News from India
Indian MP and former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor has been charged with aiding his wife’s suicide in 2014. Sunanda Pushkar’s unexplained death was initially treated as suicide but police later… Continue reading India MP Shashi Tharoor charged over wife’s death
An Indian vegetable seller allegedly killed himself on Thursday after receiving an electric bill of nearly $13,000 (£9570) in the western state of Maharashtra. Jagannath Shelke, 36, left behind a… Continue reading India man kills self over $13,000 electricity bill
Global retail giant Walmart has paid $16bn (£11.8bn) for a majority stake in Flipkart, India’s biggest online retailer, making this the world’s largest ever e-commerce acquisition. Walmart, best known for… Continue reading Why did Walmart buy India’s Flipkart?
Walmart will pay about $16bn to take control of Flipkart, India’s biggest online retailer, in a deal that puts it head to head with Amazon. The world’s largest retailer will… Continue reading Walmart wins battle for India’s Flipkart
An air hostess of Air India has alleged that she was molested by the pilot of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai flight on May 4. A police official said on Sunday a scuffle… Continue reading Air India crew member alleges molestation onboard by pilot
Bollywood actor Salman Khan will on Monday appear before Rajasthan’s Jodhpur court in connection with the 1998 blackbuck poaching case. On April 05, the actor was convicted and sentenced to… Continue reading 1998 Blackbuck poaching case: Salman Khan appears in Jodhpur court today
Seven Indian engineers have been kidnapped in Afghanistan along with their Afghan driver, police say. Gunmen grabbed them from a vehicle on the outskirts of the Baghlan provincial capital, Pul-e… Continue reading Indian engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province
After a massive search, police in India have arrested a college teacher in connection with a “wedding bomb” that killed a newly-married man and injured his wife. Soutik Biswas reports… Continue reading A wedding bomb, a letter and an unlikely suspect
At least 125 people are now reported to have died in fierce dust storms in northern India, with officials warning of more bad weather to come. High-speed winds and lightning… Continue reading India dust storms: More than 125 killed as storms continue
India’s Supreme Court has instructed the government to seek foreign help to fix what it described as a worrying change in colour at the Taj Mahal. “Even if you have… Continue reading Taj Mahal colour change worries India Supreme Court
The southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh recorded 36,749 lightning strikes in just a 13-hour period on Tuesday, officials say. The number is unusually high and the result of “extreme… Continue reading India state records 36,749 lightning strikes in 13 hours
Police in India have arrested a college teacher in connection with a “wedding bomb” that killed a newly-married software engineer and injured his wife. Punjilal Meher worked with the victim’s… Continue reading India teacher arrested over wedding bomb murder
