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INDIA'S CULTURE WAR COMES TO BOLLYWOOD VIA RAJPUT LEGEND
The film 'Padmavati' has inspired heated debate and threats of violence, with modern-day protectors of 'Indianness' once again demonstrating an intolerance for pluralism... READ MORE›
WAS DELHI GANG RAPE INDIA'S #METOO MOMENT?
Five years after the Delhi gang rape Indian women are taking control of the conversation around gender... READ MORE›
ALPHABET'S X SELLS NEW WIRELESS INTERNET TECH TO INDIAN STATE
X plans to have a small team based in Andhra Pradesh next year to help roll out the technology... READ MORE›
FERTILITY RATE HAS DECLINED ACROSS THE WORLD IN PAST FEW YEARS. A LOOK AT THE FIGURES
According to WHO, the total fertility rate has declined in all South East Asian countries barring Timor-Leste where it has gone up... READ MORE›
INDIAN 'HAPPINESS MINISTER' WANTED OVER ALLEGED MURDER
Madhya Pradesh became the first state in India to create a happiness ministry with the appointment of Arya in January... READ MORE›
CHINA AND INDIA SAIL INTO CHOPPY WATERS IN NEW GREAT GAME
Strategically, Gwadar represents China's presence in the Indian Ocean near the Strait of Hormuz, making it a two-ocean power... READ MORE›
INDIA'S DEAFENING SILENCE AFTER TRUMP'S JERUSALEM SHIFT
BJP lawmaker Subramaniam Swamy has also called on India to shift its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem like Trump pledged to do... READ MORE›
APPLE, INDIA WRANGLE OVER IMPORT TAX ON MOBILE PARTS
The disagreement could be a stumbling block, and risks delaying Apple's plans to penetrate the Indian market, where it currently just assembles its iPhone SE model... READ MORE›
BRUTAL RAPE AND MURDER OF CHILD STUNS INDIA
Police in India are questioning several people in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a six-year-old in the northern state of Haryana... READ MORE›
INDIAN MAN HELD AFTER STAR MOLESTED ON FLIGHT
The Indian man was identified with help from the airline, Air Vistara, after Zaira Wasim complained... READ MORE›
DRONE CRASH SHOWS INDIA STILL BEHAVING RECKLESSLY
And last month, two senior Indian officials visited a disputed border area... READ MORE›
HATE CRIME IN INDIA: MUSLIM MAN HACKED, BURNED TO DEATH
It is one of the worst crimes in the recent upsurge of attacks suffered by India's Muslim and Hindu lower caste communities... READ MORE›
ARREST OVER BRUTAL INDIA KILLING VIDEO
In the video, the suspect Shambu Lal warns Muslims, saying This is what will happen to you if you do 'love jihad' in our country... READ MORE›
INDIA EXPANDS PAYMENT SCHEME FOR HINDUS TO MARRY PERSON OF DALIT CASTE
India's government has expanded a scheme offering payment incentives to Hindus who marry members of the country's poorest and most oppressed caste, the Dalits... READ MORE›
CHINA DEFENDS FTA WITH MALDIVES AHEAD OF PRESIDENT ABDULLA YAMEEN BEIJING VISIT
China's forays into Maldives, located in India's backyard in the Indian Ocean has aroused concerns in New Delhi... READ MORE›
INDIA LEPROSY PATIENT'S PENSION RESTORED AFTER OUTRAGE OVER ID CARD
Her case outraged many in India, where there is strong opposition to Aadhaar... READ MORE›
TWO DOCTORS FIRED AFTER 'DEAD' BABY WAKES ON WAY TO FUNERAL
The hospital, with more than 300 beds, is one of 14 in the Max Healthcare locations across India... READ MORE›
BUS PASSENGER ARRESTED OVER SMELLY SOCKS
The incident occurred en route to the capital, Delhi, after Mr Kumar removed his shoes and socks... READ MORE›
FORGET BITCOIN THESE FOUR STOCKS ARE UP MORE THAN 1000 IN 2017
Lesser-known companies trading on stock exchanges in Japan, Hong Kong and India have seen their share prices soar at least 1,000 percent, matching the cryptocurrency's ascent... READ MORE›
IVANKA TRUMP LOBBIES FOR WOMEN IN INDIA, DRAWS HEAT BACK HOME
Ivanka Trump, however, is at odds with herA father on many issues ranging fromA climate change toA support for LGBTQ Americans... READ MORE›
GES 2017 TALK WILL FOCUS ON WOMEN
Ivanka will also address the inaugural session of the annual summit alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi later Tuesday... READ MORE›
IVANKA TRUMP IN INDIA FOR GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT
Ivanka Trump, the daughter and adviser of US President Donald Trump, has arrived in India for the annual global entrepreneurship summit, foreign ministry officials said Tuesday... READ MORE›
MISS WORLD MANUSHI CHHILLAR ON BOLLYWOOD, MENSTRUAL HYGIENE AND BETI BACHAO
Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar, who brought the crown back to India after 17 years, was welcomed warmly when she arrived in the country on November 26... READ MORE›
AMAZON, IN HUNT FOR LOWER PRICES, RECRUITS INDIAN MERCHANTS
Amazon has listed many of its Indian products on a special page, Amazon.com India, to help customers in the United States find them... READ MORE›
HOW INDIA IS BATTLING SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Women drinking is also a big issue, says Sharma, especially in Hauz Khas Village, a south Delhi neighbourhood of bars and restaurants... READ MORE›
FIRST PHASE OF NEPAL ELECTIONS SEES HIGH TURNOUT
There has been a high turnout in Nepal's parliamentary and provincial elections, which mark the final stage of a peace process that started in 2006... READ MORE›
FIRST PHASE OF NEPAL ELECTIONS SEES HIGH TURNOUT
There has been a high turnout in Nepal's parliamentary and provincial elections, which mark the final stage of a peace process that started in 2006... READ MORE›
GOODS TRAIN DERAILS IN EASTERN INDIA
At least 14 coaches of a goods train derailed on Friday in eastern Indian state of Odisha, officials said... READ MORE›
WHAT IS ON THE WISH LIST OF WOMEN IN INDIA PM MODI'S HOMETOWN?
Vadnagar, a municipality situated in Gujarat's Mehsana district, is where Mr Modi was born and spent his early childhood... READ MORE›
INDIA TRAIN TRAVELS 160KM IN 'WRONG DIRECTION'
We started the journey at 10pm on Tuesday and reached Mathura in Uttar Pradesh state past midnight... READ MORE›
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'BLACK DAY' IN KASHMIR MARKS 1947 INDIAN ARMY ARRIVAL
Both India and Pakistan have their arguments, but it is a Kashmiri who gets the bullet, he said... READ MORE›
NEW DELHI'S 'GAS CHAMBER' SMOG IS SO BAD THAT UNITED AIRLINES HAS STOPPED FLYING THERE
An advisory on United's website said travel to New Delhi was suspended through at least Tuesday... READ MORE›
TRUMPS SET TO LAUNCH TWO REAL ESTATE PROJECTS IN INDIA, DESPITE CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST CONCERNS
The Trump Organization has licensed its name to five projects in India despite a sluggish market for high-end luxury residences... READ MORE›
TAJ MAHAL DROPPED FROM TOURISM BOOKLET OF UTTAR PRADESH
Anywhere in the world, when the name of India comes, the first thing that people ask is Taj Mahal... READ MORE›
INDIA SUPREME COURT RULES SEX WITH CHILD BRIDE IS RAPE
India's Supreme Court has struck down a legal clause that permits men to have sex with their underage wives... READ MORE›
TIPU SULTAN'S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED AMID PROTESTS
Tipu Sultan stood against the idea of Indian civilisation, against Hindu civilisation and culture... READ MORE›
INDIA'S CAPITAL IS STRUGGLING TO BREATHE AS POLLUTION LEVELS SOAR
The Indian Medical Association declared a public health emergency, warning people not to go out... READ MORE›
INDIA TO INVEST $17BN ON JAPANESE BULLET TRAINS
The network, which will run 508km between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, was announced on Thursday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi... READ MORE›
BJP POLITICIAN PUTS BOUNTY ON DEEPIKA PADUKONE'S HEAD
Democratic institutions in India are under threat in this kind of a situation, Nandy told Al Jazeera... READ MORE›
BRITISH GOVERNMENT COVERED UP ITS ROLE IN AMRITSAR MASSACRE IN INDIA
The government needs to finally come clean about Thatcher's role in the Amritsar massacre and India's crackdown on Sikhs, said the report's author, Phil Miller... READ MORE›
ASSAM: EX-ARMY MAN HAQUE ASKED TO PROVE CITIZENSHIP
Mohammad Azmal Haque, who served in the Indian army for 30 years, has been asked to prove his nationality... READ MORE›
THE BEST MEAL YOU CAN BUY FOR 13 CENTS
India's Indira canteen The best meal you can buy for 13 cents... READ MORE›
'INDIA IS MOTHER OF TERRORISM IN SOUTH ASIA'
Published September 24, 2017 1 53 pm India's Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj left and Pakistan's ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 22 KILLED IN MUMBAI STATION STAMPEDE
At least 22 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a stampede on a bridge near a railway station in India's financial hub of Mumbai... READ MORE›
WHY INDIA'S FARMERS WANT TO CONSERVE INDIGENOUS HEIRLOOM RICE
Almost 200 of the 1,200 varieties in Deb's collection have been sourced from Koraput's farmers, indicating that villagers have not abandoned their native seeds for modern varieties... READ MORE›
INDIA ARRESTS SECT LEADER FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING WOMAN
Police arrest 70-year-old Kaushlendra Prapannacharya Falahari Maharaja for allegedly sexually assaulting 21-year-old... READ MORE›
INDIAN MINISTERS WHO REWROTE SCIENCE
However, he is not the first Indian minister to make such claims, either about ancient India's contribution to science or that it invented the plane... READ MORE›
SEVEN NEWLY ACCESSIBLE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Forget machu picchu seven newly accessible wonders of the world... READ MORE›
TWO LASHKAR-E-TAIBA FIGHTERS KILLED IN KASHMIR RAID
On Wednesday, two Indian air force commandos and two fighters were killed in a gun battle in north Kashmir's Bandipora village... READ MORE›
HOW INDIAS BATTLE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COULD DETERMINE ALL OF OUR FATES
Indias population and emissions are rising fast, and its ability to tackle poverty without massive fossil fuel use will decide the fate of the planet... READ MORE›
PROTESTS IN INDIA AFTER SCHOOLBOY'S MURDER IN GURUGRAM
A total of 10,854 cases of child rape were reported in India in 2015... READ MORE›
5 HIGHEST RATES OF POLLUTION-RELATED DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION (PERCENTAGE OF ALL DEATHS)
One out of every four premature deaths in India in 2015, or some 2.5 million, was attributed to pollution... READ MORE›
INDIAN TROOPS AND REBELS KILLED IN KASHMIR GUN BATTLE
At least two security personnel and two rebels killed in a gun battle in Bandipora area of Indian-administered Kashmir... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN USES FAKE PICTURE AT UN
Pakistan uses fake picture at UN Will 'certainly think' about how to deal with it, says UNGA president... READ MORE›
WHAT'S PM 2.5 AND WHY IS NEW DELHI, LAHORE SMOG SO BAD?
In New Delhi, smog levels of PM 2.5, the particles most damaging to health, have reached 40 times the World Health Organization's safe limit... READ MORE›
'MODERN AIR IS TOO CLEAN': THE RISE OF AIR POLLUTION DENIAL
For the last two years, Prakash Javadekar has been India's environment, forests and climate change minister... READ MORE›
MAHATMA GANDHI ON NON-VIOLENCE AND DEMOCRACY
Indians are celebrating the 148th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the South Asian nation's independence... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN CALLS INDIA 'MOTHER OF TERRORISM' IN RESPONSE TO SUSHMA SWARAJ'S UNGA ADDRESS
All this establishes that India is the mother of terrorism in South Asia, alleged Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi... READ MORE›
SEX WITH UNDERAGE WIFE IS RAPE, INDIAN SUPREME COURT RULES
But the court stopped short of revoking an exception in the country's criminal law that permits rape in marriage, currently the subject of separate legal proceedings... READ MORE›
NEW DELHI'S 'GAS CHAMBER' SMOG IS SO BAD THAT UNITED AIRLINES HAS STOPPED FLYING THERE
Some parts of New Delhi have pollution 40 times the World Health Organization-recommended safe level... READ MORE›