A spate of braid-cutting attacks on women near the India-Pakistan border has turned into a “major law and order problem” as locals turn on each other and the authorities. More than 50 women and girls ...

<p>Neena, a domestic help, tells her employers of the Sethi family, in Brijlok colony, that she won’t come to work for some time. (BCCL/ Sanjeev Gupta) (Picture for representational purpose ...

A woman was today lynched at Mirganj village in Radha Nagar police station area of Sahebganj district, around 400km from the capital city, on the suspicion of being a braid-cutter (or choti katwa), ...