A cyclone packing strong winds and rains barrelled into India’s east coast late yesterday, as tens of thousands of people in three states were evacuated to shelters.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who returns home today from a three-day official visit to the United States, is bringing back 157 artefacts and antiquities which were handed over to him in the country.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said the Indian government did not allow her in-person participation at a global peace meet in Rome on October 6 “out of jealousy.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn’t directly mention Pakistan or China in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, but the targets of his address were clear.

Feminist activist, author and a women’s rights activist in India, Kamla Bhasin, passed away this morning at the age of 75.

An Indian salon has been ordered to pay more than $271,000 in damages to a model for a botched haircut which she claimed caused a “severe mental breakdown”.

Gunmen dressed as lawyers shot dead a notorious Indian gangster inside a Delhi courtroom yesterday before police killed the two assailants, investigators said.

Three people were killed in a shootout at a court in north Delhi's Rohini locality today, police said.

1932 - Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi agrees Poona Pact to end fast. 2002 - Britain published a dossier on Iraq’s weapons programme which suggested Saddam Hussein could launch a weapon of mass destruction.

An Indian man accused of attempted rape has been given bail on condition that he wash and iron the clothes of all women in his village for six months.

An Indian man accused of attempted rape has been given bail on condition that he wash and iron the clothes of all women in his village for six months.

Indian authorities seized over $20 million of heroin and detained seven Iranian men in a deep-sea drug bust off the country’s western coast, officials said yesterday.

With Covid-19 cases on a sharp decline over the last few months, India may soon allow foreign tourists for the first time in one and half years, the country’s home ministry officials said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has questioned the “acceptability” of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, saying it is not “inclusive”.

The head of the world’s largest vaccine maker said yesterday it was “unethical” to give third doses of the Covid-19 vaccine while developing nations are struggling to access first and second jabs.

Increasing extremism and radicalisation are the biggest threat to global peace, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday at the nine-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, and drew attention to the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan.

India has told China that their bilateral relations will only develop when both countries pull their troops back from a confrontation on their disputed Himalayan border, the Indian foreign minister said.

India has told China to avoid viewing bilateral relations from the perspective of its ties with third countries and said Asian solidarity would depend on the example set by India-China relations.

Delhi remains India’s most unsafe city for women while Kolkata continues to be the safest metro for them, according to the latest National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) report.

India’s National Investigation Agency today filed a supplementary chargesheet before a special court in Bengaluru against a person for his involvement in circulating fake Indian currency notes (FICN) after procuring them from two residents of Bangladesh, an official said.