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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…
Read MoreIndia’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 …
Read MoreRallies 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…
Read MoreAs 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…
Read MoreAnger 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 …
Read MoreSuicide 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…
Read MoreDisciplinary 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…
Read MoreBreak into male-dominated public-transport helps tackle city’s pollution crisis and safety concernsMonika Devi is thrilled to be driving her autorickshaw. The 35-year-old has two reasons to be particularly proud as she winds her way through New Delhi’s…
Read MoreMeghalaya state hopes for world heritage status for unique bridges, which can take decades to createIndia’s famous living bridges – the roots of trees coaxed and stretched into the form of a suspension bridge over a river – have been submitted to Unesc…
Read MoreBlaze at 65-metre high ‘mountain of shame’ in Ghazipur still not completely put outParts of a fire that broke out on Monday at a gigantic landfill site on the outskirts of Delhi known as the “mountain of shame” were still smouldering 24 hours later, ch…
Read MoreMaharashtra government criticised over prop for health workers to demonstrate how to put on a condomA rubber penis that health workers are using as part of a family planning kit to demonstrate how to put on a condom has sparked anger in rural India, wh…
Read MoreDistraught couples face prospect of cutting guest lists from more than 600 people down to just 20 after coronavirus variant took holdSee all our coronavirus coverageUntil 28 December, Heena Vashisht was a happy bride-to-be. The 28-year-old was pleased …
Read MoreGovernment has banned Mother Teresa charity and many other NGOs from receiving donations from abroadOxfam India has said its work in the country will be imperilled by the government’s refusal to renew a licence that permits it to receive funds from abr…
Read MoreAfter 15 years campaigning, Satya Naresh believes it’s time for government action to stop the custom that causes a woman to die every hour through murder or suicideFor more than a decade, Satya Naresh has been trying to persuade India’s men to stop a w…
Read MoreNuthalapati Ramana issues extraordinary rebuke over ‘custodial torture and other police atrocities’In an extraordinary rebuke over police brutality, India’s chief justice has said the most dangerous places in the country for threats to human rights are…
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