night. The heinous attack on her and a male companion by six drunk men on a bus has aborted a wary resignation of poor security for women and ineffectual laws. Caught off-guard by the scale of public fury, the government has promised to introduce the death penalty for extreme sexual crimes, and fast-track rape cases to ensure verdicts are delivered quickly. Today's demonstrations were peaceful, unlike last weekend, when police used batons, water cannon and teargas in clashes with protesters.  To prevent a repeat, the police sealed all access to India Gate and the surrounding high-security a