At least 17 people, including the pilot and co-pilot, have been killed and 112 injured after an Air India Express Boeing 737 aircraft with 195 people on board from Dubai skidded off the runway while landing amidst heavy downpour at the Kozhikode airport in the southern state of Kerala, police say.

Serum Institute of India (SII) today said it has entered a partnership with international vaccine alliance Gavi and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate manufacturing and delivery of up to 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines for India and low and middle-income countries (LMIC).

Delhi Airport today announced it has developed a first-of-its-kind portal where India-bound international flyers can fill mandatory self-declaration form and apply online for exemption from mandatory institution quarantine process.

In the wake of the devastating Beirut blast, Indian authorities are on alert over the reported presence of 740 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in a customs warehouse in Chennai port for nearly five years.

The Indian government told the Supreme Court that the authority has withdrawn look-out notices against some foreigners who have challenged the apex court on the government's orders blacklisting several citizens of 35 countries for attending a Tablighi Jamaat congregation in New Delhi in March.

Manoj Sinha, a senior leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and a former federal minister, was today appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir replacing a seasoned bureaucrat, in a significant change for the region, which lost its special constitutional status a year ago.

At least eight Covid-19 patients were killed when a fire swept through a private hospital in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad in the wee hours.

Covid-19 infections have spread to newer areas across India but 82 percent of the total number of cases are limited to ten states and federally-ruled territories, the country’s health ministry said today.

Bihar state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to hand to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Indian government imposes curfew across Kashmir Valley as authorities apprehended violent protests in view of reported plans by separatists and Pakistan-sponsored groups to observe August 5, the first anniversary of revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, as a “black day.”

Indian Health Ministry came out with fresh guidelines on Sunday night for all international air passengers and those using land borders to enter the country.

Indian police raided rural hamlets and made arrests to break up a bootlegging cartel after 86 people died from consuming illegally-produced alcohol in the northwestern state of Punjab, officials say.

The Indian home ministry has sought three more months’ time to frame the rules of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was passed by parliament in December last year, officials said today.

Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests coronavirus positive today.

Buoyed by falling Covid-19 fatality rate across the country, India decides to lift the ban on the export of indigenously-manufactured ventilators.

As many as 11 people died after a huge rail-mounted crane collapsed at the premises of Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam, District Collector Vinay Chand has informed.

Amidst a sharp spike in coronavirus cases, India’s West Bengal state has witnessed a subdued celebration of Eid-ul-Azha as Muslims offered prayers at mosques and homes by maintaining social distancing.

India has extended the ban on international flights to and from the country till August 31 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Veteran politician Somen Mitra, who headed the West Bengal unit of Congress party, dies at a hospital in Kolkata of kidney and other related ailments.

The West Bengal government today announced complete lockdown throughout the state twice a week, including all Sundays, in August in order to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission.