A spate of braid-cutting attacks on women near the India-Pakistan border has turned into a “major law and order problem” as locals turn on each other and the authorities. More than 50 women and girls ...

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 ...

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), ...

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 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 ...