カテゴリー: India
British government must put pressure on Narendra Modi to ease the plight of women whose husbands have been disappeared in the Indian state, writes Margaret OwenIndia’s breach of article 370 of its constitution, which gave special status and autonomy to…
Trust in institutions has melted away – so stars such as Chopra, who was accused this week of ‘encouraging nuclear war’, are attempting to fill the gapAyesha Malik had more of a comment than a question. Malik, a 28-year-old Pakistani-American, had spen…
As the country seeks to establish itself as a space power, audiences are developing an appetite for the extraterrestrial on the big screenIn 2014, India sent the Mars Orbiter Mission into space, and became the first country to send a satellite to orbit…
Actor questioned at beauty conference about support for India’s armed forces amid tension between two countriesPriyanka Chopra has been accused of “encouraging nuclear war” over comments she made amid worsening tensions between India and Pakistan.The I…
Areas of Srinagar deserted during religious holiday, usually one of the year’s busiestMuslims in Indian-administered Kashmir spent the religious holiday of Eid al-Adha in a security lockdown, unable to call their friends and relatives as an unprecedent…
Residents could visit mosques but not able to call relatives on eighth day of crackdownLarge congregations have been banned for the major Islamic festival of Eid in Indian-administered Kashmir, where an unprecedented communications block on landlines, …
About 100 animals transport visitors along kilometre-long cobbled path to the city’s iconic Amber FortAnimal rights protesters took to the streets on bicycles in the Indian city of Jaipur on Sunday, demanding an end to elephants being used to carry tou…
The UK’s one million Kashmiris are feeling the repercussions of India’s shock moveEver since thousands of troops placed Indian-administered Kashmir in lockdown, Sohail Nasti has been sitting in the living room of his north London home frantically tryin…
Narendra Modi’s high-handed action over the disputed territory is likely to revive conflict with PakistanThe crisis over Kashmir, triggered by the Indian government’s decision to impose direct rule from Delhi, has universal relevance. It says much abou…
Clumsy intervention by Trump in dispute over Kashmir may have prompted Indian PM to actIt’s tempting, though illogical, to blame Donald Trump for all the world’s ills. Yet was it America’s self-aggrandising president who triggered last week’s sudden cr…
Cities are empty as armed security forces outnumber local police and all communications remain blockedEid is just days away, and the central market in Srinagar, Lal Chowk, should be bustling with people. Every year crowds flock to its stalls to buy clo…
42 female academics and activists on a teenage rape survivor’s struggle for justiceAs a teenage rape survivor demanding justice battles for her life (Politician accused of rape expelled from BJP, 1 August), we are shocked and outraged at the Indian gov…
Exclusive: special rapporteur speaks as Modi calls revoking special status start of ‘new era’ The unprecedented communications blackout imposed on Indian-administered Kashmir could signal a departure in the way in which democratic states clamp down on …
Bride and groom, who both underwent sex reassignment, comes as lower house of parliament votes to enshrine transgender rightsAn Indian transgender couple who both underwent sex re-assignment have tied the knot in a traditional Bengali ceremony, in what…