A fire at the neonatal unit of an Indian hospital killed 10 newborns, authorities said yesterday, with another 39 rescued from a blaze blamed on a faulty oxygen machine.

An Indian state riven by months of ethnic tensions yesterday imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after angry protests over the recovery of six bodies of people believed to have been kidnapped by insurgents.

For the first time in nearly three decades, Bangladesh is conspicuously missing from the list of countries whose publishers will take part in next year’s Kolkata International Book Fair, according to a statement released today by the event’s organisers Publishers and Booksellers Guild

At least 10 children were killed in a fire that swept the children's ward of a medical college hospital in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district late last night, officials said

India’s top anti-money laundering probe agency yesterday raided multiple locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand states to examine money laundering activities tied to suspected unlawful entry of Bangladeshi nationals.

Bangalee theatre personality Manoj Mitra, best known for writing and directing farces and fantasies to highlight social and political issues, has passed away. He died yesterday morning at a hospital in Kolkata’s Salt Lake due to age-related ailments. He was 86.

India's top anti-money laundering probe agency today raided multiple locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand states to examine money laundering activities tied to suspected unlawful entry of Bangladeshi nationals

At least 11 suspected militants were killed today in a gun battle with security forces in the restive north eastern Indian state Manipur's Jiribam district, PTI reported quoting officials

Three Balkans region capitals -- Belgrade, Pristina and Sarajevo -- were among the 10 most polluted cities in the world yesterday, just behind Lahore, Delhi and Beijing.

India’s capital yesterday unveiled plans to fly special drones to clear pollution from its smog-choked skies -- a plan derided by experts as another “band-aid” solution to a public health crisis.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday strongly backed his government’s contentious 2019 decision to revoke the partial autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), days after the territory’s newly elected lawmakers sought its restoration.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today had a telephonic conversation with US president-elect Donald Trump and congratulated him once again on his "spectacular" victory

After the resolution was passed, BJP members stormed the well of the House, leading to a brief adjournment of 15 minutes

India’s Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday fired back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for accusing his party, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), of fostering Bangladeshi infiltration in the state.

India’s capital territory of Delhi is keen to use artificial rain to fight air pollution this year, its Environment Minister Gopal Rai said yesterday, as deteriorating air quality in the region led to an increase in respiratory illnesses.

By setting aside the March order, the Supreme Court allowed the 25,000 Muslim schools to operate in the northern state

A bus in India plunged into a deep Himalayan ravine yesterday, killing at least 36 passengers and injuring several others, a government official said yesterday.

India yesterday denied home minister Amit Shah had plotted to target Sikh activists on Canadian soil and said it had officially rebuked Ottawa over the “absurd and baseless” allegation.

Indian security forces killed three suspected militants in two separate firefights in disputed Kashmir, the army and a senior police official said yesterday.

The issue relates to the contractual obligations between the two parties, he said