Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party in India’s northeastern Assam state has banned consumption of beef in public places, including in restaurants

Breathing in air in India’s capital city and surrounding area said to equate to smoking two packs of non-filtered cigarettes each day

Ottawa has accused Indian officials of planning the assassination of a Canadian Sikh separatist leader in Vancouver in 2023

Justin Trudeau says his government has ‘compelling evidence’ Indian government agents engage in activities that pose threat to public safety in Canada

Unfavourable jail treatment stemming from colonial days such as toilet cleaning and cleaning septic tanks for those at bottom of caste system deemed by supreme court to be ‘forced labour’

Diplomats and analysts in New Delhi look to reworked multipolar, mutually equitable and sustainable global relations

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran could not consider itself a Muslim nation if it remained oblivious to ‘sufferings’ in Myanmar, Gaza, India

Law introduced in 2012, following fatal gang rape of medical student, has failed to reduce violence against women in a country where over 31,000 rape cases were reported in 2022

National task force to recommend safety protocols for doctors at their workplaces

Attackers accused of destroying evidence in room where 31-year-old was raped and killed

Protesters demanding secure working conditions

More than 1,700 people have been killed by wild elephants over the past four years

The marriage of the son of Asia’s richest businessman, Mukesh Ambani, takes place over the weekend with guests including Kim Kardashian, Tony Blair and Mark Zuckerberg

Flamboyant preachers claiming special powers can attract huge followings - and political patronage

Incident at half-completed temple, believed so far to cost €200m, causes severe embarrassment to federal government