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India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in a surprise move, has filed a charge sheet in the controversial case of the suicide of British-Indian actress Jiah Khan. The CBI was directed by the Mumbai High Court in July last year to investigate whether the death at the age of 25 …

Hundreds of poor lower-caste families who lost their homes and jobs after devastating floods swept Tamil Nadu have been neglected by government relief efforts, a survey conducted by two charities has found. About 280 people have died and more than 400,000 have been displaced across Tamil Nadu since torrential rains …

India’s plans to allow children to work for family businesses and bar teenagers from employment in only a few hazardous industries are ‘regressive’, Nobel Laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi says. The government wants to amend a three-decade-old law which bans children under 14 from working in 18 hazardous …

Scores of Indian women have taken to social media declaring themselves “Happy to Bleed,” after the head of a famous Hindu temple said he would consider allowing women in if there was a machine to check that they were not menstruating. Nikita Azad said she launched the #HappyToBleed campaign to …

The 46th International Film Festival of India got underway this weekend with the first screening of a new film starring British-Indian star Dev Patel and a slew of British acting legends, including Jeremy Irons, Toby Jones, Jeremy Northam and Stephen Fry. ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’ tells the story of …

Its Himalayan glaciers are melting fast, its agricultural heartland is drying up and its capital is choking on the world’s filthiest air. Yet India’s government is one of the few major economies refusing to pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of this month’s major climate conference in Paris. Global …

Prime Minister David Cameron today announced a year-long programme aimed at celebrating the 70th anniversary of Indian independence and bilateral cultural ties between Britain and India. The Year of Culture 2017 was announced following meetings between Mr Cameron and Indian leader Narendra Modi who arrived in the UK on a …

The U.S. government is stepping up pressure on India to end a controversial policy of placing restrictions on passports of Indian nationals rescued from forced labour or human trafficking in the United States, a U.S. State Department official said. In the next few months, the issue will be raised with …

  Rifling through sweaters in India’s first Gap store in a glitzy New Delhi mall, 21-year-old Ridhi Goel says her grandmother doesn’t mind how she dresses, as long as it’s not too revealing. “She’s fine with me wearing Western clothes like a shirt but not jeans and a crop top,” …

When Ajay Ahir agreed to come to the United States, he had no idea the recruiter promising a high-wage welding job and legal residency in America was lying. He borrowed 500,000 rupees ($7600, £5000) to pay the recruiter’s fees, told his wife to wait for him in India, and set …