India
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India's farmers struggle without crucial monsoon rains
Average rainfall dropped 29 percent from June to mid-August – prime planting season for India's 234 million farmers. It's the worst monsoon season in years –though an increasingly diverse economy will ease the overall impact.
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India's new antipoverty measure: national ID card
The card's introduction, one of the largest IT projects in the world, will eliminate a patchwork of local IDs and is meant to improve the delivery of social services to the poor.
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Pakistan likely to figure high in Clinton's first India visit
The neighboring countries agreed Thursday to work together on terrorism despite stalled peace talks. US secretary of state arrives Friday.
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India decriminalizes consensual gay sex
The ruling overturns a 150-year-old law in the deeply conservative country. The court said the law violated the Constitution.
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Kashmir: Rape and murder cases touch off anti-India anger
Residents suspect the involvement of widely resented security forces. But protests may not derail the relative peace of recent years.
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India's longtime battle with Maoist rebels heats up
The government warned of more attacks Monday after Naxalites called a two-day strike to protest an offensive in Lalgarh, West Bengal.
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In India, a mandate and a test
Repeat win by United Progressive Alliance shows faith in party on economy and security.
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Why India's ruling party triumphed
Despite economic downturn, voters gave the Congress Party a surprisingly strong mandate.
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Australia cites China, India, as reasons for a major military buildup
Prime Minister Rudd proposes $72 billion in new spending. US military can't protect it, say analysts.
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Global News Blog
India's election: Rahul Gandhi brings youth appeal to old dynasty
Fans climbed trees and hopped fences in eastern India Friday to glimpse the political scion, who's campaigning nationwide amid parliamentary elections.
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Global News Blog
Indians try to recover Gandhi items up for auction
First the Chinese bronzes, now Gandhi's glasses?
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Terrorism & Security
India formally accuses Pakistan of involvement in Mumbai attacks
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the intricacy of attacks indicate Pakistani government link.
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Historic buildings lost to India's urban boom
The Lal Mahal – India's oldest surviving Islamic palace – was demolished earlier this month, despite some efforts to better promote preservation.
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India leads fight against Somali pirates
An Indian warship sank a Somali pirate 'mother ship.' At least 91 ships have been hijacked this year off the coast of Somalia.
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Terrorism & Security
India destroys pirate ship off Somalia
India's increased presence in the Gulf of Aden may serve to demonstrate its military reach.
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India, Pakistan open historic Kashmir trade route
The longtime rivals exchanged goods across the divided territory for the first time in 60 years.
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Fighting in Kashmir gives rise to orphanages
Between 60,000 and 100,000 children in this state of 5.5 million people are thought to be orphans – including fatherless children with mothers too poor to care for them.
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Anti-Christian attacks flare in India
Some see a government hand in the fanatical Hindu anger against a minority and its converts.
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Kashmir violence reignites sectarian tensions
The pro-independence protests in the Muslim-majority state are threatening India-Pakistan peace talks.
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Terrorism & Security
Violent protests in Kashmir threaten India-Pakistan peace process
Riots sparked by a controversial land-transfer deal have widened to become pro-independence rallies.
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India: Housing boom declines, hinting at slower economy
International banks expect real estate prices to fall 25 percent, and annual GDP growth to slow.
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Indian weavers sidelined by market forces
As traditional handmade saris go out of fashion, their makers resort to unskilled labor to make ends meet.
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Bombings may threaten India-Pakistan relations
Islamic militants claim to be targeting Indian cities to stoke communal tensions.
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Indian government's unstable win
In wake of confidence vote, it faces shaky political alliances and corruption claims.
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Indian government survives no-confidence vote
Its controversial deal to import US nuclear technology and fuel can now go ahead.
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