Violence

Park Street rape survivor helps other women suffering from injustice

Kolkata: Kolkata's Park Street rape survivor is not just picking up the pieces of her own life, but she is also giving a new meaning to the lives of many women suffering from injustice. She has now found her new calling at a women's support helpline.

The 38-year-old is helping other victims of violence survive pain that she knows only too well. Struggling to make ends meet, this single mother of two was without a job for a year. But today she has found her new calling at this women's online helpline.

"I am very much messed up in my head after that but I am learning slowly. I was in denial and now I need some closure. I suppose coming forward and helping another person will help me get some kind of closure," she said.

"I feel better just by talking to her. She has helped me emotionally survive the trauma. She has an amazing will power and confidence which helps other women as well," said a domestic violence survivor....more    

Bombs and battles hit northern Iraq, more than 70 dead

Baghdad: Insurgents struck cities across Iraq on Monday with car bombs, suicide attacks and gun battles, killing more than 70 people in worsening sectarian violence. No group claimed responsibility for the day-long attacks, most of them in northern Iraq, but officials blame much of the violence that has killed nearly 2,000 people since April on Sunni Islamist insurgents linked to al Qaeda's local wing. The bloodshed has accompanied rising political...  

8 killed in Pak violence over the killing of a legislator

Islamabad: Eight persons were killed and four more injured in violence over the killing of a legislator of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party in the country's restive northwest, police said on Tuesday. Violence over the killing of legislator Farid Khan erupted in the restive town of Hangu in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. A woman was among the injured, police officials said. Curfew was imposed in Hangu after protestors set a petrol pump and...  

Naxals were looking for Karma to kill him, says Arunima, who covered the recent Chhattisgarh attack

The Naxals were particularly looking for Mahendra Karma to kill him says CNN-IBN Correspondent Arunima who covered the recent Chhattisgarh attack. ...  

West Bengal: 11 injured in pre-Panchayat poll violence

Midnapore: At least eleven Congress party supporters were injured during clashes with rival political parties during filing of nomination for the ensuing Panchito poll in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Saturday. The scattered incidents happened in Chandrakona, Madpur and Belda areas, district superintendent of police Sunil Choudhury said. Seven persons have been arrested while 20 others have been detained as a preventive measure. The injured have been admitted to...  

UP: Female police officer caught on camera slapping 3 women

Aligarh: Another instance of violence against women by the Uttar Pradesh police has surfaced. A policewoman in Aligarh was caught on camera thrashing three middle-aged women. The women had gone to the police station to question why their sons were kept in the police station for three days on complaint of theft. The mothers were not given any information on their sons' arrest and alleged that the police were not...  

Iraq violence: Baghdad bomb attacks leave 25 dead

Baghdad: A series of bombs battered Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim neighborhoods across Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 25 people in the worst wave of sectarian violence since civil war five years ago. The bloodletting reflects increasing conflict between Iraq's majority Shi'ite leadership and the Sunni minority, many of whom feel unfairly marginalized since the 2003 fall of strongman Saddam Hussein, a Sunni. The latest surge in violence began in...  

'Assad says Syria received Russian missile shipment'

Beirut: Syria has received the first shipment of a sophisticated air defence system from Russia, President Bashar al-Assad was quoted as saying, sending a signal of military strength days before an EU arms embargo on the country lapses. Russia had promised delivery of the S-300 missile system to the Syrian government despite Western objections, saying the move would help stabilise the regional balance at a time of insurgency in Syria...  

Companies pull Facebook ads over pages lauding violence against women

San Francisco: Facebook lost more than a dozen advertisers, some just temporarily, after a campaign drew attention to pages on the social network that promoted violence against women. Women, Action and the Media launched the campaign last week to get Facebook to end hate speech on its website and urged advertisers to pull their support. The content included pages that had grisly photos and mottos that encouraged rape, abuse and...  

Solving the Maoist problem will require better strategy: Praveen Swami

The Maoists in a planned ambush have killed 28 people, injuring many others and almost wiping out a substantial part of the state Congress top brass. So were the Centre and state government's assertions of the Maoists being on the backfoot just propaganda? How will the Indian state respond to this attack on its political class? Journalist Praveen Swami joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Land...  

Park Street rape survivor embarks on new journey with a job

Kolkata: After struggling for more than a year to get a job, the Park Street rape survivor has stood up against her circumstances and is now empowering survivors like her through a helpline. "I have this mission of empowering rape victims like me. With this job, I embark on a new journey," she said, adding that the work is also helping her heal the past wounds. Besides handling the pain...  

Police: 6 people dead in weekend Chicago shootings

Chicago: Chicago authorities say at least six people have been killed in weekend violence and at least another 11 wounded. Police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old man who was shot in the head early Sunday. The county medical examiner says Charles Jones was pronounced dead at around 3:30 am. The shooting stemmed from a crash and a woman was taken to the hospital. Also killed on Sunday was...  

Attacks in Iraq kill over 40, sectarian tensions high

Baghdad: A series of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq killed more than 40 people on Tuesday, a day after over 70 died in violence targeting majority Shi'ites that has stoked fears of all-out sectarian war with minority Sunnis. Nearly 300 people have been killed in the past week as sectarian tensions, fuelled by the civil war in neighbouring Syria, threaten to plunge Iraq back into communal bloodletting. Ten years...  

Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims

Washington: President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to take steps to halt violence against Muslims in his country and move ahead with economic and political reforms. Thein Sein became the first head of Myanmar to visit the White House in 47 years, and he and Obama sat down for talks in the Oval Office. Obama said the Myanmar leader had assured him that he intends to...  

Bomb attacks kill more than 70 Shi'ites across Iraq

Baghdad: More than 70 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, extending the worst sectarian violence since US troops withdrew in December 2011. The attacks increased the number killed in sectarian clashes in the past week to more than 200. Tensions between Shi'ites, who now lead Iraq, and minority Sunni Muslims have reached a...  

TN: Released on bail, Ramadoss to undergo heart surgeory

Chennai: PMK founder leader S Ramadoss, hospitalised here since his release on bail last week after 12-day imprisonment, would undergo a heart surgery on Monday, the party said. A team of doctors at the corporate hospital here where he was admitted on May 11 decided to perform the surgery, a PMK release said on Sunday. Ramadoss was arrested on April 30 for trying to stage a protest at Villupuram, defying...  

Iraq: Two blasts outside Sunni Muslim mosque kill 76

Baghdad: Bombs struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas on Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, officials said, as a spike in violence has raised fears the country could be on the path to a new round of sectarian bloodshed. The attacks in Baghdad and surrounding areas pushed the three-day Iraqi death toll to 130, including Shiites at...  

Iraq: Two blasts outside Sunni Muslim mosque kill 43

Baquba: Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence. Several other bombings claimed lives around the country - with 19 killed near a commercial complex in the west of Baghdad, as mounting violence intensified fears of a return to all-out civil...  

Sukhbir behind 'political murders', must resign: Bajwa

Chandigarh: In the wake of alleged political violence in the state, Punjab Congress on Friday demanded the resignation of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal saying, he was the main architect behind "political murders and growth of mafias". "Sukhbir is a total failure as state's home minister and he has no right to continue in power. "Punjab is heading to a state of total anarchy as no rule of law...  

Punjab: Two more killed ahead of panchayat polls

Chandigarh: A day after one person was killed immediately after an election rally in Bhatinda district, two more were gunned down on Friday in a village in Amritsar in an exchange of fire between two groups, pushing the toll in the run up to the May 19 panchayat polls in Punjab to four. Tension was brewing between two groups in Chak Mishri Khan village over a consensus to elect the...