Cyclone Vayu which had intensified into a “very severe” cyclonic storm has changed its course slightly and will most likely not cross the Gujarat coast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informs.

A heatwave gripping India has killed 36 people with the poorest workers bearing the brunt, national disaster management officials said yesterday, warning that the record temperatures were impacting more states than in previous years.

India evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to shelters along the coast in its western state of Gujarat as a cyclone gathering intensity over the Arabian Sea was expected to hit land today.

India has unveiled a spacecraft which is expected to take off for the moon next month, making the country only the fourth to achieve the feat.

At least 31 children have died in northern India in the last 10 days from a deadly brain disease believed linked to a toxic substance found in litchi fruit, health officials say.

India announces that the aircraft carrying Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not fly over Pakistan on its way to Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit starting tomorrow.

An estimated three lakh people are set to be pulled back to safer places as very severe cyclone 'Vayu' today headed towards Gujarat on the coast of Arabian Sea and strike it tomorrow.

Centred nearly 340km south of Veraval in Gujarat on the East Central Arabian Sea, cyclonic storm ‘Vayu’ has intensified into a “very severe” storm and is most likely to make a landfall on the state’s coast between Porbandar and Mahuva around Veraval and Diu region with a wind speed 110-120kmph gusting to 135kmph during the early morning of June 13.

A journalist jailed for making derogatory comments on social media against a chief minister with the ruling-right wing party was ordered released by India’s Supreme Court yesterday.

The wreckage of an Indian Air Force transport aircraft, which went missing eight days ago with 13 people on board, is found in Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said.

India’s Supreme Court grants bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia who was arrested for allegedly making objectionable comments against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media.

The Twitter account of veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has been hacked allegedly by allegedly by a pro-Pakistan hacker group.

Pakistan has decided in principle to let Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aircraft fly over its airspace to Bishkek where he has to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on June 13-14.

Reeling under a prolonged heat wave, the mercury in parts of the Indian capital Delhi records an all-time high temperature of 48 degree Celsius.

Six persons including main accused and temple priest Sanji Ram are convicted by the Pathankot court for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua last year, which shook the conscience of the entire nation.

Indian West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi meets the county's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and apprises them of the prevailing situation in the state.

Veteran Indian playwright, actor and director Girish Karnad died of multiple organ failure in Bengaluru early today at the age of 81.

The Editors Guild of India yesterday condemned the arrest of a journalist and the editor and head of a television channel over alleged objectionable content related to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, describing the police action as an “authoritarian misuse of laws” and an effort to intimidate the media.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a global conference to tackle the threat of terrorism in the region and around the world.

The Editors Guild of India has condemned arrests of a journalist, an editor and the head of a television channel over allegedly circulating objectionable content related to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.