Some 11 percent of Indians are diabetic, a government study found, adding that diabetes, hypertension and obesity are much more common in India than previously estimated.

Fresh violence in India’s Manipur state has claimed at least three lives, including of a woman. Two others were injured in the attack, by suspected insurgents in Khoken village yesterday, Army sources said.

India's foreign minister on Thursday hit out at Canada for allowing a float in a parade depicting the 1984 assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her bodyguards, perceived to be glorification of violence by Sikh separatists.

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar yesterday played down the controversy over the mural of "Akhand Bharat" (undivided India) installed in the new parliament building, saying "it is not a big political issue"

India’s foreign minister yesterday hit out at Canada for allowing a float in a parade depicting the 1984 assassination of Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi by her bodyguards, perceived to be glorification of violence by Sikh separatists.

India successfully flight-tested its new generation ballistic missile "Agni Prime" last night at APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Bay of Bengal coast of Odisha ahead of the weapon's induction in the armed forces..This was the first night launch conducted by the users after three successful d

Indian security forces stepped up operations to prevent further violence in Manipur state yesterday after a seven-year-old boy, his mother and a relative were burnt alive when a crowd set fire to an ambulance ferrying them to a hospital.

Air India said yesterday it had sent a relief airplane after a jet from New Delhi to San Francisco had to land in eastern Russia with an engine problem.

Indian authorities yesterday made fervent appeals to families to help identify over 100 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after 275 people were killed in the country’s deadliest rail crash in over two decades.

A gun battle between Indian security forces and insurgents in Manipur state killed one security personnel and wounded two others early yesterday,

After the railway investigation team, a 10-member team of India's premiere probe agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today started probing the causes of the triple train accident in Odisha state

Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families today to help identify over 100 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after 275 people were killed in the country's deadliest rail crash in over two decades..The disaster struck on Friday, when a passenger train hit a stationa

BBC has "acknowledged" that it may have paid lower taxes in India than its liability, Indian media reported today quoting unidentified government sources

The United States and India agreed a roadmap for military industrial cooperation yesterday, as New Delhi seeks to reduce its reliance on key arms supplier Russia in the face of tensions with China.

A little over 48 hours after India’s worst train disaster in three decades, the movement of trains resumed at the site of the incident after hundreds of workers

An under-construction four-lane bridge over the Ganges river in India's statte of Bihar came crashing down like a house of cards last evening

After 51 hours of closure following Friday's horrific triple train accident in India's Odisha, the first train set off on the route last night, officials said

Indian Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw yesterday spoke of “sabotage’ as the cause of India’s deadliest train disaster in decades was linked to the signal system.

India’s Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today said the triple-train accident in Indian state of Odisha, which left at least 288 people dead, happened due to a change in electronic interlocking.

As Indian rescuers wrapped up last night’s race against time to retrieve survivors and bodies following the devastating train crash in Odisha state, preliminary investigations revealed that a signal failure was behind India’s worst rail crash in over two decades.