FRANCE - INDIA: India-France fighter-jet negotiations stall, r...

A man on his boat guides his ducks across the Alappuzha Lake in Kerala, south India, April 27, 2013. (Xinhua/Stringer) 1 2

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Congress party is debating holding a general election in November, six months ahead of schedule, senior party leaders said, reflecting an internal discussion over whether to pull the plug on the shaky ruling coalition ...

A newly born baby monkey is seen with its mother in the Khandagiri cave hills in Bhubaneswar, capital of the eastern Indian state Orissa, May 16, 2013. (Xinhua/Stringer) 1 2 3 1

A model presents a creation by designer Payal Jain at the Rajasthan Fashion Week 2013 in Jaipur, India, May 10, 2013. (Xinhua/Stringer) 1 2 3 4 1 2

A villager walks at the POSCO India Odisha Project site office at Gobindpur village in Jagatsinghpur district, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, February 7, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer By Suchitra Mohanty and Krishna N Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - ...

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - A convicted Pakistani militant jailed in India died on Thursday after being beaten by another inmate in an apparent revenge attack for the death of an Indian spy prisoner, threatening already fraught relations between the ...

Indian Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor poses for photos during a launch of L'Or Sunset Cannes collection in Mumbai, India, on May 6, 2013. (Xinhua/Stringer) 1 2 3 1

Referee Ali Sabbagh gestures during a football game in Beirut, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (The Daily Star/Stringer) SINGAPORE: A Singapore court on Wednesday denied bail to three Lebanese football referees accused of accepting free sex from a ...

While many perceive India to be an "up and coming" global power, recent statistics show it continues to lag behind in its equal treatment of women and girls. According to the 2013 United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report, India ...