Top 10 world news: SC take suo motu cognisance in Kolkata rape case; Kyiv hits key Russian bridge, & more
Top 10 world news
The Supreme Court of India on Sunday (August 18) took suo motu cognisance of the shocking and brutal rape and murder of a trainee female doctor at the RG Kar Hospital premises in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal state.
In other news, Ukraine announced on Sunday that it had targeted a second crucial bridge in Russia's Kursk region, aiming to disrupt Moscow's supply lines as Kyiv's ongoing incursion into Russian territory continued into its second week. Meanwhile, Russia intensified its efforts in eastern Ukraine, claiming to have taken control of another village close to the Ukrainian-held logistics centre of Pokrovsk.
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Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance
The Supreme Court of India on Sunday (August 18) took suo motu cognisance of the shocking and brutal rape and murder of a trainee female doctor at the RG Kar Hospital premises in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal state.
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The father of the trainee doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospitalalleged that his daughter's body was cremated hurriedly, even though there were already three other bodies at the crematorium.
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Days after the brutal rape and murder of a medic in India's West Bengal triggered widespread protests, another case of sexual assault has come to light. A 21-year-old college-going student in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, was raped by an unknown man in the wee hours of Sunday (Aug 18) morning.
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