News from India
An Indian woman has been detained after a dead infant was found on board a domestic flight from Guwahati in north-east India to the capital Delhi. The cabin crew of… Continue reading Indian woman held for leaving dead infant aboard plane
India’s national carrier, Air India, has blamed the weather for a bed bug infestation on one of its recent flights from New York to the western city of Mumbai. Photos… Continue reading Air India blames weather for bed bugs infestation
A student has spent five months in an Indian jail over a WhatsApp message he did not send. Local reports say the 21-year-old man was charged with sedition because of… Continue reading WhatsApp ‘admin’ spends five months in an Indian jail
A women’s union in India’s southern state of Kerala has won the state’s workers “the right to sit”. For years, Maya Devi worked in a shop that sold textiles –… Continue reading How saleswomen in India finally won the ‘right to sit’
India has scrapped its 12% tax on all sanitary products following months of campaigning by activists. The announcement comes a year after the government introduced the tax, known as GST,… Continue reading India scraps tampon tax after campaign
WhatsApp has said it will limit how many times messages can be forwarded in India, to curb the spread of false information on its platform. The announcement comes after a… Continue reading India lynchings: WhatsApp sets new rules after mob killings
Seventeen men have been charged in India with the gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl in the city of Chennai. Police say the girl was raped repeatedly since the start of… Continue reading India rape: 17 men accused of multiple attacks on 11-year-old girl in Chennai
India is investigating Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity amid allegations that it has been selling babies. The government has asked officials to inspect the charity’s centres across India. The order… Continue reading Mother Teresa India homes in ‘baby trade’ investigation
Indian police have arrested a training instructor in the southern state of Tamil Nadu after a 19-year-old college student died in a safety exercise. Police said N Logeshwari died after… Continue reading India student dies after being pushed from roof in safety drill
Hima Das created history on Thursday when she became the first athlete from India to win a gold medal in a global event. The 18-year-old achieved this feat by winning… Continue reading Athlete Hima Das does India proud, but federation tweet on her ‘English skills’ has people shocked
Two of four Indian priests charged with allegedly raping a woman have handed themselves in for police questioning in the southern state of Kerala. The Kerala high court denied bail… Continue reading India Christian priests arrested over rape charge
An Indian police force has told its officers to lose weight or face suspension from service. The chief of Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) told the BBC that he was… Continue reading India policemen told to slim down or lose job
