India ramps up building of ‘stateless’ detention centres in AssamFamilies face rupture after India declared some 1.9m people to be ‘outlawed’Fri Sept 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 Sept 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 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
