Mumbai gang rape shows India limps on women's safety
Eight months on since the high-profile gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus, reports have emerged that a similar crime has been committed against a photo journalist in an abandoned mill in the financial hub
India must stop viewing disasters as acts of God – report
India must take a more holistic approach to natural disasters, focusing more on preparing for them and realising that work such as dam building, deforestation and unregulated building on riverbanks can worsen their impact
Indian firm develops new vaccine to fight typhoid fever
Company says features of new vaccine are its long-term protection and the protection it gives to infants from six months old, compared with minimum age of 2 for previous vaccines
Indian lawmakers make divorce more women-friendly - report
In country where women own only 2 percent of assets, the marriage laws bill would ensure wives a share of husbands’ immovable property
Indian mom tries to sell daughter's virginity for $1,556 - report
Auto rickshaw driver offers girl to passenger – a social worker who informed a charity of the crime; driver and girl's mother arrested
Security forces aim to win hearts in Indian Maoist zone - report
In conflict-ridden area where villagers feel persecuted by both insurgents and security forces, paramilitary will receive $3 million each year to spend on community social welfare projects
Enough grains for 70m Indians rot due to poor storage - report
In country where millions live in hunger, thousands of tonnes of food stored improperly, exposed to rodents and the elements, and lost
UN rights chief stays open-minded ahead of Sri Lanka trip
Navi Pillay, who arrives in Sri Lanka on August 25 for a week, is the first senior United Nations official to visit the country since the end of a nearly three-decade-long bloody conflict in 2009
Controversial Indian guru charged with raping minor-report
Guru's spokesman says he was not in Jodhpur on the day a 16-year-old girl alleged he raped her there. He is charged with rape and forcible 'unnatural sex'
Water in half of India's rivers is undrinkable - report
India's Central Pollution Control Board tested river samples in 445 rivers between 1995 and 2011 and said the water was not only undrinkable but also unsuitable for bathing in