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Canada and India expel each other’s diplomats as dispute over 2023 assassination escalates

By Aijaz Hussain, Sheikh Saaliq, Rob Gillies, Associated Press

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last year that there were credible allegations that the Indian government had links to the June 2023 assassination in Canada of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Business titan Ratan Tata, former leader of Indian conglomerate Tata Group, dies at age 86

By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press

Tata Group is a sprawling collection of nearly 100 companies, including the country’s largest automaker, the largest private steel company and a leading outsourcing firm.

Kashmir’s biggest party opposed to India stripping region autonomy wins most seats in election

By Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press

Kashmir’s biggest political party opposed to India’s stripping of the region’s semi-autonomy has won most seats in a local election.

Indian-controlled Kashmir sees voters head to the polls for local government election for first time after losing autonomy

By Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press

A phased election for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir has opened in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.

After decades of election boycotts, many in Kashmir appear ready to vote to deny Modi power in region

By Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press

For decades, boycotting elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir was a sign of protest against Indian rule. That may change on Wednesday.

Police fire teargas at Indians protesting rape and killing of trainee doctor

By Bikas Das, Associated Press

Thousands of protesters demanded the resignation of a top elected official in India, accusing her of mishandling an investigation into a rape and killing of a resident doctor.

News Wrap: India’s Modi visits Ukraine in bid to help mediate peace with Russia

In our news wrap Friday, Indian Prime Minister Modi met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, the White House described ongoing Gaza cease-fire talks as “constructive,” a Canadian rail workers union issued a strike warning, 16 GOP-led states sued to end a…

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Floods cause at least 15 deaths, strand hundreds of thousands in Bangladesh and India

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, officials and media reports said Thursday.

India’s top court establishes task force on workplace safety after doctor was raped and killed

By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press

The Supreme Court's order comes days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor in eastern Kolkata city that sparked outrage and nationwide protests.

After a colleague was raped and killed at a hospital, Indian doctors demand tougher laws

By Associated Press

The protesting doctors, holding up placards like “Justice delayed is justice denied,” were stopped by police om Monday as they tried to set up free outpatient services outside the ministry in New Delhi.