The Congress in Assam says that the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), which excluded 1.9 million people, will end suspicions that there were tens of millions of illegal immigrants in Assam.

The 1.9 million people excluded from Assam's controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC), a list intended to identify illegal immigrants in Assam, will be provided with legal help, says Assam government.

Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the National Register of Citizens or NRC -- the list intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants from the northeastern state - cannot be viewed as a "red letter" for the Assamese society, reports NDTV.

About 19.7 lakh people have been excluded from the much-awaited final National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Indian citizens in Assam which was published today.

India announces further liberalisation of medical visa regime for foreign nationals, allowing them to get indoor treatment on their primary (original) visa.

Cities around Pakistan came to a standstill yesterday as tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets in a government-led demonstration of solidarity with the disputed region of Kashmir, after India revoked its autonomy this month.

A total of 19 persons, including four Bangladeshi nationals, have been sentenced to different terms of jail in a case filed over the infamous bomb blast which took place in West Bengal’s Burdwan district in 2014.

Tens of thousands of paramilitary personnel and police are deployed in India's border state of Assam, the eve of the publication of a citizenship register that could leave millions of people stateless, many of them Muslims.

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat will be in Srinagar on Friday for the first time following the withdrawal of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. General Rawat will review the security situation and preparedness of security forces in the Kashmir Valley in the wake of an increase in ceasefire violations.

Fresh curbs were imposed in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley as a preventive measure ahead of the congregational prayers on Friday, officials say.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel arrest five Bangladeshi nationals in Kishanganj district of Bihar while they were trying to return to their native country without any valid travel document.

Amidst stepped-up security, the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is set to be made public tomorrow morning, bringing to an end to a four-year-old Supreme Court-mandated and monitored process of weeding out “illegal immigrants” from the state.

A total of 19 persons, including four Bangladeshi nationals, are convicted in a case filed over the infamous bomb blast which took place in West Bengal’s Burdwan district in 2014.

Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir and no country is backing it on the "current issue", India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh says.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says Kashmir is India's internal issue and the party asserted that violence in Jammu and Kashmir is instigated by Pakistan.

Indian authorities may soon implement a visa with a fare that varies according to the tourist seasons, according to reports by several outlets.

The Indian government has withdrawn the Special Protection Group (SPG), the country’s top security cover, for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh following a review of threat perception by multiple security agencies, officials say.

As if the top leadership crisis in the Congress was not enough, the party is now witnessing a new storm as its second-rung senior leaders came out with contrasting views on how to deal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government’s altering of the status of Jammu and Kashmir.

Arun Jaitley, the former Indian finance minister and one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s closest associates, died in hospital yesterday, nearly two weeks after he was admitted following breathing difficulties, officials said.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other opposition leaders, who had flown to Jammu and Kashmir, are sent back to Delhi from the Srinagar airport.