Mukesh Singh says he was driving the bus and was unaware of the brutal attack, which shocked a nation

Two men fled the scene after a school bus and truck crashed head-on in the northern state of Rajasthan

Surgery which was donated after viral pictures, but the baby will still require lots of medical care

One of the suspects in a brutal gang rape of a student in India is in a criticial condition after being attacked and poisoned in prison, his lawyer says.

The condition of a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and tortured by a man and then left alone in a locked room in India's capital for two days has improved, a doctor said today, as protests continued over the authorities' handling of the case.

Force of 7.8 magnitude quake could be felt from Kabul to Delhi and Dubai

Hardliners defied as historic blueprint to tackle violence against girls and women is agreed at the United Nations

Woman and her husband both beaten up as they camped in a forest

Officers appear to have used large sticks and their fists to brutally assault the 23-year-old

Angry villagers in western India threatened to resume a highway blockade today unless police show progress in the search for suspects in the rape and killing of three young sisters.

Police say investigators are searching villages in western India for suspects in the rape and killing of three young sisters.

A pair of bombs exploded this evening in a crowded shopping area in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, killing at least 11 people and wounding 50 more in the worst bombing in the country in more than a year, officials said.

David Cameron threw his weight behind UK helicopter maker AgustaWestland on a trip to India yesterday despite the company being engulfed in a corruption scandal in the country.

Police say they have arrested six men accused of repeatedly gang-raping a woman onboard a bus in the north of India. The assault is said to have taken place near the city of Amritsar.