投稿者: Amrit Dhillon in Delhi
Homes of several editors of the Wire also raided after complaint about story based on falsified documentsPolice in Delhi have raided the premises of a news website known for its fierce criticism of the Indian government, over a retracted article about …
UK foreign secretary was speaking at memorial ceremony for victims of 2008 attacks in MumbaiCountries must work together to deprive terrorists of funding in order to prevent deadly attacks, the UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has said.Cleverly is…
Notice issued to Rajasthan state government demanding police inquiry into ‘abominable’ practiceYoung girls in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan are being sold as “repayment” for loans their parents cannot afford, the national body that protects hu…
Archaic laws include fining those who fail to beat a drum to beat back locusts or report money found in streetAn Indian minister has called for his country to abolish 1,500 archaic laws dating back to the British Raj.On the statute book are laws that r…
New viral infection detected in dozens of children in Kerala, and now also in Tamil Nadu and OdishaAn outbreak of a new viral infection referred to as tomato flu that was first detected in children in the southern Indian state of Kerala in May has spre…
Daksh Giri was wedged on father’s scooter when stray razor-sharp kite string wrapped around his neckA six-year-old boy has died after his throat was cut by a stray glass-coated kite string as he rode on a scooter with his father in Ludhiana, north Indi…
Gujarat frees men serving life sentences for rape, and for murder of three-year-old daughter and other relativesA Muslim woman who was gang-raped by a Hindu mob, which also murdered her three-year-old daughter and 13 other members of her family, has sp…
Narendra Modi urged his people to fly the national flag but strict rules govern its disposal and offenders can go to jailIndians were urged to buy and proudly display the national flag on Independence Day this week, with the prime minister, Narendra Mo…
Shopkeeper filmed telling customer he had been told to deny rations to anyone refusing to buy flag in run-up to Independence DayIndia’s opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi, has accused the government of forcing people entitled to free food at government ra…
India’s monsoon season has been worse than usual, sweeping away possessions and leaving people huddling on raised groundPeople living in Assam, in north-east India, are usually stoical about the flooding that occurs to a greater or lesser extent every …
Rallies spread across states over news of four-year contract to replace job-for-life schemeYoung people in India have set trains and tyres alight and vandalised buses in angry protests against a new army recruitment scheme that calls time on a guarante…
As capital swelters, India urges rich countries to provide funds to help deal with effects of climate crisisThroughout the day Virender Sharma splashes water from a bucket on to the sheet he has pulled over his lilies, tuberoses, carnations and gerbera…
Anger over the ruling party’s belligerence simmers, but community leaders know the far right itches for confrontationThe sound of bulldozers reverberated in cities cross India over the weekend as authorities knocked down the homes of Muslims allegedly …
Suicide bombings threatened after ‘slandering’ comments made by Hindu Bharatiya Janata partyAl-Qaida in the Indian subcontinent has said it plans to carry out suicide bombings in revenge for the “insulting and slandering” remarks made by leaders of the…
Disciplinary action against members of BJP fails to quell growing anger in Muslim world over comments insulting the prophetSix more countries have joined diplomatic protests across the Muslim world over derogatory remarks insulting the prophet Muhammad…