Several Indian states Tuesday announced measures to stop violence against women amid protests across the country about the gang-rape that led to the death of a 23-year-old student last month, according to dpa. India has been shocked by the assault against the New Delhi woman who was overpowered by six men on a moving bus on December 16 and died Saturday of her injuries in a Singapore hospital. Tamil Nadu state Chief Minister J Jayalalitha demanded harsher punishment for rape convicts, including the death penalty and chemical castration. Such moves would represent changes to the national penal code. -- SPA