Killing of Shujaat Bukhari, seen as a strong voice for dialogue, reconciliation, and peace sent shock waves through the region
Match is milestone for Afghan sportsmen, persevering despite conflict and tough conditions to emerge on international cricket arena
Thousands of farmers across Indian states have been throwing vegetables and milk on highways and roads in an unusual protest to highlight farm distress that they say has driven them into debt. The growing rural crisis is emerging as a major challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the country prepares for next year's general elections. Anjana Pasricha visited northern Haryana state to meet the farmers.
Popular tourist destination Shimla faces severe water shortages
The 2012 rape of a physiotherapy student on a New Delhi bus put the spotlight on brutal violence against women in the Indian capital, but there has been less attention on sexual harassment, the lewd comments or groping that girls and women face in public places. To equip them to counter sexual assault in one of India's most unsafe cities for women, police have been teaching self-defense techniques to tens of thousands. Anjana Pasricha visited one such summer training camp in the Indian capital.
Diesel generators are significant contributors to the Indian capital’s toxic air
Researchers say many false stories were spread on WhatsApp in recent state election in India
In India, senior citizens are tutoring students as part of an initiative that aims at simultaneously helping underprivileged students and improving the health of older people as it engages them with younger ones. The government-funded Intergenerational Learning Center, launched with the backing of India’s premier hospital, has an eye on addressing the needs of both the country’s huge young population and the growing numbers of elderly people. Anjana Pasricha reports.
Karnataka would be a prize for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, a life saver for Congress’s Gandhi
Rebels, who included a university professor, were killed in gunbattle when police surrounded their hideout in Shopian district, south of Kashmir's summer capital, Srinagar
Analysts say Asian rivals are buying time as border crisis simmers
While some welcome it, others say it will not serve as deterrent
Tibetan exiles marking the 60th year of the Dalai Lama's arrival in India after fleeing his homeland say they have successfully safeguarded Tibetan culture and preserved Tibetan identity, which Tibetan leaders warn is threatened by Chinese rule in their homeland. Some 70 schools run by the Tibetan exile administration in India, which is home to the largest Tibetan refugee community in the world, are at the heart of those efforts.
The Dalai Lama has said Tibetan culture is under threat in his homeland
The move follows nationwide outrage over brutal gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old
Shortages raise questions if Indians are back to hoarding cash
Hindu nationalist government facing pressure for protection of women
Anger erupts amid fears the the two victims are being denied justice
India frets about waning influence in Nepal as Oli is perceived to be close with China
Political parties are part of the problem of spreading disinformation, say fact finding experts
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