As the morning commuter train rattled down the track, Chinu Sharma, an office worker, enjoyed the absence of men. Some of them pinch and grope women on trains, or shout insults and catcalls, she said. Her friend Vandana Rohile agreed and widened her...

Pakistan on Thursday said it was “disturbed” by reports that India could be preparing for additional nuclear tests and hoped a unilateral moratorium on testing would remain in place in the region. “We are disturbed by media reports...

A probe has been launched into the death of an Indian man after photographs were published appearing to show that he had been executed by police. Police claimed they shot hospital attendant Chongkham Sanjit, 27, after he fired on them during a chase...

I think India’s status as a democracy - irrespective of size - is firstly undermined by a political class that thinks it is above the law, by an administrative machinery that thinks it is above the law, and - going by how upset they are at being...

Etymology aside, I have always been convinced that the word indigenous arose from India. To make something out of limited resources is India’s genius and, therefore, indigenous. After centuries of foreign attacks, changing cultures and...

The Sri Lankan Government is trying to siphon off millions of pounds of humanitarian aid by imposing a 0.9 per cent tax on all funding for aid groups, including the British charities Oxfam and Save the Children Fund, The Times has learnt. Aid workers...

Lalgarh is a small area where a section of the Indian tribal people lives. Lalgarh is in the Indian state of West Bengal and is in the district of West Medinipur. The area has been occupying the front page of all the dailies in India in recent times due...

“I think almost everyone will grant that if candidates for the United States Senate were required to possess ten million dollars, and for the House one million, the year-in-year-out level of conservatism of those two bodies might be expected to rise...

Although a nuclear deal between US and India is a wrap, the wheels are moving at a grinding slow pace on implementing the deal, with the US dithering on starting negotiations for the reprocessing agreement. Government sources said civil nuclear issues...

Even as Australia promises to crack down on those responsible for a spate of attacks on Indians in that country, another incident has been reported. Ashish Sood, studying at the Carrik Institute was reportedly beaten by a group of 15 youngsters on...