NEW DELHI — In northern India, two teenage girls have been found hanging from a tree after allegedly being gang-raped. One person has been arrested in connection with the brutal attack, which has once again turned the focus on crimes against women.The crime took place in a remote village in Uttar Pradesh state — a region […]
NEW DELHI — India’s defense minister says a massive explosion aboard a diesel-powered submarine, moored at a dockyard in Mumbai, has killed some of the 18 sailors on board. The apparent accident comes as the navy has been modernizing its fleet and recently celebrated the launch of an indigenously built aircraft carrier.
NEW DELHI — In Indian Kashmir, officials have advised residents about how to cope with a possible nuclear attack. But they say the advice is not connected to recent tensions along the cease-fire line that divides Kashmir between nuclear armed rivals India and Pakistan.
NEW DELHI — India has executed the sole surviving Pakistani gunman who participated in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai. The execution came days before the fourth anniversary of the attack, which killed 166 people and has been described as India’s worst-ever terror strike.