New Delhi — The top court in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Tuesday upheld a ban on hijabs, or Muslim headscarves, in schools and colleges in a ruling that could deepen the religious divide ...

The Taj Mahal is one of India’s most iconic sites. But this year, millions of students across India won’t delve into the Mughal Empire that constructed it. Instead, Indian students have new textbooks ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Bill McGurn, Kate Bachelder Odell and Kim Strassel. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/Khalil Hamra/Associated Press You might think that India, a country ...

School textbooks have become the latest battleground for Hindu nationalism in India, as education officials have deleted key passages about Muslim rule during the Mughal empire. The textbooks, ...

Explore all 44 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India, including their locations, cities, and highlights showcasing India’s ...

‘Ask Soviet, US and NATO’: Taliban’s Muttaqi dares Pak from Indian soil over Kabul attack, says ‘don’t test our courage’ – ...

An Indian state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has passed a law to convert all Islamic schools to regular education institutions. Every ...

IN HIS DECADE in power Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has centralised the state to an unprecedented extent. Yet his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to attract many voters in the more ...

You might think that India, a country with nuclear weapons, an ambitious space program and aspirations for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, would have better things to debate ...