A dark and inexplicable mystery is fueling confrontation and deepening the divide between ordinary Kashmiris and security forces in India’s most volatile province. As many as 105 cases of ...

A woman was today lynched at Mirganj village in Radha Nagar police station area of Sahebganj district, around 400km from the capital city, on the suspicion of being a braid-cutter (or choti katwa), ...

Gurgaonwallahs are offering drop backs home, changed work timings and even self-defence classes to convince scared domestic help to come to work despite the threat of the 'braid-cutter'. A local NGO ...

SRINAGAR: After over 200 incidents of braid chopping incidents were reported from Jammu and Kashmir, fear psychosis and anxiety has gripped the womenfolk. The State government has formed Special ...

A mob of women on Monday thrashed an unidentified man, who is mentally-challenged, with lathis on the suspicion that he was responsible for braid-chopping incidents in Mira and Bhayander near Mumbai.

<p>Neena, a domestic help, tells her employers of the Sethi family, in Brijlok colony, that she won’t come to work for some time. (BCCL/ Sanjeev Gupta) (Picture for representational purpose ...