Thirty-two blackbucks died and two rhinos were at risk after drinking sewage water which flowed into their enclosures in New Delhi’s main zoo.

India and China are in talks to discuss the melting Himalayan glaciers which are crucial to the water supplies of both countries, an Indian minister said today.

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

A 71-year-old economic reformer and political veteran was set to become India’s next prime minister, receiving his Congress party’s endorsement today after its leader Sonia Gandhi shocked supporters by abandoning her claim to the top job.

India’s victorious Congress party named a 71-year-old economic reformer and political veteran today as their candidate to become India’s next prime minister after Sonia Gandhi shocked the nation by abandoning her claim to the top job.