Officials in the Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are investigating dozens of deaths that some have attributed to a heatwave. Between Thursday and Saturday, 54 deaths were reported in Ballia district, around 274km from state capital Lucknow. A district health official who said heat could Continue Reading
A minor was allegedly gang-raped and set on fire by two men has died in hospital, Police told AFP Tuesday. The 16-year-old girl belonged to Dalit, the lowest rung in the Hindu caste system who suffer disproportionately high levels of sexual violence in a country with high rates of crime against women. Her death on […]Continue Reading
When police in an Indian town stopped a speeding tuk-tuk (auto-rickshaw), they were surprised to find how many people were crammed into the small vehicle. A video showing 27 people, including children and the elderly, disembarking from the auto-rickshaw in Fatehpur has gone viral on social media. It shows a policeman counting each passenger as […]Continue Reading