Coronavirus: India may face extended lockdown into vital harvest seasonsRestrictions have curbed virus but officials warn extension could impact food suppliesThu Apr 9 2020 - 18:13
India’s poorest face critical food shortages during Covid-19 lockdownPrivileged and middle-classes continue to live comfortably in larger towns and citiesThu Apr 2 2020 - 17:43
‘India is walking home’: Millions of migrant workers flee locked-down citiesCoronavirus crisis drives many poor workers to walk hundreds of kilometres to villagesMon Mar 30 2020 - 12:33
Tens of millions in India face ‘calamitous situation’ due to lockdownMajority in agricultural and unorganised sectors financially vulnerable, officials sayFri Mar 27 2020 - 11:18
Coronavirus: India’s vast population goes into lockdownWarning of going ‘backwards by 21 years’ if mismanaged as 1.3 billion start to self-isolateWed Mar 25 2020 - 15:52
India executes four men for brutal bus rape and murderIncident in 2012 sparked global outrage and drew attention to treatment of womenFri Mar 20 2020 - 15:47
Fear and suspicion in Delhi after worst sectarian violence in decades42 dead and neighbourhoods trashed after clashes between Muslim and Hindu communitiesFri Feb 28 2020 - 14:03
At least 27 dead and hundreds injured in violent clashes in IndiaUneasy calm follows sectarian violence over citizenship law that critics say is biased against MuslimsWed Feb 26 2020 - 16:31
Thirteen killed, 150 injured in riots in Indian capital DelhiClashes erupt between two sides over controversial citizenship law as Trump visitsTue Feb 25 2020 - 16:43
Men with catapults to protect Trumps from monkeys at Taj MahalThe simians have lost all fear of humans – irrespective of their importance or statureFri Feb 21 2020 - 18:40
Indian city builds wall hiding slum ahead of Trump visitAhmedabad takes action before US president’s arrival as opposition criticises ‘slave mentality’Mon Feb 17 2020 - 17:54
Narendra Modi’s BJP party badly beaten in Delhi state electionOpposition AAP on course for more than 60 seats after bitterly divisive campaignTue Feb 11 2020 - 14:02
India’s supreme court refuses to put citizenship law on holdControversial new law seen as unconstitutional by opposition, causing months of protestWed Jan 22 2020 - 17:33
Students across India protest after attack at Delhi universityDozens badly hurt after attackers with rods and sticks struck Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityMon Jan 6 2020 - 15:35
Modi’s party suffers key electoral defeat amid protests in IndiaPrime minister’s party concedes defeat in assembly elections in Jharkhand stateMon Dec 23 2019 - 18:00
Thousands renew protests in India against citizenship lawPolice crack down on demonstrators in major cities and ban large public gatheringsThu Dec 19 2019 - 15:23
India’s neighbours dispute claims of minorities persecutionsControversial Citizenship Amendment Act triggers violent protests across the countryTue Dec 17 2019 - 17:45
Indian police accused of brutality as citizenship law protests spreadDemonstrations on at least 15 university campuses over Bill favouring non-MuslimsMon Dec 16 2019 - 15:23
Two killed as thousands protest in India against citizenship BillProtesters claim Bill will attract illegal migrants amid curfew and internet shutdownThu Dec 12 2019 - 18:12
India citizenship Bill passes after heated debateActivists claim law’s exclusion of Muslims undermines India’s secular constitutionWed Dec 11 2019 - 20:05
Indian police kill four suspects in woman’s rape and murderWidespread approval after men shot at scene of crime as activists question justificationFri Dec 6 2019 - 18:50
Bill to give migrants Indian nationality on basis of religion draws ireMove’s exclusion of undocumented Muslim immigrants angers Opposition leadersThu Dec 5 2019 - 20:55
How protecting cows became political in Modi’s IndiaNew Delhi Letter: Cow safaris and ambulances among schemes promoted by ruling BJPSun Dec 1 2019 - 01:00
Delhi authorities restrict car use amid air pollution crisisExperimental measure introduced as smog levels reach 20 times the WHO limitMon Nov 4 2019 - 14:57
Pakistan and India agree to open walkway for pilgrimsCross-border corridor rare act of co-operation between nuclear-powered rivalsFri Oct 25 2019 - 18:13
India ramps up building of ‘stateless’ detention centres in AssamFamilies face rupture after India declared some 1.9m people to be ‘outlawed’Fri Sep 13 2019 - 17:34
Kashmir in grip of civil disobedience over loss of autonomyShops, schools and offices empty in response to lockdown and looming rule by New DelhiThu Sep 12 2019 - 21:03
‘In a nuclear war, no one will win’ – Imran KhanPakistan’s prime minister raises stakes in Kashmir standoff with a televised addressTue Aug 27 2019 - 17:25
‘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 8 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 6 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 5 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 1 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 8 2019 - 19:53