Tens of thousands of civil defence personnel mobilised for exercises including digging trenches and simulating casualty evacuations

Prime minister Narendra Modi grants ‘complete freedom’ to the military in retaliating for terror strike

Armies conduct ominous manoeuvres as Pakistan continues to deny involvement in last week’s terrorist attack in Kashmir

Indian security agencies say little-known group which claimed responsibility for attack is a front for Pakistan-based militants

Report on policing in India reveals widespread justification of torture, intimidation and even summary execution

Up to 4,000 animals to be retired as part of military’s modernisation efforts

Almost all the deportees to India had fled spiralling unemployment at home via an established network of migration scams

Number of tigers has almost tripled to 355 since 2009 and poses a threat to humans

Nearly 15 million Hindu pilgrims attend first day of world’s biggest religious festival, held every 12 years

Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party in India’s northeastern Assam state has banned consumption of beef in public places, including in restaurants

Breathing in air in India’s capital city and surrounding area said to equate to smoking two packs of non-filtered cigarettes each day

Ottawa has accused Indian officials of planning the assassination of a Canadian Sikh separatist leader in Vancouver in 2023

Justin Trudeau says his government has ‘compelling evidence’ Indian government agents engage in activities that pose threat to public safety in Canada

Unfavourable jail treatment stemming from colonial days such as toilet cleaning and cleaning septic tanks for those at bottom of caste system deemed by supreme court to be ‘forced labour’

Diplomats and analysts in New Delhi look to reworked multipolar, mutually equitable and sustainable global relations