‘A pressure cooker about to explode’ – tensions run high in KashmirScores of civilians injured in protests in weeks since India revoked region’s autonomyMon Aug 26 2019 - 21:13
India tightens security ahead of Independence Day celebrationsExtra paramilitaries and police deployed to disputed Jammu and Kashmir regionWed Aug 14 2019 - 18:40
Indian authorities lock down Kashmir’s main city for Eid holidayStreets deserted during Muslim festival in action enforcing region’s revocation of rightsMon Aug 12 2019 - 17:29
Buddhist enclave in India welcomes freedom from Jammu and KashmirLadakh celebrates overturning of late-1940s tie to Muslim-majority Kashmir regionThu Aug 08 2019 - 19:02
Kashmir in lockdown after India scraps its autonomyTens of thousands of troops on streets in bid to deter protests after Article 370 revokedTue Aug 06 2019 - 15:42
India’s opposition fiercely opposes ‘draconian’ anti-terror lawBill to broaden ‘terrorist’ definition and increase detentions to go before parliament’s upper houseTue Jul 30 2019 - 14:38
Water scarcity highlights disparity between rich and poorNew Delhi Letter: Majority of the 20m residents forced to make do with 5-10 litres a dayWed Jul 24 2019 - 18:31
India launches moon mission in bid to probe lunar south poleCountry’s most ambitious mission yet aims to establish it as low-cost space powerMon Jul 22 2019 - 15:20
India’s widespread drought affects over 600 million peopleSoaring temperatures have stifled the country and led to concerns over water supplyWed Jun 19 2019 - 19:33
Brain fever outbreak in Indian state kills at least 126 childrenEncephalitis linked to summer heat leaves many dead and others ill in BiharTue Jun 18 2019 - 17:05
New Delhi rubbish heap set to exceed the height of Taj MahalIndia’s tallest rubbish heap is 65m high and the size of 40 football fieldsWed Jun 05 2019 - 17:52
Nearly half of India’s newly elected MPs face criminal chargesPrime minister Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party tops list with 116 parliamentarians facing chargesFri May 31 2019 - 15:43
Modi sworn in for second term as India’s prime ministerHead of the Hindu nationalist party led gruelling and pugnacious election campaignThu May 30 2019 - 19:48
BJP victory casts shadow on future of Grand Old Congress PartyNarendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is first to get majority in parliament since 1984Fri May 24 2019 - 16:37
Modi promises to unite India after sweeping election win‘Together we will build a strong and inclusive India,’ says PM as BJP set to increase majorityThu May 23 2019 - 16:05
Modi’s nationalistic, presidential campaign reaps dividends in IndiaExit polls indicate that BJP party and allies are poised to win a comfortable majorityMon May 20 2019 - 17:24
Woman does not expect justice from panel investigating India’s chief justiceRanjan Gogoi is accused of sexual harassment by former supreme court employeeWed May 01 2019 - 17:39
Millions vote in largest phase of India’s general electionPM’s party displays anti-Muslim bias while campaigning in Hindu-majority countryTue Apr 23 2019 - 17:09
Bill aims for more women in Indian politics amid poor representationOnly 7% of candidates who contested India’s parliamentary elections were womenFri Apr 19 2019 - 01:00
Millions cast votes in first round of Indian general electionsHigh turnout reported in elections billed as the country’s most important in decadesThu Apr 11 2019 - 20:10
Indians to head to the polls in bitterly contested electionNarendra Modi on course for victory in what has been dubbed a battle ‘for India’s soul’Wed Apr 10 2019 - 19:18
Kashmir’s special status under threat ahead of Indian electionIndia’s ruling Hindu nationalists pledge to scrap historical statute if voted back into powerMon Apr 08 2019 - 19:53
India claims space power status as it shoots down satellitePrime minister says country must be able to defend itself amid criticism ahead of electionWed Mar 27 2019 - 20:09
‘Godmen’ and astrologers seek to help politicians win in Indian electionsFortune-tellers, clairvoyants across country already ‘organising’ the heavens for clientsThu Mar 14 2019 - 16:59
Indian election: Modi well placed to retain premiershipFirst stage of world’s largest democratic exercise begins with Congress Party seeking revivalMon Mar 11 2019 - 17:11
India’s cabin crew directive creates political turbulanceAir stewards were told to conclude in-flight announcements by saying “Victory to India”Wed Mar 06 2019 - 16:48
India’s air force declines to give death toll in strikes on camp in PakistanOpposition claims prime minister ordered the strikes on Pakistan to boost his image as a forceful leader in the run-up to electionsMon Mar 04 2019 - 17:43
Pakistan releases captured fighter pilot to IndiaTV footage shows Wing Commander Abhinandan walking across Kashmir borderFri Mar 01 2019 - 16:56
Imran Khan says Pakistan will release captured Indian pilot on FridayPakistan’s decision to return pilot has considerably soothed tension between the two sidesThu Feb 28 2019 - 12:16
India’s use of air strikes raises conflict to a new and dangerous levelJingoism rampant as Pakistan and India appear to court potential disasterThu Feb 28 2019 - 11:40
Tensions rise sharply as India and Pakistan engage in aerial dogfightsIslamabad claims it captured one Indian pilot after his aircraft was shot downWed Feb 27 2019 - 10:04
Pakistan vows to respond to India air strike at ‘time of its choosing’Nuclear-armed neighbours put respective militaries on ‘high alert’ after pre-dawn strikeTue Feb 26 2019 - 12:18
India gearing up for colossal-scale election by end of MayCampaigns under way reveal vicious rhetoric in appeal to electorate of 900 million votersTue Feb 26 2019 - 01:00
Four Indian soldiers among dead in Kashmir gun battleIndia says two masterminds of bombing in which 40 policemen died were killed in clashMon Feb 18 2019 - 16:19
Suicide car bombing kills 40 Indian soldiers in KashmirPakistani militant group claim responsibility for attack which killed at least 40, injured 13Thu Feb 14 2019 - 18:49
As elections loom, India’s politicians spar over high unemploymentPM Narenda Modi called ‘the Führer’ by opposition Rahul Gandhi for poor jobs figuresFri Feb 01 2019 - 18:00
India’s Congress Party gets latest member of Gandhi dynastyPriyanka Gandhi Vadra takes charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, reporting to brotherThu Jan 24 2019 - 17:22
India’s ‘obscene inequality’ may lead to ‘social collapse’, report saysOxfam review finds 1% of country’s population holds more than half of its wealthWed Jan 23 2019 - 19:02
Kumbh Mela: Millions take a dip for Indian Hindu river festivalMore than 150m expected at Ganges and Yamuna rivers for ancient cleansing ritualTue Jan 15 2019 - 14:57
India launches elaborate campaign to construct cow sanctuariesPreserving cows under BJP rule has resulted in 65 people being lynched, beaten to deathTue Jan 15 2019 - 01:00
Temple ban on menstruating women protested in KeralaWomen of all ages and occupations stood shoulder-to-shoulder in display of solidarityWed Jan 02 2019 - 17:14
Ruling Hindu nationalists suffer major losses in state electionsRahul Gandhi’s Congress Party ‘revived’ ahead of next year’s national pollTue Dec 11 2018 - 19:18
India exhibits social and economic flaws across a range of global indexesFocus on attention-grabbing such as statues rather than domestic ills, critics sayFri Dec 07 2018 - 01:00
India begins construction of ‘holy passageway’ into PakistanNew pilgrimage route from Indian village to Sikh temple aimed to ease regional tensionsTue Nov 27 2018 - 18:11
First hospital for elephants opens in IndiaNGO-run facility near New Delhi offers digital X-ray, hydrotherapy and dental wingFri Nov 23 2018 - 14:23
India’s poor offered smartphones and other freebies for votesWater, power and roads no longer deemed enough to buy power in regional pollsFri Nov 16 2018 - 17:01
India’s Hindu nationalists changing Muslim town namesDemand to rename Agra, the city of the 17th-century Taj Mahal, is most curiousWed Nov 14 2018 - 19:59
Health fears as India’s capital New Delhi is covered in thick grey smogThe city’s toxic air, classified as ‘hazardous’, is over 15 times the World Health Organisation’s recommended limitMon Nov 05 2018 - 14:51
India unveils world’s biggest statue amid protests182m-high tribute to independence leader Patel criticised for scale and cost of €355mWed Oct 31 2018 - 12:58
Indian minister resigns over sexual harassment allegationsFormer journalist MJ Akbar accused of predatory behaviour over 30-year periodWed Oct 17 2018 - 17:18
