India Scales Back New Year Events as Rape Victim Mourned
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India scaled back celebrations to mark the new year as it mourned the death of a 23-year-old woman whose gang rape triggered public outrage.
Army units were asked not to hold parties, the Press Trust of India reported, while the president of the ruling Congress, Sonia Gandhi, decided there will be no official party celebration this year. The governments of Punjab and Haryana provinces canceled programs to mark the beginning of 2013.