Taniya Dutta

Assault is latest escalation of ethnic violence that has rocked eastern state since last year

Roads and bridges are swept away by floodwaters, with some rivers bursting their banks

The region's ornate 16th-century Tanjore paintings depict Hindu deities and have found favour with passionate collectors in India's booming middle class

Rescue effort under way with areas under 3.5 metres of water and 30,000 people moved to higher ground

Prime Minister says he has spoken to Russian leader, days after meeting Zelenskyy in Kyiv, as New Delhi maintains balancing act in conflict

Police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse protest over government handling of sexual assault and killing of doctor

Insurgents launch assaults on police stations and trains in one of the deadliest attacks in years

Strike had severely affected India's healthcare system and put a burden on senior doctors treating emergency patients

Images of the Democratic presidential nominee are everywhere in the ancestral home of her mother, Shyamala Gopalan. The National travelled to the rural village of Thulasendrapuram to find a young generation inspired by her White House campaign

Indian Prime Minister visits Ukraine and offers to act as a 'friend' to enable talks between the warring nations

Government orders investigation into blast at Escientia Advanced Sciences in Andhra Pradesh

Protest over killing of junior doctor leaves thousands of patients without care despite intervention from Supreme Court

More than 450 people, mostly students, were killed in protests that prompted her departure

Junior doctors across India have staged rallies after a trainee was raped and murdered earlier this month

The last local election in the region was held in December 2014