Four members of a family including two women were killed by fellow villagers in central India’s tribal heartland over allegations of witchcraft, authorities said Sunday. Four elders of a tribal family, all aged in their 60s according to local media…
India floods: Tired tiger takes nap in resident’s bed (BBC)
A female tiger which fled a wildlife park in India’s flood-ravaged state of Assam was found relaxing on a bed inside a local resident’s house. She is believed to have fled the Kaziranga National Park, where 92 animals have died…
Kulbhushan Jadhav: Pakistan to allow consular access to ‘Indian spy’ (BBC)
Pakistan has said it will follow a UN court’s order to allow consular access to an Indian navy officer convicted of spying. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday that Islamabad had violated international law by denying access to…
India building collapse: Rescuers form human chain to search for Mumbai survivors (BBC)
A human chain of rescuers is searching for survivors a day after a building collapsed in the Indian city of Mumbai, killing 12 people and trapping dozens. Officials say rescue efforts have been hampered by a warren of old streets…
29 die as bus falls off India’s ‘highway to hell’ (Guardian)
Onlookers and Indian police gather around the crumpled remains of a bus that crashed on the Delhi-Agra expressway, near Agra on July 8, 2019. – A bus careered off one of India’s busiest roads early July 8 killing at least…
India arrests after women’s heads shaved for resisting rape (BBC)
Two people have been arrested in India’s Bihar state after a group of men shaved the heads of two women as “punishment” for resisting rape. The group, which included a local official, ambushed the mother and daughter in their home…
Bollywood actor Nana Patekar cleared of sexual harassment charges (BBC)
Bollywood actor Nana Patekar was cleared of sexual harassment charges after police said on Thursday that they did not find sufficient evidence. Patekar was accused by actress Tanushree Dutta, who said he had harassed her in 2008 on the sets…
Sri Lanka attacks: India arrests man ‘linked to Easter Sunday bomber’ (BBC)
Indian anti-terrorism investigators have arrested a man with alleged links to the suicide bomber who planned Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter Sunday attacks. Investigators said Mohammad Azharuddin, 32, was friends on Facebook with Zahran Hashim, the alleged ringleader of the attacks,…
Prashant Kanojia: India court raps state for jailing reporter for tweet (BBC)
India’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of a journalist who was arrested and jailed for tweeting about Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday. Prashant Kanojia had shared a video of a woman who alleged that she had…
Kathua child rape and murder: Three men given life sentences (BBC)
Three men have been jailed for life for the rape, torture and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Indian-administered Kashmir. Three police officers were found guilty of destroying evidence and sentenced to five years in prison. The victim, who…