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Physical penalties are still widely used by teachers in India, despite being illegal, but the story of a teenager who committed suicide after being caned at school is pushing India to criminalize corporal punishment. The prevalence of corporal punishment in schools is one of India's worst-kept secrets. But the recent suicide of 13-year-old Rouvanjit Rawla has brought the practice out into the open. Related articles by Zemanta Caning under fire in Indian schools after child suicide (newsinfo.inquirer.net) A young Indian boy commits suicide 'after being caned'. When will India enforce its ban on corporal punishment? (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)

A speeding express train plowed into a stationary passenger train in eastern India, killing 61 people in a crash so powerful it sent the roof of one car flying onto an overpass. Officials said they could not rule out sabotage.Residents crawled over the twisted wreckage trying desperately to free survivors before rescue workers arrived with heavy equipment to cut through the metal. Related articles by Zemanta India Train Crash: Dozens Killed In Collision Outside Calcutta (huffingtonpost.com) Train Collision In India Kills At Least 35 (news.sky.com)

Teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India's financial capital, killing at least 78 people and wounding at least 200, officials say.

With the US economy facing its biggest crisis since the Great Depression, and financial markets gripped with fear, Keki Mistry, vice chairman and managing director, HDFC, said India is largely insulated from the financial crisis thanks to low mortgage penetration and strict RBI regulations.

An estimated three million people have been left homeless after massive floods swamped hundreds of villages in northern India. In the wake of this natural disaster, Al Jazeera's Anar Virji reports from India's Bihar state where many poor families have resorted to selling their children into bond slavery as a mean to survival.

At least 18 people were killed and more than 60 others were injured when five bombs had exploded in rapid succession. Al Jazeera's Matt McClure reports from New Delhi where a radical Muslim group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Universities from Canada want to catch up with those from US and UK in India.

If you are Tibetan, the only way you can compete at the Beijing Olympics is by renouncing your Tibetan identity and registering as a Chinese athlete. Many Tibetan athletes in exile have refused to do this and are instead participating in the 'Tibetan Olympics' in northern India. Witness follows two participants as they prepare for and then participate in 'The Other Olympics'. Part2

Part 1 Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have clashed with about 1,000 separatist protesters in the summer capital, Srinagar, police say. The unrest was triggered by a Kashmir government move to donate 100 acres to the Hindu Amarnath shrine Trust. Inside story asks: can India and Pakistan ever put aside their differences, to resolve the thorny issue of Kashmir? Part 2