Asmita Sarkar

Articles by Asmita Sarkar

Asmita Sarkar covers news and current affairs from India and world for IBTimes India. She is interested in politics, women's rights, fiction, photography, and travel. She has worked for citizen journalism portal Youth Ki Awaaz and has interned with the Times of India, Al Jazeera, Roli Books, Platform Magazine, and Campus Diaries before venturing into digital journalism. She was a Nokia Create to Inspire fellow. She has a Masters in Literature from the Hindu College, Delhi University and a PG Diploma in journalism from Indian Institute of Mass Communication.

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najeeb ahmed missing

What happened to the search for missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed?

After five months of investigation, multiple protests and ISIS links allegations, JNU student Ahmed is nowhere to be found.

Mar 22, 2017

mumbai doctors strike

Maharashtra in suspended animation: Nagpur medical college suspends 301 doctors; 19 MLAs suspended from assembly

Maharashtra: Mumbai doctors striking on Wednesday will face dire consequences from the BMC, the state government, and the high court if they don't end the strike today.

Mar 22, 2017

cbse, cbse new format, class 6 to 10

CBSE to bring in new system for assessment of students in Class 6-10

The new format is meant to prepare the students to appear in board exams, which cover the whole syllabus.

Mar 22, 2017

sushma swaraj

Sushma Swaraj to help 29 migrant workers held captive by employer in Saudi Arabia

The 29 migrant workers from Telangana, who will now be aided by Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, have been held captive in Al Hassa without food and basic amenities.

Mar 22, 2017

maharani

Knife-wielding man roams Maharani College hostel wearing women's undergarments in Bengaluru [VIDEO]

The Expert Committee on Preventing Sexual Violence against Women and Children had gone to Maharani's Arts, Commerce and Management College for Women to investigate an allegation against a lecturer.

Mar 21, 2017

Justice JS Khehar

'Solve Ram Mandir issue out of court', says CJI Khehar

CJI Khehar said the SC would intervene only if discussions between the Hindu and Muslim groups fail.

Mar 21, 2017

India-China ties

China will fight back if India continues to interfere in relations with Sri Lanka and Nepal: Chinese media

"India should stop being extremely sensitive toward each and every move between China and its neighbors," the Global Times said.

Mar 21, 2017

plastic surgeon suicide

Noted plastic surgeon, former banker kill themselves in Bengaluru

Dr Ashok Koul was the chief of the Plastic, Cosmetic, Microvascular and Hand surgery department at Sparsh Hospital.

Mar 21, 2017

Indian Highways

New super expressway between Delhi and Jaipur to reduce travel time by half

Land acquisition process for the super expressway between Delhi and Jaipur has been started by the NHAI.

Mar 21, 2017

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Watch how a woman thrashes her molesters in Lucknow [VIDEO]

She hit a group of men who were molesting her near Gautam Pali police station in Lucknow with a police baton.

Mar 21, 2017

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SpiceJet most punctual airline in February: DGCA

SpiceJet, the domestic economic airline, performed best at the Hyderabad airport and worst at the Bengaluru airport.

Mar 20, 2017

Jat protest agitation

Despite postponement of Jat quota agitation, Haryana readies for trouble in state

As many as 12,000 policemen have been deployed on Haryana-Delhi borders.

Mar 20, 2017

N Biren Singh

Manipur CM N Biren Singh proves majority in floor test

Manipur CM N Biren Singh had assured the governor that he has the requisite number of MLAs to form the BJP-led government, which he proved during the floor test.

Mar 20, 2017

Murder

In BJP's UP, BSP leader Mohammad Shami shot dead in Allahabad

Mohammad Shami, who had been a member of the Samajwadi Party for 20 years, joined the BSP last month. He was shot dead in Allahabad on Sunday night.

Mar 20, 2017

yogi adityanath swearing in, adityanath uttar pradesh chief minister

Our govt will fix law and order first, says UP CM

The administration will be made accountable and answerable and there won't be any discrimination, Adityanath said.

Mar 19, 2017

N Biren Singh

Manipur economic blockade to be lifted from midnight

BJP government delivers on promise of lifting three-month long economic blockade that affected Imphal.

Mar 19, 2017

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

No Jat agitation in Delhi on Monday, says Haryana CM Khattar

The leader of the Jat agitation, Yashpal Malik, confirmed that there would be no agitation in Delhi on Monday.

Mar 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath

Who is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath?

Adityanath was born as Ajay Singh Bisht in Garhwal. He took deeksha and changed his name.

Mar 19, 2017

Data, CVC, tcs, nic

CVC denies report claiming loss of data post-demonetisation

The migration of earlier data from the physical server to a cloud based storage application is taking some more time, the CVC said in a statement.

Mar 19, 2017

Examination

School tries to prevent students from giving Telangana SSC exam over non-payment of fees

Police have filed a complaint against the school for confining the students before the SSC exam.

Mar 19, 2017

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