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Trial starts over rape, murder of junior doctor in India’s Kolkata

KOLKATA, Nov 11 (Reuters) – A court in the eastern state of West Bengal began the trial on Monday of a police volunteer accused of raping and murdering a doctor at a government hospital in August, a case that has sparked outrage over the lack of safety for women in India. The woman’s body was found in a classroom at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in the state capital Kolkata on Aug. 9, federal police said. They also said they had arrested a police volunteer, Sanjay Roy, for the crime. Charges were drawn up last week, while Roy

Karnataka Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan calls Union Minister Kumaraswamy ‘Kaalia’

Ramanagara (Karnataka), Nov 11 (PTI) Karnataka Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan has courted a controversy by calling Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy ‘Kaaliya’, a racist slur for being dark complexioned. Retorting strongly, the JD(S) on Monday demanded that the Congress government should sack Khan from the Cabinet for his racist slur. Clarifying his remarks, Khan said he never intended to hurt Kumaraswamy. Khan said Kumaraswamy used to call him ‘Kulla’ (dwarf). Further, the state minister said he has been addressing the union minister as ‘Kariyanna’ (black brother). At an election rally addressing the minorities in Ramanagara on Sunday, Khan

Rupee falls 2 paise to hit new all-time low of 84.39 against US dollar

Mumbai, Nov 11 (PTI) Declining for the fourth straight session, the rupee dropped 2 paise to hit a new lifetime low of 84.39 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, weighed down by persistent foreign fund outflows and a muted trend in domeic stequities. Forex traders said the rupee is likely to remain under pressure unless there is a softening in the dollar index or a slowdown in foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 84.38 against the US dollar. During the session, the local currency touched a high of 84.37 and a low of

India to summon Amazon, Flipkart executives as regulatory scrutiny grows, source says

NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (Reuters) – India’s financial crime agency will summon Flipkart and Amazon, opens new tab executives as it steps up an investigation into alleged foreign investment law violations, days after raiding some of the e-commerce firms’ sellers, a senior government source said. The planned action signals growing regulatory scrutiny of Walmart-owned, opens new tab Flipkart and Amazon when their sales are rapidly growing in India’s $70 billion e-commerce market. An Indian antitrust investigation also found the two companies breached laws by favouring select sellers, Reuters has reported. Amazon and Flipkart have maintained they comply with Indian laws,

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