Qatar releases former Indian navy officers after dropping death sentences
Seven of the men have already been returned to India, but details of the case remain scant.
Asian news from New Delhi
Qatar frees 8 retired Indian navy officers whose death sentences over alleged spying were commuted
NEW DELHI (AP) — Qatar has freed eight retired Indian navy officers who had been given death sentences for alleged spying that were commuted last year, India’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Indian state's polygamy ban divides some Muslim women
NEW DELHI — Shayara Bano heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday (Feb 7) at the enactment of a law banning polygamy in her small Indian state, the culmination of a years-long effort including her own case before the nation's Supreme Court.
After India’s controversial Ayodhya temple opening, Hindu-Muslim divide grows with demolition of New Delhi mosque
For five days, Sameer Tabreez, 23, has driven daily from New Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area to South Delhi’s Mehrauli, hoping to see if Delhi police have removed the barricades around the 600-year-old Akhoondji mosque that was demolished by authorities last month.
Violent protests in Indian city kills two, more than 80 injured
NEW DELHI - Two people were killed and more than 80 injured in violent protests in India's northern city of Haldwani following a government demolition drive against what it calls illegal encroachments, officials said on Friday (Feb 9).
Indian town sets a curfew and orders police to shoot violators after deadly clashes over a mosque
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Authorities in a northern Indian town imposed an indefinite curfew and ordered police to shoot violators after clashes over the construction of a Muslim seminary and a mosque left two people dead and more than 150 injured, officials said Friday.