Bengal Nun

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called the human trafficking allegations against a nun of the Missionaries of Charity an attempt to malign the name of Mother Teresa. And she has blamed the BJP for it. The Catholic church, too, has vehemently criticised the police investigation of the organisation, undertaken after orders from Jharkhand's ...

A court in Kolkata has convicted a Bangladeshi man for raping an elderly nun in 2015 in West Bengal's Nadia district. The five other men have been convicted of conspiracy and dacoity. The 71-year-old nun was raped after a group of seven men broke into a convent school, the police said. They vandalized the school before the nun was sexually assaulte...

A man believed to be the main accused in the sexual assault of a 72-year-old nun during an attack at a convent school in West Bengal last year has been arrested.

The two prime accused in the gangrape of a septuagenarian nun at Ranaghat in Nadia district of West Bengal have been arrested by the CID from Sealdah station, a senior official of the investigating agency said in Kolkata on Friday.

Four people were today detained here in connection with the gang rape of a 72-year-old nun in Ranaghat in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said.

The Centre has rejected West Bengal government's request for a CBI probe into the rape of 72-year-old nun at Ranaghat in West Bengal nearly two weeks ago. Though no official reason has been cited, sources say the request has been turned down because of imcomplete paper work.

The Bengal government's request for the country's premier investigating agency, the CBI, to handle the case of the elderly nun who was raped at the convent where she lived near Kolkata has been rejected, according to the Press Trust of India.

Two men have been arrested in the case of an elderly nun who was raped earlier this month in Bengal, triggering angry protests across the country.

A suspect has been arrested in the rape of a 72-year-old nun at a convent school in West Bengal two weeks ago.

A missionary school in north Bengal has lodged a police complaint about four hand-written letters in Hindi found in the premises threatening to burn down the school and a nearby church if the nuns who run it did not leave immediately.

The 72-year-old nun raped during an assault on a convent school in West Bengal last week left hospital today and flew out of Kolkata to an unknown destination.

The outrage over the 72-year-old nun's rape in West Bengal's Ranaghat is continuing, even after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered a CBI probe into the incident that took place last week.

The West Bengal government has decided to hand over the probe into the rape of a 72-year-old nun last week to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). 10 people have been detained by the police but no arrests have been made so far.

The National Human Rights Commission issued a notice to the West Bengal government regarding the rape of a 72-year-old nun in Ranaghat. The Vatican conclave's youngest cardinal and India's top bishop is already in Kolkata to visit the survivor, who is recuperating at a local hospital.

The vice chairperson of the West Bengal Minorities Commission, Professor Maria Fernandes, visited Ranaghat on Tuesday where a convent school was ransacked, robbed and a 72-year-old nun raped last week, and said she suspected the assault was motivated by the issue of "ghar wapasi" or conversion.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called the human trafficking allegations against a nun of the Missionaries of Charity an attempt to malign the name of Mother Teresa. And she has blamed the BJP for it. The Catholic church, too, has vehemently criticised the police investigation of the organisation, undertaken after orders from Jharkhand's ...

A court in Kolkata has convicted a Bangladeshi man for raping an elderly nun in 2015 in West Bengal's Nadia district. The five other men have been convicted of conspiracy and dacoity. The 71-year-old nun was raped after a group of seven men broke into a convent school, the police said. They vandalized the school before the nun was sexually assaulte...

A man believed to be the main accused in the sexual assault of a 72-year-old nun during an attack at a convent school in West Bengal last year has been arrested.

The two prime accused in the gangrape of a septuagenarian nun at Ranaghat in Nadia district of West Bengal have been arrested by the CID from Sealdah station, a senior official of the investigating agency said in Kolkata on Friday.

Four people were today detained here in connection with the gang rape of a 72-year-old nun in Ranaghat in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said.

The Centre has rejected West Bengal government's request for a CBI probe into the rape of 72-year-old nun at Ranaghat in West Bengal nearly two weeks ago. Though no official reason has been cited, sources say the request has been turned down because of imcomplete paper work.

The Bengal government's request for the country's premier investigating agency, the CBI, to handle the case of the elderly nun who was raped at the convent where she lived near Kolkata has been rejected, according to the Press Trust of India.

Two men have been arrested in the case of an elderly nun who was raped earlier this month in Bengal, triggering angry protests across the country.

A suspect has been arrested in the rape of a 72-year-old nun at a convent school in West Bengal two weeks ago.

A missionary school in north Bengal has lodged a police complaint about four hand-written letters in Hindi found in the premises threatening to burn down the school and a nearby church if the nuns who run it did not leave immediately.

The 72-year-old nun raped during an assault on a convent school in West Bengal last week left hospital today and flew out of Kolkata to an unknown destination.

The outrage over the 72-year-old nun's rape in West Bengal's Ranaghat is continuing, even after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered a CBI probe into the incident that took place last week.

The West Bengal government has decided to hand over the probe into the rape of a 72-year-old nun last week to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). 10 people have been detained by the police but no arrests have been made so far.

The National Human Rights Commission issued a notice to the West Bengal government regarding the rape of a 72-year-old nun in Ranaghat. The Vatican conclave's youngest cardinal and India's top bishop is already in Kolkata to visit the survivor, who is recuperating at a local hospital.

The vice chairperson of the West Bengal Minorities Commission, Professor Maria Fernandes, visited Ranaghat on Tuesday where a convent school was ransacked, robbed and a 72-year-old nun raped last week, and said she suspected the assault was motivated by the issue of "ghar wapasi" or conversion.