Indian government criticised as references to Muslim rulers are removed from school history booksEducational body removes reference to more than 200 years of Mughal ruleThu Apr 6 2023 - 16:05
India Letter: Politician elects to shower voters with cashMany candidates push legal boundaries by offering incentives to votersMon Apr 3 2023 - 11:16
Indian actor arrested for tweet criticising Hindu nationalist ideologyChetan Kumar denounced ideology promoted by prime minister Narendra Modi’s BJP partyWed Mar 22 2023 - 16:46
India begins to face its problem with stray dogsThe recent deaths of two brothers, aged five and seven, has brought the issue into focusThu Mar 16 2023 - 10:57
Tax authority raids on BBC offices in India continue into second daySearches take place in broadcaster’s offices in New Delhi and MumbaiWed Feb 15 2023 - 17:51
BBC offices in Delhi raided by India tax authoritiesIncident comes weeks after broadcaster aired investigative documentary on PM Narendra Modi’s alleged involvement in 2002 sectarian riotsTue Feb 14 2023 - 15:18
Modi government continues practice of renaming public placesOpposition parties say renaming of Mughal gardens in New Delhi’s Presidential Palace a move by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government to ‘rewrite history’Thu Feb 2 2023 - 18:42
Indian government locks heads with supreme court over PM’s plans for greater control over judiciaryNarendra Modi’s ruling party claims appointment process needs reform as it is ‘opaque and unaccountable’Thu Jan 26 2023 - 15:13
Hundreds flee sinking town in Indian HimalayasEnvironmentalists say indiscriminate and unplanned development in Joshimath has caused subsidenceThu Jan 19 2023 - 18:23
India legal case concludes after 72 yearsCourt in Kolkata upholds its own 1948 judgement green-lighting the liquidation of a long-defunct bankMon Jan 16 2023 - 17:03
Eagle eyes in the sky: Indian army using birds of prey on border dronesIn an idea taken from the Netherlands, eagles track and destroy drones from Pakistan which carry ammunition, drugs and fake currencyTue Jan 10 2023 - 20:20
Indian soldier breaks glass ceiling on glacial battlefieldCaptain Shiva Chauhan has become the Indian army’s first female soldier on the 4,700m high Siachen Glacier in the HimalayasThu Jan 5 2023 - 15:45
Saffron Bollywood bikini causes colourful political rowIndian legislators say garment and film offend Hindu sentiment while others speak of creative freedomMon Dec 19 2022 - 20:18
US assures India of support over border clashes with ChinaLast week’s skirmish along the disputed Himilayan border has raised fears of another warThu Dec 15 2022 - 11:35
Death toll in Indian bridge collapse reaches 135 including 47 children Search enters third day after suspension foot bridge collapses in Gujarat stateTue Nov 1 2022 - 07:02
‘From Age of Empire to Rishi Raj’: India reacts to Sunak’s appointment as British PMIndian MPs hailed Sunak’s appointment as a ‘Diwali gift’ on the annual Festival of Lights that was celebrated on MondayWed Oct 26 2022 - 16:59
English language a target as Modi tries to rid India of colonial influencesTrainee doctors, state employees and defence forces affected by government efforts to favour Hindi languageMon Oct 24 2022 - 13:00
Indian navy commissions its first indigenously-built aircraft carrierThe navy had only recently launched the complex procedure of acquiring 26 new fighters from either France or the US for the warshipFri Sep 2 2022 - 17:25
Cheetahs to return to India 70 years after being declared extinct Eight cats to be imported from Namibia in bid to reintroduce animal to its former habitatMon Jul 25 2022 - 19:00
India’s new president to enjoy incongruous luxury in country of widespread povertyDraupadi Murmu will live in lavish estate with 25 chefs and private golf courseThu Jul 21 2022 - 18:26
Modi criticised for ‘aggressive’ recasting of Indian emblem on parliament building‘Angry lions with bared fangs; this is Modi’s new India,’ tweeted one activist and former politicianThu Jul 14 2022 - 19:54
New Delhi meat shops stay shut for nine-day Hindu festivalBan on meat sales by prime minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party sparks outrageThu Apr 7 2022 - 17:05
Covid-19: India offers incentives as government struggles to meet vaccination targetWidespread vaccine hesitancy across rural part of the country, healthcare workers sayTue Dec 21 2021 - 17:32
India’s gender balance tilts but huge challenges remain for womenDelhi Letter: A UN report in 2014 said that India’s dwindling female population had reached ‘emergency proportions’Mon Dec 6 2021 - 20:19
Modi’s party bans non-vegetarian food carts in four Indian citiesVendors also prohibited from selling within 100m of schools, parks and religious placesWed Nov 17 2021 - 18:27
India’s wedding planners tied in knots as celebrations resumeAs the Covid shackles come off, large, opulent weddings are putting a strain on supplyMon Nov 15 2021 - 17:40
Use of fireworks during Hindu festival adds to dire pollution in New DelhiHomeless and poor suffer the most as city shrouded in a noxious smogFri Nov 5 2021 - 16:45
Panel to investigate Indian government’s alleged phone monitoringTruth behind claims Pegasus spyware used for illegal surveillance set to be uncoveredWed Oct 27 2021 - 17:36
India celebrates billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose following slow startHuge disparity between partly and fully vaccinated people remainsThu Oct 21 2021 - 06:37
Thousands of workers fleeing northern Kashmir following shootings by militantsIndian security forces move tens of thousands of agriculture and construction workers into army and police camps for their safetyWed Oct 20 2021 - 17:41
Kashmir tensions return as five Indian troops are killed in firefightIndia claims armed militants crossed over from Pakistan across the line of control that divides KashmirTue Oct 12 2021 - 16:22
India’s transport minister plans a more melodious traffic flowRaucous vehicle horns to be replaced by sounds of classical Indian instrumentsTue Oct 5 2021 - 21:02
India begins 20 days of celebrations for Modi’s 71st birthdayExtravagant programme of events criticised as effort to halt slide in PM’s popularityFri Sep 17 2021 - 14:58
India’s Covid-19 waves prompts spate of illegal child marriagesFamilies ‘exploited’ lockdowns to illegally marry off daughters aged between 11 and 14 yearsSun Aug 1 2021 - 14:38
Indian health authorities face major challenge to meet target for full vaccinationLess than 5% of India’s adult population of about 1 billion having been fully vaccinated against Covid-19Mon Jul 5 2021 - 16:09
Concerns expressed over sustainability of India’s latest Covid vaccination driveLeading virologist warns of potential ‘third wave’ after lockdown restrictions easedWed Jun 23 2021 - 17:50
Several Indian cities and districts ease lockdown restrictions as cases declineShops have reopened in Delhi and Mumbai, but are permitted to function on alternate days onlyWed Jun 9 2021 - 17:38
India now facing outbreak of the disease ‘black fungus’The fungus affects recovered and recovering Covid-19 patients, and is linked to an overuse of steroids administered in treating the virusMon May 24 2021 - 19:48
Modi critics arrested as second coronavirus wave continues to ravage IndiaOnly three per cent of the country’s 1.3bn people have been fully vaccinated to dateMon May 17 2021 - 16:35
India’s second Covid-19 wave overwhelms under-resourced regionsBodies of virus victims wash up on banks of Ganges river as funeral pyres blaze continuouslyWed May 12 2021 - 17:42
Dozens of bodies wash up in Ganges as India’s vaccination programme stallsFootage of some 100 suspected Covid victims in river goes viral as oxygen shortages go onMon May 10 2021 - 16:16
India’s oxygen shortage: Volunteers work to plug void in official responseSikh volunteers and others have created facilities to get oxygen to those in dire needWed May 5 2021 - 17:30
Authorities struggle to cope as coronavirus crisis deepens in IndiaPatients die to to lack of oxygen as more than 300,000 new cases reported for a 12th straight dayMon May 3 2021 - 16:48
Vaccine supply difficulties in India hit national inoculation driveState chiefs concede inability to deliver on programme promised by prime minister ModiFri Apr 30 2021 - 17:43
India’s towns and villages overwhelmed as Covid-19 fatalities worsenPolice clamp down as citizens complain of oxygen shortages and pyres run out of woodThu Apr 29 2021 - 19:33
Indian PM prioritises ‘self-indulgent’ building as Covid numbers soarModi is drawing flak for proceeding with construction of new parliament buildingsWed Apr 28 2021 - 17:07
Hellish scenes in India as second Covid wave is magnified by political failureNew Delhi Letter: Fury is turning on Narendra Modi’s government amid abject sufferingTue Apr 27 2021 - 17:33
Oxygen leak kills 22 hospital patients as Covid second wave devastates IndiaVentilated patients run out of air as healthcare sytem buckles amid 300,000 daily casesWed Apr 21 2021 - 15:37
Shortage of hospital beds, ventilators and drugs in India as Covid cases surgeLengthy queues at crematoriums and burial grounds across the country as bodies pile up outsideFri Apr 16 2021 - 16:03
Millions gather at Ganges as India’s daily Covid tally hits world recordDeadly second wave of infections comes as two-month religious festival beginsMon Apr 12 2021 - 16:14