Indian rape and murder trial begins as judge bars media after chaotic scenesFive men accused of the rape and murder of a 23-year-old Indian student in New Delhi last month appeared in a city court yesterday…Tue Jan 08 2013 - 00:00
Rape victim's friend recounts ordealYesterday, the companion of a 23-year-old university student who was gang-raped last month on a moving bus, and died subsequently…Sat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
Five men charged with gang rape and murder of woman in DelhiPolice filed have charges in a New Delhi court against five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old medical student…Fri Jan 04 2013 - 00:00
Mass protests across India as victim of gang-rape crematedA 23-year-old Indian woman who died after she was gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi was cremated in the capital early yesterday…Mon Dec 31 2012 - 00:00
'Godfather of world music' dies aged 92The Indian prime minister has led tributes to Ravi Shankar, calling the sitar virtuoso, who died at home in California aged 92…Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
UK soldiers to be sent to meditate at Buddha treeOver the next 12 months more than 4,000 war-weary British army soldiers will seek to de-stress by meditating under the holy tree…Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
Move to double number of Indian students in IrelandIreland plans on doubling the number of Indian students in its universities to about 2,000 over the next three years, Minister…Thu Nov 29 2012 - 00:00
Stampede at Hindu festival leaves 18 deadAt least 18 people – 10 children and eight women – died and dozens of others were injured in a stampede during a Hindu festival…Tue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
Indian minister proposes men pay their wives for houseworkINDIA’S FEDERAL government is considering a proposal for husbands to pay their wives a monthly salary for home-keeping.Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
At least 52 dead in fireworks plant blazeAT LEAST 52 workers were burnt to death yesterday in a massive fire that swept through a fireworks factory in India’s southern…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Indian opposition urges PM to resignINDIA’S PARLIAMENT adjourned for the ninth time yesterday, following protests by the opposition over a $34 billion alleged corruption…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
India to spend €1.02bn on mobiles for those below poverty lineTHE POLITICALLY beleaguered administration of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh plans to spend more than 70 billion rupees…Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
Second Indian power outage affects over 600m peopleINDIA’S SECOND power breakdown in as many days yesterday left more than 600 million people without electricity.Wed Aug 01 2012 - 01:00
Drought drives crocodiles to human settlements for foodSEVERE DROUGHT conditions across India’s southern Karnataka province following deficient monsoon rains are having an ominous …Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Indian state to pay and pray as rain stays awaySCANTY MONSOON rains have prompted the authorities in India’s southern state Karnataka to allocate a large sum of money to appease…Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Fury over rural diktat banning women from 'falling in love'A VILLAGE council in India has issued a Taliban-like diktat banning women under the age of 40 from falling in love, using mobile…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
School warden accused of forcing child to drink her own urineTHE FEMALE warden of a hostel of a girls school in India’s eastern Bengal state, who allegedly forced a 10-year old girl to drink…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
India's children starving to death while grain rots in fieldsMORE THAN 3,000 children die each day across India from illnesses related to malnutrition and hunger, yet millions of tonnes …Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Delhi approves US request to recover hundreds of second World War deadINDIA HAS permitted the US to recover the remains of several hundred of their military aviators who crashed in its remote northeast…Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Indian army shelves British colonial system of batmenTHE INDIAN army plans to abolish the colonial system of batmen or personal orderlies it inherited from the British military at…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
India successfully tests missile with nuclear capabilitiesINDIA HAS successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable, intermediate-range ballistic missile to a distance…Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
23 guilty of Muslim murders in Indian revenge attacksA COURT in India’s western Gujarat state has found 23 men guilty of murdering nearly two dozen Muslims, including women and children…Tue Apr 10 2012 - 01:00
Pakistan and India agree roadmap to improve tiesPAKISTAN PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh agreed in New Delhi yesterday to adopt a step-by…Mon Apr 09 2012 - 01:00
Nuclear-powered submarine is brought into serviceIndia has commissioned into service its first nuclear-powered attack submarine, which it has leased for 10 years from Russia.Thu Apr 05 2012 - 01:00
US offers $10m bounty for Pakistani founder of Islamist militant groupThe US has offered a $10 million bounty for the founder of the Pakistani Islamist militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT or Army…Wed Apr 04 2012 - 01:00
Interpol alerted after girl (13) locked up by Indian coupleINDIAN POLICE are preparing to approach Interpol to trace a New Delhi-based couple who locked up a teenage domestic worker in…Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
Girl (12) forced to beg over bad gradesPOLICE IN the southern Indian city of Mysore yesterday arrested a relatively well-off man for forcing his 12-year-old daughter…Thu Mar 29 2012 - 01:00
Leaders accused of fudging poverty levelsIndia’s opposition parties yesterday accused the government of fudging the country’s poverty levels after it declared that those…Wed Mar 21 2012 - 00:00
More mobile phones than toilets in Indian householdsALMOST HALF of India’s 1.2 billion people do not have toilets at home but more people own a mobile phone.Thu Mar 15 2012 - 00:00
Major trade mission heads to Iran despite sanctionsIndia yesterday further challenged the US and European Union by dispatching a 70-member trade delegation to Iran to explore commercial…Sat Mar 10 2012 - 00:00
Rushdie misses literary festivalNEW DELHI – Salman Rushdie has cancelled plans to appear at an Indian literary festival in Jaipur following protests from Muslim…Sat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
Leap second survives for at least three yearsGENEVA – The leap second survives – for at least three more yearsSat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
Harvesting coconuts in Kerala with steady hand and studied flairLETTER FROM INDIA: The fruit of the palm tree is vital. Roll up and join a six-day harvesting technique courseWed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
A quick return to business as usual in city inured to horrorMUMBAI RESIDENTS travelled to work as normal yesterday, resigned but frustrated and angry over the serial bombings that tore …Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Hunger strikers have little political clout in land of Gandhi todayDELHI LETTER: The death of an environmentalist failed even to attract the attention of corrupt provincial and federal authorities…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Concerns India will lose face over Commonwealth GamesDELHI LETTER: The games were meant to showcase a rising India; instead, they may end up being a major embarrassmentWed Jun 02 2010 - 01:00
The 'hardships' endured by Delhi's pampered diplomatic corpsLETTER FROM INDIA: It’s tough being a diplomat in the far outposts of empire, but most manage it very well indeedMon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
After latest election, power in India remains with family elitesDELHI LETTER: The Nehru-Gandhi Congress Party tops the political dynasty chart by a long wayMon Jun 01 2009 - 01:00
Volcano of enmity threatens to erupt amid an idyllic landscapePUNJAB LETTER: MY REMOTE village of Dera Baba Nanak (DBN) on the Pakistani border is fearful once again that rising tension …Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
'Deadly fighters, disciplined and motivated'A NATIONAL security guard (NSG) commando who led one of the three five-man teams against three terrorists besieging Mumbai's …Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Sri Lankan suicide bombing kills 27SRI LANKA: A SUSPECTED Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed 27 people including a highly decorated former army general and seriously…Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Rains hinder flood rescue effortsINDIA: INCESSANT MONSOON rain disrupted relief and rescue operations in eastern India's flood-ravaged Bihar province yesterday…Sat Aug 30 2008 - 01:00
Ragged princelings queue for pennnies and remember glory daysLETTER FROM INDIA: FOR THE scions of the nawabs or noblemen of the old kingdom of Oudh in India's northern Uttar Pradesh province…Thu Jun 26 2008 - 01:00
In modernising India insecure politicians still look to the starsLETTER FROM INDIA: INDIAN "GODMEN" and astrologers are dusting their cosmic calendars and honing their star-reading skills to…Mon Jun 02 2008 - 01:00
Sixty killed as bomb blasts rip through Jaipur market placeINDIA: A SERIES of bomb blasts ripped through crowded markets and a packed Hindu temple in India's western tourist city of Jaipur…Wed May 14 2008 - 01:00
It's not cricket, say objectors to gyrating cheerleadersLETTER FROM INDIA: Millions are titillated by the uninhibited gyrations while others want them banned, finding them a licentious…Tue May 06 2008 - 01:00
Racial undertones accompany global rise of 'brown sahibs'DELHI LETTER : A NEW breed of Indian sahibs is emerging on the Western industrial and business scene, quietly but resolutely…Fri Mar 28 2008 - 00:00
India's opulent weddings have its central bank worriedLETTER FROM INDIA : INDIA'S LAVISH and often outlandish weddings have the country's central bank concerned.Mon Mar 17 2008 - 00:00
India strives to save its dwindling Parsee populationINDIA: India wants its dwindling 3,500-year-old Zoroastrian community, better known as Parsees, to have more babies, even as…Mon Jan 07 2008 - 00:00
Sikh clergy crack down on lavish weddings to curb female infanticideNew Delhi Letter: Sikh religious leaders have issued an edict to end lavish weddings among their community that involve days…Thu Aug 09 2007 - 01:00
