By Aamir Peerzada BBC News, India Every time Bashir Ahmad Bhat’s gaze falls on the blood stains on the walls, he is reminded of the night his brother, a policeman in Indian administered Kashmir, was murdered. It was June; Mr Bashir had been preparing to go to sleep when he heard the sound of gun […]
By Salman Ravi BBC Hindi, Delhi Protests are continuing for the fourth day over the alleged gang rape, murder and forced cremation of a nine-year-old girl in the Indian capital, Delhi. The girl’s parents have accused a Hindu priest and three others of attacking her when she had gone to fetch drinking water from the […]
Coronavirus pandemic The southern Indian state of Kerala accounts for more than half of the country’s new Covid-19 infections. The BBC’s Soutik Biswas and Vikas Pandey report on why cases continue to rise in the state, months after the waning of the deadly second wave. In January 2020, Kerala reported India’s first Covid-19 case […]
Tokyo Olympic Games on the BBC Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Great Britain missed out on a place in the men’s […]
Indian badminton champion PV Sindhu has progressed to the semi-finals in Tokyo after a thrilling win that keeps her country’s hopes for a gold medal alive. The 26-year-old defeated Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 21-13 and 22-20 on Friday. Sindhu, who is one of India’s top medal hopes this time, won a silver at the last Olympics […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent In the summer of 1981, a man who called himself a consultant turned up at a young woman’s home in India’s western city of Mumbai. She was starting a small business and he said he could help her secure a new telephone connection for a bribe. The process usually took up […]
Indians turn to crowdfunding to pay Covid bills Hospitalisations soared in India during a deadly second Covid wave. Now, hobbled by patchy insurance, Indians are turning to crowdfunding to pay the steep medical bills, reports Astha Rajvanshi. Supraja Reddy Yeruva was unable to breathe properly for days after giving birth to her second child […]
At least five policemen in India have died after police from two states fired at each other. The unusual incident happened along the border between Assam and Mizoram states in north-eastern India. Officials from both sides, including chief ministers, have accused each other of provoking violence. The firing incident follows months of simmering tensions over […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Prashant Kishore is not an ordinary political consultant. According to his telling, he rarely watches news on TV and he doesn’t read newspapers. He doesn’t write emails, or take notes, and he hasn’t used a laptop in a decade. The only gadget he uses is his phone, he told me. […]
Nine tourists have been killed in northern India after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by falling boulders. Three others were reportedly injured in the incident, which happened in the state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Dramatic footage posted on social media showed large rocks hurtling down a steep valley and onto a […]
