Air pollution remained extremely high in the Indian capital on Thursday, a day after authorities closed schools indefinitely and shut some power stations to reduce smog that has blanketed the city for much of the month.

India’s Supreme Court today quashed the Bombay High Court verdict which had held that no offence of sexual assault -- under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act -- is committed if there is no “skin-to-skin contact” between an accused and the victim.

India is always vigilant to stop the killings on borders with Bangladesh, and such casualty is unexpected for the both countries, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami said today.

The West Bengal state legislative assembly today passed a resolution against the Indian government’s decision to extend the Border Security Force’s jurisdiction to conduct seize operations and make arrests. 

India has extended the ban imposed on Zakir Naik's organisation Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) by five years.

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on December 16 and 17, to attend the Victory Day celebrations at the invitation of Bangladesh.

Indian Army Chief Gen M M Naravane today embarked on a five-day visit to Israel to further strengthen India’s defence and security cooperation with the Jewish state.

A top Maoist leader was among 26 activists of the ultra-left group killed in an “encounter” with Indian police inside a dense forest in Maharashtra state’s Gadchiroli district yesterday, a senior police official said today.

A man prayed to Lord Hanuman’s idol before allegedly stealing a cash box from a temple in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said today after examining CCTV footage of the shrine premises.

The Chief Justice of India yesterday asked the central government to come up with an emergency plan to tackle New Delhi’s toxic air quality and dangerous smog conditions, calling the situation “very serious”.

The Delhi government today ordered the closure of all schools in the Indian capital for a week from Monday and a halt to construction activities for four days from November 14 due to severe air pollution.

At least seven persons, including a colonel of the Indian army, his wife and son were killed when their convoy was ambushed by suspected insurgents in the northeastern state Manipur’s Churachandrapur district bordering Myanmar.  

Terming the air pollution in New Delhi and neighbouring areas an “emergency situation”, Indian Supreme Court today suggested the authorities take immediate measures including putting the capital under lockdown along with stopping vehicle movements.

Escalating its standoff with the Indian government, the West Bengal government has decided to move a resolution in the state legislature on November 17 against the extension of the Border Security Force’s jurisdiction from 15 km to 50 km in the state.

India’s federal pollution control board yesterday ordered states and local bodies to be in “complete readiness” for emergency measures to tackle New Delhi’s worsening smog conditions due to a drop in temperature and wind speeds.

India’s Congress leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday attacked the Centre citing different takes by the ministry of external affairs and Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat on the issue of Chinese village at the border.

The birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence is set to be celebrated at the Kolkata Book Fair on January 31 next year.

India's Uttar Pradesh state Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) today said it has apprehended two more people, who are allegedly part of a human trafficking syndicate, on a tip-off given by four persons including three Bangladeshi nationals.

West Bengal actress Srabanti Chatterjee, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party before assembly polls in March-April this year, today quit the saffron party citing its "lack of initiative and sincerity to further the cause of West Bengal".

India has sent thousands more paramilitary troops into its section of Kashmir, already one of the world’s most militarised zones, after a string of targeted killings by suspected rebels in recent weeks, officials said yesterday.