India's government launched a Vibrant Villages Programme almost four years ago. But as China steadily builds up its side, ...

India and China are in a race to populate their long border in the Himalayas. The race began after China built hundreds of villages along the disputed border with India and paid people to move there.

LONGWA, India (AP) — To the people who live there, Longwa is a typical hilltop village. The most imposing structure is a corrugated tin roof belonging to the Angh, a hereditary tribal chief. But ...

The shift to solar-powered irrigation, processing, and household electricity has reduced dependence on fossil fuels, cutting ...

Every village in India now has access to electricity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on April 29, one day after a remote village in Manipur, northeast India, was added to the national grid. It was ...

Thulasendrapuram, India — The temple reverberated with rhythmic Sanskrit and Tamil hymns, as a Hindu priest held a flame before the god. As this tiny South Indian village gathered to pray for Kamala ...

In the quiet agrarian landscape of the Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, a body of water known to locals as Vanamma ...

Presidential election results in the U.S. triggered contrasting reactions in two small villages in southern India, as the residents of Vadluru—the ancestral home of Vice President-elect JD Vance’s ...