Protests have intensified in India after a mob vandalized a hospital where a female trainee doctor was raped and murdered in West Bengal state.
The hospital was attacked on Wednesday during the massive Reclaim the Night march held in Kolkata city to (...)
Tens of thousands of women in West Bengal state marched through the streets on Wednesday night in protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata last week.
The Reclaim the Night march was the culmination (...)
Shah Rukh Khan's manager has said India's "King of Bollywood" is recovering well after reports he was hospitalized with heatstroke, as parts of the country swelter during a weeks-long general election.
The 58-year-old superstar was admitted for (...)
At least a dozen Indians have been duped by agents into fighting for Russian forces in the country's war with Ukraine with reports saying one of them was killed in a missile strike.
Hemal Ashwinbhai from Gujarat state died in a missile attack last (...)
HYDERABAD — Abdulaziz Al-Duailej, President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), announced that under the Saudi Aviation Strategy, the Kingdom expects 330 million passengers annually by 2030 and it aims only 10 percent of them to be (...)
A Pakistani presenter covering the Cricket World Cup in India has left the country after a backlash over alleged "derogatory" posts on social media.
Zainab Abbas was part of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) digital team covering the (...)
NEW DELHI — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received a warm ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's House) in New Delhi, marking the commencement of his official visit following his (...)
In his 1974 novel Tamas (Darkness), a vivid portrayal of the bloody partition of India, author Bhisham Sahni vividly depicts the atmosphere changing in a violence-wracked village, as an airplane circles above it thrice.
"People ventured out. The (...)
In a video shared and watched by millions of people in India, a man is seen attacking a person who is wearing a black burka and holding a child. He then forcibly removes the burka to reveal a man.
The message accompanying the clip warns in Hindi (...)
The G20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting took place in Hyderabad, India. The Saudi delegation was headed by Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdulrahman Bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhli.
Eng. Al-Fadhli said we call for cooperation to (...)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday thanked his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida for inviting him to the G7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima.
"Prime Minister Fumio Kishida invited me to the G7 Leaders' Summit which will be held in Hiroshima in May. (...)
Screenings by Indian students of the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots – despite a ban from the government and pushback from universities – has made headlines across the world, according to the (...)
Balkrishna Doshi, one of the Indian subcontinent's most celebrated architects, has died at the age of 95.
Doshi passed away on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson from the Pritzker Prize. He was India's first — and to date, only — winner of the (...)
The US embassy and its consulates in India have launched several new initiatives to cut wait time and increase visa processing across the country.
The current wait-time for Indian visitors is 500-600 days.
The US mission said its services in India (...)
Chaitali Aggarwal had long dreamed of visiting New York from her home in the Indian capital, New Delhi. And so in 2020, she applied for a tourist visa for herself and her father.
Two years later, they're still waiting.
Of course, as with all (...)
In 2017, India's Supreme Court outlawed the Islamic practice of "triple talaq" which allowed a Muslim man to divorce his wife in minutes just by saying "talaq" (divorce) three times. While the court's decision was celebrated by women's rights (...)
India and France on Wednesday agreed to set up an Indo-Pacific trilateral framework to roll out development projects, decided to expand strategic cooperation and vowed to work closely to deal with pressing global challenges such as food crisis (...)
At least eight people died and several others sustained injuries after a massive fire broke out at an electric scooter showroom in the Indian city of Secunderabad late Monday night.
The fire quickly spread to a hotel on the upper floors of the (...)
More than 33 million people have been affected by historic rains and floods that have swept Pakistan, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
Since June, more than 900 people have died in monsoon rains and floods that continue to break weather (...)
Police in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad have arrested a local lawmaker from the country's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for making controversial remarks against the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
Thakur Raja Singh's comments sparked (...)
India was on the cusp of freedom from British rule in 1947 and Vappala Pangunni Menon was completely worn out.
Three decades of working in the grinding imperial bureaucracy had taken its toll on the tenacious 54-year-old civil servant.
Menon was (...)
Standing in front of the historic Red Fort in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday pledged to transform India into a developed country in the next 25 years.
"The way the world is seeing India is changing. There is hope from India and the (...)
The Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) has concluded its global Hajj transport operation for the year 2022 following a successful pilgrimage season.
The last group of this year's pilgrims departed on flight SV5712 from Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz (...)
India's badminton team on Sunday stunned 14-time champions Indonesia at the men's finals for a historic win at the 2022 Thomas Cup. Sports journalist Susan Ninan reports on the significance of the title for a team that had never made it to the (...)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday announced a 5 trillion yen ($42 billion) investment in India over the next five years after holding wide-ranging discussions with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday.
The two leaders were (...)
