India's leading opposition figure Rahul Gandhi denounced Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stranglehold on Indian society on Thursday but expressed confidence that the opposition can beat the ruling party in 2024 elections..Gandhi, who was speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, is

Nepal yesterday got New Delhi’s green signal for selling power to Bangladesh using the Indian transmission line, giving a boost to sub-regional cooperation in power trading.

India’s interior minister yesterday demanded people in a restive northeastern state surrender guns following deadly inter-ethnic fighting during which rival forces raided police stations and seized assault rifles.

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah today said the fencing of India’s border with Myanmar needs to be completed for a permanent solution to the cross-boundary issues..There are fears that the porous border is being used for drug smuggling and for movement of militants, Shah told reporters in Im

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accused India’s BJP government of “threatening” the people and “misusing” the country’s probe agencies, and attacked the Indian media for projecting a narrative that suits the saffron party.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accused India's BJP government of "threatening" the people and "misusing" the country's probe agencies, and attacked the Indian media for projecting a narrative that suits the saffron party

The friendship between the United States and India has never been stronger and disagreements over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine won’t hinder ties between the two, Washington’s new ambassador to New Delhi said yesterday.

At least 10 people were killed and 57 injured today when a double-decker bus fell into a gorge after skidding off a bridge in India’s Jammu district..The bus was carrying pilgrims to Katra from Amritsar and met with the accident in Jhajjar Kotli area, reports our New Delhi correspondent qu

Flanked by priests, Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new Indian parliament yesterday in a ceremony steeped in religious symbolism but boycotted by opposition parties.

Indian police yesterday dragged away and detained two Olympic wrestlers and dozens of others as they tried to march to parliament demanding the arrest of the sport’s federation chief over allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation.

Chief Minister of northeastern Indian state of Manipur N Biren Singh today said nearly 40 armed militants involved in torching of houses and firing at civilians have been killed by security forces since they began an operation to restore peace in the state hit by ethnic violence since early this month

A government official in Chhattisgarh, a central Indian state, had millions of litres of water drained from a reservoir over four consecutive days amid a scorching summer just so that he could retrieve his expensive phone, sparking off a public furore over the bureaucrat's abuse of power.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kumar Dahal will visit India next week and hold talks with Narendra Modi to strengthen the historically deep ties between the two countries.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today apologised to the people of Egra area in India's Purba Medinipur district for the blast at an illegal firecracker factory in which 12 people were killed and many injured.

India is likely to receive a normal amount of monsoon rain in 2023 despite the likely emergence of the El Nino weather phenomenon, the state-run weather office said yesterday, the fifth year of normal or above-normal summer rain.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new parliament complex tomorrow, the centrepiece of a $2.4 billion project that aims to remake British colonial-era buildings in the capital’s centre and give it a distinct Indian identity.

A court in Delhi today allowed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to get a regular passport with three-year validity..The development came after Gandhi had approached the court for a no-objection certificate (NOC) to get a passport, reports our New Delhi correspondent..Rahul Gandhi surrend

One person was shot dead and houses were set on fire as fresh ethnic violence erupted in India’s restive northeastern state of Manipur, officials said yesterday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese signed a new agreement on migration yesterday.

In sporadic violence, the house of a minister in north eastern Indian state of Manipur was vandalised today by a group of people alleging the state government is not doing enough to protect locals from militants belonging to another community, officials said