Essay: Women in India face daily threat of sexual violence – more needs to be done to break the cycle
Criminologist MADHUMITA PANDEY, in an article first published on The Conversation, says that while some cases make headlines, many don’t, and it’s the everyday threat of sexual violence towards women that needs more attention…
Striking Indian doctors want demands met before returning to work
Kolkata, India Reuters Junior doctors in India’s state of West Bengal vowed on Tuesday to keep up a protest strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor unless their demands were met, flouting a Supreme Court deadline. Hundreds of doctors are demanding better security at hospitals and justice for the woman, found dead […]
Worldwide protests held over Indian trainee medic’s rape and death
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Thousands of diaspora Indians were protesting in more than 130 cities across 25 countries on Sunday, organisers said, to demand justice after last month’s rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a hospital in the city of Kolkata. The protests started in large and small groups across Japan, Australia, Taiwan and […]
Indian protesters block rail lines, halt buses after doctor’s rape, murder
Kolkata, India Reuters Thousands of protesters blocked train tracks, halted buses and shouted slogans in India’s state of West Bengal on Wednesday in the latest demonstration following the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in opposition in the eastern state, called for a […]
India’s top court sets up safety taskforce after doctor’s rape and murder
New Delhi, India Reuters India’s Supreme Court created a hospital safety taskforce on Tuesday to recommend steps to ensure medical workers’ safety, days after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor caused national outrage and protests by junior doctors. The attack on 9th August in the eastern city of Kolkata has triggered demands for […]
India to probe railway collision that killed nine, injured dozens
Kolkata, India Reuters India will launch an investigation on Tuesday into a train collision that killed nine people in the state of West Bengal and injured more than 50, a day after a top railway official blamed the incident on driver error. The death toll was revised down to nine from 15 after Monday’s accident, […]
Train crash in eastern India kills 15, injures dozens
Kolkata, India Reuters A freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India’s West Bengal state on Monday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, police said, in an accident that railway authorities blamed on driver error. Media showed images of the pile-up, with containers from the goods train strewn […]
Millions without power as Cyclone Remal pounds Bangladesh and India
Dhaka, Bangladesh/Kolkata, India Reuters Strong winds and heavy rain pounded the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India as severe cyclone Remal made landfall late on Sunday, leaving millions without electricity after power poles fell and some trees were uprooted by gusty winds. The storm crossed the coastal regions of Bangladesh’s Mongla port and the adjoining […]
Three Indian cities among world’s 10 most polluted after Diwali
New Delhi, India Reuters Two Indian cities joined New Delhi to be among the world’s worst 10 for pollution on Monday morning, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers let loose with firecrackers for Diwali – the annual Hindu festival of light. The capital New Delhi took, as it often does, the […]
At least 207 dead, 900 injured in massive train crash in Odisha, India
Updated: 8:30am (AEST) Bhubaneswar, India Reuters At least 207 people were killed and 900 injured when two passenger trains collided in Odisha on Friday, according to government officials in the eastern Indian state, in India’s deadliest rail accident in over a decade. The death toll is expected to increase, state Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said […]