The case of Bilkis Bano, who was three months pregnant when she was attacked, became a powerful symbol of communal bloodshed and of the widespread violence against women in the country.
India’s top court quashes release of men in Muslim woman’s gang-rape – lawyer
India's top court on Monday quashed the release of 11 Hindu men who had been jailed for life for gang-raping a pregnant Muslim woman and murdering her relatives during Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat ...
India’s Tamil Nadu hails $80 bln pledges from firms including Microsoft, Hyundai
India's Tamil Nadu state said on Monday it had signed pacts totalling 6.64 trillion Indian rupees ($80 billion) in investments, ranging from Microsoft and suppliers to Apple to auto giants such as ...
India-Maldives tensions deepen amid tourism row
Maldivian envoy summoned and flights suspended after insults about Indian PM’s visit to Lakshadweep islands ...
India’s agricultural exports to rise despite curbs on wheat, rice, sugar – minister
India's agricultural exports will rise in fiscal 2023/24 from last year despite curbs on wheat, rice and sugar, the nation's trade minister said on Monday, amid efforts to diversify shipments.
Bilkis Bano: India Supreme Court cancels release of 2002 riots rapists
India's top court has cancelled a 2022 Gujarat government order allowing the premature release of 11 men who were convicted for the gangrape of a pregnant Muslim woman, Bilkis Bano. The men will have ...
What Xi Jinping’s Purge of Military Elites Means for China
The Chinese military has undergone a dramatic overhaul with the expulsion in late December of nine military officials from the National People's Congress, the country's rubber-stamp legislature, according to the official news service Xinhua.
Chinese property firm Evergrande’s EV company says its executive director has been detained
A top executive of China Evergrande's electric vehicle company has been detained by police in the latest sign of trouble for the world's most heavily indebted property developer. China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle announced the detention of Liu Yongzhuo in a notice Monday to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after its shares were suspended from ...
Japan earthquake recovery hampered by weather, aftershocks as number of people listed as missing soars
The massive New Year's Day earthquake in western Japan's Ishikawa region has left residents questioning the future of one entire towns' existence.
Thousands forced from homes by a deadly Japan earthquake on New Year’s face stress and exhaustion
At least 323 people are still unaccounted for, a jump from some 100 earlier on Monday as rescuers pour over a list of the region’s population.