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 1 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 2 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 7 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 5 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
India’s #MeToo campaign widens into show business and politicsFemale reporter claims junior foreign minister MJ Akbar preyed on her in job interviewTue Oct 9 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 8 2018 - 18:09
Adultery is decriminalised in India after 158 yearsIndian penal code section deemed ‘archaic, arbitrary and unconstitutional’Thu Sep 27 2018 - 18:23
Indian premier announces world’s biggest health insurance schemeNarendra Modi accused of cynicism for ‘Modicare’ initiative ahead of general electionMon Sep 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 Sep 6 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 Sep 3 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 7 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 7 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 6 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 3 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