At least five persons were killed in Cooch Behar district of India’s West Bengal in clashes during fourth phase of polling in state assembly elections today.

India's most coronavirus-hit state Maharashtra goes into a weekend lockdown as the country battles exploding infection numbers and vaccine shortages.

Indian opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday called for an immediate halt to export of Covid-19 vaccine amid a record-setting spike in fresh cases of the virus.

Today’s fourth-phase voting for the West Bengal Assembly elections is expected to be balanced on a knife edge between Trinamool Congress and India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, considering the voting ratio of the last Lok Sabha polls.

A panel of Indian experts is investigating if there are any domestic cases of blood clotting, even mild ones, as a side effect of the two Covid-19 vaccines being administered in the country.

At least six lawmakers from Myanmar are sheltering in India after fleeing their country amid fears they could be detained by the military junta that seized power in a coup, an advisor to the body representing the ousted government said.

Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane arrived in Dhaka this morning on a five-day visit, on invitation from Gen Aziz Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, following a high number of positive coronavirus cases arriving from that country.

The Indian capital of New Delhi yesterday imposed a night-time curfew until April 30 with much of the country struggling to contain a second surge in coronavirus infections that has eclipsed the first wave.

An estimated 78 percent turnout was recorded despite sporadic incidents of violence and stray clashes in the polling for the third phase of West Bengal assembly elections for 31 seats yesterday.

Russia and India are discussing the possibility of “additional” production of Russian military equipment in India, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a news conference on Tuesday while on a visit to New Delhi.

India has reported a record rise in coronavirus infections, becoming only the second country after the United States to register more than 100,000 new cases in a day, as hospitals in its worst affected state are overrun by patients.

At least 22 members of Indian security forces were killed in a central Indian state by Maoist fighters, one of the bloodiest attack by the extreme left-wing insurgent groups this year, officials said on today.

India’s biggest cities yesterday braced for stricter lockdowns and other Covid-19 curbs as millions of Christians around the world were facing another Easter weekend under restrictions because of coronavirus surges.

India is staring at coronavirus pandemic second wave which may turn out to be worse than the first one, officials feared yesterday, as the country stepped up inoculation drive amid record number of cases.

India reported 81,466 new Covid-19 infections on Friday, the highest daily number in six months, as several states were hit by a second wave of the coronavirus.

A court in Lucknow in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has sentenced two Bangladeshi nationals to four years imprisonment under six separate laws after convicting them of forging documents to get Indian passport.

An estimated 80 percent turnout was recorded despite sporadic violence and stray street clashes in the polling for the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections for 30 seats.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s criticism of his visit to temples in Satkhira and Gopalganj during his Bangladesh trip on March 27 as “unethical and violative” of the election model code of conduct and defended his trips to the shrines.

India widened the Covid-19 vaccination coverage by starting inoculation of all above the age of 45 from today.