Supreme Court also orders paramilitary forces to provide security at Kolkata state hospital where trainee was attacked.
Thousands march in streets of Kolkata as authorities struggle to contain demonstrations calling for justice.
The family of the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered in a Kolkata hospital spoke to the media.
Hospitals hit by 24-hour shutdown as protests demanding protection for health workers and condemning violence swell.
Hospitals to suspend non-essential services and medical procedures on Saturday as public fury over brutal attack grows.
Demonstrators are demanding more safety for women after a trainee doctor’s body was found in a Kolkata state hospital.
The discovery of the 31-year-old’s body last week at a state-run hospital has led to widespread outrage.
Doctors and activists demand the safeguarding of women and medical professionals after a trainee medic was murdered.
Thousands of doctors halt services across the country after 31-year-old trainee medic is found dead in a hospital.
Women and girls fleeing armed groups in Mali claim sexual assault by Malian soldiers at border with Niger.
Sexual and gender-based violence so severe they led to death, says rights group.
Lack of infrastructure in Haiti’s makeshift camps puts women and girls at risk of gender-based violence, UN report says.
Prosecutors say they are seeking a new indictment against disgraced Hollywood movie producer over sexual assault claims.
Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon accused of sexual assault, charges the two men deny.
