Tanzanian Woman Stripped

The Indian Census has not included "race" as a category since the early in 1950s. Race might be a "biological fiction" according to geneticists, but the world over, it is a social reality. Racism is a topic Indians have been discussing fervently following the reprehensible attack on a Tanzanian woman by a mob that beat and publicly stripped her in ...

The Karnataka government today suspended another senior police official in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman student in Bengaluru.

Tanzanian High Commissioner to India on Friday backed the steps taken by the government in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian student in Bengaluru even as four more persons were arrested and two police officials suspended.

Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda today asked the Karnataka government to form a special squad to keep a watch on foreign students, in the wake of an alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru.

Three Bengaluru policemen have been suspended and nine people arrested over the mob attack on Sunday on a Tanzanian woman who was beaten and stripped on a road. The Tanzanian envoy, who has called it a "racist attack", is in the city along with senior Indian foreign ministry officials.

BJP today targeted Congress for its "hypocrisy" in not initiating action against the culprits in the Tanzanian woman stripping case in Bengaluru and for doing politics of opportunism, even as it questioned Rahul Gandhi's "silence" over the incident.

A team comprising the Tanzanian High Commissioner and senior MEA officials will travel to Bengaluru on Friday in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman there, an incident termed as "isolated" by the government today.

Terming the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru as a case of "racial attack", BJP national spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi today said Congress chief Sonia Gandhi should have reprimanded the state government and removed the Karnataka chief minister.

Expressing shock over the incident in which a Tanzanian woman was allegedly stripped by a mob in Bengaluru, CPI today asked BJP and Congress to not engage in political sparring over such a "sensitive" issue.

In her statement to the police, the Tanzanian woman who was attacked by a mob on Sunday has described a harrowing chase on the roads of Bengaluru. She and her friends have alleged that she was stripped and paraded, though the state government has denied it.

Amidst outrage over the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said the incident is a matter of shame and no racial discrimination will be tolerated in the country.

Concerned over alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman, the Centre today sought a report from the Karnataka government and action taken against the perpetrators of the crime.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parmeshwara today said the Tanzanian student who was allegedly beaten up by a mob in Bengaluru was not stripped or paraded naked.

Battling outrage over the mob attack on a young Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru on Sunday night, the Karnataka government today denied that she was stripped and paraded and said it was "definitely not a race attack".

Are Indians racists? The question appeared to dominate social media and prime-time TV shows in the country on Wednesday after a disturbing incident earlier this week.

The Indian Census has not included "race" as a category since the early in 1950s. Race might be a "biological fiction" according to geneticists, but the world over, it is a social reality. Racism is a topic Indians have been discussing fervently following the reprehensible attack on a Tanzanian woman by a mob that beat and publicly stripped her in ...

The Karnataka government today suspended another senior police official in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman student in Bengaluru.

Tanzanian High Commissioner to India on Friday backed the steps taken by the government in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian student in Bengaluru even as four more persons were arrested and two police officials suspended.

Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda today asked the Karnataka government to form a special squad to keep a watch on foreign students, in the wake of an alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru.

Three Bengaluru policemen have been suspended and nine people arrested over the mob attack on Sunday on a Tanzanian woman who was beaten and stripped on a road. The Tanzanian envoy, who has called it a "racist attack", is in the city along with senior Indian foreign ministry officials.

BJP today targeted Congress for its "hypocrisy" in not initiating action against the culprits in the Tanzanian woman stripping case in Bengaluru and for doing politics of opportunism, even as it questioned Rahul Gandhi's "silence" over the incident.

A team comprising the Tanzanian High Commissioner and senior MEA officials will travel to Bengaluru on Friday in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman there, an incident termed as "isolated" by the government today.

Terming the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru as a case of "racial attack", BJP national spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi today said Congress chief Sonia Gandhi should have reprimanded the state government and removed the Karnataka chief minister.

Expressing shock over the incident in which a Tanzanian woman was allegedly stripped by a mob in Bengaluru, CPI today asked BJP and Congress to not engage in political sparring over such a "sensitive" issue.

In her statement to the police, the Tanzanian woman who was attacked by a mob on Sunday has described a harrowing chase on the roads of Bengaluru. She and her friends have alleged that she was stripped and paraded, though the state government has denied it.

Amidst outrage over the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said the incident is a matter of shame and no racial discrimination will be tolerated in the country.

Concerned over alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman, the Centre today sought a report from the Karnataka government and action taken against the perpetrators of the crime.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parmeshwara today said the Tanzanian student who was allegedly beaten up by a mob in Bengaluru was not stripped or paraded naked.

Battling outrage over the mob attack on a young Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru on Sunday night, the Karnataka government today denied that she was stripped and paraded and said it was "definitely not a race attack".

Are Indians racists? The question appeared to dominate social media and prime-time TV shows in the country on Wednesday after a disturbing incident earlier this week.