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Khalistani groups who want independence of Punjab accuse India of killings in UK and elsewhereCanada and India make tit-for-tat envoy expulsions over killing of Sikh leaderMonths before Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in a carpark in Canada, three o…
Read MoreSome say use of ‘Bharat’ is move to finally throw off colonial chains, others call it disastrous Narendra Modi vanity projectIndia or Bharat? As the history books show, this is a question that goes back centuries.As India prepares to host the G20 summi…
Read MoreWhile online shopping explodes in the world’s biggest country, traditional companies are struggling to adaptThe apps are there for whatever you need: an extra mango, a carton of milk, a pint of ice-cream or a replacement phone cable for the one your do…
Read MoreAs violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities continues in north-east India, campaigners criticise the authorities’ reaction and both sides warn of civil war Manipur is a state in north-east India with a population of more than three million. It …
Read MoreThe Biden administration will try to strengthen US-India ties while the Indian leader looks to shore up votes for next year’s electionThe symbolism of the visit will be hard to avoid. As Narendra Modi arrives in Washington DC on Wednesday – the capital…
Read MoreMinisters accused of trying to shift blame for Friday’s disaster in which 275 people diedPolice in the Indian state of Odisha have registered a criminal case of “death by negligence” relating to the train crash on Friday that killed 275 people, as crit…
Read MoreThough the number of railway accidents has come down in the past few years, derailment remains the main causeThere is no railway system quite like the Indian railways. Trains remain an essential lifeline in India, the world’s most populous country of 1…
Read MoreRelatives tell of agony of searching for survivors among what one called ‘heaps of bodies’ as rescue activities draw to a closeThe carriages from three trains sat piled high in an entangled wreck. Some lay sideways, while others had been thrown so high…
Read MoreNepal’s head of tourism says variable weather on the mountain has led to one of the deadliest years on recordExperts say this is likely to be one of the deadliest years on record on Mount Everest, with variable weather caused by climate change being bl…
Read MoreThree of the 20 big cats brought from Africa have died as critics of the plan say their new habitat is unsuitableA programme to reintroduce cheetahs in India after 75 years has been called into question after three of the animals died in recent weeks a…
Read MoreCourt orders immediate release of former prime minister who was arrested in Islamabad this weekPakistan’s supreme court has ruled the arrest of the former prime minister Imran Khan was illegal and ordered for him to be released.The chief justice of Pak…
Read MoreFrom cricket star to ousted PM, Khan is an anti-establishment rebel to some and a corrupt force for destruction to othersImran Khan is often regarded as the most divisive man in Pakistan.For some, the former superstar cricketer turned prime minister, w…
Read MoreMilestone marks the first time since 1950 that China has dropped to second place in global population ranksIndia has overtaken China as the world’s most populous country, according to UN population estimates, the most significant shift in global demogr…
Read MoreFormer minister from ruling BJP party among Hindus acquitted of killings in city of AhmedabadAn Indian court has acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), of the murder of 11 Muslims during communal …
Read MoreBJP denies involvement in case but some point to Gandhi’s queries over accused industrialist linked to Narendra Modi – and the wider action against political rivalsFor a court system with a backlog of 40m cases, there was one lawsuit that recently appe…
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