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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

Down the pan: woman splits with husband over toilet failure

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

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.

India

India train crash: dozens feared dead

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

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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.

World News

Disha Patani: An Indian Star is Born

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Bengaluru lakes belch out foam

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Mumbai human pyramids get high to celebrate Dahi Handi

Pakistan

Mash-up of India and Pakistan's national anthems goes viral

A peace anthem that mashes-up the national anthems of India and Pakistan has become a viral hit

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.

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.

India

The festival where you can get blood from a stone

World

Cows or women: who are more important?

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Indian leader joins massive yoga display

Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined crowds in Lucknow to mark the third annual United Nations International Yoga Day

Germany

Trump attacks Germany again on day Narendra Modi visits Berlin

On the day the Indian Prime Minister visited Germany Donald Trump resumed his attacks on Germany's trade surpuls and NATO contributions

Business Series

General Motors bails out of India and South Africa

General Motors has announced further retrenchment by stopping selling vehicles in India and selling its operations in South Africa.

Business Series

Indian costs Vodafone dear but operator promises its cash flow will jump

Britain's Vodafone has reported a 6.1 billion euro annual loss but forecasts a jump in the amount of cash it will generate this financial year.

India

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

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

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.