West Bengal
Separatists Say One Killed Amid Violence In India’s Darjeeling
Fresh violence erupted in Darjeeling Saturday after a separatist group accused police of killing a supporter, prompting...
Bangladesh Eatery Bans Foreigners Fearing Extremist Attack
An upscale Bangladeshi restaurant has banned foreign guests, fearing a repeat of last year's deadly terrorist attack in...
Mentally Disabled Woman Stripped, Shaved and Lynched In India
This is the horrific moment a woman is tied to a tractor and beaten to death by a mob – after she was accused of...
Gorkhaland Separatist Charged With Murder Amid Darjeeling Unrest
Indian police on Thursday charged a separatist leader and his wife for their involvement in a murder and arson, after...
India Separatist Charged With Murder Amid Darjeeling Unrest
Indian police on Thursday charged a separatist leader and his wife for their involvement in a murder and arson, after...
India Protests Threaten Darjeeling Tea Industry
Protests that have shut down Darjeeling in eastern India threaten to derail the tea harvest just as the leaves are at...
Former Indian Judge Arrested After 40 Days On the Run
A former judge who led police on a 40-day manhunt across India has been arrested and jailed on contempt charges after a...
India Police Fire Tear Gas To Curb Darjeeling Protests
Baton-wielding police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in eastern India's hill resort of Darjeeling...
India: Supreme Court Notifies Government On Cattle Trade Restriction
India’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the central government, seeking its response to the recent ban...
Tourists Flee As Darjeeling Troubles Boil Over
Thousands of tourists fled the Indian hill resort of Darjeeling on Monday after separatists warned that a general...
Elephant Tramples Four To Death In Southern India
An elephant trampled four people including a 12-year-old girl to death when it rampaged through a village in southern...
Madras Court Orders Suspension of Cattle Slaughter Ban
A ban on trading cattle for slaughter has been temporarily suspended by the Madras High Court, dealing the first legal...
Indian Court Suspends Controversial Cow Slaughter Ban
An Indian court Tuesday temporarily suspended a ban imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on the sale of...
Why Are India’s Top Judges Doubting Each Others’ Sanity?
Why are India's top judges doubting each others' sanity? Justice CS Karnan is on a massive collision course with...
India Child Protection Officers Held In Trafficking Probe
Two child protection officers have been arrested for alleged links with a trafficking gang that ran illegal adoption...
Orphanage Shut Down For Selling Babies In Eastern India
Two people running an adoption centre in West Bengal which is suspected of selling at least 17 children to couples...
India Arrests Heads of Adoption Centre Over Trafficking
Indian police said Tuesday they have arrested the heads of an adoption centre suspected of selling at least 17 children...
Home of Indian Nobel Laureate Burgled, Peace Medal Replica Stolen
Thieves broke into the New Delhi home of India's 2014 Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi, and stole a replica of...