The Indian government says its "zero-tolerance" policy against Maoism has succeeded, with the District Reserve Guard (DRG) - comprising locals and surrendered Maoists - helping security forces track rebel tactics and hideouts, senior officials told BBC Hindi.

Five-year-old Pulsing Ajnera was playing with his brothers in a field near their home in the western Indian state of Gujarat, when a lion “came out of nowhere,” his grieving father told CNN.

Families of the deadly June 12 Air India crash are suing Boeing and Honeywell, allegeing that the incident was caused by faulty fuel switches.

On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam—India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water.

An initial 69-kilometre railway, estimated to cost $390 million, will connect India's northeastern city of Kokrajhar to Bhutan's Gelephu, a town of 10,000 people near the Indian border.