The century's worst rains and flood left 324 people dead in the last nine days with 106 being killed on a single day in southern Indian state of Kerala.

More than 300 people have been killed in the Indian state of Kerala by the worst flooding to hit the region in a century, authorities say, as troop reinforcements stepped up rescue efforts.

Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, one of India's most respected and towering politicians, was cremated in New Delhi today with full state honours amidst outpour of intense grief across the country over the loss of a man whose inclusive politics brought the right wing Bharatiya Janata Party to the political mainstream and eventually to power.

Riyazul Islam says he had to produce family documents going back to 1951 to prove he was an Indian and not an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant. But a draft list of citizens excludes him and his mother, among a total of about 4 million people left off.

Three-time Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died yesterday, sparking tributes from across the political spectrum as current leader Narendra Modi mourned the "irreplaceable loss" of the respected statesman.

An acclaimed poet, a brilliant orator, a journalist and above all one of India’s most beloved prime ministers, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also known as the “Bhisma Pitamah of Indian politics”. Known for his liberal and modern views, Atal, which means firmness in English, was the only prime minister of India to be elected three times.

The death toll from the worst floods in nearly a century in the Indian tourist state of Kerala rose to 43 yesterday as rising water stranded tens of thousands of people and forced the closure of one of its main airports.

India will launch its first manned space mission by 2022 and roll out a health insurance scheme from September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday in his last Independence Day speech ahead of next year's general election.

As India celebrates its 72nd Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the country’s first manned space mission would be sent by the year 2022 and set the launch date of an ambitious health care mission aimed at benefitting ten crore people from September.

Cyber criminals hacked the systems of India's Cosmos Bank and siphoned off nearly 944 million rupees ($13.5 million) through simultaneous withdrawals across 28 countries over the weekend, the bank tells police.

Indian former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was hospitalised in a critical condition last week, breathes his last following a prolonged illness.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is quoted in an interview published today as saying that “preventing illegal migrants was a commitment in the Indira-Mujib Accord of 1972 and Rajiv Gandhi-AASU (All Assam Students Union) of 1985.”

India's first all-female commando police team, equipped to fight terrorists and pull off hostage rescue operations, starts working on Friday.

The Maldives wants India to withdraw military helicopters and personnel posted there following the expiry of an agreement in June, its envoy said, the latest snub to New Delhi by President Abdulla Yameen's China-backed government.

A caterpillar native to the Americas that has devastated crops across Africa has made its way to Asia, scientists in India said yesterday, warning of a threat to food security.

India yesterday asserted that it did not apprehend any impact on its ties with Bangladesh due to the issue of National Register of Citizens in Assam.

At least 18 people are killed as heavy rains and landslides hit parts of India’s southern state of Kerala, officials say.

A stampede yesterday among thousands of mourners at the funeral of a powerful southern Indian politician killed two people and injured

Begging in India’s capital is not a crime, the Delhi High Court rules saying the provisions of penalising the act of begging were unconstitutional.

India's top court yesterday ordered the government to explain what it was doing to prevent rape at state-run children's homes as horrific details emerge of sex abuse rings. Narendra Modi's political opponents also seized on the scandals at two government-run facilities, accusing the prime minister of keeping quiet about India's record of rape.