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India: Doctor's rape casts shadow over Kolkata festival

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Sharique Ahmad | Shalu Yadav
October 11, 2024

Kolkota's largest festival celelebrates the goddess Durga. But those angered by the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in August are using Durga Puja to protest.

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