India

India

India: Rally against intolerance ends in clashes outside parliament

Protesters from India’s opposition Congress Party clashed with police near parliament on Monday as a rally against perceived intolerance ended in

30/11/2015

India

Kashmir: intense clashes between police and protesters

Police fired teargas to calm protesters who took to the streets after Friday prayers in Kashmir and threw stones at security personnel. The clashes

13/11/2015

India

Greenpeace banned in India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has cancelled Greenpeace’s licence to operate in the country, citing financial fraud and

07/11/2015

India

World Travel Market 2015 interview – G. Kamala Verdhana Rao, Kerala (India)

04/11/2015

India

World Travel Market 2015 interview – Sathyavathi, Karnataka (India)

04/11/2015

India

Afghanistan shaken by major earthquake

A major earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan on Monday, shaking the capital Kabul and sending shockwaves that were felt in north India and Pakistan, where officials said at least 11 people had b

26/10/2015

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Brief breath of fresh air for New Delhi

Citizens of the world’s most air-polluted capital New Delhi may have breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday (October 22). A major stretch of road in

22/10/2015

India

Uber: former driver convicted of rape in New Delhi

A court in India has convicted a former driver with US-based private hire company Uber of raping a woman passenger. Shiv Kumar Yadav was found guilty

20/10/2015

India

Delhi child rape cases ignite anger and disgust in India's capital

Indians are up in arms after the atrocious gang rape of two small children. In one incident two men abducted a two-year-old from a religious festival

17/10/2015

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New Delhi: Chemists protest against online sale of drugs

17/10/2015

World

STEM - opening access to science, technology, engineering and maths

Science, technology, engineering and maths – STEM – are increasingly important in today’s high-skilled, hi-tech job market. Yet, while there’s a

16/10/2015

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Kashmir: A "beef party" attack on Parliament!

Lawmakers from India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party in Kashmir kicked and punched an independent member of the state assembly on Thursday for

09/10/2015

India

Mumbai court condemns five to death for deadly train bombings

A Mumbai court has sentenced five men to death for the serial bombings of commuter trains in the sprawling city. #मुंबईस्फोट: 11 मिनिटात 7 स्फोट, 9

30/09/2015

World

Why students cheat, and how to fight it

This edition of Learning World looks into why students cheat in exams or on their homework, and what can be done to curb academic fraud.

18/09/2015

India

Dozens killed in restaurant blast in central India

At least 85 people have been killed and around one hundred injured, after a cooking gas cylinder blew up in a crowded restaurant in central India

12/09/2015

India

India: At least 85 killed in Indian restaurant explosions

12/09/2015

India

"Un-Islamic" : India's Muslim clerics issue fatwa against IS

A fatwa, or religious ruling, condemning the self-titled Islamic State group as “un-Islamic” has been signed by the leaders of all the main mosques

09/09/2015

Cinema

Rom-com gets real with Meet the Patels

Ravi Patel puts his love life centre stage in real-life romantic comedy Meet the Patels, Filmed by his director sister Geeta, the documentary

03/09/2015

India

Indian sisters threatened with punishment rape

Thousands sign Amnesty petition over the threat of 'punishment rape' handed out to two Indian sisters because their brother eloped with a married woman from a higher caste.

31/08/2015

India

India's 'sister-daughter' murder case darkens as socialite held

Mother-daughter killing suspicion over brother-sister 'relationship'

27/08/2015

India

Hindus launch Kumbh Festival with mass bathing

Millions of Hindus have plunged into the Godavari River in the west of India to celebrate the first bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival in a

26/08/2015

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Baby Indian elephant rescued from well

24/08/2015

India

India: Deadly stampede at Hindu religious festival

At least 11 pilgrims are reported dead with many more injured after a stampede at a Hindu religious festival in India. Thousands of people had

10/08/2015

India

At least 20 killed as two trains derail in central India

At least 20 people have been killed and 100 injured after two trains were swept off a bridge over a river in central India according to authorities

05/08/2015

India

India porn crackdown

The government in India has blocked hundreds of adult websites. An official said the crackdown is to prevent pornography becoming what he called a

04/08/2015

India

India to pass China to be world’s most populous country - study

30/07/2015