India

Lutyens' Delhi homes from the British Raj era fetch millions at auctions

4 Mar 2013

The fading bungalow at 38 Amrita Shergil Marg does not immediately shout real estate bling. There is no tennis court, no infinity pool, no Sub-Zero refrigerator or walk-in closet. The paint is...

Indian women use smartphones to 'pin the creeps'

3 Mar 2013

With virtual bodyguards, panic buttons and maps to pinpoint harassment blackspots, women in urban India are using their smartphones for protection after a notorious gang-rape in New Delhi.

Overseas woes in Australia, India erode CLP earnings

26 Feb 2013

While the power company said it would still have to fork out an impairment loss of HK$315 million this year for its new plant in Jhajjar, where utilisation remained at 30 per cent due to a short...

Maldivian government denies India deal over Nasheed

25 Feb 2013

The Maldivian government has denied any deal to allow former president Mohamed Nasheed to end his refuge at the Indian embassy in the capital and resume election campaigning without fear of arrest...

Five years on and no justice from India for British teen rape victim

25 Feb 2013

The mother of a British teenager who was raped and left to die on a Goa beach five years ago has blasted India's "rubbish" legal system over the stalled trial into her daughter's death.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Briefs, February 25, 2013

The Philippines is sending a navy ship to waters off eastern Malaysia to bring back about 180 Filipinos who became locked in a standoff with Malaysian authorities after claiming the territory,...

India's secret hanging of terrorist angers family, worries activists

Mohammad Afzal Guru had been hanged in secrecy in a faraway jail in New Delhi. A government letter informing them of the imminent hanging arrived at their home in Kashmir two days after he was...

Short Science, February 24, 2013

Nasa's Curiosity rover has scooped up a sample from the interior of a Martian rock and found that the powdery soil just beneath the planet's rust-coloured exterior was actually a light grey colour...

INDIA

India’s secret executions raise concerns

For 11 years the family of a convicted terrorist waited and wondered about his fate as he sat on death row. Two weeks ago they found out - from television. Mohammad Afzal Guru had been hanged in...

Growth trickles down to rural India

India's great economic growth has begun to trickle down to some of the poorest, most neglected villages.

CRICKET

Doubts over Australia tour after India blasts

Cricket Australia said the safety of its players was paramount as doubts were expressed over whether the Test series against India starting on Friday could go ahead after deadly bomb attacks in...