Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the inclusion of Santiniketan in the Unesco World Heritage List is a “proud moment for all Indians”.

The body of an Indian Army soldier identified as Sepoy Serto Thangthang Komwas was found at Khuningthek village in Manipur’s Imphal East district yesterday, officials said.

Wishes poured in from political circles to wish Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 73rd birthday yesterday.

Italy’s prime minister warned yesterday that the “future of Europe is at stake”, after droves of migrants landed on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.

Santiniketan, where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore set up Visva Bharati, has been added to the Unesco World Heritage List

India's renowned author, filmmaker, and journalist Gita Mehta died of age-related ailments in New Delhi yesterday at the age of 80, The Times of India reports quoting PTI

India’s Supreme Court yesterday termed a complaint, lodged in the ethnic strife-affected state of Manipur, against the Editors Guild of India (EGI) and its four members a “counter-narrative of the government”

Congress spokesperson says about India's opposition alliance's decision not to appear on shows of 14 TV anchors

Eyebrows were raised when "Bharat" instead of India was used at the recent Group of 20 (G-20) meetings in New Delhi to describe the host country, prompting global speculation about whether the world's most populous country is planning to change its name

India’s opposition alliance has blacklisted 14 TV news anchors, accusing them of spreading “hate-filled” news debates.

As many as 175 people have been killed, 1,118 injured, and 33 are still missing since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, the state’s police has said. Ninety-six unclaimed bodies are lying unclaimed in morgues, it said. 

Says director general of Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR)

India’s opposition alliance has blacklisted 14 TV news anchors, accusing them of spreading “hate-filled” news debates.

Aditya L1 spacecraft, India's first space-based mission to study the sun, today underwent the fourth Earth-bound manoeuvre successfully, the country's space agency said

Five Indian officers and two suspected rebels were killed in separate gun battles this week in Indian-administered Kashmir, with clashes ongoing, officials in the disputed region said Thursday

The first phase of Ram Temple in India’s town of Ayodhya will be completed in December and will open to devotees in January, an official said yesterday.

The southern Indian state of Kerala shut some schools, offices and public transport on Wednesday in a race to stop the spread of the rare and deadly Nipah virus, which has killed two people

India’s southern state of Kerala shut some schools, offices and public transport yesterday in a race to stop the spread of the rare and deadly Nipah virus, which has killed two people. 

Indian police yesterday arrested the leader of a vigilante group devoted to protecting cows who had been accused of inciting deadly religious riots near New Delhi in July.

Authorities in the southern state of Kerala have sounded a health alert in Kozhikode district following the death of two persons suspected to have been infected by the Nipah virus