News from India
Twelve people were arrested on Monday evening at a cinema in India, after they remained seated while the national anthem played. The cinemagoers, who were attending an international film festival… Continue reading Why are Indians being arrested for sitting during the national anthem?
Sometime next year, if all goes well, a retired jet engine will be mounted on a flatbed trailer and taken to a coal-fired power plant in Delhi. With the exhaust… Continue reading Can jet engines clean up Delhi’s foul air?
England subsided to an innings-and-36-run defeat on the final day of the fourth Test in Mumbai as India swiftly sealed a series victory. Resuming on 182-6 – still 49 behind… Continue reading India v England: Ravichandran Ashwin seals series win in Mumbai
England are facing their seventh Test defeat of the year after Virat Kohli’s double century ensured India dominated day four of the fourth Test in Mumbai. Kohli’s 235 and 104… Continue reading India v England: Virat Kohli makes 235 & Jayant Yadav 104 as tourists face defeat
Police in India have arrested former air force chief SP Tyagi over allegations of corruption in a luxury helicopter deal with Anglo-Italian company AgustaWestland. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)… Continue reading AgustaWestland: India ex-air force boss arrested for bribery
A Twitter account belonging to controversial Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya has been hacked by a group which published what appeared to be details of his assets, accounts and passwords. A… Continue reading Vijay Mallya: India tycoon ‘assets’ published in Twitter hack
THE Victorian government has made one part of parenting just that little bit harder by releasing a list of names deemed too offensive (“Satan”, anyone?) or simply too similar to… Continue reading Victorian government releases list of banned baby names
Thousands of mourners are flocking to pay their respects to J Jayalalitha, one of India’s most influential and colourful politicians. The 68-year-old chief minister of Tamil Nadu state suffered a… Continue reading India Jayalalitha: Thousands mourn colourful politician
Large crowds are gathering outside a Chennai hospital after one of India’s most popular and powerful politicians, J Jayalalitha, suffered a heart attack on Sunday night. The news has sparked… Continue reading India’s Jayaram Jayalalitha suffers heart attack
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who is in a very critical condition after a cardiac arrest according to hospital sources, has had a heart surgery this morning, her party… Continue reading Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa critical after cardiac arrest
On 2 December 2015, the south Indian city of Chennai (Madras) witnessed devastating floods, after receiving the heaviest rainfall it had witnessed in a century. As much as 272 mm… Continue reading The volunteers who kept Chennai afloat through the floods
Militants have attacked an army camp in Indian-administered Kashmir, with grenades and gunfire, killing three soldiers, police sources told the BBC. Indian troops have returned fire from the camp in… Continue reading Kashmir clashes: Indian soldiers ‘killed’ in Nagrota camp attack
