In a major boost to gender equality for the Indian military, their Supreme Court says women officers in the Army can get command and permanent commission on par with male officers.

India rejects an offer of mediation from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Jammu and Kashmir, saying the focus should instead be on making Pakistan vacate the territories that it has "illegally and forcibly occupied".

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rules out rethinking on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, and says his government would remain firm on the step over the claim that the new law was made in national interest despite pressure from all sides.

Just a week after leading his Aam Aadmi Party to a stunning landslide victory defeating BJP in Delhi assembly elections, Arvind Kejriwal today took oath as Chief Minister of the city-state at a mega ceremony, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

Four children, aged between 10 and 12 years, are charred to death after a mini van of a private school carrying 12 students catches fire in Punjab’s Sangrur district.

US President Donald Trump, ahead of his visit to India, claims that Facebook has ranked him number one and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi number two, adding that it is a “great honour”.

India has reacted sharply to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remark -- backing Pakistan’s stand on the Kashmir issue -- and said Turkey should not interfere in the internal affairs of India.

US President Donald Trump will be shielded from the sight of slums by a newly built wall when he visits the city of Ahmedabad during a visit to India this month.

India’s Supreme Court has directed all political parties to upload details of pending criminal cases against their candidates contesting elections on their website as well as on social media.

India’s Home Minister Amit Shah says they will not allow any drug to enter or go out of the country.

It was billed as a battle between the politics of welfare and the politics of strident nationalism centred on a changed citizenship law, which critics see as divisive. In the end, the former emerged victorious. That is how the results of the Delhi legislative assembly election turned out to be.

Arvind Kejriwal, who spearheaded Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to a remarkable victory in Delhi assembly election decimating the Bharatiya Janata Party, will take oath as the chief minister on February 16 for a third consecutive term.

An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker is killed after some unidentified people opened fire at AAP MLA Naresh Yadav’s convoy in southwest Delhi’s Kishangarh village.

US President Donald Trump will pay his first state visit to India on February 24-25, the Indian Prime Minister’s office announce, amidst indications that the two countries are working on sealing a ticklish trade deal.

India's ruling party is projected to lose a key state election, the vote count showed, in its first electoral test since deadly anti-government protests erupted nearly two months ago.

The next edition of the Kolkata Book Fair to be held in January 2021 will be inaugurated by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The north eastern Indian state of Assam plans to conduct a survey to identify its “indigenous” Muslim population and segregate them from “illegal” Bangladeshi immigrants.

Exit polls telecast after the voting ended in the Delhi state legislative assembly election forecasts a comfortable victory for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), despite a rise in tally for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 70-member House.

An estimated 1.48 crore people of Delhi are to be eligible to exercise their franchise when they elect a new 70-member assembly for the city-state at the end of a high-octane and sharply-polarised campaign over protests against amended citizenship law (CAA).

Dubbed the queen of cabaret in Kolkata, Arati Das better known by her stage name “Miss Shefali”, passed away today at the age of 74, reports Indian media.