Despite official efforts to decolonise India’s public life, a small but telling colonial habit endures in parks, streets and homes

Watchdog documents killings of journalists, widespread censorship and regular civil liberties violations

How sounds, not signals, governs the world’s most chaotic traffic

Residents exposed to levels 20-30 times higher than those considered safe by World Health Organisation

The optics surrounding Putin’s arrival carried unmistakable weight.

The Indian airline has been fined three times in recent years for operational lapses including pilot training and rest shortcomings

Escalating hostilities have brought back painful memories of 1965 and 1971 wars between neighbours

Defence analysts warn region is highly volatile, considering hostile neighbours’ nuclear arsenals

Tens of thousands of civil defence personnel mobilised for exercises including digging trenches and simulating casualty evacuations

Prime minister Narendra Modi grants ‘complete freedom’ to the military in retaliating for terror strike

Armies conduct ominous manoeuvres as Pakistan continues to deny involvement in last week’s terrorist attack in Kashmir

Indian security agencies say little-known group which claimed responsibility for attack is a front for Pakistan-based militants

Report on policing in India reveals widespread justification of torture, intimidation and even summary execution

Up to 4,000 animals to be retired as part of military’s modernisation efforts

Almost all the deportees to India had fled spiralling unemployment at home via an established network of migration scams