AFP, Raipur

Ten Indian women die, dozens sick after mass sterilization

State-run program offers payment to women who undergo sterilization

Family tortures, kills woman for 'witchcraft' in India

In a separate incident, three villagers died after a 'witch doctor' gave them herbs laced with snake venom

Maoist ambush kills 16 in central India

Chhattisgarh attack aimed at 'sowing fear ahead of polls'

Abducted collector back at his post

Alex Paul Menon resumes duties in tribal area after 12-day abduction by Maoist rebels

Maoists under fire for abduction

Kidnapping of local official stirs public anger

Church helps tribals resist land grabs

Efforts to stop economic zone are a success so far

Congress urges more mission work

Delegates told they must be better witnesses for their faith among Hindus

Church encourages natural farming

Organic rice cultivation is providing farmers with higher yields

Brother traces John Paul’s devotion

Saint Montfort's treatise 'had a major influence on the late pope' and helped him write encyclicals

Christians happy with Catholic appointee

Church promotes scientific research

Workshop encourages young to take up careers in theoretical science

Peace activists back Maoist talks plan

Government urged to take rights campaigner's offer seriously

Minority students are stressed out in Pakistan

Bangladesh lets relocated Rohingya refugees visit families

Korean Catholics bid farewell to retired Seoul archbishop

Asylum seeker's self-immolation challenges Indonesian policy

Afghan babies succumb to hunger as winter descends

Philippine volcano erupts but no ashfall