India has vowed to stand firm on a multi-billion dollar deal to buy warplanes from France's Dassault Aviation, as the opposition Congress party yesterday called for an inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing.

Doctors at the Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad of India hold a protest trying to draw attention towards the dilapidated condition of the biggest government hospital in Telangana.

India launches the world's biggest health insurance scheme which Prime Minister Narendra Modi says would cover some 500 million poor people.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced calls for his resignation over allegations of corruption in a military jet deal with France after former French president Francois Hollande was quoted as saying New Delhi had influenced the choice of a local partner.

Three policemen are shot dead after abduction by terrorists in India's militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir.

India launches its first national online registry for sexual offenders in a bid to check crimes against women and children. A separate portal, which will allow anonymous complaints on objectionable online content, is also launched.

Pilots of a Jet Airways flight to Jaipur from Mumbai forgot to turn on the cabin pressure switch yesterday causing at least 30 passengers to bleed from their noses and ears as the plane climbed.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking that India and Pakistan resume dialogue that has been suspended since 2015. In the letter addressing the PM as "Modi Sahab", Imran Khan also suggests a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries.

India yesterday prescribed arrests and jail terms for offenders in a campaign to stamp out instant Muslim divorce, or "triple talaq", as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to woo women voters of the South Asian nation's minority community.

The Election Commission of India has told the Supreme Court that its Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) could not be tampered with and that it is taking all measures to ensure that these machines are safely transported.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday turned 68 and will celebrate his birthday in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi where

Successfully executing its first space mission at night, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches two British satellites from a centre in Sriharikota in southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate his 68th birthday in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

A joint India-US military exercise began yesterday at Chaubattia in the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand's Almora district. 'Yudh Abhyas 2018' is the 14th edition of the joint military exercise, which is hosted alternately by the two countries. The exercises set to conclude on September 29.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi is appointed the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), the Ministry of Law says in a statement.

A court in western Indian state of Maharashtra has issued an arrest warrant against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu

At least 16 passengers are killed and 13 more are injured when a mini bus skids off the road and into the turbulent Chenab river near Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir of India, a senior police officer says.

A serial killer in India confesses to killing 33 people, all of whom were truck drivers or their helpers, after he is arrested by the Bhopal Police in Mandideep in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh.

India’s Supreme Court extends till September 17 the house arrest of five leading rights activists, who were apprehended in connection with caste clash and for their alleged links with Maoists.

An overcrowded bus plunged into a gorge in southern India yesterday, killing at least 55 people and injuring several more, in one of the worst such accidents this year, authorities said.