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3 dead in Indian Kashmir protests after man hanged
Three young people have died in violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir despite a curfew that continued for a third day Monday following the execution ...
India hangs man for 2001 attack on Parliament
A Kashmiri man convicted in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that left 14 people dead was hanged Saturday after a final mercy plea was rejected, ...
India faulted for failing to curb child sex abuse
India's government has failed to curb rampant sexual abuse of children, especially in schools and state-run child care facilities, a rights group said ...
Fatal gang rape shatters Indian family's dreams
Her parents called her "bitiya," or little daughter. She was her family's biggest hope. In a country where women are routinely pushed into ...
Bollywood star Khan caught in India-Pakistan spat
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan appeared to be caught in a verbal slugfest between India and Pakistan after he wrote a magazine article that led ...
Doubts raised about fairness of Delhi rape trial
In the court of public opinion, the men being tried in the gang rape of an Indian university student should be hanged in a public square. That demand ...
Trial in India gang rape begins in special court
The trial of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus began in a closed courtroom with opening ...
Indian panel pushes new laws after fatal gang rape
On the eve of a trial over a fatal gang rape that horrified Indians, a government panel recommended that India strictly enforce sexual assault laws, ...
India gang-rape trial opens Thursday in new court
The trial of five men accused of the rape and murder of a student aboard a bus in New Delhi will begin Thursday and should have none of the long ...
Judge sends India rape case to fast-track court
An Indian magistrate on Thursday ordered the trial of five men accused in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving bus to be shifted to a ...
Pakistani soldier dies in latest attack in Kashmir
Pakistan accused Indian troops on Wednesday of killing one of its soldiers along the disputed Kashmir border, in the latest of a series of tit-for-tat ...
Lawyer in India rape case says client is a minor
One of the five men charged with gang-raping and killing a 23-year-old student on a bus in India's capital is a minor, his lawyer said Monday as he ...
6 arrested in new rape of a bus passenger in India
Police said Sunday they have arrested six suspects in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India, four weeks after a brutal attack on a student on ...
Lawyer: Police beat New Delhi gang rape suspects
Police badly beat the five suspects arrested in the brutal gang rape and killing of a young woman on a New Delhi bus, the lawyer for one of the men ...
Hearings, trial closed in Indian rape case
An Indian magistrate ruled Monday that the media will not be allowed to attend pre-trial hearings or the trial of the five men accused of raping and ...
Indian women hope brutal rape will spark change
Preeti Singh worries each time her 20-year-old daughter has a late night at the hospital where she's a medical student. If her daughter has to stay ...
Indian court may suspend lawmakers facing crimes
Indian lawmakers facing sexual assault charges against women could be suspended from office if the country's top court rules in favor of a petition ...
1 Indian gang rape suspect may be juvenile
A bone test is being conducted to confirm the age of a young suspect in custody in the fatal assault and gang rape of a woman on a bus in India's ...
India rape sets off debate over women's rights
India's army and navy canceled New Year's celebrations on Monday out of respect for a New Delhi student whose gang-rape and murder has set off an ...
Indian gang rape victim's body cremated privately
A young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India's capital was cremated privately as millions of grieving, angry residents ...
India rape victim's body cremated in New Delhi
A young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India's capital was cremated Sunday amid an outpouring of anger and grief by ...
Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore hospital
Shocked Indians on Saturday were mourning the death of a woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi nearly two weeks ago in an ordeal ...
India rape victim in Singapore; PM pledges action
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Thursday to take action to protect the nation's women while the young victim of a gang rape on a New ...
Russia, India sign weapons deals worth billions
Russia and India signed weapons deals worth billions of dollars Monday as President Vladimir Putin sought to further boost ties with an old ally.
Police shut down roads to stop India rape protests
Authorities shut down roads in the heart of India's capital on Monday to put an end to a week of demonstrations against the brutal gang-rape of a ...