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 set to resume essential services

Kolkata, India Reuters Striking junior doctors in India’s West Bengal state agreed to resume essential services, in a partial resumption of medical facilities, but they will continue their strike over the rape and murder of a colleague over a month ago. Medics sit and chant slogans as they attend a protest condemning the rape and […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Modi’s alliance to win big in India election, exit polls project

Firozpur/Kolkata, India Reuters Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance is projected to win a big majority in the general election that concluded on Saturday, TV exit polls said, suggesting it would do better than expected by most analysts. Most exit polls projected the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could win a […]
Internet shutdowns: Are we likely to see more in 2024?

Digital rights groups fear a rise in global internet shutdowns in 2024 could threaten fundamental rights in a super-election year. NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Indian rescuers struggle to reach flood-hit areas where over 100 are missing

Kolkata, India Reuters Indian rescue teams are finding it difficult to reach flood-hit areas in the north-eastern state of Sikkim where more than 140 people are missing because the region is still experiencing bouts of heavy rain, officials said on Saturday. The Lhonak Lake burst its banks on Wednesday after a cloudburst triggered torrential rains […]
Floods in India’s Sikkim state leave 10 dead, 82 missing

Guwahati/New Delhi Reuters At least 10 people were killed in India’s state of Sikkim and 82 others, including 23 army personnel, were missing after heavy rainfall caused the glacial Lhonak lake to overflow, spurring catastrophic flooding in the region on Wednesday, officials said. The north-eastern state received 40.9 mm of rainfall between Tuesday and Wednesday […]