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In this photograph taken on April 17, 2013, fifteen month old Roona Begum is tended to by doctors and family at a local hospital in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi. Doctors have successfully carried out life-saving surgery on an Indian baby suffering from a rare disorder that caused her head to swell to nearly double its size, a neurosurgeon told AFP on May 15, 2013. “The surgery went perfectly, much better than expected,” Sandeep Vaishya said after the procedure on 15-month-old Roona Begum, speaking to an AFP reporter inside the operating theatre at a hospital in New Delhi.
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Indian musclemen on display — In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013 photo, Indian body builders display their muscles during Mr. India, an all India body building championship in Chennai, India. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K)
Bird-eye view of the camel caravan — Indian farmers transport watermelons on camels on their way to market in Allahabad, India, Friday, May 3, 2013. The summer fruits gain popularity with the rise of temperature. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
India’s elite paramilitary police force to protect nation’s wealthiest man — and his house — from terrorists
India is to provide a dedicated commando squad to protect its wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani, amid fears that he may be targeted by terrorists.
India’s Ministry of Home Affairs decided it would dispatch 26 or 27 members of its elite paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force to guard Mr Ambani at his $1 billion private skyscraper Antilia, which dominates the Mumbai skyline, after threats from the Indian Mujahideen terrorist group.
Mr. Ambani is India’s wealthiest man, the 22nd richest man in the world, with a personal fortune of $21.5 billion. (Adeel Halim / Bloomberg files)
Sand sculpture against terrorism — A cyclist pedals past a sculpture with a message against terrorism, created after attacks in Boston and Bangalore, at the golden sea beach in Puri, India, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (AP Photo)
Indian women play with coloured powder sitting near a old building on the side of a road during Holi celebrations in Kolkata on March 27, 2013. Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month. DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images
Indian widows throw flowers during Holi celebrations, or the festival of colors, at an event organized by the NGO Sulabh at the Meera Sahbhagini Ashram in Vrindavan, India. The widows, many of whom at times have lived desperate lives in the streets of the temple town, celebrated Holi for the first time at the century old ashram. The women were banished by their families after their husband’s deaths to the town where devotees believe Lord Krishna was born, for supposedly bringing bad luck.
Indian man walks past burning piles of garbage set afire at the end of the Mahakumbh mela festival at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati in Allahabad, India. The 55 days long festival, which is one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, concluded earlier this month. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Swiss tourist partially to blame for gang rape, Indian police say as six men appear in court for attack
As six men accused of raping a Swiss tourist who was cycling with her husband in central India appeared in court, there is growing outrage after both police and a government official blamed the victim for the brutal attack.
A spokesperson for the state police sparked anger after seemingly saying the Swiss woman and her husband where partially to blame for the attack, calling them careless for travelling to a remote part of the country.
“No one stops there,” Madhya Pradesh police Inspector Avnesh Kumar Budholiya said,according to The Independent. “Why did they choose that place? They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They would have passed a police station on the way to the area they camped. They should have stopped and asked about places to sleep.” (AFP PHOTO/STRSTRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
Lost continent found off coast of Madagascar lost to the ocean depths 85 million years ago
It isn’t quite Atlantis, but scientists from Norway, Germany and Britain have found what they say is a lost continent that they’ve named Mauritia at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
The strip of continent once connected Madagascar, the island archipelago of Seychelles and India. As tectonic movement shifted the land masses apart, the connective tissue of Mauritia was pushed to the bottom of the Ocean, where it was shredded and partially consumed by underwater volcanos. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
37 dead in stampede during Hindu festival in India
Anxious relatives searched for missing family members in northern India on Monday during one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, unsure if their loved ones were caught in a stampede that killed 37 people or had simply gotten lost among the tens of millions of pilgrims.
People thronged to the main hospital in Allahabad to see if their relatives were among 37 dead and 39 people injured in Sunday evening’s stampede at the city’s train station. Tens of thousands of people were in the station waiting to board a train when railway officials announced a last-minute change in the platform, triggering the chaos.
An estimated 30 million Hindus took a dip Sunday at the Sangam – the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers – as part of the 55-day Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival. Sunday was one of the holiest days to bathe. (AP Photo; AFP/Getty Images)
Defence lawyer in New Delhi rape case blames victim; claims he’s never heard of ‘respected’ lady getting raped in India
The lawyer representing three of the men charged with the gang rape and murder of a medical student aboard a moving bus in New Delhi has blamed the victims for the assault, saying he has never heard of a “respected lady” being raped in India.
Manohar Lal Sharma said his clients will plead not guilty to all charges tomorrow when they make their next court appearance. His comments come as Indians have reacted with outrage to the opinions of politicians and a religious preacher who have accused westernized women of inviting sexual assaults. Sharma said the male companion of the murdered 23-year-old was “wholly responsible” for the incident as the unmarried couple should not have been on the streets at night.
“Until today I have not seen a single incident or example of rape with a respected lady,” Sharma said in an interview at a cafe outside the Supreme Court in India’s capital. “Even an underworld don would not like to touch a girl with respect.” (Saurabh Das/AP)
Indian police charge five with rape and murder in horrific gang rape on bus, sixth suspect likely to be tried in youth court
Authorities filed rape and murder charges Thursday against five men accused of the gang rape of a 23-year-old university student on a New Delhi bus, a crime that horrified Indians and provoked a national debate about the treatment of women.
Police said they plan to push for the death penalty in the case, as government officials promised new measures to protect women in the nation’s capital.
Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan filed a case of rape, tampering with evidence, kidnapping, murder and other charges against the men in a new fast-track court in south Delhi inaugurated only the day before to deal specifically with crimes against women. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian gang-rape victim planned to marry man attacked alongside her, friends reveal
The Indian woman who was brutally gang raped and later died of her injuries was cremated Sunday, as her friends revealed she was engaged to marry the man attacked alongside her.
The pair were to be married in February, The Telegraph reported.
“They had made all the wedding preparations and had planned a wedding party in Delhi,” said Meena Rai, a friend and neighbour told the newspaper. “I really loved this girl. She was the brightest of all.” (Mahesh Kumar/AP; Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)
Victim of hours-long gang rape on New Delhi bus in stable condition after several operations
The 23-year-old student who was the victim of a brutal, hours-long beating and gang rape on a New Delhi bus is now in stable condition after undergoing several rounds of surgery, doctors said Thursday.
She’s not out of danger yet, the chief of New Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital said, but her recovery is going well.
“She is a really brave girl,” said Dr. BD Asthani, the BBC reports. “She has immense fighting spirit. Today is the fourth day since her grievous injury. She has withstood the treatment [well]. (AP)
