Yogita Limaye

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South Asia and Afghanistan Correspondent at BBC

BBC News South Asia & Afghanistan Correspondent; occasionally in other parts of the world.

Articles

BBC finds huge devastation and little help for survivors in Mandalay

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Yogita Limaye

Inside Mandalay: BBC finds huge devastation and little help for Myanmar quake survivorsYogita LimayeBBCFive men are still stuck under this building, including Nan's 21-year-old sonWarning: This article contains details and images that some readers may find distressingDriving into Mandalay, the massive scale of the destruction from last Friday's earthquake revealed itself bit by bit.
US drops bounties on key Taliban leaders

1 month ago | bbc.com | Yogita Limaye

The US has removed millions of dollars in bounties from senior members of the Haqqani militant network in Afghanistan, including one on its leader Sirajuddin Haqqani who is also the Taliban government's interior minister. It is a significant move given that the Haqqani network is accused of carrying out some of the most high-profile and deadly attacks in Afghanistan during the US-led war in the country, including attacks on the American and Indian embassies, and NATO forces.
Afghan women students facing forced return after USAID cuts get temporary reprieve

1 month ago | bbc.com | Yogita Limaye

Reprieve for Afghan women students facing forced return after US aid cuts Yogita LimayeSouth Asia and Afghanistan correspondentAFPThe Taliban has imposed draconian restrictions on women, including banning them from universitiesMore than 80 Afghan women studying in Oman on US-funded scholarships - terminated last month due to Trump administration's sweeping cuts to foreign aid - have received a temporary reprieve.
Pankaj Lamba's parents arrested

1 month ago | bbc.com | Yogita Limaye

Harshita Brella murder suspects' parents arrestedYogita LimayeKris HollandBBC News, NorthamptonshireFamilyHarshita Brella's body was found 100 miles from her home in a car last yearThe parents of a man suspected of killing his wife and abandoning her body in the boot of a car in London have been arrested, the BBC understands. It is believed Pankaj Lamba, 23, murdered Harshita Brella, 24, who lived in Corby, Northamptonshire, before fleeing the country in November.
Harshita Brella murder suspects' parents arrested

1 month ago | msn.com | Yogita Limaye |Kris Holland
La peligrosa ruta a través de más de 10 países latinoamericanos que siguió un inmigrante indio antes de ser devuelto en cadenas desde EE.UU. a su país

1 month ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Yogita Limaye

Gurpreet estaba esposado, sus piernas atadas con una cadena que subía hasta su cintura. Él estaba siendo dirigido por la patrulla fronteriza de Estados Unidos hacia un C-17, un poderoso avión militar. Era 3 de febrero de este año y después de meses de un largo viaje, él se dio cuenta de que el sueño de vivir en EE.UU. se había acabado. Estaba siendo deportado a su país, India. "Sentí que el suelo se resbalaba debajo de mis piernas".
'No-one will go to US illegally now'

1 month ago | lucianne.com | Conservative Yankee |Yogita Limaye

Original ArticlePosted By: ConservativeYankee, 3/9/2025 4:55:01 PMGurpreet Singh was handcuffed, his legs shackled and a chain tied around his waist. He was led on to the tarmac in Texas by US Border Patrol, towards a waiting C-17 military transport aircraft. It was 3 February and, after a months-long journey, he realised his dream of living in America was over. He was being deported back to India. "It felt like the ground was slipping away from underneath my feet," he said.
Migrant deported in chains: 'No-one will go to US illegally now'

1 month ago | bbc.com | Yogita Limaye

Migrant deported in chains: 'No-one will go to US illegally now'Yogita LimayeSouth Asia and Afghanistan correspondentBBCGurpreet Singh hoped to enter the US before President Trump's crackdown beganGurpreet Singh was handcuffed, his legs shackled and a chain tied around his waist. He was led onto the tarmac in Texas by US Border Patrol, towards a waiting C-17 military transport aircraft. It was 3 February and, after a months-long journey, he realised his dream of living in America was over.
Migrant deported in chains: 'No-one will go to US illegally now'

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Yogita Limaye

6 hours agoTwo women were gang-raped and a man was killed in an attack near a popular Unesco World Heritage site in southern India, according to police. The two women - an Israeli tourist and an Indian homestay operator - were stargazing with three male tourists near a lake in Hampi, Karnataka, when they were …
Afghan women students in Oman face expulsion after Trump's USAID freeze

1 month ago | bbc.com | Yogita Limaye

US aid funding had enabled thousands of Afghan women to study abroad or continue education online, but many of these programmes are now suspended. The Trump administration's aid freeze has faced legal roadblocks but thousands of humanitarian programmes around the world have been terminated or thrown into jeopardy as the White House seeks to cut billions in government spending.