Biswajeet Banerjee

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In this Sept. 30, 2014 photo, passengers are rescued from a damaged train near Gorakhpur city, India. A train overshot a stop signal and plowed into another express passenger train in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, killing 12 people and injuring dozens, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo)

12 killed as 2 trains collide in northern India

Biswajeet Banerjee · October 1, 2014 1:45 pm

Armed bandits demand water in dry northern India

Armed bandits demand water in dry northern India

Biswajeet Banerjee · July 21, 2014 11:41 am

India police order 2nd autopsy of girls gang-raped

India police order 2nd autopsy of girls gang-raped

Biswajeet Banerjee · July 8, 2014 1:10 pm

An Indian cycle rickshaw puller drinks water on a hot day in Allahabad, India, Saturday, June 7, 2014. Thousands of people enraged by power cuts during an extreme heat wave have been rioting across northern India, setting electricity substations on fire and taking power company officials hostage, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Indians riot as heat wave prompts power cuts

Biswajeet Banerjee · June 7, 2014 11:47 am

Members of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) shout slogans during a protest against the gang rape of two teenage girls, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 31, 2014. Police arrested a third suspect and hunted for two others Saturday in the gang rape and slaying of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in Katra village, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a case that has prompted national outrage. The placard reads 'Arrest all accused in the gang rape." (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian gang rape case highlights lack of toilets

Biswajeet Banerjee · June 3, 2014 11:19 am

Activists hold candles during a vigil to protest against the gang rape of two teenage girls, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 31, 2014. Police arrested a third suspect and hunted for two others Saturday in the gang rape and slaying of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in Katra village, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a case that has prompted national outrage. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Suspects confess in rape, slaying of 2 India teens

Biswajeet Banerjee · June 1, 2014 12:11 pm

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) women workers raise slogans and burn an effigy of Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, during a protest against the gang rape of two teenage girls, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, May 31, 2014. Police arrested a third suspect and hunted for two others Saturday in the gang rape and slaying of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in Katra village, in Uttar Pradesh, a case that has prompted national outrage. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India arrests 3rd suspect in gang rape of 2 teens

Biswajeet Banerjee · May 31, 2014 1:19 pm

In this Wednesday, May 28, 2014 image taken from video, police stand amongst the crowd near where two teenage sisters were found hanging from a mango tree in the Katra village in Uttar Pradesh state, in northern India. Authorities have arrested three men, including two police officers, suspected of gang-raping and killing the teenagers before hanging their bodies from the tree, sparking renewed public outrage over sexual violence in the country. (AP Photo/NNIS via AP Video) INDIA OUT

Rape victim’s mother attacked in northern India

Biswajeet Banerjee · May 30, 2014 11:44 am

In this Wednesday, May 28, 2014 image taken from video, police stand amongst the crowd near where two teenage sisters were found hanging from a mango tree in the Katra village in Uttar Pradesh state, in northern India. Authorities have arrested three men, including two police officers, suspected of gang-raping and killing the teenagers before hanging their bodies from the tree, sparking renewed public outrage over sexual violence in the country. (AP Photo/NNIS via AP Video) INDIA OUT

Village protests rape, killings of Indian sisters

Biswajeet Banerjee · May 30, 2014 3:25 am

Indian officials and rescuers gather around the wreckage after the Gorakhpur Express passenger train slammed into a parked freight train Chureb, near Basti, Uttar Pradesh state,, India, Monday, May 26, 2014. According to officials dozens were killed. (AP Photo)

Train accident kills at least 40 in northern India

Biswajeet Banerjee · May 26, 2014 3:19 pm

FILE - In this July 21, 2008 file photo, Indian lawmaker Atiq Ahmed, then serving jail sentence, arrives at the parliament house in New Delhi, India. Of the dozens of criminal charges Ahmed faces, the one blaming him for the murder of a political rival tops the list. But that isn't stopping the state lawmaker from running for a seat in India's Parliament. Across India, more than 1,200 candidates in the running for 545 seats in the national election face criminal charges including rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder, according to a tally by the Association for Democratic Reform. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Criminal charges don’t deter politicians in India

Biswajeet Banerjee · May 6, 2014 9:07 am

India calls off hunt for man-eating tiger

India calls off hunt for man-eating tiger

Biswajeet Banerjee · March 24, 2014 7:27 am