India’s #MeToo campaign widens into show business and politicsFemale reporter claims junior foreign minister MJ Akbar preyed on her in job interviewTue Oct 09 2018 - 16:39
India begins €1bn recruitment drive for 127,000 rail workersSome 24 million candidates will take tests for highly prized government jobsMon Oct 08 2018 - 18:09
Adultery is decriminalised in India after 158 yearsIndian penal code section deemed ‘archaic, arbitrary and unconstitutional’Thu Sept 27 2018 - 18:23
Indian premier announces world’s biggest health insurance schemeNarendra Modi accused of cynicism for ‘Modicare’ initiative ahead of general electionMon Sept 24 2018 - 18:31
India’s top court decriminalises gay sex in landmark rulingProsecutions were rare but law was frequently used to blackmail LGBT communityThu Sept 06 2018 - 08:01
No end in sight as over 1,000 die in India monsoon rainsKerala minister launches campaign to raise funds as food runs short in relief campsMon Sept 03 2018 - 20:50
Indian politician faces sedition charges for praising PakistanAccused under antiquated law, Divya Spandana has case adjournedThu Aug 30 2018 - 20:14
India extends olive branch to new Pakistan PM Imran KhanRelations have deteriorated sharply between neighbouring states in past three yearsTue Aug 21 2018 - 17:24
India sees the comeback of ‘messenger runners’The runners will serve remote mountainous constituencies during forthcoming byelectionsMon Aug 20 2018 - 16:31
Over 300 dead in Kerala floods as India reels from monsoonWorst flooding in state in a century sparks humanitarian crisis, with 223,000 homelessFri Aug 17 2018 - 14:44
Restore Taj Mahal or demolish it, Indian court tells governmentProtection of monument from environmental degradation a ‘hopeless cause’, court rulesWed Jul 11 2018 - 22:10
India’s standoff with Maldives hits Indian Ocean ambitionsReturn of helicopters a further sign of failure to halt China’s growing influence in regionMon Jun 25 2018 - 01:08
Murder of well-known journalist in Kashmir raises tensionsThousands attend funeral of editor shot dead outside his office by ‘Islamic militant group’Fri Jun 15 2018 - 16:57
Social media rumours lead to mob lynching of two men in IndiaAt least six killed in as many weeks over child kidnapping rumours fostered onlineMon Jun 11 2018 - 19:39
Indian Hindu group accuses Catholics of plotting against governmentCountry’s Catholic 2.4% under attack from radical Hinduism and Indian nationalismThu Jun 07 2018 - 17:24
India and Pakistan agree to reinforce 2003 ceasefire agreementDeal will end daily exchanges of artillery and missile fire across disputed border in KashmirThu May 31 2018 - 16:42
Nipah virus claims 12 lives in Indian state of KeralaVirus transmitted by bats and pigs identified as having potential for major outbreakTue May 22 2018 - 13:33
Politicians insist India had the internet thousands of years agoLeaders of ruling BJP party reject claims that internet is a modern-day Western inventionThu Apr 19 2018 - 18:15
Rights activists claim deaths of three Indian journalists engineered by stateJournalists who report on India’s ‘sand mafia’ are frequent victims of violenceTue Apr 10 2018 - 14:59
Over 20m apply for 100,000 low-paid jobs on India’s railwaysPostgraduates and some with doctorates among those seeking work with state-owned rail networkWed Mar 28 2018 - 17:32
Justin Trudeau’s visit to India overshadowed by Sikh issueCanada pledges not to support anyone reviving a separatist movement in IndiaWed Feb 21 2018 - 18:33
Indian military on ‘high alert’ over crisis in MaldivesExiled former president calls for ‘physical presence’ to help lift state of emergencyWed Feb 07 2018 - 18:51
Tensions between India and Pakistan rise after fatal clash in KashmirFour Indian soldiers killed in latest exchange across ‘line of control’Tue Feb 06 2018 - 17:41
India moves to set up overseas military base in SeychellesWill strengthen presence in Indian Ocean to counter growing Chinese hegemonyTue Jan 30 2018 - 20:10
Man jailed for seven years for raping Irish woman in IndiaSujoy Mitra raped Irish woman after spiking her drink in May 2013 in KolkataMon Jan 22 2018 - 11:05
Taj Mahal to limit Indian visitors to 40,000 dailyCap expected to help preserve monument and prevent stampedes due to major crowdsWed Jan 03 2018 - 17:58
Smog crisis worsens in Delhi as row rages over funds to tackle pollutionSchools closed and people advised against moving aroundThu Nov 16 2017 - 21:51
Beggars cleared from Indian city’s streets for Ivanka Trump visit6,000 people in Hyderabad to be put in special facility before arrival of Trump daughterTue Nov 14 2017 - 09:58
New Delhi’s schools closed as people told to stay indoors over pollutionToxic Delhi air 16 times above permissible limits leaves millions gaspingWed Nov 08 2017 - 16:53
New inquiry into Gandhi’s assassination soughtRight-wing Modern India body claims second gunman involved in New Delhi 1948 killingMon Oct 16 2017 - 20:54
Taj Mahal’s exclusion from tourist brochure sparks religious rowThe Hindu ruling party in Uttar Pradesh has been playing down India’s Muslim pastWed Oct 04 2017 - 16:47
At least 22 killed in stampede at Mumbai railway stationIncident took place during heavy rain as commuters feared colonial-era bridge would collapseFri Sept 29 2017 - 14:40
Indian journalist’s murder provokes fierce political rowAuthorities clash over the killing of government critic Gauri Lankesh in BangaloreMon Sept 11 2017 - 17:22
Bar fight brewing as Indian city orders pubs to install breathalysersAuthorities in Chandigarh attempt to highlight ‘ill-effects of alcohol consumption’Thu Sept 07 2017 - 18:25
Murder of outspoken journalist sparks protests in IndiaGauri Lankesh (55) was critic of federal government, caste system and Hindu nationalistsWed Sept 06 2017 - 17:25
Guru in India sentenced to 20 years in prison for rapeSecurity measures deter protesters after dozens died in violence following verdictMon Aug 28 2017 - 16:54
At least 30 killed in clashes after Indian ‘God man’ convicted of rapeSelf-styled spiritual leader Ram Rahim Singh found guilty of raping two female followersFri Aug 25 2017 - 19:16
What next for the 25,000 cows discharged from the Indian army?As 39 military farms close, there is a quandary over what to do with the sacred cattleTue Aug 22 2017 - 17:30
Israeli-made stink bomb not smelly enough to deter Indian protesters‘Indians probably have a high threshold of enduring stench,’ said an Indian police officerThu Jul 27 2017 - 17:37
Ram Nath Kovind sworn in as president of IndiaFormer lawyer is second ‘low caste’ Dalit to assume country’s highest public officeTue Jul 25 2017 - 18:52
India’s MPs and state legislators cast votes for presidentTwo-candidate contest likely to be won by ‘low-caste’ Ram Nath Kovind (72)Mon Jul 17 2017 - 20:18
Indian state beefs up efforts to protect cowsMaharashtra to deploy a new kit that can test if a meat sample contains the sacred animalTue Jul 11 2017 - 17:28
India introduces biggest tax reform since independenceMove incorporates more than a dozen state and federal levies into one taxFri Jun 30 2017 - 20:48
Thousands protest in India after spate of killings‘Not in my Name’ demonstrations called after attacks on Muslims and ‘low caste’ peopleWed Jun 28 2017 - 21:54
India scrapping antiquated British-era laws and decreesAnachronistic laws including jail terms for refusing to fight locusts in Delhi to be ditchedThu Jun 22 2017 - 17:20
Cricket fans charged with seditionIndian police arrested 19 Muslims for celebrating Pakistan’s Champions Trophy winWed Jun 21 2017 - 17:28
Charges filed over rape and murder of Irish woman in IndiaAuthorities confident about securing conviction against sole suspect in killingMon Jun 12 2017 - 13:18
Unrest builds in Kashmir as youths join 28-year-old Islamist insurgencySecurity officials warn of increased violence as gangs target military encampmentsFri May 26 2017 - 17:53
Wanted: Roadsweepers. ‘Broom-wielding skills’ essentialStreet cleaners’ job in northern India attracts 70 applicants for every vacancyThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:46
Charges for Danielle McLaughlin’s murder to be filed by mid-MayFamily of Donegal woman, who was raped and killed in Goa, seeking camera footageTue Apr 18 2017 - 13:14
