投稿者: Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi
Court sentenced boy’s father and grandparents for killing his mother over demands for higher dowryThe testimony of an Indian child who witnessed his father and grandparents murder his mother in the living room of his home when he was four years old has…
Narayana Murthy drives a small car, cleans his own loo and likes nothing more than to readRishi Sunak becomes PM after meeting King CharlesHe may be worth £3.9bn but Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law, NR Narayana Murthy, lives in the same Bengaluru flat with…
Indians react to news UK will have its first Hindu PM and consider how it will affect bilateral tiesRishi Sunak to be UK PM – live news updatesSunak wins Tory leadership – full reportAs Rishi Sunak prepares to become the UK’s next prime minister at the…
Ever since it came to power, the BJP has have taken intermittent pot shots at English, branding it a ‘colonial relic’ surrounded by a ‘slavish mentality’Narendra Modi’s government is intensifying its efforts to relegate English to the margins of Indian…
Mallikarjun Kharge, a Gandhi loyalist, aims to lead fightback against Narendra Modi’s BJPIndia’s Congress party has appointed its first president in 24 years not from the Gandhi dynasty, in an effort to reverse its apparent decline and take on the seem…
Aam Aadmi party’s decision to scrap plan to privatise sale of alcohol comes after pressure from rival BJPAll over the Indian capital, the sound of metal shutters being pulled down at off-licences has left drinkers high and dry.The dry spell, expected t…
Lawyer Tungnath Chaturvedi took on the might of Indian Railways after being charged 20 rupees – or 21p – too muchAn Indian lawyer has won a 22-year legal battle with Indian Railways for overcharging him by 20 rupees (21p or 25c).When Tungnath Chaturved…
Staff use makeshift rafts and boats to transport patients and bring painkillers and medicines to those trapped at homeWhen the flood water roared into her home in Assam, Jyoti Bora* saw the morphine pills she takes for head and neck cancer swept away a…
Ban on 19 items comes in on Friday, but researchers warn that millions are not prepared to use alternatives to ubiquitous plasticOn Friday India’s nationwide ban on single-use plastic comes into effect, but a glance at the street vendors who line one …
Rana Ayyub, a columnist for the Washington Post, was not allowed to board a flight at Mumbai airport on TuesdayA prominent Indian journalist has been prevented from flying to Europe to speak about intimidation of journalists and rights in the world’s l…
Unions say strike over ‘anti-worker’ government policies a success despite limited impact, with far fewer than predicted taking partAn estimated 50 million people joined India’s two-day national strike this week, a fraction of the number expected to pr…
While street-level opinion is even-handed, commentators from right and left are converging on the warRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesAt the bustling tea stands and roadside eateries of Delhi, European politics is not a regular topic of conversation. …
Fearing unrest over the ruling, the state government bans large gatherings after the restrictions on headscarves sparked violent protestsA court in India has ruled that wearing a hijab is not an essential principle of Islam, in a setback to Muslim stud…
Fears rise of a resurgence in the spread of coronavirus despite daily cases reaching their lowest for monthsMore than 100 million Indians have not turned up for their second coronavirus vaccine dose, official data showed, raising concerns of a resurgen…
Young Muslims face charges including ‘promoting enmity’ after match at T20 World Cup in DubaiIndian police have arrested seven Muslim youths for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in a cricket match on Sunday.Uttar Pradesh’s chief mini…