Ashok Sharma

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India’s Hindu party elevates controversial leader

India’s Hindu party elevates controversial leader

Ashok Sharma · March 31, 2013 1:00 pm

Indians walk past the Presidential Palace, illuminated to mark Republic Day in New Delhi, India , Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Indians across the country celebrated Republic Day, which commemorates the 1950 adoption of its constitution. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s Republic Day ceremonies pass peacefully

Ashok Sharma · January 26, 2013 5:00 am

An India woman lights candles in Gauhati, India, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 in remembrance of a young woman who was gang- raped on a moving bus in New Delhi. The case has sparked protests across India by women and men who say India's legal system doesn't do enough to prevent attacks on women. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

6 arrested in new rape of a bus passenger in India

Ashok Sharma · January 13, 2013 5:00 am

A police officer clears the way for a police van believed to carrying five men accused in a gang rape as they arrive at the district court, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The men, who were set to appear in court Monday, are accused of the Dec. 16 gang rape on a woman, who later died of her injuries, that has caused outrage across India, sparking protests and demands for tough new rape laws. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Hearings, trial closed in Indian rape case

Ashok Sharma · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

Indians stand in a queue to enter the District Court complex where a new fast-track court was inaugurated Wednesday to deal specifically with crimes against women, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Indian police were preparing Thursday to file rape and murder charges against a group of men accused of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old university student for hours on a moving bus in New Delhi. The Dec. 16 attack on the woman, who later died of her injuries, has caused outrage across India, sparking protests and demands for tough new rape laws, better police protection for women and a sustained campaign to change society's views about women. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

5 men charged with murder in New Delhi gang rape

Ashok Sharma, Ravi Nessman · January 3, 2013 5:00 am

Indian paramilitary women stand guard during a march to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. India's top court says it will decide whether to suspend lawmakers facing sexual assault charges as thousands of women gathered at the memorial to independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi to demand stronger protection for their safety. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Indian court may suspend lawmakers facing crimes

Ashok Sharma · January 2, 2013 5:00 am

An Indian man makes a banner during a protest to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The gang-rape and killing of a New Delhi student has set off an impassioned debate about what India needs to do to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. The country remained in mourning Tuesday, three days after the 23-year-old physiotherapy student died from her internal wounds in a Singapore hospital. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

1 Indian gang rape suspect may be juvenile

Ashok Sharma · January 1, 2013 5:00 am

Indians hold a candle light vigil to salute the undying spirit of a rape victim and to mourn her death in New Delhi, India , Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. The young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India's capital was cremated Sunday amid an outpouring of anger and grief by millions across the country demanding greater protection for women from sexual violence. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)

Indian gang rape victim’s body cremated privately

Ashok Sharma · December 31, 2012 2:21 am

An Indian participates in a candle-lit vigil to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. Indian police charged six men with murder on Saturday, adding to accusations that they beat and gang-raped the woman on a New Delhi bus nearly two weeks ago in a case that shocked the country. The murder charges were laid after the woman died earlier Saturday in a Singapore hospital where she has been flown for treatment. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

India rape victim’s body cremated in New Delhi

Ashok Sharma · December 30, 2012 9:46 am

A police hearse leaves Mount Elizabeth Hospital on Saturday Dec. 29, 2012 in Singapore. A young Indian woman who was gang-raped and severely beaten on a bus in New Delhi died Saturday at the hospital, after her horrific ordeal galvanized Indians to demand greater protection from sexual violence that impacts thousands of women daily, in homes, streets and public transport, but which often goes unreported. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore hospital

Ashok Sharma · December 29, 2012 8:39 am

Indian police use water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating against a gang rape and brutal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. The attack last Sunday has sparked days of protests across the country. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

Gang rape protesters clash with Indian police

Ashok Sharma · December 23, 2012 1:40 pm

Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Mailk speaks to the media upon his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Malik arrived in India on Friday to introduce a new visa system that will make cross-border travel easier and said tensions between the nuclear-powered rivals have eased a great deal since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. (AP Photo) INDIA OUT

Rivals India, Pakistan to make travel easier

Ashok Sharma · December 15, 2012 5:16 am