Village elders in India ordered the gang rape of a 20-year-old woman after they found out she was in a relationship with a man from a different community, police said Thursday. Police in a rural part ...

Village councils are common in India with vast rural communities, serving as the only practical means of delivering justice in areas where local governments are either too far away or too ineffective ...

At least four dead, more than 50 missing in Uttarakhand floods Army and disaster response teams deployed for rescue operations Experts link frequent floods to climate change and receding glaciers ...