A senior journalist of Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, who was associated with the peace process in the insurgency-hit state, was shot dead on Thursday evening by unidentified gunmen just outside his office.

Eight people have been murdered by lynch mobs across India in less than a week, officials said yesterday, as law enforcement struggles

Air pollution soared in New Delhi to hazardous levels yesterday rarely seen outside winter as sand blown from deserts enveloped the Indian capital in a once-in-a-decade phenomenon.

The UN human rights chief yesterday called for a major investigation into abuses in Kashmir, as his office released its first-ever report on violations committed by both India and Pakistan in the disputed territory.

The air pollution in Delhi, India’s most polluted city, continue to be above the "severe" level for the third day as authorities caution people against staying outdoors for more than three to four hours.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepts the fitness challenge given to him by Indian Captain Virat Kohli on his twitter account.

Four Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, including an officer, are killed and five wounded in firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir state, a senior BSF officer says.

At least 17 people are killed and 20 injured as a bus overturned after hitting a divider in Mainpuri district of northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh this morning, police say.

Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Odisha have decided to install lightning sensors so that people can be warned about possible lightning strike, an official says.

Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra apologises today after a furore over a US TV series that showed her uncovering a terror plot hatched by Indian Hindu nationalists.

India's defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said yesterday that US sanctions on Russia military exports would not impact long-standing ties between New Delhi and one of its key arms suppliers Moscow.

Up to five trillion grocery bags are used each year and like most plastic garbage barely any is recycled, the UN said yesterday as it warned the world was choking on trash.

The VVIP aircraft carrying Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to South Africa goes incommunicado for 14 minutes, triggering a mid-air scare after the Mauritius Air Traffic Control presses the panic button, an official statement says on Sunday.

India today successfully test-fires its indigenously-developed nuclear-capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-5, from an island in the Bay of Bengal.

Indian farmers vote overwhelmingly for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2014 general election that swept him to power. He cannot count on them doing so again, as a crash in commodity prices and surging fuel costs stoke anger in the countryside.

Three people, including two children, dies due to electrocution as pre-monsoon showers hit Mumbai on Saturday evening, reports NDTV.

Fresh wind storms swept across northern India killing at least 18 people and leaving a trail of damage, officials said yesterday.

Thousands of farmers protesting agrarian distress yesterday dumped vegetables, milk and other farm produce on roads and blocked supplies to cities in several Indian states as they began a 10-day strike to press for loan-waiver and higher price for their crops.

Fierce storms which swept across northern India have killed at least 47, taking the death toll from freak weather over the past month to several hundred, officials said yesterday.

The Indian government yesterday cleared the procurement of weapons valued at over Rs 6,900 crore as New Delhi aggressively pushes for modernization of the armed forces in the face traditional rivals Pakistan and China.