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Convicted man for gang rape released by supreme court. Public protests and wants changes in the law.

Senior leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are growing uneasy about an internal rebellion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership style, which has punctured his aura of invincibility and threatens to weaken him further.

The U.S. government is stepping up pressure on India to end a controversial policy of placing restrictions on passports of Indian nationals rescued from forced labour or human trafficking in the United States, a U.S. State Department official said.