Woman chief minister shrugs off reports as state is gaining notoriety by recording more cases than neighbouring New Delhi By Nilima Pathak, Correspondent, Published: 00:00 August 6, 2011 Women are the strength of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party of Uttar Pradesh where gender crimes are on the rise. New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh state is...
17 July 2011 Last updated at 23:16 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14058814 A spate of exceptionally brutal rapes in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh has shocked India. Many of the victims were young girls. The BBC’s Geeta Pandey reports from Lucknow. For Sarika, 16, it was like any other day when she went out to the...