BRICS takes anti-war stand
Members of the 11-nation BRICS group including China, Russia, Iran and India have called for calm in the Middle East, in a joint statement at a summit in New Delhi.
Putin joins BRICS summit in New Delhi
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived for talks ahead of an 11-member BRICS summit dominated by conflict and economic challenges, with the leaders of China and Iran also set to attend.
All aboard the lifeline
Leaping from a small boat in choppy waters off the country's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, George Washington jumps on board the only ferry service connecting hundreds of communities across the strategic archipelago.
Five baby orangutans found, trafficking likely
Officials rescued five baby orangutans in an eastern forest, a state minister said, with authorities suspecting they were trafficked into the country from South-East Asia.
Death toll hits six in Delhi hostel collapse
Search and rescue teams combed through the debris of a collapsed building in New Delhi as the death toll climbed to six, officials said.
UK universities expand eastward
In an office block on the outskirts of Delhi, a first cohort of students gathers for a class in a Business Management degree at the University of Southampton – an institution headquartered nearly 7,000km away.
Air India probe flags hydraulic loss, pilot drug test
An Air India flight that plunged last month, injuring passengers, suffered a temporary loss of hydraulic systems, but its pilot tested "non-negative" for psychoactive substances, investigators said.
Info from Malaysian detained in India helped bust drug network, says Saifuddin Nasution
PASIR PUTEH: Information provided by a Malaysian man detained in India for alleged drug trafficking has helped police identify a wider drug network and make several arrests, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
Rights watchdog steps in
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance (acted on its own initiative) of the alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in a moving bus that she boarded in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Deadly floods prompt tighter glacier monitoring
THE country is stepping up monitoring of its Himalayan regions bordering China and Nepal, days after deadly floods apparently triggered by a glacial collapse, authorities said.
