Air quality in India's haze-hit north, including the capital, New Delhi, deteriorated sharply yesterday because of unfavourable weather and an increase in smoke from stubble burning in fields across the region.

INS Arihant, India's first nuclear ballistic missile submarine, has completed its first "deterrence patrol", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday. "I congratulate all those involved, especially the crew of INS Arihant for this accomplishment, which will always be remembered in our history," PM Modi said.

India’s first strategic strike ballistic missile submarine (SSBNs) has completed its maiden deterrence patrol, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.

A day after backing calls for legislation for a Ram temple in Ayodhya, yoga guru Baba Ramdev connects people’s right to have children to their voting rights during a seminar in Haridwar.

Two suspected militants of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) were killed when a mob lynched them in Assam'

Assam police makes the first arrest in connection with the killing of five Bangla-speaking people by suspected militants of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-Independent faction) of Tinsukia district in the northeastern Indian state.

Indian authorities imposed a curfew and deployed extra troops Friday in a remote district of disputed Kashmir after gunmen killed a local leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and his brother.

In a major relief to the 4.7 million people left out of the final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, the Indian Supreme Court extends the deadline for filing claims and objections of people excluded from the document till December 15.

India inaugurates the world's tallest statue, a $400-million effigy of independence hero Vallabhbhai Patel that towers nearly twice the height of New York's Statue of Liberty.

Maoist rebels yesterday ambushed a convoy in restive a Indian state, killing two police officers and a journalist from the national

US president Donald Trump has reportedly declined India's invitation to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations. In early August, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders had confirmed Trump received an invite to visit India.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said “the definition of peace has changed in the last hundred years” and “today, peace does not only mean 'no war'. “

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates all associated with Chhayanaut, a Bangladeshi cultural organisation, as it has been named for prestigious Tagore Award in recognition of its outstanding contribution to cultural harmony.

Indian authorities have frozen the bank accounts of Amnesty International after a raid on its country office, the human rights watchdog said yesterday, accusing the government of treating rights groups "like criminal enterprises".

Indian police have rounded up more than 2,000 people for stopping women from entering a flashpoint Hindu shrine in defiance of a Supreme Court order, officials said yesterday.

India's main opposition staged nationwide protests yesterday, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of removing the head of the premier investigation agency in order to scuttle a probe into a controversial jet deal.

In the backdrop of snowballing #MeToo movement, the Indian government yesterday constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution to international

Government forces killed two rebels during a gunbattle on the outskirts of disputed Kashmir’s main city, sparking violent anti-India protests by residents, police say.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been selected for the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution to fostering international cooperation and global economic growth.