India News

• India’s Supreme Court won’t legalize same-sex marriage, says Parliament must decide

  India's top court has refused to legalize same-sex marriages, passing the responsibility back to Parliament in a ruling that disappointed campaigners for LGBTQ+ rights.

  World

  Oct 17, 2023
  
• Canadians in India urged to ‘remain vigilant’ amid calls for protests

  Canada has updated its travel advisory for its citizens in India as tensions mount between the two countries over the murder of a Canadian Sikh leader in B.C.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2023
  
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• Sikh group urges protests outside Indian consulates in Canada over Nijjar murder

  The accusations have sparked tensions between the two countries, with each nation expelling diplomats, and New Delhi suspending visas for Canadians.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2023
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• Indian Potash hopes to extend Canadian deal despite Nijjar spat

  India depends entirely on imports to meet its annual need for about 4 million metric tons of muriate of potash, the government said in a statement last year.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2023
• Murder of B.C. Sikh leader puts Khalistan movement in spotlight. What is it?

  Allegations the Indian government was involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia has put a renewed spotlight on the Khalistan movement.

  World

  Sep 19, 2023
• Indian officials discover 36 bodies inside well after temple collapse

  Video of Thursday’s collapse at the temple complex in Indore in Madhya Pradesh state showed chaos afterward, with people rushing away.

  World

  Mar 31, 2023
• BBC offices in India searched by tax officials after controversial Modi documentary

  Officials from India's Income Tax Department searched the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, weeks after it broadcast a documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

  World

  Feb 14, 2023
• Indian police crack down on illegal child marriages, over 2,000 arrested 

  Those arrested this week included more than 50 Hindu priests and Muslim clerics for allegedly performing marriages for underage girls in Assam.

  World

  Feb 4, 2023
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• Thousands join LGBTQ march in New Delhi, India after COVID break

  The government is yet to legalize same-sex marriage even though the Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

  World

  Jan 8, 2023
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• Death toll from India’s bridge collapse climbs to at least 133

  Military teams were searching Monday for people missing after a 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed into a river Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

  World

  Oct 31, 2022