News from India
India has said it will ensure the “complete isolation” of Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed 46 paramilitary police in Indian-administered Kashmir. It claims to have “incontrovertible evidence” of its… Continue reading Pulwama attack: India will ‘completely isolate’ Pakistan
At least 40 Indian paramilitary police have been killed in a bomb attack by militants on their convoy in Indian-administered Kashmir. Scroll down for photo gallery Police told the BBC… Continue reading Kashmir attack: Bomb kills 40 Indian paramilitary police in convoy
India’s government has quietly shelved a controversial amendment to its citizenship bill after violent protests in the north-east of the country. The bill was aimed at helping Hindus and other… Continue reading India Citizenship Amendment Bill dropped amid protests
At least 17 people have died in a Delhi hotel fire that broke out early on Tuesday morning, police said. Eye witnesses said the dead included a woman and a… Continue reading Karol Bagh: Seventeen die in Delhi hotel fire
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
