At least 30 people are dead or missing after flash floods hit southern India, reports yesterday, with three buses washed away in one incident.

Death toll in floods caused by heavy rains in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh increased to at least 13 today.

In a surprise announcement yesterday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal agriculture laws that farmers have been protesting against for more than a year, sparking celebrations for what farmers called a hard-fought victory.

Electoral politics in a democracy like India is all about taking the right decision at the right time and popular perception.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have caved in to farmers' demands that he scraps laws they say threaten their livelihoods.

The Sikh community yesterday opened the doors to five gurudwaras to Muslims to offer their Friday (Juma) namaz in Gurugram (formerly Gurgaon) district, near New Delhi.

Bowing to year-long sustained street agitation by farmers, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that his government has decided to repeal the three contentious farm laws passed by parliament last year and apologised to the country.

Air pollution remained extremely high in the Indian capital on Thursday, a day after authorities closed schools indefinitely and shut some power stations to reduce smog that has blanketed the city for much of the month.

India’s Supreme Court today quashed the Bombay High Court verdict which had held that no offence of sexual assault -- under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act -- is committed if there is no “skin-to-skin contact” between an accused and the victim.

India is always vigilant to stop the killings on borders with Bangladesh, and such casualty is unexpected for the both countries, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami said today.

The West Bengal state legislative assembly today passed a resolution against the Indian government’s decision to extend the Border Security Force’s jurisdiction to conduct seize operations and make arrests. 

India has extended the ban imposed on Zakir Naik's organisation Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) by five years.

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on December 16 and 17, to attend the Victory Day celebrations at the invitation of Bangladesh.

Indian Army Chief Gen M M Naravane today embarked on a five-day visit to Israel to further strengthen India’s defence and security cooperation with the Jewish state.

A top Maoist leader was among 26 activists of the ultra-left group killed in an “encounter” with Indian police inside a dense forest in Maharashtra state’s Gadchiroli district yesterday, a senior police official said today.

A man prayed to Lord Hanuman’s idol before allegedly stealing a cash box from a temple in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said today after examining CCTV footage of the shrine premises.

The Chief Justice of India yesterday asked the central government to come up with an emergency plan to tackle New Delhi’s toxic air quality and dangerous smog conditions, calling the situation “very serious”.

The Delhi government today ordered the closure of all schools in the Indian capital for a week from Monday and a halt to construction activities for four days from November 14 due to severe air pollution.

At least seven persons, including a colonel of the Indian army, his wife and son were killed when their convoy was ambushed by suspected insurgents in the northeastern state Manipur’s Churachandrapur district bordering Myanmar.  

Terming the air pollution in New Delhi and neighbouring areas an “emergency situation”, Indian Supreme Court today suggested the authorities take immediate measures including putting the capital under lockdown along with stopping vehicle movements.