Just a week after a New Delhi court decriminalised homosexuality, the first gay “marriage” has taken place in India.

The Indian government’s recent relaxation of anti-gay laws may succeed where all other attempts have failed and bring together opposing religious groups, it emerged today.

Hindu extremists attacked six village churches in eastern India during Christmas celebrations, leaving one person dead, officials said today.

Two men have been stabbed to death in India’s western state of Gujarat as Hindu nationalists celebrated a landslide win in state elections.

A dozen leaders of Hindu nationalist groups in India have been warned to allow Valentine’s Day to go ahead peacefully.