Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declares victory for his party in two state elections, including a closely-fought race in his stronghold of Gujarat where the charismatic leader fronted the campaign.

Ushering a new era and a generational change in the top leadership of India’s oldest party, Rahul Gandhi takes charge as the President of Congress replacing his mother Sonia Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi is set to take over as the chief of Congress, with the party today formally announcing his election as the party president.

A 39-year-old man is arrested in Mumbai for allegedly molesting a teenage Bollywood actor on board a flight from Delhi to Mumbai on Saturday night.

Bangladesh is the third largest contributor of army personnel in UN peacekeeping missions, whereas, India ranks first followed by Pakistan in Asia. A total of 6,772 Bangladeshis have served in 58 peacekeeping missions across 40 countries since 1988.

India's Supreme Court has said a woman does not lose her religious identity after marrying a man from another faith until she converts

Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor, one of the most charismatic personalities of Hindi cinema, dies in a hospital in Mumbai at the age of 79.

The Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously passes a bill awarding death to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 and below.

Eight donkeys, detained by Orai jail authorities for damaging plants and causing injury to children near prison premises, are released to their owners in India’s Uttar Pradesh.

As more victims step out to tell of sexual harassment in the United States and Europe, The Straits Times Asian bureaus look at how the region perceives this rarely publicly-discussed issue.

A three-storeyed residential building collapses in Bhiwandi leaving at least one dead and many others are feared trapped inside the building.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the most popular leader in India, according to the US based Pew Research Center, in a survey that underscores the trust people have in him, even with the rumblings over a dip in economic growth.

China has for years appeared to be an unchanging target for South Korea’s cosmetics export realm, but for market pioneers, India is the way to go, according to an entrepreneur specialising in Indian business.

West Bengal wins a two-and-a-half-year-old battle over the origin of one of India’s signature sweets “Rosogolla”. India's Geographical Indications (GI) Registry announced that Rosogolla’s originating place is Bengal, not the neighbouring state Odisha.

Kibera School for Girls, the slum’s first free primary school for girls in Kibera

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According to the guide book for staff La poupée de Timothée et le camion de Lison (Timothy’s doll and Lison’s truck), boys tend to demand more attention from adults than girls, and to dominate in conversations.

Itumeleng Makgato and Boikhutso Mokoto, both Bachelor of Commerce final-year students at Wits University in Johannesburg, are on a mission to empower any female student who feels she needs help in making herself heard.

The Centre for Science, Education, Exchange for Sustainable Development (SeeSD) is home to a group of educational mentors, working hard to kindle an interest in science, technology and innovation amongst schoolchildren—notably young girls.

We at the Graça Machel Trust know that girls face a distinctive set of barriers to learning, especially when they reach post-primary levels of education, such as lack of financial resources, sexual abuse, poor hygiene and unsafe school environments. Until now, education initiatives have not been multi-dimensional enough and are still found wanting in relation to the competencies they deliver. Most are still focused on the narrow mainstream educational skills of literacy and numeracy, leaving out personal, social and economic proficiencies that many women and girls need to survive and secure stable livelihoods. Moreover, if basic education is to be inclusive, the barriers that prevent enrolment and cause school dropout must be eliminated.