投稿者: Hannah Ellis-Petersen, south Asia correspondent
Ministers 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…
Though 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…
Relatives 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…
Nepal’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…
Three 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…
Court 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…
From 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…
Milestone 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…
Former 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 …
BJP 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…
Repercussions from Hindenburg report reach into political sphere as spotlight falls on tight-knit relationship between India’s prime minister and the billionaireGautam Adani is a hard man to avoid in India. Whether it’s electricity, ports, power plants…
‘India: the Modi Question’, examining 2002 sectarian riots, comes at sensitive time for prime minister• BBC offices in India raidedA BBC documentary on the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi’s, actions during deadly sectarian riots in 2002 continues…
Muslim reporter Siddique Kappan had been charged under draconian anti-terrorism lawsIndian journalist Siddique Kappan, who was held in jail for two years without trial, has walked free after being granted bail in a case human rights groups alleged was …
Supreme court finds top government, police and intelligence officials were responsible for ‘failing to prevent’ bombingsThe supreme court in Sri Lanka has ordered the former president Maithripala Sirisena to pay millions in compensation to the victims …