El-Fasher has been surrounded by the RSF for 17 months, as residents face hunger and starvation. 

​El-Fasher has been surrounded by the RSF for 17 months, as residents face hunger and starvation.  

A medical student was allegedly gang-raped in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, sparking a political row. The BJP accused the state government of appeasement policies leading to a “nightmare for women’s safety.” West Bengal minister Shashi Panja urged the BJP not to politicize the crime and expressed faith in the ongoing investigation.

A second-year MBBS student from Odisha was gangraped near IQ City Medical College in Durgapur. Police are investigating.