NEW DELHI — Her first child survived eight months before succumbing to pneumonia; her second was stillborn; her third, delivered in a rickshaw, gasped for an hour before dying. When…
GURGAON, India — In a smoky nightclub on the third floor of the Sahara Mall, blowing off steam to the thudding bass line of a Bollywood dance mix, are the…
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India said on Tuesday that his government would not “accept violence against any religion, on any pretext” and that it would take…
Opposition National Congress Party lawmaker Mani Shankar Aiyar wrote an opinion piece claiming the magazine was “virtually inviting a reaction week after week.” Kiran Bedi, a politician and former senior…
NEW DELHI — For years, this sprawling city on the Yamuna River had the dirtiest air in the world, but few who lived here seemed conscious of the problem or…
NEW DELHI — The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has said it prevented a Greenpeace India activist from boarding a flight to Britain in January, where she was scheduled to…
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India summoned the police commissioner of the Delhi region on Friday to express his concern about a series of episodes of what…
NEW DELHI — Less than a year after Narendra Modi won a historic victory to become India’s new prime minister, a smaller political earthquake struck the capital on Tuesday, as…
NEW DELHI — Under mounting criticism for their slow response to a missing persons report filed last week, the police in the Indian state of Haryana arrested eight men on…
A series of episodes at churches over the last two months has prompted Roman Catholics here to worry about a deliberate campaign of violence, and to call on Prime Minister…
NEW DELHI — A series of episodes at churches over the last two months has prompted Roman Catholics here to worry about a deliberate campaign of violence, and to call…
NEW DELHI — When he released his first music video, the Mumbai-based musician Mihir Joshi understood that it would be reviewed by India’s Central Board of Film Certification for obscene…
BEIJING — When Chinese troops provoked a standoff with Indian forces on a disputed border high in the Himalayas just before President Xi Jinping of China arrived in India last…
NEW DELHI — A small aerial drone was found on the grounds of the White House but poses no threat, a spokesman for President Obama said on Monday. – The…
“Yemen has never been a perfect democracy or a island of stability,” Obama said in New Delhi, where he’s on a three-day state visit. He described the U.S. policy there”partnering…
(Recasts with joint news conference) By Sanjeev Miglani and Douglas Busvine NEW DELHI, Jan 25 (Reuters) – In a glow of bonhomie, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister…
NEW DELHI — President Obama arrived here on Sunday morning for a three-day visit aimed at forging agreements with India to work together to curb climate change and to break…
NEW DELHI — When an important guest is on his way over, it is common practice to sweep up one’s odds and ends and hide them all in the back…
In September, during his first visit to the White House, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India discussed clean energy, trade and security issues with President Obama. NEW DELHI — Ever…
A Bad Character by Deepti Kapoor Knopf, $24.00 Publishes January 30, 2015 The Book We’re Talking About is a weekly review combining plot description and analysis with fun tidbits about…