Tag: india

2018/04/17

The body of a seven-year-old girl who had been raped and strangled was found in India Tuesday, compounding outrage over ...

A protest after the killing of an eight-year-old victim.

Murder of 8-Year-Old in India is Used to Polarize Communities, Normalize Rape Culture

2018/04/17

The rape and murder of an eight-year-old tribal Muslim girl in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has become an issue of ...

Outrage After 8-Year-Old Girl Gang Raped and Killed in India

2018/04/13

Demonstrations were held in New Delhi, and other cities as horrific details emerged of the murder of the 8-year-old Muslim ...

A clash between Kashmiri residents and Indian police

ISIS Scare in Kashmir: Political Games or Reality?

2018/04/06

India's Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and States Police were investigating 75 ...

Police Arrest Indian Editor for Publishing Fake News on Monk

2018/03/30

Indian police have arrested the editor of a website for publishing a fake report that Muslims had attacked a monk ...

Fake News in India Widens Communal Polarization

by Anando Bhakto

2018/03/27

Like in many other countries, there has been a marked proliferation of spurious websites and social media handles in India.

UNICEF: India Leads Global Decline in Child Marriages

2018/03/06

A significant drop in Indian girls being forced into marriage has led a global decline in the number of child ...

Females in India ‘Systematically Exterminated in Gynocide’

2018/04/13

India, the second most populous country in the world, is facing a crisis - a "gynocide" or wrongful killing of ...

Indian Muslims Took to Streets to Protest Against Netanyahu’s Visit

2018/01/15

Indian Muslims took to the streets as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the country with a six-day visit.

Indian Police Probe Reporter After Data Leak Story

2018/01/08

Indian police are probing the reporter behind a story on leaks from a government database containing the personal details of ...

Three Dead, Including Civilian, As Violence Surges in Kashmir

by Staff Writer with AFP

2017/12/19

Indian forces shot dead 2 suspected rebels in Indian-administered Kashmir in clashes that also killed a young woman as the ...

‘At Least We Will Live at Peace’: Families Ask Kashmir to Investigate Unmarked Graves

2017/11/28

Families of people disappeared in disputed Kashmir have asked the Indian government to investigate thousands of uncovered unmarked mass graves.

Life Below: India’s Sewers Can be Deadly for the Men Who Clean them by Hand

2017/11/16

Although banned by the government, manual scavenging continues in India, presenting health hazards and stigma for the workers who clean ...

People walk through the smog in the old quarters of New Delhi

Schools Shut as Toxic Smog Hits Delhi

by Staff Writer with AFP

2017/11/08

NEW DELHI (AFP) – Delhi authorities shut all schools in the Indian capital on Wednesday as pollution hit nearly 30 ...

India: Discarding the Upper-Lower Caste Identities

by Suraj Yengde

2017/11/10

In the Indian caste context, we glorify anti-humanity discourses as the respected "upper castes" and the others as the "lower ...

Cases of Media Intimidation on the Rise in India

2018/02/08

The number of attacks against journalists has been on the rise in India, bringing into the spotlight the question of ...

‘It is Better to Die Here than in Myanmar:’ Rohingya Struggle to Avoid Deportation from India

2017/10/27

Some 40,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in Myanmar and settled in India. Now all of them are at risk ...

Sino-Indian Relations Back on ‘Right Track’ After Months of Tension

by Jinghong Chen

2017/09/06