At least 10 dead in building collapse in India, dozens feared trapped
At least 10 people were killed on Monday and dozens were feared trapped when a portion of a three-storey residential building collapsed on the outskirts...
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India, China accuse each other of firing in the air on tense border
India and China have accused each other of firing in the air during a new confrontation on their border in the western Himalayas, in a...
India cases surge to 3.6 million, U.S. cases top 6 million
India reported 78,512 new novel coronavirus infections on Monday, slightly fewer than its record set the previous day when it posted the biggest, single-day tally of infections...
India: the weight of history victimises Muslims
By Gwynne Dyer “India is emotional as decades of wait has ended,” declared India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, laying the cornerstone of a new temple in...
At least 16 dead as Air India repatriation flight crashes on landing
At least 16 people were killed and dozens injured when an Air India Express passenger plane repatriating Indians stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic overshot the...
Floods kill scores in India’s tea-growing Assam; nine rhinos drown
Intense rain and floods in the Indian state of Assam have killed at least 84 people and displaced more than 2.75 million since May, authorities...
Buildings collapse in heavy rain in India’s Mumbai, killing eight (V)
Heavy rains lashing India’s financial capital of Mumbai have caused the collapse of a multi-storey building, killing six people and injuring several, authorities said. The...
The Chinese way of war
Never bring a knife to a gunfight, the saying goes, but China does it differently. It brings clubs. Last Monday, China and India had the...
India impatient for Modi’s response to China after 20 soldiers die in border clash
India impatiently awaited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response on Wednesday to the death of at least 20 soldiers in a border clash with Chinese troops...
India train crushes migrant workers killing 14
An Indian train killed 14 migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the track on Friday while they were heading back to their home village...
India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape
India hanged four men on Friday who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, in a case that...
More than a dozen killed, as New Delhi riots overshadow Trump visit
More than a dozen people have been killed and hundreds injured in clashes between opposing groups of protesters in New Delhi, hospital officials said on...
Seven killed, 150 injured in riots in Indian capital
At least seven people were killed and around 150 were injured in clashes between opposing groups in the Indian capital, a police official told Reuters...
India incensed by Erdogan’s remarks on Kashmir, summon envoy
India summoned the Turkish ambassador on Monday to lodge a diplomatic protest over President Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks on the disputed region of Kashmir and warned...
Curfew imposed in Indian city as two die in protests, internet shut in parts
Authorities shut down the internet in parts of northern India on Friday and imposed a curfew in a southern city after two people died in clashes between...
India citizenship law protests spread across campuses
Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses on Monday as critics said the Hindu nationalist government was pushing...
Indian police kill 4 men suspected of raping vet, draw cheers
Indian police shot dead four men today Friday who were suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian in the city of Hyderabad, a police...
India and Cyprus pledge to further boost bilateral ties
India will continue its unwavering support to Cyprus, for its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity, India’s new High Commissioner to Cyprus Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat...
New Delhi declares public emergency as pollution at year’s worst
Authorities in New Delhi declared a public health emergency on Friday and closed schools and all construction activity until next week as air pollution in...
Kashmir: the ‘wounded civilisation’ strikes back
By Gwynne Dyer God knows what novelist VS Naipaul really meant half a century ago when he called India ‘the wounded civilisation’ in his...
