Aparna Bose

Dec 16, 2023 | rediff.com | Aparna Bose

Nothing has changed in the past decade and crimes against women in Delhi have only gone up, DCW chief Swati Maliwal said on Saturday on the 11th anniversary of the Nirbhaya incident -- a brutal gang-rape and assault case that stirred an outpouring of anger and grief, followed by the passage of several new sexual assault laws in the country.

Nov 29, 2023 | ptinews.com | Aparna Bose

Updated: Nov 29 2023 8:01PMBy Aparna Bose New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI) Stranded after their houses were razed, residents of the slum cluster near Humayun tomb have asked the government to give them "at least tent and water." The slum cluster between the Sundar Nursery and the Delhi Public School inhabited by about 1,000 to 1,500 people, most of whom engaged as ragpickers, street hawkers, maids, labourers and small-scale traders, was demolished in a drive following a court's order last week.

Nov 22, 2023 | ptinews.com | Aparna Bose

Updated: Nov 23 2023 2:01PMBy Aparna Bose Alwar, Nov 23 (PTI) The Gurjars of Alwar are a divided house on the issue of community leader Sachin Pilot not getting the chief minister's post in Congress-ruled Rajasthan. The community here wants to see Pilot as the next chief minister after the 2018 "betrayal" by the Congress which picked Ashok Gehlot over him. While some people want to switch loyalties to the BJP over this, others say only the Congress can make Pilot the CM.

Nov 20, 2023 | ptinews.com | Aparna Bose

Updated: Nov 21 2023 12:58PMBy Aparna Bose Alwar (Rajasthan) Nov 21 (PTI) "We get just 5-10 minutes of water on alternate days, whether it is summer or winter, the misery never ends," says Usha, a resident of Kabir Colony in Alwar district where water shortage has become a major election issue this time.

Nov 17, 2023 | ptinews.com | Aparna Bose

Updated: Nov 18 2023 3:41PMBy Aparna Bose Ganganagar (Rajasthan), Nov 18 (PTI) With a week to go for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, farmers in Sri Ganganagar feel that the uneven distribution of water via the Ganga canal is one of the most important issues that will impact the voting process in the desert state.