For a harrowing week in August, Ruchika Tandon, a 44-year-old neurologist at one of India's top hospitals, was ensnared in what felt like a high-stakes federal crime investigation.
Yet, it was an elaborate scam — a web of deceit spun by scammers who (...)
year-old Indian entrepreneur, secured his Premium Residency in Saudi Arabia in 2022, opening doors to significant opportunities for expatriates.
This residency allows individuals like Saad to work, own businesses, and invest in property without (...)
Fifteen Indian opposition MPs have been suspended after they protested against a security breach in the parliament.
At least four people were arrested after two intruders shouted slogans and set off coloured smoke inside parliament. Their motive (...)
Heavy showers blanketed northern India over the weekend, offering some much-needed respite from a blistering heatwave that ravaged the region. But with mercury levels expected to remain high in other areas, the soaring heat has highlighted how (...)
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has fined two players, including star batsman Virat Kohli, and a team mentor for an altercation caught on camera.
Kohli and Lucknow Super Giants' mentor Gautam Gambhir were fined 100% of their fee for an IPL match (...)
Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are on the lookout for a woman who fired a gun at her wedding.
A video on social media showed the woman firing four rounds into the air while sitting next to her husband.
Local police said they (...)
Indian journalist Siddique Kappan has been released from prison more than two years after his arrest while traveling to report on an alleged rape.
He was arrested in October 2020 in Uttar Pradesh state, where a young Dalit woman had died after she (...)
A powerful earthquake struck Nepal on Wednesday, killing at least six people and destroying several houses, the DPA quoted officials as saying.
At least six others were injured in the magnitude 6.6 earthquake that hit the country's western region at (...)
farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people overturned and fell into a pond in northern India, killing 26 people, most of them women and children, officials said Sunday, according to AP.
Superintendent of Police Tej Swaroop Singh said the wagon (...)
Popular Indian comedian Raju Srivastava has died aged 58, his family has confirmed.
Srivastava was being treated at a hospital in the capital, Delhi, following a heart attack on 10 August.
The comedian had been taken to hospital and put on (...)
On Monday, Rahul Gandhi, leader of India's Congress party, is due to appear before a government agency in connection with corruption allegations.
Members of his party will be holding a protest outside the office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) (...)
Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog may be leading this year's Academy Awards with 12 nominations, but India is in thrall over a story of its own underdogs, vying for an Oscar in the documentary feature category.
Writing with Fire tells the (...)
Ritesh Mishra vowed to care for the dead, even if it meant risking his own life last year as India's second Covid-19 wave tore through the country's most populous state.
The social worker said he didn't wear a mask or gloves as he gave funeral rites (...)
In mid-August last year, a Hindu vigilante group attacked a popular food stall run by three Muslim brothers in the temple town of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The men accused them of profiting from the name of a Hindu deity (...)
As Uttar Pradesh, one of India's most polarised states, votes for a new government, the spotlight is on its 40 million Muslims. BBC Hindi's Kirti Dubey tracked the status of four cases involving hate crimes against Muslims during Chief Minister Yogi (...)
At least 13 people have died after falling into a well during a wedding ceremony in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Police said the victims — all women and children — were sitting on a metal slab covering the well when it collapsed under (...)
As the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh begins a seven-phase election later this week to choose a new government, the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi explains why these polls matter.
LUCKNOW — Over the next month, elections will be held in five (...)
Ram Raj was drinking tea at his home in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on a chilly November evening last year when a stray cow attacked him.
Over the next few minutes, his young grandchildren screamed and watched in horror as the animal (...)
Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, a militant Hindu priest, has been arrested over a vitriolic speech he gave against Muslims last month.
the 58-year-old head of the powerful Dasna Devi temple in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) was one of (...)
Indian police say they have foiled a plot by a man who tried to fake his own death to avoid being returned to jail, BBC reported.
Officers in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh say Sudesh Kumar, 36, murdered a man and tried to pass the body off as (...)
Authorities in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have appointed a retired judge to probe the violence that broke out during a farmers' protest.
Eight people, including four farmers, were killed after a car linked to junior home minister Ajay Mishra (...)
Security has been tightened in a northern Indian town after eight people, including four protesting farmers, died on Sunday.
Violence broke out in India's Uttar Pradesh state on Sunday after a car linked to a federal minister ran over two farmers (...)
About four million people, particularly, the elderly and obese, suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in India, participants of a conference on dental sleep medicine were told.
Experts at the conference held here on Monday said that if a person (...)
Dr. Satyendra Kumar Tiwary thinks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as superhuman. A leader like Modi comes along "once in 2,500 years," he said, and should be remembered among the greats in India's history, like Mahatma Gandhi, and even the (...)
Dozens of doctors working at King George's Medical University (KGMU) in the northern Indian city of Lucknow have tested positive for COVID-19, according to local media reports.
Interestingly, most of them, including the vice-chancellor of the (...)
