Two people are killed as Cyclone Fani slams into eastern India with winds gusting at speeds of up to 200 kilometres (125 miles) per hour.

Indian Railways have announced a special train to aid in evacuation of stranded tourists as cyclone Fani inches closer towards Odisha.

India mounted its biggest-ever evacuation effort of pulling back an estimated 8,00,000 people from low-lying areas along the coast of the Bay of Bengal in Odisha as the severe cyclonic storm Fani is set to hit the eastern state tomorrow afternoon.

Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Masood Azhar is listed as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council, in a major diplomatic victory for India after China withdrew its objections.

At least 15 security personnel and a driver are reportedly killed in a blast of an improvised explosive device (IED) by suspected Maoist rebels on police vehicles in Maharashtra of India today.

A woman who accused the chief justice of India's Supreme Court of sexual harassment says she would no longer participate in the proceedings of a judges' panel investigating the case as she does not expect justice.

Pictures of a "Yeti footprint" the Indian Army has posted on social media triggered a barrage of jokes. "For the first time, an #IndianArmy Moutaineering Expedition Team has sited Mysterious Footprints of mythical beast 'Yeti'," an apparently serious -- though misspelled -- tweet on the army's official account said Monday, alongside three images of prints in the snow.

Indian government has served a notice to Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi, asking him to clarify within a fortnight the "factual position" on his citizenship status.

India says its Navy has been put on high alert to render necessary humanitarian assistance as cyclone storm Fani intensifies into a severe cyclonic storm surging towards the country’s south eastern coast.

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) says it has arrested a 29-year-old suspect linked to terror group Islamic State for allegedly conspiring to carry out a suicide attack in the southern state of Kerala.

India’s battleground state of West Bengal takes the centre stage in the fourth phase of a staggered general election after clashes broke out between supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party and a regional bloc.

Five hitherto unpublished works of the maestro director and writer Satyajit Ray will be brought out from next year.

India’s elite counter-terror body National Investigation Agency (NIA) carries out searches at the houses of three suspects in Kerala on Sunday in connection with a suspected Islamic State (IS) module in which 21 Indians are said to have travelled to Syria and Afghanistan and joined the ISIS in 2016.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's total assets grew 52 per cent since 2014. He declared total assets of Rs 2.51 crore in his affidavit with the Election Commission when he filed his nomination from Varanasi constituency for the Lok Sabha election.

PepsiCo Inc has sued four Indian farmers for cultivating a potato variety that the snack food and drinks maker claims infringes its patent, the company and the growers said on Friday.

Flight operations of Indian national carrier Air India were hit globally for over five hours this morning after a reported glitch in its main server SITA.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi files his nomination papers for Varanasi parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh seeking re-election to the seat.

Over 600 posts on popular social media platforms Facebook and Twitter are removed or disabled on requests from the Election Commission of India during the first three phases of the country’s parliamentary elections.

An Indian High Court has lifted its ban on Chinese social media app TikTok with the condition that the platform should not be used to host obscene videos.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi joins thousands of Indians in casting their voters in the third and the biggest single round of the long-drawn parliamentary elections.