Tag Archives: Society

• Devastating factory fire kills at least 43 in Indian capital 8 December 2019 | Sheikh Saaliq and Ashok Sharma This post has no comments yet

  A fire believed to be caused by an electrical short circuit engulfed a building in India's capital on Sunday where handbags and other items were made by workers earning as little as 2 dollars per day, killing at least 43 people. ...

• Unnao victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze 7 December 2019 | Zeba Siddiqui, Sankalp Phartiyal and Mayank Bhardwaj This post has 4 comments

  A 23-year-old rape victim set on fire by a gang of men, which included her alleged rapists, has died in a New Delhi hospital, prompting protests from opposition leaders who blamed the ruling party. ...

• Indian police kill rape-murder suspects, sparking celebrations 6 December 2019 | Jalees Andrabi and Abhaya Srivastava This post has one comment

  Indian police on Friday shot dead four gang-rape and murder suspects, prompting celebrations but also accusations that they were extrajudicial executions. The men were shot in the early hours during a re-enactment of the crime. ...

• Thousands of animals sacrificed in Nepal Hindu ritual amid outcry 5 December 2019 | Gopal Sharma This post has 2 comments

  Tens of thousands of devout Hindus thronged a temple in southern Nepal where thousands of animals and birds were sacrificed this week, amid an outcry from animal rights activists who said the ritual was a cruel spectacle. ...

• French police clear 600 Tibetan migrants from camp outside Paris 4 December 2019 This post has no comments yet

  French authorities said Tuesday that they removed some 600 asylum-seekers from Tibet from a camp on the edge of a forest outside Paris, which had grown into a rallying point for Tibetans in exile in recent years. ...

• Indians demand justice after woman gang raped and killed 2 December 2019 | Sheikh Saaliq This post has 4 comments

  Hundreds of people gathered in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and other Indian cities on Monday to demand justice in the case of a veterinarian who was gang-raped and killed last week. ...

• Tibetan files case against CTA for denying retirement home 22 November 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

  A retired official of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has filed a case aginst the Department of Home and the Cabinet for denying him retirement home. ...

• Supreme Court gives disputed religious Ayodhya site to Hindus 9 November 2019 | Nigam Prusty, Suchitra Mohanty and Mayank Bhardwaj This post has one comment

  India’s Supreme Court ruled on Saturday in favour of a Hindu group in a long-running battle over a centuries-old religious site also claimed by Muslims, in a verdict that could raise tension ...

• India ramps up security ahead of verdict on Ayodhya 8 November 2019 | Rupam Jain This post has no comments yet

  India has increased security a week before the Supreme Court rules on a disputed religious site that has been fiercely contested by majority Hindus and Muslims for decades, police and home m ...

• Fields of fire drive Delhi’s air quality to unhealthy levels 19 October 2019 | Mayank Bhardwaj and Neha Dasgupta This post has no comments yet

  When it comes to air quality there are few worse places to live on the planet than New Delhi, and driving north out the Indian capital it is easy to see why, as plumes of smoke rise. ...