Thousands mourned in southern India yesterday after the death of revered 94-year-old political leader Muthuvel Karunanidhi. Karunanidhi, a charismatic self-styled champion of the poor, had been in intensive care since July 28 in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state.

India has asked its telecom operators to find ways of blocking applications such as Facebook and messaging app WhatsApp in the case of misuse, according to a document seen by Reuters.

An Army Major and three soldiers were killed in a gunfight with a large group of terrorists who were trying to infiltrate from Gurez in north Kashmir yesterday. The infiltration bid was foiled and two terrorists were also shot dead, the army said in a statement.

In a major breakthrough, India’s elite anti-terror probe body National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested four suspected operatives of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB), including a top leader, in India.

West Bengal Chief Minister and also Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee publishes a poem on her Facebook account expressing her disagreement on the current political stance of Modi led government, The Times of India reports.

At least 11 workers were killed and four others injured after a stock of dynamite caught fire and exploded at a granite quarry in southern

India's government was under fresh fire yesterday over its relationship with the media after it emerged a farmer was coached to lie in a televised chat with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A Bill providing for death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years was passed by the Lok Sabha, lower House

Lok Sabha, the lower House of India’s parliament, extends the time for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to submit its report on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which seeks to give citizenship to “persecuted” Hindus from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The Supreme Court of India says the publication of the complete draft NRC of Assam cannot be the basis of any coercive action against anyone since it is merely a draft.

Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh says the army and Border Security Force (BSF) have been deployed to stop Rohingyas from entering the country.

Anger over a draft citizens' list in Assam that leaves out over 40 lakh people stalled Indian parliament today as the Rajya Sabha adjourned within minutes and the opposition protested loudly in the Lok Sabha, reports NDTV.

The Indian government will soon bring a parliamentary bill proposing death penalty for the crime of mob beating federal Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said in the backdrop of a series of mob lynching incidents that left 32 people dead across eleven states in one year.

India has stripped 40 lakh people in Assam of citizenship, sparking fears of mass deportations of Muslims from the north-eastern state.

Thirty-six years after losing his parents, sister and a four-year-old daughter in one of India's worst sectarian massacres, Abdul Suban says he is still trying to prove he's a citizen of the Hindu-majority nation.

Heavy monsoon rains that sparked floods and caused buildings to collapse have killed at least 49 people in north India's Uttar Pradesh state since Thursday officials said, as the national weather agency issued further storm warnings.

In its first official reaction to the general elections in Pakistan, India expresses hope that the new government in that country, which is likely to be headed by Imran Khan, will work constructively for peace with neighbours to build a South Asia free of terror and violence.

Over a thousand rockets belonging to an 18th-century Muslim warrior king have been found by excavators in an abandoned well in India's southern Karnataka state, an official say.

At least 33 people were killed when a bus carrying them fell into a 500 feet deep gorge in western Indian state of Maharashtra, senior officials say.

A total of 465 persons have lost their lives and over 1.3 million people have been affected by floods and rains in five Indian states during the current monsoon so far.