Sameer Yasir

Rescuers struggled to reach many other Hindu worshipers who were trapped and injured in a packed temple in Indore during a religious festival.

The detention follows a bitter fight between India’s B.J.P. governing party and a regional competitor with national ambitions.

Officials at a public university cut the electricity before a planned screening, and the government has prevented clips from appearing online.

Rahul Gandhi is hoping to pull his once-mighty party out of the political wilderness. The future of India as a multiparty democracy may be on...

The bridge, in the state of Gujarat, was reopened recently after renovation.

India’s deep-rooted jute industry has struggled for decades, undercut by cheaper synthetics. Now its bags are a sought-after biodegradable alternative.

Tulsi Gowind Gowda has spent most of her more than 80 years planting and nurturing trees in southern India. “I like them more than anything...

Tamil Nadu’s relative success in outlawing single-use plastic is due largely to relentless policing.

Ganesh Devy has spent decades documenting India’s hundreds of distinct languages. Up next: a 12,000-year history of India he hopes will help counter the government’s...

Over a million female health workers treat India’s most at-risk women and children, for little pay and sometimes at the cost of their own lives.