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India Uber driver guilty of rape

An Indian court is found an Uber taxi driver guilty of raping a female passenger last year in Delhi.
20 October 2015, 07:03 AM

Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal

This is not the first time the cow has become mixed up with politics. Conflicts over cow slaughter sparked religious riots in India.
15 October 2015, 06:18 AM

Kejriwal sacks minister over 'bribe'

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal sacks one of his ministers for alleged bribe-taking after months of criticism over multiple scandals engulfing his party.
9 October 2015, 14:44 PM

Burdwan blast: Wanted ‘JMB militant’ held in India

Indian police claim to arrest a wanted militant of the Jama’tul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in connection to the Burdwan blast case.
30 September 2015, 07:40 AM

Trial begins in rape case against 'Peepli Live' director

A court on Wednesday began trial in a rape case against Mahmood Farooqui, the director of "Peepli Live".
10 September 2015, 14:22 PM

How an art school is helping slum children in Delhi

20 years ago when the 51-year-old teacher, with a degree in fine arts, launched her art school for slum children in Nangloi in the western part of the city.
10 September 2015, 12:39 PM

Dhawan to lead India A squad against Bangladesh A

India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been named captain of the A squad to play a three-day match against Bangladesh A in September.
9 September 2015, 04:37 AM

Indian President Pranab’s wife passes away

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife Suvra Mukherjee, who was suffering from respiratory illness, passes away at a hospital in Delhi aged 74.
18 August 2015, 07:28 AM

Why Delhi buys water on the black market

20 percent of Delhi population have no access to piped water and have to be supplied by water tankers, but difference between demand and supply is over 750 million litres a day.
29 July 2015, 15:41 PM

80 people die in Delhi everyday from air pollution, Parliament is told

Air pollution in Delhi is killing around 80 people every day, according to an international study
24 July 2015, 06:58 AM

Turkish plane diverts to Delhi over 'threat'

A Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok to Istanbul makes an emergency landing in India Tuesday after a bomb threat was scrawled in lipstick on a bathroom mirror.
7 July 2015, 15:16 PM

Chris Martin Delhi gig: Joy for some, heartbreak for most

Chris Martin, the lead singer of popular British band Coldplay, played an impromptu gig at a pub in India's capital Delhi. The performance thrilled patrons.
3 July 2015, 07:03 AM

India PM leads yoga day celebration

Thousands take part in a mass yoga programme in the Indian capital, Delhi, on the first ever International Yoga Day.
21 June 2015, 04:24 AM

Delhi for protecting enclave people

Delhi approves West Bengal government's request for deploying five companies of central forces in Cooch Behar for ensuring security of citizens of Indian enclaves in Bangladesh.
14 June 2015, 09:26 AM

Aam Aadmi leader held over ‘fake degree’

Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar, a legislator of Aam Aadmi Party has been arrested on charges of cheating and fraud in obtaining his law degree.
9 June 2015, 11:56 AM

Opinion: Why Bangladesh isn’t Pakistan

Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan was an ideological recast. Its differences with India aren't based on ideological premise that Hindus and Muslims are engaged in some form of permanent war.
7 June 2015, 03:57 AM

Delhi slaps 15-day ban on Maggi

Delhi government bans sale of Maggi noodles for 15 days after it found lead and monosodium glutamate in the eatable beyond permissible limit.
3 June 2015, 12:53 PM

Birds have fundamental rights, can't be kept in cages: HC

Delhi High Court says birds have the fundamental right to "live with dignity" and fly in the sky without being kept in cages or subjected to cruelty,
17 May 2015, 07:23 AM

Another woman raped in Delhi taxi, driver arrested

A 32-year-old woman was beaten up and sexually assaulted by a cabbie inside a black-and-yellow taxi in Dwarka, Delhi on Thursday night.
11 April 2015, 05:44 AM

India and China hold talks on border dispute

Senior Indian and Chinese officials are meeting in Delhi for talks aimed at resolving a contentious border dispute, the first discussions since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power
23 March 2015, 08:13 AM