News from India
Thousands of Indians thronged the streets to greet Priyanka Gandhi as she made her first public appearance after formally joining politics last month. She arrived with her brother, main opposition… Continue reading Priyanka Gandhi kicks off India campaign with massive roadshow
A leader of a fringe Hindu right-wing group in India has been arrested after a video of her shooting an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi went viral. The Hindu Mahasabha had… Continue reading Hindu right-winger arrested for re-enacting Gandhi assassination
India has made a diplomatic protest to the US after 129 Indian students were arrested for enrolling in a fake university. The University of Farmington, advertised as based in Michigan… Continue reading US fake university: India protests after students arrested
An air passenger who arrived in India from Thailand has been detained at the airport after customs officers found a month-old leopard cub in his luggage. Suspicions were raised when… Continue reading Leopard cub found in passenger’s luggage at Indian airport
Amazon has been forced to remove an array of products from its website in India to comply with new regulations. The rules prevent online retailers from selling products through vendors… Continue reading Amazon forced to pull products in India as new rules bite
Police are searching for more suspects in connection with the murder of a woman and her four children who were accused of being “witches”. Six people in the eastern state… Continue reading Mother and four children murdered in India ‘witch hunt’
Veteran socialist politician George Fernandes, who served as India’s defence minister during the Kargil conflict with Pakistan, has died, aged 88. He was suffering from Alzheimer’s and had been out… Continue reading George Fernandes: The man who threw out Coca-Cola and IBM from India
India’s Ambati Rayudu has been banned from bowling in international cricket because of a suspect action. Part-time bowler Rayudu was reported after India’s one-day international defeat by Australia on 12… Continue reading India’s Ambati Rayudu banned from bowling by ICC over suspect action
Eighteen years after Jaswinder Sidhu was murdered in India, her mother and uncle have been extradited from Canada to stand trial in the country. Malkit Kaur Sidhu and Surjit Singh… Continue reading Canadian honour killing suspects extradited to India
Violent protests are continuing in India’s north-eastern states over a proposed amendment to the country’s citizenship law. The protests have been particularly vocal in the state of Assam, which recently… Continue reading Assam citizenship bill: Anti-migrant protests rock north-east India
Priyanka Gandhi, the charismatic sister of Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, has formally joined politics months ahead of general elections in India. Ms Gandhi has been appointed the party general… Continue reading Priyanka Gandhi launches political career ahead of key India polls
When Mallappa, a farmer in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh, left his home in August last year, he told his family he was going to “buy groceries”. They never… Continue reading The struggling farmer who planned his own funeral
