India passed legislation lowering the age at which someone can be tried for rape and other crimes to 16, spurred into action by an uproar over the release of a minor convicted in a 2012 fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a Delhi bus.

Clashes marred the final phase of India's parliamentary elections today, which left two people dead.

Voting for the fifth and final phase of parliamentary elections in India began today.

The great-grandson of India’s first prime minister was in custody today over his “Muslim hate speech”, it was reported.

An alleged hate speech at an election rally has fuelled a feud in India's oldest political dynasty, it was reported today.