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Two Indian soldiers among four killed near Kashmir border INTERNATIONAL

Two Indian soldiers among four killed near Kashmir border

Two soldiers and two suspected rebels were killed overnight in a gunbattle in Indian-administered Kashmir near the disputed territory's de facto border with Pakistan, the Indian army said Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian flight diverted after passenger sits on food cart INTERNATIONAL

Indian flight diverted after passenger sits on food cart

Indian budget airline IndiGo was forced to divert an international flight on Thursday after an unruly passenger sat on the plane's food cart before attacking another traveller, it said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Convicted expats' case: India state to bear legal cost ARABIA

Convicted expats' case: India state to bear legal cost

The provincial government of the southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu has sanctioned monetary assistance for the legal defence of the three Indian men who had been convicted for the murder of an elderly Qatari woman.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian Muslim women beaten for carrying beef INTERNATIONAL

Indian Muslim women beaten for carrying beef

Two Muslim women have been beaten up at a railway station in central India on suspicion of carrying beef, an offence in many parts of the Hindu-majority country, police said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Over 1mn people hit as floods worsen in India's tea region of Assam INTERNATIONAL

Over 1mn people hit as floods worsen in India's tea region of Assam

More than 1.2 million people in northeast India have been hit by floods which have submerged hundreds of villages, inundated large swathes of farmland and damaged roads, bridges and telecommunications services, local authorities said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan cleared in poaching cases INTERNATIONAL

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan cleared in poaching cases

An Indian court on Monday acquitted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan of killing protected wildlife 18 years ago, ending the latest long-running case against the actor.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Israeli woman allegedly raped in Indian resort town INTERNATIONAL

Israeli woman allegedly raped in Indian resort town

A 25-year-old Israeli woman has allegedly been raped by two men in the popular northern Indian Himalayan resort town of Manali, senior local police officers said on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India urges security forces to exercise restraint in Kashmir INTERNATIONAL

India urges security forces to exercise restraint in Kashmir

India has asked its security forces to exercise restraint in responding to protests in disputed Kashmir and replace pellet guns with non-lethal weapons, its home affairs minister said on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Rio-bound Indian wrestler fails doping test CULTURE

Rio-bound Indian wrestler fails doping test

Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav has failed a drugs test, the country's anti-doping agency said Sunday, raising doubts about his inclusion in the Olympic squad less than two weeks before the Rio Games begin.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Day off for south Indians as new film sparks frenzy INTERNATIONAL

Day off for south Indians as new film sparks frenzy

Fans of the wildly popular Indian film star Rajinikanth queued overnight for a 4am screening of his new movie Friday in the southern city of Chennai, where many companies abandoned hope of staff coming to work and closed for the day.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
South Indian film opens on Thursday to sell-out shows in Qatar ARABIA

South Indian film opens on Thursday to sell-out shows in Qatar

A film featuring an Indian superstar is giving cinema operators in Qatar a lot to cheer about even before its release. Going by initial reports, Rajinikanth-starrer Kabali is witnessing a huge demand and seats are filling up fast.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian Kashmir protests flare, 3 killed as army opens fire INTERNATIONAL

Indian Kashmir protests flare, 3 killed as army opens fire

Indian soldiers fired on a stone-throwing crowd defying a curfew in the Kashmir region, killing three people, police said on Tuesday, as unrest sparked by the death of a separatist militant flared.

4:45 AM November 25 2016