News from India
A residential school for transgender people has been opened in the Indian city of Kochi, to help adults who dropped out of school finish their education. Transgender people can face… Continue reading India opens first school for transgender pupils
India is stepping up efforts to maximise its water use from the western rivers of the Indus basin, senior officials have told the BBC. The move would involve building huge… Continue reading Are India and Pakistan set for water wars?
Harohalli Srinivasaiah Doreswamy is a 98-year-old freedom fighter who is still fighting for his idea of a just India. Last month, when the winter session of the assembly in the… Continue reading The 98-year-old freedom fighter still battling for his idea of India
India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has been discharged from hospital where she underwent a kidney transplant. Ms Swaraj tweeted late on Monday that she was back home and “seeing necessary… Continue reading Sushma Swaraj: Indian minister released from hospital
India’s top court has ordered all liquor shops to shut down along state and national highways in an attempt to reduce drink driving and road accidents. The court told the… Continue reading India court bans liquor shops on highways
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
