At least 43 people, mostly labourers, died in their sleep when a fire raged through a handbag-manufacturing factory in a congested locality of Delhi in India this morning, police say. =

A 23-year-old woman, who was set on fire by men accused of raping her at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, dies in a hospital in New Delhi.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary celebration next year, says Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

The killing of all four accused in the brutal gangrape and murder of a young Hyderabad veterinarian by the police in an ‘encounter’ is hailed by many who were demanding justice for the victim.

Four men arrested in connection with a rape-and-murder case of a woman veterinarian near Hyderabad, an incident that sparked an outrage across India, have been killed in an encounter with law enforcers, police say.

A woman, who had survived a brutal gangrape earlier in March, is set ablaze by five men accused in the case in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district in India.

Xiaomi Corp has launched a personal loan service in India aimed at young professionals and millennials, as the Chinese smartphone vendor looks to consolidate its presence in the country's fast-growing internet finance market.

The Indian cabinet cleares the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has invited Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to visit the Indian state to further strengthen relationship between the two countries.

India's Vikram lunar lander, which crashed on its final approach to the Moon's surface in September, has been found thanks in part to the sleuthing efforts of an amateur space enthusiast.

Mamata Banerjee-led ruling Trinamool Congress and its principal challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may be sworn political rivals in West Bengal but both parties know that the fear about the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) among Hindus and Muslims alike was the most important determinant of the outcome of the bypoll held in three assembly constituencies on November 25.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launches its advanced earth observation satellite with dual application as also 13 US nanosatellites.

The controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam appears to have been discarded for all practical purposes.

India will offer incentives to private hospitals to take part in the government’s health insurance programme, potentially the biggest of its kind in the world, a senior government official told Reuters.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he had never desired to join politics but having done so is trying to give his best to serve the people.

With an agreement on water-sharing of Teesta river in limbo, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina holds an over hour-long meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata and discussed a range of bilateral issues.

The West Bengal government has said two detention centres will be set up there soon for foreign nationals arrested on various criminal charges but sought to make it clear that these centres will have "absolutely no connection" with the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

All schools in Delhi and satellite cities of Noida and Gurugram have been ordered shut for two days as the air quality in the Indian capital again slipped into the severe category.

Legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai after she complained of breathing difficulties.

Cyclone Bulbul, which made landfall between West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts, claims at least 10 lives and affected at least 2.73 lakh families in different parts of West Bengal.