Tag: Uttar Pradesh

Officially the snake charmers' profession is banned in India, but its devotees were at the centre of prayers and milk ...

All-female police units are shaking up the male-dominated force in conservative northwest India, hitting the streets to combat sex crimes ...

A Tibetan student who self-immolated in an act of protest against Chinese rule in the Himalayan region has died in ...

Indian lawmakers voted Monday to pick the country's president, who is certain to come from the lowest Dalit caste, in ...

India's next president will emerge from the Dalit caste -- a community so marginalised they were once known as "untouchables" ...

A dozen people have died after drinking toxic homemade alcohol in Uttar Pradesh state, police said Monday, the latest incident ...

A woman who survived an alleged gang rape and four separate acid attacks has once again been hit by corrosive ...

Hanuman Prasad Garg doesn't blame rising fuel prices or pressure from cheap knock-offs for the slow demise of the glass ...

An Indian man has been arrested for selling dried monitor lizard penises online as a rare root plant believed to ...

Yoga has connected the world with India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday, as he rolled out his mat along ...

A western Indian state has agreed to write off loans to farmers estimated to be worth nearly $5 billion after ...

Indian buffalo meat exports plunged more than 10 percent in April, new trade figures show, with traders blaming a campaign ...

At least 22 people died when the bus they were travelling in caught fire after it collided with a truck. ...

India have far more at stake in Sunday's Champions Trophy match against arch-rivals Pakistan than launching their title defence -- ...

An Indian court Tuesday charged a minister and two senior leaders from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party with criminal conspiracy ...

Authorities in north India have blocked mobile internet services, arrested 24 people and suspended senior officials after clashes between castes ...

Three climbers died on Everest over the weekend and another is missing, officials confirmed Monday, in one of the deadliest ...

A 25-year-old woman identified as Bharti Yadav, has kidnapped a groom from a wedding alter in Uttar Pradesh, India. According ...

Indian police Friday arrested five men for "animal cruelty" after they were caught skinning a buffalo and beaten on suspicion ...

Indian police have arrested three men suspected of illegal betting on lucrative Indian Premier League matches, the cricket board said. ...