Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu began a day-long hunger strike demanding special status for his state which will entitle to increased funding from the federal government of India.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday an Army coup would never happen in India apparently referring to alleged planting of

BJP leader Mukul Roy was among the four people booked yesterday in connection with the killing of Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas in West Bengal's Nadia district, a senior police officer said.

Amid intense resistance over the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday emphasised that there is no room for "intruders" in Assam as well as the country.

The CBI began questioning the Kolkata police chief yesterday at highly secured agency's office here in connection with chit fund scam

Glowing tributes were paid to late journalist-writer Kuldip Nayar on the occasion of the launch of his last book at a function here on Friday night.

Protesters in Assam state of India show black flags to the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which seeks to give citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Deadly, drug-resistant tuberculosis -- as lethal as Ebola and tough to treat in even the best hospitals -- is a "blinking red" worldwide threat, the head of a global health fund warned in an interview with AFP.

India yesterday imposed a ban on terror group Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, which has been fighting for "liberation of Kashmir" and involved in a series of terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir state, under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act.

A right-wing Indian woman who shot an effigy of independence hero Mahatma Gandhi with an air pistol to mark his assassination some seven decades ago has been arrested, police said yesterday. Pooja Shakun Pandey was filmed shooting the effigy at an event by a far-right Hindu group on Friday -- the 71st anniversary of Gandhi's death.

A board that oversees an ancient Hindu hill temple in southern India said yesterday it now favoured allowing women of menstruating age to enter the temple, reversing its previous support for a centuries-old ban.

India's political parties have been abusing Facebook Inc's popular messaging service WhatsApp ahead of the country's general election and the company has warned them not to do so, a senior executive said yesterday.

India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-31 has been successfully launched from a space port in French Guiana island.

Indian Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the CBI can't arrest Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam probe.

The Indian Supreme Court yesterday came down heavily on the federal government over the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) process and said it is hell bent on not allowing the work to continue.

An alliance of regional parties in India is working on a combined economic plan, one of its leaders said, in the latest sign that Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces an increasingly united opposition in the upcoming general election.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lording it over India just like the British, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said in a blistering pre-election broadside published yesterday.

BJP, the ruling party of India, questions West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee’s sit-in protest which starts after Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar is taken to a police station and is detained there for hours for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) before he is released, reports NDTV.

At least six passengers were killed and more than 20 injured yesterday after an express train derailed in eastern India's Bihar state, officials said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh should worry about winning their own Lok Sabha seats before dreaming of victory in West Bengal.