The Times of India prepares the following timeline of events which led to this historic verdict in which the Indian Supreme Court rules that consensual adult gay sex is not a crime saying sexual orientation is natural and people have no control on it.

A bridge collapsed yesterday in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, killing one and injuring 19, authorities said, as rescue workers sifted through the debris checking for other casualties.

An Indian court yesterday convicted two members of a banned Islamist militant group over bomb blasts in August 2007 in Hyderabad that killed 44 people.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG aircraft crashes near Jodhpur in Rajasthan on Tuesday during a routine mission, defence spokesperson Colonel Sombit Ghosh says.

Nimai Hajong remembers almost nothing of the hills of eastern Bangladesh where he was born more than half a century ago, having fled as a small child to India where he has lived as a refugee ever since.

Beef exports of the US accounted for 12.9 per cent of total production in 2017. Although India has banned the slaughtering of cows and consumption of beef in many parts of the country, it is among the top exporters of beef in the world.

The Indian rupee plunges to a new low by getting past the 71 mark against a US dollar.

“Momo Challenge”, a new online game similar to the notorious “Blue Whale game”, makes authorities concerned of West Bengal and the Indian IT and Electronics Ministry sit up after a string of suicides in certain parts of the country recently, particularly in the eastern state.

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind leads the nation in paying rich tributes to veteran journalist-author Kuldip Nayar, who died in Delhi, as people from all walks of life recalled Nayar’s contribution to uphold the freedom of the media and expression.

India will not accept relief assistance from foreign governments for the flood-ravaged state of Kerala, the government says, following offers of aid from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Kuldip Nayar, one of the doyens of Indian journalism and renowned author-cum rights activist who fiercely fought for media freedom and civil liberties, dies in a hospital in Delhi. He was 95.

​India calles on WhatsApp to clamp down on fake news spread on the messaging app that has been blamed for mob beatings across the vast South Asian country.

Pakistani Foreign Minister SM Qureshi claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an offer of talks in his letter to newly-elected Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. But Indian media reports citing sources that the letter written by PM Modi to his Pakistani counterpart was congratulatory in nature and contained no such proposal.

The century's worst rains and flood left 324 people dead in the last nine days with 106 being killed on a single day in southern Indian state of Kerala.

More than 300 people have been killed in the Indian state of Kerala by the worst flooding to hit the region in a century, authorities say, as troop reinforcements stepped up rescue efforts.

Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, one of India's most respected and towering politicians, was cremated in New Delhi today with full state honours amidst outpour of intense grief across the country over the loss of a man whose inclusive politics brought the right wing Bharatiya Janata Party to the political mainstream and eventually to power.

Riyazul Islam says he had to produce family documents going back to 1951 to prove he was an Indian and not an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant. But a draft list of citizens excludes him and his mother, among a total of about 4 million people left off.

Three-time Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died yesterday, sparking tributes from across the political spectrum as current leader Narendra Modi mourned the "irreplaceable loss" of the respected statesman.

An acclaimed poet, a brilliant orator, a journalist and above all one of India’s most beloved prime ministers, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also known as the “Bhisma Pitamah of Indian politics”. Known for his liberal and modern views, Atal, which means firmness in English, was the only prime minister of India to be elected three times.

The death toll from the worst floods in nearly a century in the Indian tourist state of Kerala rose to 43 yesterday as rising water stranded tens of thousands of people and forced the closure of one of its main airports.