India’s fastest passenger train begins its maiden commercial run, a day after it broke down on its way to Delhi from Varanasi.

India's first semi-high speed train breaks down after colliding with a cow on the tracks, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new passenger service.

A suicide bomber who killed 44 paramilitary policemen in Indian-controlled Kashmir joined a militant group after having been beaten by troops three years ago, his parents told Reuters yesterday.

India will take all possible diplomatic steps to ensure the “complete isolation” of Pakistan in response to an attack by an Islamist militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) that killed 44 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir, India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says.

Tension between India and Pakistan rises after a suicide bomber rammed a car into a bus carrying Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir killing 44 of them in the deadliest attack in decades on security forces in the disputed region.

Two Indian ministers were left red-faced yesterday after their attempts to glorify Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Twitter backfired spectacularly.

In a big relief to students, the Meghalaya government in India has put a cap on the weight of schoolbags for all classes and set restrictions on homework for classes 1 and 2.

At least 17 people die as a fire tore through a budget hotel in Delhi, in the latest disaster to raise concerns over fire safety in India.

Facebook Inc is expanding its fact-checking network in India to curb the spread of misinformation as the world's largest democracy prepares for a general election that must be held by May, the US-based social media giant says.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu began a day-long hunger strike demanding special status for his state which will entitle to increased funding from the federal government of India.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday an Army coup would never happen in India apparently referring to alleged planting of

BJP leader Mukul Roy was among the four people booked yesterday in connection with the killing of Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas in West Bengal's Nadia district, a senior police officer said.

The CBI began questioning the Kolkata police chief yesterday at highly secured agency's office here in connection with chit fund scam

Glowing tributes were paid to late journalist-writer Kuldip Nayar on the occasion of the launch of his last book at a function here on Friday night.

Amid intense resistance over the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday emphasised that there is no room for "intruders" in Assam as well as the country.

Protesters in Assam state of India show black flags to the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which seeks to give citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Deadly, drug-resistant tuberculosis -- as lethal as Ebola and tough to treat in even the best hospitals -- is a "blinking red" worldwide threat, the head of a global health fund warned in an interview with AFP.

A right-wing Indian woman who shot an effigy of independence hero Mahatma Gandhi with an air pistol to mark his assassination some seven decades ago has been arrested, police said yesterday. Pooja Shakun Pandey was filmed shooting the effigy at an event by a far-right Hindu group on Friday -- the 71st anniversary of Gandhi's death.

A board that oversees an ancient Hindu hill temple in southern India said yesterday it now favoured allowing women of menstruating age to enter the temple, reversing its previous support for a centuries-old ban.

India's political parties have been abusing Facebook Inc's popular messaging service WhatsApp ahead of the country's general election and the company has warned them not to do so, a senior executive said yesterday.