India

Residents of Mumbai village of Asalpha proud to live in a "beautiful masterpiece" after volunteers transform slum.

The minister said that the theory was "scientifically wrong" and that it required a change in the education curriculum.

A pair of North London cafes both themed on Commonwealth countries are attracting significant public backlash for "insensitively evoking memories of the Empire".

Modi and Trump have had a mixed relationship since the US president came to power just over a year ago.

Technology pioneer John McAfee is urging spooked bitcoin investors not to panic after it emerged that major banks in India were investigating the country's top exchanges.

A coalition of Indian churches has challenged the country's law currently used to penalise homosexuality.

With a strike range of more than 5,000km, the intercontinental ballistic missile or ICBM can reach all parts of China.

At least three men have been gored to death in southern India while watching a bull-taming sport, known in the region as Jallikattu.

Indian prisoners will be treated to "cow therapy" in a radical rehabilitation plan that involves rearing the cattle considered sacred by Hindus.

Gang-rape Dalit victim's death after ordeal in conservative state of Haryana sparks demand for crackdown as activists claim rape epidemic in India.

The fatality occurred during the controversial sport of Jallikattu, in which bulls are released into an arena and young men try to cling onto them without being thrown off.

Top military general says India needs to step up its security measures as the threat from non-state actors is a reality.

Many Indian women are forced to use rags, leaves or even ashes when they are menstruating as they cannot afford sanitary products.

The development comes four years after the Supreme Court of India delivered a controversial verdict saying that same-sex consensual relationships are illegal in the country.

Global Ipsos-Mori poll finds more Indians believe in prospect of alien invasion than any other country.

Manvendra Singh Gohil is turning his 15-acre grounds into a home for his community. He was disowned by his family after coming out.

The report has already been dismissed as "fake news" by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The man has reportedly been freed of the forced marriage practice, known as 'Pakadua Vivah,' which is a tradition specific to the Bihar region, in eastern India.

A man in India chopped off his mistress' head in a jealous rage because he believed she was in a relationship with another man.

Muslim man Waseem Ansari beaten to death in Jharkhand, India, after he complained about loud New Year music.

Photographs show the extent of the fire at 1 Above Rooftop, with the entire Kamala Mills complex reduced to a blackened shell of twisted wreckage.

The incident happened in India's capital city of Delhi when the girls were playing outside their home.

Pakistani fire kills 4 Indian soldiers along disputed border of Kashmir as tensions between two countries over Himalayan region escalate.

India has the world's highest road accident death toll, with more than 110,000 people dying each year.

Deepa Ram admits to killing wives by setting fire to car they were in following "differences" with his family

However, sugar cane diversion to ethanol production in Brazil means global prices remain high.

Police in Bhind are on the manhunt for India's only 'Happiness Minister' Lal Singh Arya over the alleged murder of an opposition politician in 2009.

The school's chairman said Tariq Bhat and Sumaya Bashir "were having romance and it is not good for the 2,000 students" in the school.

The boy is said to have sustained more than 50% burn injuries but is currently out of danger.

The girl's mother said two days earlier, she had caught her husband doing something to the child.