Anjana Pasricha

Muslim groups say allotting them alternate land did not ensure justice

A recent Supreme Court verdict has permitted Hindus to build a temple in a northern Indian town on a spot where a 16th-century mosque was torn down by a mob in 1992. Some fear the judgment, in one of the oldest and most contentious disputes between India's majority Hindu and minority Muslim communities, has heightened a growing sense of insecurity in Muslims under a Hindu nationalist government.

A lawyer for Muslim litigants said they were not satisfied with the judgment; both Hindu and Muslim leaders reiterated pleas for peace and harmony

Hindus want to erect a temple on the disputed spot in Ayodhya town while Muslims want a mosque rebuilt

Some residents leave India's capital city to escape hazardous air in winter; many children are confined indoors

Authorities in New Delhi declared a public health emergency this month as air pollution levels hit hazardous levels — a problem the Indian capital wrestles with in winter when stagnant winds and cooler temperatures hold the toxic air over the city. Doctors say the dirty air is taking a serious toll on the health of the city's 20 million residents. Anjana Pasricha reports.

Official calls New Delhi a ‘gas chamber’ as authorities hand out masks to children in what is being billed as a public health emergency

Widespread disenchantment and little semblance of normalcy in the Himalayan valley

BJP's electoral fortunes were hurt by a slowing economy

Kasan Boomed as Migrant Labor Flooded the Village, but as workers leave, village economy takes a hit