December 21, 2018 8:15 pm
The right to die with dignity is essential. The challenge is to tailor the law to an imperfect society
October 12, 2017 6:37 am
Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on allowing a ‘Living Will’ for passive euthanasia.
September 08, 2015 8:13 am
The room, a poignant reminder of the decades-long vigil by the hospital’s nursing staff, will soon be part of a state-of-the-art one-point crisis centre for sexual assault victims.
June 01, 2015 5:42 pm
A commemorative programme was also organised in the hospital auditorium by the nursing staff.
May 31, 2015 8:36 am
Every time Aruna Shanbaug’s case made news, the world looked for her ‘rapist’.
May 31, 2015 8:39 am
Sohan Lal worked as a sweeper at the govt-run KEM hospital. He was arrested in 1973 on charges of robbery and attempt to kill Shanbaug.
May 31, 2015 8:38 am
A sweeper at the hospital, he brutally assaulted “didiji” Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse who remained in a vegetative state for 42 years, triggering a debate on euthanasia before her death.
May 24, 2015 3:55 pm
It was in Mumbai that Aruna Shanbaug blossomed and found a new life, till its sudden end.
May 20, 2015 8:00 am
The award, which carries a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh, will be given to those working to stop violence against women.
May 20, 2015 4:17 am
On Tuesday, ashes from Shanbaug’s funeral pyre were kept on the nursing hostel’s ground floor’s reading room.
June 01, 2015 6:46 pm
Shanbaug, a nurse at the hospital, existed comatose in the room after being subjected to a brutal sexual assault in 1973 by a ward boy.
May 30, 2015 6:59 pm
A sweeper at the hospital, Sohan Lal brutally assaulted Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse who remained in a vegetative state for 42 years, triggering a debate on euthanasia before her death on May 18.
May 23, 2015 7:00 am
Top pictures of the week around the world, featuring Aruna Shanbaug, Narendra Modi, Barack Obama and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

