News from India
At least six women have died after getting caught in a stampede at a Hindu festival on the River Ganges. The women were killed as people rushed onto a jetty… Continue reading Hindu festival stampede leaves six women dead
Online retailer Amazon has apologised for selling doormats featuring the Indian flag on its Canadian website. Amazon removed the product from its website on Wednesday, and apologised the following day… Continue reading Amazon sorry over India flag doormat fiasco
After raking in more than $50m (£41m) in box office collections in three weeks, Dangal (a Hindi word which means a wrestling competition), has been named the top grossing… Continue reading Dangal: How a wrestling drama became Bollywood’s highest-grossing film
Hundreds of devout Sikh NRIs have trooped in here for celebrations in connection with the 350th birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh master, Guru Gobind Singh, and are enthusiastically performing… Continue reading Hundreds of Sikh NRIs offer voluntary service at Patna event
The Reserve Bank of India has introduced a facility of exchange of specified bank notes (SBNs) to give an opportunity to Indian citizens and non resident Indian (NRI) citizens who… Continue reading RBI introduces Facility for Citizens and NRIs who were Abroad for Exchange of SBNs
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?
