Why dozens of Indian farmers are killing themselves

April is usually a time of celebration for farmers across northern India's agricultural heartland, but not this year

• Apr 15, 2015

Al Qaeda in India says U.S. drone killed two leaders

New branch of terror network lashes out at Pakistan's operations against it as it is increasingly overshadowed by ISIS

• Apr 12, 2015

Pakistan frees alleged Mumbai mastermind on bail

Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi said to be the head of operations for Pakistani extremist group blamed for 2008 attack that killed 166

• Apr 10, 2015

Is Western yoga practice off-balance?

As India's prime minister campaigns to revitalize the ancient art in the land where it was born, his new yoga minister says Americans are missing the point

• Apr 6, 2015

Feds indict cop who slammed Indian man to the ground

Fired police officer accused in confrontation that left a father visiting his son in Alabama partially paralyzed

• Mar 30, 2015

Could a solar plane's journey make clean energy "sexy"?

Two weeks into a 5-month flight, the Solar Impulse 2 pilots tell say they don't want to change aviation, they want to change minds

• Mar 25, 2015

Pakistan wants short-range nuclear weapons

Call for "tactical" nukes by nation with pervasive Islamic militant threat raises eyebrows, but official says they would ensure "sanity prevails"

• Mar 24, 2015

Indian parents scale school wall to help students cheat on exams

600 expelled after TV footage shows dozens scaling outer walls of school to pass cheat sheets to students inside taking exams

• Mar 20, 2015

Dozens killed in India train derailment

Rescuers trying to tear apart mangled wreckage of 3 coaches of passenger train that came off tracks in northern Uttar Pradesh state

• Mar 20, 2015

Indian Christians feeling "very vulnerable" after rape of nun

After rape of elderly nun and destruction of church, India's prime minister tries in vain to quell fears among Christians

• Mar 17, 2015

Several detained in India over elderly nun's rape

Attack on convent that ended with sexual assault of woman in her 70s underscores country's struggles protecting women and religious minorities

• Mar 16, 2015

Bandits gang rape nun in her 70s in India, police say

Latest example of India's scourge of sexual violence happened after nun tried to stop robbers' attack on Christian missionary school

• Mar 15, 2015

Bride ditches groom after he fails simple math test at their wedding

Indian groom's family tried persuading the bride to return, but she refused, saying: "Even a first grader can answer this"

• Mar 13, 2015

Indian mob storms prison, lynches accused rapist

Several thousand people pelt rape suspect with stones and beat him to death, police say

• Mar 6, 2015

India vows action after BBC airs banned film about gang rape

Documentary chronicles a fatal gang rape in which one of the attackers blames the victim

• Mar 5, 2015

Global cost of flooding to increase tenfold by 2030

Study finds that in 15 years, floods driven by climate change and development will put $52 billion and 54 million people at risk

• Mar 5, 2015

Blaming women for rape a widespread issue in India

Convicted rapist and murder's comments blaming his victim were shocking, but they express a sentiment that is widely shared

• Mar 4, 2015

Gang rape sparks rage in India

Impassioned debate about how culture views violence toward women touched off by fatal attack on young woman in New Delhi

• Dec 31, 2012
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