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Kerala medical body writes to CM to stop assault on doctors

The recent provocation for this petition was the attack on Malu Murali, a woman doctor at the Government Fort Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.”…The duo twisted my arm as well as kicked and assaulted me. I fell down and they tried to disrobe me even without thinking that I am a woman.”

Kerala to pay Rs 1,481.87 cr of social pensions before Onam

The pension for the month of July and August would add up to Rs 3,200 and the government would credit it to their bank accounts or it would be directly delivered at the doorsteps of the beneficiaries through the local cooperative banks.

Taliban kidnap, forcibly marry teenage girls

Taliban fighters demanded to know the names and ages of girls and women they said would be rounded up to be married to their militants. The militants demanded residents open their wardrobes so they could work out the ages of women by looking at the clothes inside.