Delhi

More evictions, slum demolitions feared with India's 'anti-Muslim' law

Rights groups say the citizenship law, combined with poor urban development, could lead to the forced eviction of millions of people living in poverty. Meanwhile, Muslim women continue to occupy New Delhi's streets in resistance to the divisive law.

'The government offers jobs to pellet victims, in return it takes our eyes'

India's 'non-lethal' weapon to crush protests in Kashmir takes lives - and those it doesn't kill, it maims permanently.

Meet the journalists whose jobs vanished after India's Kashmir crackdown

India's communication blockade on the back of its revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's autonomous status has forced several journalists into odd jobs.

Fire at warehouse in India's capital kills nine, injures three

Officials said the fire broke out in the early hours of Monday at Kirari area of New Delhi and its cause was yet unknown, taking about three hours to contain it.

Has the resistance to Modi's government arrived?

The student protests in India are the first major signs of local resistance to the Hindu-nationalist policies of the Modi government.

Two dead in India as protests escalate over citizenship law

India moved thousands of troops into the northeastern state of Assam after violent protests overnight against a new law that would make it easier for non-Muslim minorities from some neighbouring countries to seek Indian citizenship.

Devastating fire kills at least 43 in India's capital

A fire believed to be caused by an electrical short circuit engulfed a building in India's capital, where handbags and other items were made by workers earning as little as 2 dollars per day, killing at least 43 people.

Air for sale: An oxygen bar gains attention in pollution-hit New Delhi

The business venture offers clean oxygen as the city's air contains tiny and toxic pollutants that penetrate lungs and bloodstreams and cause life-threatening diseases.

India fast tracks rape trial as Bachchan calls for 'lynching' of rapists

Four men were arrested in the suspected gang-rape and murder of a Telangana vet whose burned body was found last week. Former Bollywood star and lawmaker Jaya Bachchan is under fire for promoting mob-justice after saying rapists should be lynched.

Pakistani Senator: Kashmiris 'will hit back' at India's untenable lockdown

Former Pakistan Ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman, speaks out about allies abandoning Pakistan, Azad Kashmir, accusations of sponsoring terrorism and the terrible lows of Pak-US relations.

Indian capital banishes some cars in hope of clearing the air

According to independent online air quality index monitor AirVisual, New Delhi was the most polluted major city in the world, at twice the level of Lahore in Pakistan, which was a distant second.

In Pictures: South Asia yet again breathes cancerous air

Several cities in the sub-continent are smothered in toxic air, causing a major health emergency in the region.