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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Indonesia death penalty

Indonesia to execute 16 people in 2016, more than 30 in 2017 to battle drug trafficking

Of the 152 people who are on death row in Indonesia, drug traffickers will be prioritised as the country battles a "narcotics emergency."

Jun 14, 2016

CRPF

J&K: Woman killed as terrorist opens fire on CRPF checkpoint in Udhampur

Security has been ramped up on the highway as the Amarnath Yatra is in progress and there have been threats against the pilgrims.

Jun 14, 2016

Donald trump

Hindu Sena to celebrate Donald Trump's birthday in New Delhi today

The group had previously conducted a "havan" for Trump's victory.

Jun 14, 2016

Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius hearing begins: Doctor says he is 'broken'; needs to be in hospital, not jail

Last year, his conviction for culpable homicide was overturned, and he was found "guilty of murder, with the accused having criminal intent".

Jun 13, 2016

Les Miserables

Singapore: Same-sex kissing scene cut from Internationally acclaimed play 'Les Miserables'

The Sir Cameron Mackintosh production has deleted a kiss scene between two men following outrage from the audience.

Jun 13, 2016

Sikh protests

SIT probing anti-Sikh riots to reopen 75 cases: Reports

Leaders from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress and the BJP have hailed the action and have called for fair and non-politicised investigation.

Jun 13, 2016

Orlando survivors

Donald Trump draws Twitter flak for claiming to be 'right on radical Islamic terrorism'

While Clinton maintained restraint and assured the LGBT community they have millions of allies across the U.S., Trump was self-congratulatory.

Jun 13, 2016

Sayyida Zeinab

8 killed in twin bomb attacks near Shia shrine in Syria

The shrine, despite being heavily guarded by pro-government forces, has been subject to multiple attacks in 2016.

Jun 11, 2016

Maoist rebels

Kobad Ghandy acquitted of terror charges; who is he?

Kobad Ghandy, a politburo member of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), was arrested in September 2009 from New Delhi, where he was getting treatment for cancer.

Jun 11, 2016

child labourer

1 in 3 child labourer in India can't write their name

As many as 1.4 million children in the age group of 7-14 years cannot even write their names.

Jun 11, 2016

Parliament

Rajya Sabha elections 2016: Voting ends for 27 seats

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) not only fielded its own candidates, but also supported independent candidates to keep Congress away.

Jun 11, 2016

Maharashtra ATS police arrest

Danish woman rape case: 5 sentenced to life imprisonment

Three of the accused are being tried by a juvenile justice system, while one of the accused died earlier this year.

Jun 10, 2016

South Korea military

South Korea, UN send troops to chase illegal Chinese boats from military buffer zone

Seoul had recently formed a military police team to combat the increasing number of incursions into the military buffer zone by fishers.

Jun 10, 2016

RSS, Jamaat members may be able to apply for Central Govt jobs soon

The issue was brought to the attention of the Central government after candidates in Goa were asked to declare whether they were members of RSS or Jamaat.

Jun 10, 2016

knife

Hindu ashram worker hacked to death in Bangladesh

A Hindu priest was killed recently in Bangladesh.

Jun 10, 2016

Mumbai University

Mumbai University TYBCom and TYBSc results 2016 to be declared June 10; how to check final year marks online

The final year students of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science 2016 can check their results on the official website of Mumbai University.

Jun 10, 2016

YouTube app gets Google Cardboard support

Former sidekick of Colombian drug lord Escobar is now YouTube celeb

John Jairo VelÃ¡squez has served a 22-year prison sentence for killing 300 people and ordering the deaths of thousands more.

Jun 9, 2016

Fire

West Bengal: 22-year-old mother set on fire for her dark complexion

Somera Bibi, 22, succumbed to the injuries on Thursday after being set on fire by her husband and in-laws.

Jun 9, 2016

Siddaramaiah

Karnataka police officer Anupama Shenoy, incommunicado for 4 days, returns after resignation

Shenoy, who was missing since she tendered in her resignation, was tracked by the police on the Karnataka Chief Minster's directions.

Jun 9, 2016

CRPF

Kondagaon ITBP camp attacked by almost 100 naxals

At least 600 rounds of firing took place during the operation in one of the naxal affected districts in Chhattisgarh.

Jun 9, 2016

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