Criticism is growing against an Indian activist’s hunger strike, with public figures saying it threatens democracy, even as thousands echoed his demands for stronger anti-corruption legislation.

THE groom wore a garland made of bank notes and received a helicopter as a gift, there were 18,000 guests — or perhaps it was 30,000 — and 1,000 workers took 40 days to prepare the venue.

US President Barack Obama urged India and Pakistan to talk to resolve their differences yesterday, as the focus of his trip switched to stability in the volatile region after a day of trade deals.

Russell Brand's bodyguards assaulted four news photographers when they were taking pictures of the British comedian in an Indian tiger reserve today before his wedding to Katy Perry, the photographers have claimed.

Couples have been told to stop holding hands in public at a famous romantic Indian get-away.

Eight people including a state politician have been given life sentences for the murder of a former minister in India following a decade-long trial.

India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country’s tigers, a government minister said today.

'Slumdog Millionaire' child actor Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail finally moved into a new permanent home along with his family today.

The Oscar-winning producers of 'Slumdog Millionaire' are to create a musical version of the movie - to provide financial help for the children depicted in the film.

A New Delhi labourer survived getting hit by a bus, only to get hit and killed by a second bus 20 minutes later, police said.

A plane taking off from New Delhi’s main airport caught fire forcing all 252 passengers and crew to escape through an emergency exit.

Hard-line religious groups staged anti-Valentine protests in India today claiming the country was at risk from Western-style promiscuity.

A two-year-old girl born with four arms and four legs will undergo extensive surgery in India today, according to media reports.

Police are investigating a letter allegedly written by Maoist rebels threatening to kill two of India’s top cricketers because they represent the “elite class,” a newspaper reported today.

British actress Elizabeth Hurley and her new husband Arun Nayar kicked off their Indian wedding festivities with a private dinner party in the country’s financial capital Mumbai, news reports said today.

A young couple were beaten to death, their bodies hacked to pieces and burned on the orders of a village council in northern India that called their relationship incestuous, news reports said today.

Anger over the alleged racist taunting of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother simmered in India for a second day today, as an Indian official sought to play down the controversy.

Twenty-two infants have died in three days at a state-run children’s hospital in eastern India, a health official said today.

An Indian woman threw herself on her husband’s funeral pyre, committing suicide in line with an ancient Hindu custom that persists despite a two-century ban on the practice.

Indian authorities today named a third suspect in this week’s Mumbai train bombings, as the local media said the well-co-ordinated attacks that killed 200 people were planned by Pakistan’s main intelligence agency. Pakistan has denied the charge.

A four-year-old Indian boy who ran 40 miles in a bid for a place in the record books, has severely damaged his health, media reports said today, quoting doctors who examined the child.

Tourists and scientists were gathering around the world for a solar show – the first total eclipse in years, which will sweep north-east from Brazil to Mongolia, blotting out the sun across swathes of the world’s poorest lands.

Hindu priests who take care of the memorial of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after a visit by US President George Bush, reports said today.

India’s international carrier, Air India, has threatened to ground overweight cabin staff unless they shed their excess pounds.

More than 7,200 villages have been inundated and some 176,000 people left homeless by monsoon floods in India’s western Gujarat state, where a dead lion washed up with dozens of other casualties, officials and news reports said today.

A string of Indian islands were rattled by aftershocks today while emergency aid was rushed to survivors of the tsunami waves that killed at least 4,300 people along the nation’s south-eastern coast.

Sixteen-year-old Arunima Chatterjee was very excited, but it was Spider-Man grabbing her attention, not the threat of a nuclear attack by Pakistan.

Iraq has threatened to fire missiles at Israel if America attacks it.

A Pakistani paper has reportedly carried a cash prize offer to any readers who killed an American.