Indian parliament gives its seal of approval to the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which gives nationality to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan after it was cleared by the Rajya Sabha with 125 voting for it and 105 against.

A judicial commission, which probed the deadly communal riots that claimed 1,000 lives, mostly of the Muslim community, in India’s Gujarat in 2002, gives a clean chit to the then state government headed by Narendra Modi.

Police fire rubber bullets and lob tear gas shells to disperse protesters against the Citizenship Amendment bill in Assam’s Dibrugarh district as fresh unrest erupt a day after a total shutdown in several parts of India’s north eastern states against proposed legislation’s passage in the Lok Sabha.

Describing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as a "dangerous turn in the wrong direction", a federal US commission on international religious freedom seeks American sanctions against Home Minister Amit Shah and other principal Indian leadership if the bill with the "religious criterion" is passed by both houses of Parliament.

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has expressed his gratitude that not a single incident of atrocities on religious minorities in Bangladesh took place as long as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was alive.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is here again amid indications that it may pass muster in parliament this time.

India's parliament sees raucous scenes and protests rage in the north-east of the country as MPs debate legislation that stands to give citizenship to religious minorities from neighbouring countries, but not Muslims.

A young woman was allegedly set on fire by her neighbour after she resisted his attempt to rape her in Muzzaffarpur town in Bihar, an Indian police officer says.

At least 43 people, mostly labourers, died in their sleep when a fire raged through a handbag-manufacturing factory in a congested locality of Delhi in India this morning, police say. =

A 23-year-old woman, who was set on fire by men accused of raping her at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, dies in a hospital in New Delhi.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary celebration next year, says Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

The killing of all four accused in the brutal gangrape and murder of a young Hyderabad veterinarian by the police in an ‘encounter’ is hailed by many who were demanding justice for the victim.

Four men arrested in connection with a rape-and-murder case of a woman veterinarian near Hyderabad, an incident that sparked an outrage across India, have been killed in an encounter with law enforcers, police say.

A woman, who had survived a brutal gangrape earlier in March, is set ablaze by five men accused in the case in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district in India.

Xiaomi Corp has launched a personal loan service in India aimed at young professionals and millennials, as the Chinese smartphone vendor looks to consolidate its presence in the country's fast-growing internet finance market.

The Indian cabinet cleares the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has invited Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to visit the Indian state to further strengthen relationship between the two countries.

India's Vikram lunar lander, which crashed on its final approach to the Moon's surface in September, has been found thanks in part to the sleuthing efforts of an amateur space enthusiast.

Mamata Banerjee-led ruling Trinamool Congress and its principal challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may be sworn political rivals in West Bengal but both parties know that the fear about the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) among Hindus and Muslims alike was the most important determinant of the outcome of the bypoll held in three assembly constituencies on November 25.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launches its advanced earth observation satellite with dual application as also 13 US nanosatellites.