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…