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Four sitting judges of the Supreme Court in an unprecedented display of dissent against the Chief Justice of India.

Among those acquitted in the so-called "2G scam" are leading political figures A Raja and M Kanimozhi.

Pakistan's National Security Adviser Nasser Khan Janjua says a nuclear conflict is only a "mistake away".

This comes at a time when the BJP has struggled to woo voters after demonetisation and the poor implementation of a national sales tax.

The Indian government bans condom advertisements between 6am and 10pm because they are "indecent" for children.

Nityanand Rai, a member of Lok Sabha (lower house) and head of state BJP unit in Bihar, underscores Modi's humble past to make controversial remarks.

India's oldest political party is likely to elect Rahul Gandhi as president in early December, ending months of speculation.

People in India took offense to an NYT article that suggested the garment was being used by the ruling party as a countervailing force to the popularity of Western clothing.

Poll suggests Modi is more popular than ever, with seven out of 10 Indians saying they hold a "very favourable" view of the prime minister.

The posters were put up by traders in Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh state.

A Dalit teenager was stabbed by two men for sporting a moustache. This was the third such incident in the area.

"What can be said about the country that elects a terrorist as prime minister," Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said.

Abe, on a visit to India, and Modi also lay foundation for $17bn bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

This was Rajnath Singh's fifth visit to Kashmir this year.

India has fought three wars with Pakistan and one with China in the past.

Woman writer Gauri Lankesh was a popular anti-establishment voice in the southern state of Karnataka.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he shares Myanmar's concerns about violence between armed forces and minority Muslim rebels.

The leaders of China and India held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Brics summit.

The gigantic project envisions connecting as many as 60 major rivers in India to battle droughts and floods in many states.

Fourteen carriages derail in India's state of Uttar Pradesh.

A federal government team argues that the number of children's deaths is fewer this year.

The colours of the Indian flag were projected onto buildings and painted on the faces of children across the nation of 1.3 billion people.

In total, 63 children have died at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur town due to alleged medical negligence.

As we reach the 70th anniversary of partition, relations between the two nations are as broken as ever.

These could be the last days of liberal democracy. Be very afraid.

'My election as President of India is to represent all such Kovinds toiling away to make a living,' said the president-elect.

Indian legislators will elect the next president, with the ruling party's nominated candidate Ram Nath Kovind tipped to win.

Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui follows the increasingly filthy river from its mountain source to the megacity of Kolkata.

The attack took place when the pilgrims were returning from the holy Amarnath shrine.

India and China praise each other in informal Brics gathering on the sidelines of G20 summit in Hamburg.