Bihar state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to hand to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Indian government imposes curfew across Kashmir Valley as authorities apprehended violent protests in view of reported plans by separatists and Pakistan-sponsored groups to observe August 5, the first anniversary of revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, as a “black day.”

Indian Health Ministry came out with fresh guidelines on Sunday night for all international air passengers and those using land borders to enter the country.

Indian police raided rural hamlets and made arrests to break up a bootlegging cartel after 86 people died from consuming illegally-produced alcohol in the northwestern state of Punjab, officials say.

The Indian home ministry has sought three more months’ time to frame the rules of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was passed by parliament in December last year, officials said today.

Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests coronavirus positive today.

Buoyed by falling Covid-19 fatality rate across the country, India decides to lift the ban on the export of indigenously-manufactured ventilators.

As many as 11 people died after a huge rail-mounted crane collapsed at the premises of Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam, District Collector Vinay Chand has informed.

Amidst a sharp spike in coronavirus cases, India’s West Bengal state has witnessed a subdued celebration of Eid-ul-Azha as Muslims offered prayers at mosques and homes by maintaining social distancing.

India has extended the ban on international flights to and from the country till August 31 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Veteran politician Somen Mitra, who headed the West Bengal unit of Congress party, dies at a hospital in Kolkata of kidney and other related ailments.

The West Bengal government today announced complete lockdown throughout the state twice a week, including all Sundays, in August in order to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission.

India reported a slight dip in the number of Covid-19 cases today, a day after the nation was close to the 50,000 mark, according to health ministry data.

India’s single-day spike in coronavirus cases hovered close to the 50,000-mark today pushing the total caseload across the country past the 14-lakh figure.

India registered 48,916 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, as the total number of patients mounted to 13,36,861, shows health ministry data.

Eminent danseuse and choreographer Amala Shankar, who played a key role in taking Indian dance forms to the world, died of cardiac arrest in sleep at her residence in Kolkata today at the age of 101, her family says.

Another record single-day number of 49,310 cases of Covid-19 took India’s total tally of the contagion patients to 12,87,945, Indian Health Ministry data said today.

With an eye mainly on China, India has amended rules imposing restrictions on public procurement from bidders of countries with which it shares land border, citing grounds of defence and national security, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

India says bidders from bordering countries eyeing government contracts would need prior registration and security clearances, a move seen as New Delhi’s latest effort to counter China following a border clash between the two nations.

India’s budget carrier SpiceJet has said it has been designated as the "Indian scheduled carrier," to operate flights to the US.