India State Greenlights Life Sentences For Cow Slaughter
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat on Friday increased the punishment for cow slaughter from seven years ...
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Attacks On Nigerian Students Shock India
India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has promised an “impartial” inquiry into attacks on Nigerian students living in Noida, near Delhi. ...
Nigerians Attacked In India
Indian newspapers have reported that five people have been arrested over the attack Four Nigerian students have been wounded in ...
Modi Party Picks Firebrand To Head India’s Biggest State
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing party Saturday picked a controversial firebrand leader to head India's most populous state, where it ...
India’s Defence Minister Quits To Lead Goa State
India's defence minister resigned Monday to lead the coastal state of Goa after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party secured enough ...
‘Brand Modi’ Gets Thumbs Up As PM’s Party Sweeps India Polls
Rebounding from a self-inflicted banknote crisis to deliver his party a stunning victory in state polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ...
Modi Set To Tighten Grip As India Awaits Results
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to tighten his grip on power Saturday with early trends from a string ...
Modi Looks To Tighten Grip As India Awaits Results
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be hoping to tighten his grip on power Saturday when results are announced from ...
Modi Looks To Tighten Grip As India Awaits Results
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be hoping to tighten his grip on power Saturday when results are announced from ...
Bodies Go Unburied At Election Time In India’s Manipur
The body of Pausuan Lian has lain in a hospital mortuary for more than 500 days since he was shot ...
Indian Politician Spends State Cash On Lavish Temple Gifts
The head of India's newest state is facing condemnation after spending $750,000 in public money on gold temple offerings to ...
New Chief of South India State Wins Bitter Confidence Vote
The new chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state won a confidence vote in the regional assembly Saturday, hours after ...
Palanisamy Sworn In As Tamil Nadu’s New CM But Uncertainty Still Looms
Edappadi Palanisamy, an ally of jailed and disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala has been sworn in as the next chief ...
Jailed Leader’s Ally To Head Southern India State
An ally of disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala was Thursday appointed the next leader of Tamil Nadu state, ending a ...
Disgraced Tamil Leader Heads To Jail Over Graft
Disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala prepared Wednesday to hand herself over to begin a four-year jail term for corruption, days ...
Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim
A cabinet minister who claimed to have ordered police to torture rape suspects should be investigated for human rights abuses, ...
Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim
Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an Indian cabinet minister to be investigated for human rights abuses after she claimed ...
Incoming Leader of India’s Tamil Nadu State Jailed
India's Supreme Court handed down a four-year prison sentence Tuesday to the incoming chief minister of Tamil Nadu for corruption ...
Pakistan Mourns Lahore Victims of Taliban Attack
Pakistanis Tuesday mourned the victims of a Taliban-claimed suicide bomb in Lahore, as the death toll rose to 15 and ...
Indian Water Minister Uma Bharti Says She Had Rapists Tortured
An Indian minister says she made rape suspects beg for their lives and ordered police to torture them. Uma Bharti, ...