India 25/08/2017 'Kung Fu Nuns' help women defend themselves from rapists The nuns are teaching self-defence classes in the Himalayas
India 25/08/2017 'Guru' rape verdict sparks deadly rampages in India 'Guru' rape verdict sparks deadly rampages in India
India 22/08/2017 India's supreme court rules Muslim practice of instant divorce is unconstitutional Men should not be allowed to end marriage by a single text message, court rules.
India 21/08/2017 Down the pan: woman splits with husband over toilet failure The judge described the lack of sanitation as 'shameful' and 'torturous'
India 20/08/2017 Train crash in northern India kills 23 Twenty-three people are dead after a passenger train derailed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
India 19/08/2017 India train crash: dozens feared dead The accident is the third major derailment in Uttar Pradesh in 2017
India 18/08/2017 Something in the water - and it's turning dogs blue Industrial pollution in India's Kasabi river has started to turn local dogs blue.
no comment 17/08/2017 Bengaluru lakes belch out foam Two lakes in Bengaluru, India, spew out foam. Reports suggest they have affected traffic and residents living close to the lakes.
India 15/08/2017 India and Pakistan border guards celebrate independence with sweets In spite of the well documented tensions between the two countries; guards from India and Pakistan offered sweets and goodwill at the Attari-Wagah
no comment 15/08/2017 Mumbai human pyramids get high to celebrate Dahi Handi Amid chants of “Govinda ala re”, thousands of Mumbaikars will today celebrate Dahi Handi and Krishna Janmashtami with pomp and splendour. With
India 13/08/2017 70 years after independence from Britain, India and Pakistan remember the carnage of India's partition. 70 years after separation, Pakistan and India remember the carnage that created the two countries as they gained independence from Britain.
India 12/08/2017 Claims of negligence after 60 children die in India hospital An encephalitis outbreak and disrupted oxygen supplies are blamed for the deaths at the hospital in Uttar Pradesh.
India 08/08/2017 The festival where you can get blood from a stone It’s a rock festival – but in the most literal of senses. The extravaganza in northern India sees people throw stones, fruits and flowers at each
World 03/07/2017 Cows or women: who are more important? A photographer has sparked a controversial debate in India by snapping women wearing latex cow heads. Sujatro Ghosh wants people to consider
India 01/07/2017 India divided over 'GST' sweeping sales tax reform The new nationwide GST levy is India's biggest tax reform in the 70 years since independence.
no comment 21/06/2017 Indian leader joins massive yoga display Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined crowds in Lucknow to mark the third annual United Nations International Yoga Day
India 11/05/2017 Judges to examine 'sexist' instant divorces in India A multi-faith five-judge bench said it will look at whether the practice is "fundamental" to the right to Islam, according to local reports.
India 11/05/2017 Two dozen killed as wall collapses at wedding in India A wedding celebration turned to tragedy in India when a wall collapsed onto guests, killing at least 24 people in the western state of Rajasthan.
Cult 10/05/2017 How artists are keeping the ancient practice of Theyyam alive The ritual form of worship involves traditions that some say date back as far as neolithic times.
India 05/05/2017 India's top court upholds death sentences for gang-rape attackers India’s top court has upheld death sentences for four men convicted in the gang-rape and torture of a woman on a moving bus in New Delhi.
