投稿者: Hannah Ellis-Petersen, south Asia correspondent
As Joe Biden pulls ahead in the polls, Delhi avoids helping Donald Trump woo Indian-American voters At a podium in Delhi on Tuesday, the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and the secretary of defense, Mark Esper, made a clear declaration of their cou…
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Court clears 32 men of inciting clashes that led to destruction of site by Hindu rioters in 1992 A special court has acquitted all senior figures in India’s ruling party of their role in the demolition of the Babri mosque by Hindu rioters, in a further…
19-year-old Dalit woman was attacked while out cutting grass in Hathras, Uttar PradeshProtests have erupted in India over the death of a young woman two weeks after she was dragged from a field and allegedly gang-raped and tortured.The 19-year-old was …
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Girls in Uttar Pradesh targeted in assaults aiming to reinforce caste and gender hierarchies, say activistsA spate of brutal rapes and murders of young girls in a single district of India over the past month has provoked outrage and exposed the ongoing…
Girls in Uttar Pradesh targeted in assaults aiming to reinforce caste and gender hierarchies, say activistsA spate of brutal rapes and murders of young girls in a single district of India over the past month has provoked outrage and exposed the ongoing…
Prominent rights campaigner held under anti-terrorism laws for alleged role in February’s deadly riotsA prominent student activist has been arrested for his alleged role in deadly riots in Delhi earlier this year, as police continue to round up anti-go…
Bollywood star’s tragic story has spiralled into a national obsession, with his girlfriend at its centreFor 90 days, the death of a young Bollywood star has transfixed India.The story that began in June, when the actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found de…
Investigator says woman raped in front of her children shouldn’t have driven aloneThe gang-rape of a woman in front of her children after her car broke down on a motorway has prompted outrage and protests in Pakistan, with anger further fuelled by poli…
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