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Stampede at Indian railway station kills 15

A rush hour stampede has killed 15 people at Elphinstone railway station in Mumbai, India.

29/09/2017

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India: Hindus celebrate elephant-headed God Ganesh

06/09/2017

India

Protests at killing of senior Indian journalist

Senior Indian Gauri Lankesh was gunned down on Tuesday evening as she returned to her home in Bangalore, capital of the state of Karnataka.

06/09/2017

India

Blue Whale Challenge: Crackdown in India after surge in interest

It comes after Google revealed there had been huge interest in the suicide game.

05/09/2017

India

South Asia struggles after deadly monsoon flooding

Fears are rising for hundreds of villages stranded by monsoon flood waters in large areas of Nepal, Bangladesh and India.

03/09/2017

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Floods hit eastern India, triggering landslide in Shimla

Monsoon rains in eastern India have unleashed a huge landslide in the city of Shimla.

02/09/2017

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Protests in Kashmir broken up by Indian police

Protesters in Kashmir carrying Pakistani flags have been teargassed by Indian police.

02/09/2017

India

Fresh downpours spread misery across South Asia

More than 1,200 have been killed as the fallout from heavy monsoon rains continues to be felt in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh

31/08/2017

India

Rescuers search for more than 30 trapped in Mumbai building collapse

At least seven people have died and more than 30 others are feared trapped beneath a collapsed building

31/08/2017

India

Floods kill more than 1,200 in Asia as all eyes are on Hurricane Harvey

As Hurricane Harvey battered the US to devastating effect, another area of the world was stricken by flooding.

29/08/2017

India

India: cult leader Ram Rahim Singh sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape

An Indian judge on Monday handed a 20-year jail sentence to self-styled 'godman' Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, following his conviction for rape last Friday.

28/08/2017

India

'Kung Fu Nuns' help women defend themselves from rapists

The nuns are teaching self-defence classes in the Himalayas

25/08/2017

India

'Guru' rape verdict sparks deadly rampages in India

'Guru' rape verdict sparks deadly rampages in India

25/08/2017

India

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.

22/08/2017

India

Down the pan: woman splits with husband over toilet failure

The judge described the lack of sanitation as 'shameful' and 'torturous'

21/08/2017

India

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.

20/08/2017

India

India train crash: dozens feared dead

The accident is the third major derailment in Uttar Pradesh in 2017

19/08/2017

India

Something in the water - and it's turning dogs blue

Industrial pollution in India's Kasabi river has started to turn local dogs blue.

18/08/2017

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Bengaluru lakes belch out foam

17/08/2017

India

India and Pakistan border guards celebrate independence with sweets

15/08/2017

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Mumbai human pyramids get high to celebrate Dahi Handi

15/08/2017

India

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.

13/08/2017

India

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.

12/08/2017

India

The festival where you can get blood from a stone

08/08/2017

World

Cows or women: who are more important?

03/07/2017

India

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.

01/07/2017