India

The class-11 girl lived alone at a Kolkata hotel, waiting to be taken to the airport to board a plane to the US. She was made to believe that she would get a job as a receptionist in the USA with a monthly salary of ₹3 lakh.

The underlying tensions in Ladakh trace back to violent scenes exactly a year ago, when demonstrations demanding greater autonomy spiralled into clashes that left four dead and dozens injured, along with damage to a local BJP office.

Even as Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) is passing through its electorally lowest phase ever, party supremo Mayawati is taking steps apparently with an eye on next year’s Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, but her moves may cause more trouble for the party.

It is seven years after his last visit to India, and six years after the Galwan Valley confrontation, that Chinese President Xi Jinping is coming to New Delhi. This is a good time now to take bilateral bonhomie a few steps ahead.

'Bollywoof' is going to be the first Western-style animation feature film to be set in contemporary India. Much of its story takes place in Kolkata. It is a “celebration of the relationship between India and the UK,” say the producers.