A member of India’s ruling Hindu-nationalist party was sworn in yesterday as chief minister of Delhi after an election landslide handed it control of the capital for the first time in decades.

India’s opposition parties have criticised US President Donald Trump’s offer to sell F-35 fighters to the country, citing their high costs, even as Russia has discussed producing its most advanced jets locally in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goals.

The earthquake, with its epicentre in New Delhi, occurred at 5:36am

On Saturday, another US military aircraft carrying 117 illegal Indian immigrants landed in Amristar

The death toll in a stampede at the main railway station in India’s capital New Delhi rose to at least 18, including five children, media reports said yesterday, citing the Press Trust of India news agency.

The death toll in a stampede that broke out at New Delhi railway station late last night reached 18, officials said today

A Myanmar ethnic militia yesterday said it was preparing to deport 10,000 people linked to cyber scams in the area it controls to Thailand as part of a crackdown on the illicit compounds.

Later Indian foreign secretary Vikram said concerns about Bangladesh had been shared with the US.

Modi made the comment at a press conference after a meeting with President Donald Trump

The leaders' formal remarks as they met at the White House and later spoke at a joint press conference made no mention of rights issues.

Indian and Pakistani troops have exchanged fire across the heavily militarised Kashmir frontier that divides the two archrivals, with at least four casualties reported by the Pakistani side yesterday.

India's northeastern state of Manipur was today placed under the federal government’s rule, four days after Chief Minister N Biren Singh quit

Trump wants more assistance from India on unauthorized immigration

North Korea has given Russia 200 long-range artillery pieces, a South Korean defence ministry official told AFP yesterday, as Moscow and Pyongyang deepen their military ties.

The Lok Sabha MP cautioned about the perception of concern about particular parties

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing additional tariff cuts ahead of a meeting this week with US President Donald Trump that could boost American exports to India and avoid a potential trade war, government officials said

The chief minister of BJP-ruled northeastern Indian state of Manipur N Biren Singh yesterday resigned after months of ethnic strife that left more than 250 people dead.

Indian security forces yesterday killed at least 31 Maoist rebels in one of the deadliest clashes since the government ramped up efforts to crush the long-running insurgency.

At least 31 Maoists and two security personnel were killed in an encounter in central Indian Chhattisgarh, a senior police officer said today

Riding on the charisma of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP yesterday returned to power in Delhi, marking its first victory in the assembly elections in the Indian capital in nearly 27 years, ending a decade-long rule of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party.