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Sabna V.K., Ramya A., Afeefa K., Sameena M.K., Nimmy N., Rajeena P., Salma V.P., and Sajeena C. began ‘Colours’ after completing a assistant dress maker course under Jan Shikshan Sansthan
India recorded 5,737 dowry-linked deaths in 2024, an average of around 16 women a day. Despite being outlawed more than six decades ago, the practice of dowry – the transfer or money or valuables from a bride's family when she gets married – remains deeply entrenched across Indian society. Our correspondents report.
Sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators in 14 KSRTC depots/terminals
The assault allegedly took place on September 30 in Nexra Colony in Hardoi, when Ms. Upasana, who worked as a domestic helper at the house of Akanksha, was allegedly abused and assaulted by Akansha and other women in the family on suspicion of theft
Women across Delhi’s colleges describe changing routes, travelling in groups, avoiding certain roads after dark, or leaving college early. Their concerns extend beyond the campus perimeter to the roads, parks, metro stations, and neighbourhoods that make up their daily commute.
BBC correspondent Azadeh Moshiri reports from Delhi, where hundreds of women are protesting.
The CM had recently announced that the free bus travel scheme for women, previously called Vidiyal Payanam, would be expanded to Express, LSS, Deluxe, Mofussil Ordinary, and Ghat Ordinary buses