Indian soldiers killed two fighters in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) along the heavily militarised frontier with Pakistan as they attempted to cross into the Indian-administered part of the disputed territory, the army said yesterday.

Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India yesterday, police sources and a Reuters witness said, as tens of millions gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week Hindu festival.

At least 30 people were killed and 60 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, in Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, in India's Uttar Pradesh state, a senior official confirmed

Deadly crowd incidents are frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela

India yesterday unequivocally criticised the incident of firing by the Sri Lankan Navy that injured five Indian fishermen near Delft Island.

India and China yesterday announced they have agreed to resume direct air services after about five years, indicating a thaw in relations between the two neighbours after a military clash on their unresolved border across the Himalayas in 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump spoke in a phone call yesterday, Modi said in a post on X, the first conversation between the two leaders since Trump’s inauguration last week.

India and China have agreed to resume direct air services between the two countries, New Delhi said in a statement yesterday after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited Beijing and held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s closest political ally has pledged to rid the capital of “illegal’ immigrants if his party wins looming elections, in a forceful appeal to his party’s Hindu constituency.

An Indian state announced yesterday it had begun implementing a common civil code to replace religious laws, stoking fear among minority Muslims of a looming nationwide rollout by the Hindu-nationalist ruling party.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto looked on as guest of honour at India’s annual military and cultural parade in New Delhi held to mark the country’s 76th Republic Day yesterday.

At least eight people were killed and seven injured in a blast at an ordnance factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra yesterday, a senior federal minister said.

Says father of Shariful Islam who has been arrested in Mumbai

Twelve people were killed yesterday after rumours of a fire on their train caused them to jump off and were crushed to death by another incoming train, officials said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an appeal before the Calcutta High Court today, seeking the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer of Kolkata Police

At least 12 passengers were killed this evening when they rushed out of their train compartment in panic following reports of fire only to be run over by another train on the adjacent tracks in Maharashtra state's Jalgaon district

Indian security forces shot dead at least 14 Maoist rebels, including a top commander, yesterday in what the interior minister said was one of the heaviest bouts of recent fighting.

Unhappy with the verdict, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said death penalty would have been ensured if the case been handled by the Kolkata Police

DG of Odisha Police Y B Khurania said the operation by the security forces was launched on specific intelligence input

An Indian court on Saturday found a 33-year-old man guilty for the rape and murder of a doctor, a crime that sparked nationwide protests and hospital strikes last year.