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...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Three killed in caste protests as India’s Modi urges calm
By Rupam Jain Nair At least three people were killed in clashes between police and protesters in India’s western state of Gujarat on Wednesday after...
Battle at Indian Punjab police station ends, nine killed (Updated)
By Andrew MacAskill Indian police overcame heavily armed men dressed in military fatigues on Monday after a 12-hour gun battle that left at least nine...
Stampede at religious festival in India kills 27 pilgrims
Twenty-seven people were killed and 40 injured on Tuesday in a stampede in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, police said, as crowds surged to...
India Hindu nationalist jibe at Muslim vice-president disturbs yoga calm
By Andrew MacAskill The Indian government has apologised to the country’s Muslim vice-president after comments by a senior member of the Hindu nationalist ruling party...
India’s reluctant political ‘prince’, Rahul Gandhi, returns from vacation
By Rupam Jain Nair Indian politician Rahul Gandhi returned on Thursday from a mysterious eight-week break in an undisclosed location that had prompted ridicule and...
After Yemen rescue, calls grow for permanent Indian crisis staff
By Rupam Jain Nair and Douglas Busvine India’s evacuation of nearly 4,000 nationals from Yemen has been a triumph of improvisation, but some officials in...
Christians say under siege in Modi’s India after rape, attacks
By Rupak De Chowdhuri Christians in India said on Monday that the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not done enough to...
India’s ruling party trounced in Delhi in big blow for Modi
By Sanjeev Miglani and Andrew MacAskill An upstart anti-establishment party crushed India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in a Delhi state election on Tuesday, smashing an...
Five more civilians killed in worst India-Pakistan fighting for years
By Katharine Houreld and Fayaz Bukhari Five civilians were killed and thousands took refuge in camps in the disputed region of Kashmir on Wednesday after...
India triumphs in maiden Mars mission
By Aditya Kalra India’s low-cost mission to Mars successfully entered the red planet’s orbit on Wednesday, crowning what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said was a...
Rescuers evacuate thousands in Indian Kashmir as floods recede
By Rupam Jain Nair Flood waters started receding in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, giving rescue teams a chance to reach tens of thousands of villagers...
Indian states on alert after al Qaeda announces local wing – Updated
By Rupam Jain Nair India put several provinces on heightened alert on Thursday after al Qaeda announced the formation of a wing of the militant...