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India: Now historians join protest against 'rising intolerance'
Protesters including writers, film-makers and scientists question the Modi government's inaction.
World's cheapest smartphone: £10 DataWind mobile set for December release date
Canadian manufacturer DataWind will release the world's most affordable mobile in India.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg fends off questions on net neutrality
At townhall Q&A in New Delhi, Zuckerberg calls for expanding internet.
India-Africa summit: Intelligence agencies warn of 'very high' level threat from Isis, Boko Haram
Security agencies indicate that lone wolf attacks could be carried out by Boko Haram or Isis militants at the third #IAFS.
Geeta: Indian woman lost in Pakistan for more than a decade reunited with family in Delhi
Geeta was accompanied by the Edhi family who looked after her in Karachi.
India: 13-year-old girl beheads rapist's 5-year-old son
The girl said in her statement that the accused lured her by offering her a chemical drug and raped her.
It is time to fix the outdated Security Council set-up before it destroys the UN
The diagnosis is clear: the Security Council reflects the geopolitical realities of 1945, not of today.
India: Writers and scholars hit the streets in Delhi against rising intolerance
Writers target literary academy for not coming out against attacks on scholars.
India: Muslim killed after colleague thrusts powerful air hose up his rectum
Victim's family alleges police trying to cover up incident, which has communal tinge.
India: Lynching of man over beef-eating rumours found premeditated
National Commission for Minorities probe finds whole incident was pre-planned.
India: Australian forced to apologise to mob over tattoo depicting Hindu goddess on leg
Deeply scarred by the incident, Matthew Gordon said he did not want to stay in India anymore.
India: Man allegedly lynched over rumours he was smuggling cows
The incident comes just three weeks after a Muslim man was lynched over rumours of storing and eating beef.
Indian woman who strayed into Pakistan to be reunited with her family after 10 years
Geeta, 22, who was lost in Pakistan 11 years ago, has been in a Lahore shelter home.
India: Husband posts poisonous snake to wife's boss
Husband dispatches package containing live snake and threat letter to wife's colleague.
India: 40-day-old baby burnt with hot iron rod to cure her of pneumonia
The girl has developed septicaemia (infection) and her condition is critical.
India: 41 writers return country's highest literary awards to protest rising intolerance
Authors return Sahitya Akademi Awards to protest growing disregard for freedom of speech under Narendra Modi.
India: 850,000 pharmacies shut as chemists go on strike over online sale of medicines
Critics point out that India's notorious drug industry is getting a taste of its own medicine.
Investors expect gold buying in India to pick up as festival of Navratri is underway
Demand in the Indian gold market is expected to strengthen over the next 10 days.
India: 'Dead' man wakes up moments before post-mortem
Homeless Mumbai man declared dead and taken to the morgue but wakes up moments before his post-mortem.
OnePlus 2 open sales all set to debut, no invite needed
OnePlus announces first open sales time-slots for OnePlus 2 in Asia, Europe and North America.
India Hindu beef lynching: Muslim victim ate goat meat not beef reveals forensic report
Mohammad Akhlaq, a Muslim beaten to death by a Hindu mob, kept goat meat in his fridge.
India: Man parades 'unfaithful' wife's severed head through streets (GRAPHIC IMAGE)
The 60-year-old man suspected his wife of having an extra-marital affair.
Saudi Arabia: Employer chops off Indian domestic help's arm
The Indian government has reacted strongly calling for strict action against the accused.
Ranjit Power: Body sent from India does not match DNA of British millionaire
Power, who owned the Ramada Park Hall Hotel and Spa in Wolverhampton, was last seen alive on 8 May.
Saudi Arabia: Woman who posted video of husband cheating with housemaid facing jail
The video clip, posted on social media, shows the husband kissing the housemaid.
India: Dead foetus found in 4-year-old boy after he complained of stomach ache
The rare medical abnormality is known as "foetus in foetu" (baby within a baby).
Indian minister seeks UN intervention in mob-lynching incident over beef row
Azam Khan, a minister in Uttar Pradesh government, seeks UN help over communal tensions in India.
India: Muslim man kills 4-year-old daughter for not covering head while eating dinner
Man arrested following incident in North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Gandhi Jayanti 2015: Top 10 quotes by India's Father of the Nation on love, freedom and religion
Gandhi Jayanti is observed on 2 October to mark Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's birthday.
India: Police attempt to arrest two-year-old for theft
Toddler Ravi was accused of theft, trespassing at night and dishonestly receiving stolen property.