India

A former minister serving a jail term for corruption has passed India’s school-leaving examination at the age of 82. A former Indian minister, who is serving a 10-year jail term …

Since 2012, the Navi Mumbai police have arrested 14 foreign nationals for smuggling drugs to the city and 13 of them were from Nigeria. One was from Ghana, the Hindustan …

India will launch South Asia communication satellite, built for use by countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, on Friday, state-owned Indian Space Research Organisation has said. ISRO, …

A Nigerian woman living in an Indian city, has suffered a horrible misfortune after getting drunk in the early hours of the day. A 30-year-old Nigerian woman fell from the …

Some women have been given several bats with which they can freely beat their husbands if the men ever turn abusive. Gopal Bhargava, an Indian Rural Development Minister, gave bats …

Instant messaging app WhatsApp, owned by Facebook Inc, is mulling a foray into digital payment services in India, it’s first such offering globally, and has advertised to hire digital transactions …

Education in India has become such a prized commodity that every family wants to be a part of irrespective of the cost.   Images of parents and family members clambering …

A video promoting women’s empowerment has gone viral in India, racking up over 2.5 million views in 48 hours. The clip, titled Nayi Soch (New thinking) was broadcast by the …

India has successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Wednesday, in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space agency, officials announced. Scientists gathered …

It’s the stuff of nightmares — a cockroach crawls up your nose in the middle of the night, burrows in and drives you mad with scratching behind your eyes. But …