Air India pilot suspended for snoozing

Two Air India pilots were caught napping in business class while flight attendants in the cockpit accidentally turned off the auto-pilot.

India, China back down from border face-off

Fayaz Bukhari and Satarupa Bhattacharjya India and China simultaneously withdrew troops from camps a few meters apart in a Himalayan desert on Sunday.

Prisoner's death reignites India-Pakistan hostility

Ben Doherty India's relationship with Pakistan, forever fractious and this year tested by a spate of fatal border skirmishes, has been further strained by the bashing death of an Indian prisoner in a Pakistani...

India gets Disney-less theme park

Dean Nelson India's first entertainment theme park is due to be launched near Mumbai on Thursday with a series of rides based on Bollywood films, Hindu gods, Mughal forts and a dubious subcontinental dinosaur -...

Blighted lives of India's child coalminers

Ben Doherty At first, Gayasuddin's voice is the only evidence he is down here. Bouncing off the hard, wet walls and impossibly low ceiling of the tiny tunnel he mines, the sound of his labour reverberates 40...

India police arrest suspect over rape of girl, 5

Indian police said they had arrested the suspected rapist of a five-year-old girl who is battling for her life in hospital after a horrific attack in New Delhi.

Fresh China-India border dispute

Dozens of Chinese soldiers have set up camp in a Himalayan region claimed by India, Indian government sources say, signalling a potential renewal of border tensions between the nuclear-armed...

Executions on the rise as India walks away from nine-year moratorium

Ben Doherty India's Supreme Court has rejected a plea for clemency from convicted terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, upholding a death penalty awarded against him, and continuing a trend of re-adopting state...

India ruling protects cheap generic drugs

Penny MacRae India's Supreme Court has rejected a patent bid by Swiss drug giant Novartis, in a landmark ruling activists say will protect access to cheap generic versions of drugs in developing nations.

India building collapse toll hits 62

At least 62 people have died, including 17 children, after a building being constructed illegally collapsed in a Mumbai suburb.

India's top court puts curbs on Italy envoy

Bibhudatta Pradhan Delhi: India's top court has told the Italian ambassador to Delhi not to leave the country without its permission, as protests escalated over Italy's decision to block the return of two marines...

Swiss tourist gang-raped in India

Indian police say a Swiss tourist has been gang-raped and her husband was reportedly hit with sticks before the couple were robbed.

Australia and India to start uranium sale talks

Ben Doherty DELHI: Australia and India will begin negotiations for the sale of Australian uranium to the subcontinent this month.

Accused at centre of India rape trial found dead

Ben Doherty Alleged ring-leader of Delhi gang-rape that shocked India, and horrified the world, was on suicide watch when he reportedly hanged himself.

Police under fire from furious protesters in India's 'rape capital'

Ben Doherty DELHI: Delhi's police, so long seen as part of the problem of sexual violence in the capital, have borne the brunt of a city's anger during protests at the weekend.

India rape outrage: journalist shot dead during protest

Police have shot dead a journalist during a protest over a sex assault on an actress in northeast India, as security forces in New Delhi fired tear gas at new demonstrations over a student's...

Analysis

Mob rule not the answer as India seethes over gang rape

Ben Doherty India is justifiably proud of its young democracy. It is passionate, populist and - as the past weeks' protests have shown - spectacularly public.

Girl raped, murdered in India

A seven-year-old girl was raped and murdered in a village in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, police said according to a report.

India announces gang-rape inquiry

India's government has ordered a special inquiry into the gang-rape of a student which sparked mass protests, as police announced the arrest of 10 men over another multiple sex assault.