Cash flows freely in India’s costliest-ever electionInfluencing voters through ‘freebies’ an old ploy despite heavy penaltiesThu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00
Indian elections a vast logistical challengeThere are 814 million eligible voters spread across 28 Indian statesThu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00
Indian politicians try to see if success is written in the starsAstrologers, soothsayers and clairvoyants wield influence in India’s political processMon Apr 14 2014 - 01:00
Polarising politician who aims to be India’s PMPolls indicate Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Narendra Modi, will be able to form coalition after electionThu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00
India begins voting in world’s largest democratic exerciseSome 814 million eligible to vote in five-week long scheduleTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00
Women voters will play decisive role in Indian electionsVoting percentage higher in 16 of 20 states that 2010Tue Mar 11 2014 - 01:00
Police sent to find Indian minister’s missing buffaloInvestigation hampered by ‘lack of distinctive markings’ on the animalsTue Feb 04 2014 - 22:33
India’s supreme court orders inquiry into gang rapeCase brings fresh scrutiny of role of village councilsFri Jan 24 2014 - 19:00
Indian woman gang raped allegedly on orders of village council13 men arrested including village chief accused of issuing orderThu Jan 23 2014 - 22:01
Autopsy report on Indian minister’s wife given to magistrateNews channel claims traces of antidepressant Alprazolam found in Sunanda Pushkar’s bodyTue Jan 21 2014 - 01:00
Minister’s wife takes to Twitter over alleged affairWife admits hacking husband’s account to expose alleged affair with journalistFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
India’s row with US over strip search of female diplomat worsensDeputy consul accused of lying on visa applicationThu Jan 09 2014 - 17:29
Fledgling Common Man Party poised to form government in New DelhiParty founded on anti-corruption principles received strong showing in provincial polls, writes Rahul Bedi in New DelhiTue Dec 24 2013 - 01:02
India demands US drop charges against diplomatDevyani Khobragade arrested and strip-searched over alleged visa fraudFri Dec 20 2013 - 01:00
Row between India and US over arrest of diplomat intensifiesIndia pledges to bring home diplomat Devyani Khobragade ‘at any cost’Thu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
India retaliates in US row over diplomatic arrestIndia withdraws US consular privileges after deputy consul general strip-searched in visa inquiryWed Dec 18 2013 - 01:00
India restores colonial-era homosexuality banSupreme court reverses 2009 ruling that struck down Victorian law against gay sexWed Dec 11 2013 - 23:05
Bruton seeks to expand trade and tourism links with India‘We are looking to partner high-growth economies like India for mutual benefit’Wed Nov 20 2013 - 01:10
Indian MP arrested over death of maidDhananjay Singh and his wife under investigation for allegedly beating servant to death over her dustingMon Nov 11 2013 - 01:00
Indian holy man’s dream leads to €37bn treasure huntDigging begins under 16th century temple after local man dreams about 1,000 tons of buried gold and silverSat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00
Death toll from stampede at Hindu temple rises to 115Pilgrims blame authorities for failing to control panic on bridgeTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:00
Militants kill 10 in raid on police station in India’s Jammu and Kashmir stateThree attackers, dressed in Indian army uniforms, killed in fire fight near Pakistan borderFri Sept 27 2013 - 01:00
Four men sentenced to death for Delhi gang rapeCase fell into ‘rarest of rare category’ and justified capital punishment, says judgeSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:01
Teenager sentenced to three years in reform home for India gang-rape and murderFamily of student murdered in New Delhi expresses anger at sentenceMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
India parliament’s lower house passes food security BillCritics say plan to offer subsidised grain to 800m people is ‘political populism’Wed Aug 28 2013 - 01:00
Gang rape of photographer (22) in Mumbai greeted with outrage across IndiaPolice arrest one suspect, seek four more, after attack in deserted buildingSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
Indian navy recovers bodies of four submariners following Mumbai explosionsNavy says remaining 14 sailors on ‘Sindhurakshak’ unlikely to have survivedSat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
Three bodies missing since India submarine blast foundFifteen still unaccounted for and navy believes no survivors in Mumbai harbour vesselFri Aug 16 2013 - 09:36
At least 18 Indian navy personnel presumed dead in submarine blastINS ‘Sindhurakshak’ explodes and sinks in Mumbai dockyardThu Aug 15 2013 - 01:00
India's tensions with Pakistan rise after five soldiers killed along their borderPakistan denies Indian claim its soldiers helped 20 terrorists mount ambushWed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00
Indian Maharaja’s daughters inherit €3bn estate after 21-year court caseJudge rules that former ruler’s aides forged his will 30 years agoWed Jul 31 2013 - 01:00
22 Indian schoolchildren die after eating contaminated mealPreliminary investigation indicates possible insecticide contaminationThu Jul 18 2013 - 01:00
India signs off on telegram service after 163 years of typing STOPAn Irish inventor helped establish the country’s vast messaging systemTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Death toll in India flood disaster could reach 10,000, say officialsFears of disease outbreak as hundreds of bodies carried down riversTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Leopard sneaks into Mumbai apartment and takes pet dogCCTV images show leopard grabbing dog by neck and dragging it awayFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
Death toll in north Indian floods passes 1,000Mass cremations of victims, most of them unidentified, take placeTue Jun 25 2013 - 01:00
Flash floods claim lives of over 130 peopleTens of thousands of people stranded in Uttarakhand, home of Hindu shrines in IndiaThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:16
Man accused of raping Irish aid worker refused bailWoman admitted to Kolkata hospital at weekendMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
Man remanded on charge of raping Irish student in IndiaWoman (21) claims to have been attacked after birthday party in KolkataWed Jun 05 2013 - 16:11
‘Indecent’ mannequins banned in Mumbai for fear of inciting rapeCity’s governing body takes view that scantily clad dummies could lead to sex crimesThu May 30 2013 - 01:00
India’s Maoists kill 27 people including senior politiciansCongress Party leaders returning from political rally attacked by 200 armed rebelsTue May 28 2013 - 01:00
Girl (5) fighting for her life in New Delhi after brutal 48-hour rape ordealVictims’ parents accuse police of reluctance to act and insensitivitySat Apr 20 2013 - 06:00
At least 49 killed in Mumbai building collapseApartment block was an illegal constructionFri Apr 05 2013 - 22:48
Indian court rejects Novartis patent bid for cancer drug GlivecDecision clears the way for Indian drug makers to continue marketing copies of drug at lower pricesMon Apr 01 2013 - 16:13
Two bombs in Hyderabad leave at least 11 dead and 50 injuredAt least 11 people were killed after two bombs ripped through a crowded shopping area in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad…Fri Feb 22 2013 - 00:00
Witness at New Delhi trial identifies bus used in gang rape of womanThe male friend of the Indian student who died after being gang-raped in New Delhi last December has identified the bus on which…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Rape victim's father demands changes to lawThe father of the 23-year-old Indian woman who died after being gang-raped in a bus in New Delhi last month has demanded changes…Wed Jan 30 2013 - 00:00
Scion of India's political dynasty is Congress Party's new vice-presidentRahul Gandhi is popular, but party insiders say his views on important issues such as the economy and foreign affairs are a mystery…Fri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
Six arrested for gang rape in PunjabSix men have been arrested in India’s northern Punjab state at the weekend for raping a 29-year old woman, three weeks after …Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
