World Oct 31 9 people arrested in India during bridge collapse investigation The collapse Sunday evening in Gujarat state plunged hundreds of people into a river, killing at least 134.
World Jul 21 Woman from a minority ethnic community wins India’s presidential election On Thursday, Droupadi Murmu became the first president from one of the country's tribes and the second-ever female president of India.
World Jun 06 India faces diplomatic outrage from Muslim nations over remarks insulting Islam India is facing major diplomatic outrage from Muslim-majority countries after two top officials in the governing Hindu nationalist party made derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.
World Jun 03 How India’s Hindu nationalists are using a long-dead emperor for anti-Muslim politics For more than three centuries, Mughal emperor Aurangzeb remained relegated to India's history books. Until recently, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others from his Hindu nationalist party brought him back to life as a brutal oppressor of their faith…
World Feb 20 Farmer anger will test Modi as India’s ‘grain bowl’ votes The polls will indicate whether riding the crest of the yearlong protests that forced Modi to make a rare retreat and repel the farm laws could be enough to prevent his party from making inroads in a state considered the “grain bowl”…
World Feb 08 Some students barred from class in India for wearing hijab The students began protesting outside the school gate and sat huddled in a group, reading their lessons. The school staff, which said the students were defying uniform rules, remained unmoved.
Arts Feb 06 Lata Mangeshkar, legendary Indian singer, dies at 92 Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by more than a billion people in South Asia, has died. She was 92. She was hospitalized on Jan. 11 after contracting COVID-19.
World Nov 19 Bowing to protests, India’s Modi agrees to repeal farm laws Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise decision, in a televised national address, came ahead of elections early next year in key states that are significant agricultural producers and where his Bharatiya Janata Party is eager to shore up its support.
World Nov 17 Air pollution prompts school closures as India capital considers lockdown The dirty-air crisis in the city of more than 20 million people has underscored India's heavy dependence on coal, which accounts for 70% of the country's power.
World Oct 25 Facebook has struggled to curb divisive content in India Internal company documents on India highlight Facebook's constant struggles in quashing abusive content on its platforms in the world's biggest democracy. Communal and religious tensions in India have a history of boiling over on social media and stoking violence.