Russia announces its decision to confer the country’s highest state honour -- the Order of St Andrew the Apostle -- on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “exceptional services” in promoting the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Earlier this week, British Prime Minister Theresa May had said that ‘the tragedy of Jallianwala Bagh of 1919 is a shameful scar on British Indian history.’

India’s Supreme Court issues a notice to West Bengal government on a petition filed by a Customs official who accused the state police of stopping customs officials at Kolkata airport from checking the baggage of a relative of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The first phase of polling for Lok Sabha elections saw long lines of voters in several places but concluded on Thursday with turnouts across 20 states more or less matching the voting percentages recorded in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, according to the Election Commission.

The Election Commission of India rules that since political content being aired on NaMo TV -- a channel dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rallies and speeches -- has not been pre-certified, it should be immediately removed.

At least two persons are killed as rival political activists clashed during Indian parliamentary and assembly elections in the southern state Andhra Pradesh.

Indian parliamentary elections saw voting stations for just one voter and Braille photo identity cards and ‘pardanasheen booths’ veiled Muslim women.

Andhra Pradesh is going to polls to elect 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha members. Voters turned up in good numbers at the polling stations as the exercise began at 7:00am, even as EVM glitches were reported from some places.

The Bengaluru police arrest four employees of a private IT company for allegedly kidnapping their boss for not paying salaries for several months.

Voting starts across 91 constituencies spread over 20 states in the first phase of India’s marathon seven-phase parliamentary elections with an estimated 142 million people eligible to exercise their franchise.

Stern, sharp and shrewd, Narendra Modi fought his way off the streets to become one of India’s most popular and polarising prime ministers.

Rahul Gandhi, vying to become the latest prime minister from India’s most famous dynasty, has worked hard to shed his image as an entitled footloose princeling and political lightweight.

India holds general election today in the world’s largest democratic exercise, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second straight term.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan reportedly backs Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second term stating that his coming to power will help solve the Kashmir situation.

The Election Commission of India takes cognizance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks asking first-time voters to dedicate their vote to those who carried out the air strike in Balakot and seeks a report from poll officials in Maharashtra.

Indian Election Commission has stopped release of a biopic based on the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi till national elections are over.

Congress party president Rahul Gandhi files his nomination for coming parliamentary elections from a second constituency Amethi, a traditional stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi clan in its home state of Uttar Pradesh.

India’s Supreme Court rejects the bail plea of senior opposition politician and Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in multi-crore Rupee fodder scam cases.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 promising big-ticket economic reforms. But with unemployment rising and signature policies getting panned, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has adopted a nationalist pitch ahead of a general election that begins this week.

A BJP lawmaker and five security personnel are killed when Maoists ambushed their vehicle in Dantewada area of central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.