Indian farmers protest 2020 Tens of thousands of farmers have gathered in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to protest against new agriculture laws. Local police put the number at over half a million, while an AFP photographer said at least 50,000 farmers and supporters took part. The farmers want state authorities to repeal […]
By Vineet Khare BBC Hindi. Delhi The Taliban intends to “raise its voice for Muslims” in Indian-administered Kashmir, a spokesman told the BBC. Suhail Shaheen told the BBC’s Hindi service: “As Muslims, we also have a right to raise our voice for Muslims in Kashmir, India or any other country.” India and Pakistan control different […]
By Nikhil Inamdar BBC Business Correspondent, Mumbai When India imposed a lockdown last year to curb the spread of Covid, IT behemoth Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which employs more than 500,000 people, shut its offices overnight. Now, after 18 months of remote work, the country’s biggest private employer is gearing up to return to the […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent For more than a week now, children in some districts in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have been waking up with a high fever and drenched in sweat. Many of them complained of joint pains, headaches, dehydration and nausea. In some cases, they reported rashes spreading across legs […]
Air pollution can reduce the life expectancy of Indians by nine years, says a report by a US research group. The study says 480 million people in northern India face the “most extreme levels of air pollution in the world” and, over time, these high levels have expanded to cover other parts too. Strong clean […]
Indians are outraged over the revamp of a memorial park that was the scene of one of the bloodiest massacres in British history. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the renovated Jallianwala Bagh complex in the northern city of Amritsar on Saturday. Hundreds of Indians were shot by British troops while attending a public meeting at […]
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi In India, a society rooted in patriarchal traditions, marriages are sacrosanct and it is not a crime for a man to rape his wife. But in recent weeks, courts have given conflicting rulings on marital rape, leading to renewed calls from campaigners to criminalise rape within marriage. On Thursday, […]
By Divya Arya BBC News, Jharkhand Coronavirus pandemic Radhika Kumari holds her chalk with determination, almost willing the letters out of her mind onto the black slate. But they tumble out slowly and she misidentifies many of them. Radhika is trying to write the Hindi alphabet, a simple task for most 10-year olds. But, […]
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi The death of a 24-year-old Indian woman, who had set herself on fire last week after alleging harassment by police and judiciary at the behest of an MP she had accused of rape, has once again put the spotlight on the shameful treatment of women in India. The woman […]
An Indian federal minister, Narayan Rane, has been arrested over his controversial remark about slapping Maharashtra state’s chief minister. Mr Rane reportedly said that Uddhav Thackeray forgot the year of India’s independence and had to ask an aide during his speech on 15 August. “Had I been there, I would have given him a slap,” […]
