Indian police yesterday said they are investigating an academic, a journalist and a peasant leader for possible sedition for publicly opposing a proposal to grant citizenship to non-Muslims from neighbouring Muslim-majority countries.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is convicted in the murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.

Delhi plans to create a special home for both elderly people and some of the Indian megacity's thousands of cows, in a new animal welfare blitz also aimed at reducing numbers of monkeys and stray dogs.

After a walkout by the main opposition Congress Party, the contentious constitution amendment bill seeking to give Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan was passed by the Lok Sabha (LS) yesterday.

India's Supreme Court has reinstated the removed director of the country's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a setback to the government that has been accused of undermining the agency.

A court in India set up under anti-money laundering laws declares Indian liquor and aviation tycoon Vijay Mallya a “fugitive economic offender” today, paving the way for the government to seize his assets.

Six children and the driver of their school bus died when the vehicle fell into a gorge in India’s Himachal Pradesh, officials say.

Indian rescuers trying to reach a group of miners trapped in a remote and illegal “rat-hole” coal mine struggle to pump out water from the 370-foot-deep pit, further dimming their chances of survival more than three weeks into their ordeal.

Police in southern India yesterday said that a third woman has entered a flashpoint temple, stoking tensions after two days of clashes involving Hindu hardliners and police.

Indian police take a Rohingya Muslim family of five to the border by bus, readying to deport them to neighbouring Myanmar as the second such group expelled in four months during a crackdown on illegal immigrants.

The Indian government is opening six new Indian Visa Application Centres (IVAC) in Thakurgaon, Bogura, Cumilla, Noakhali,

For the first time since the Supreme Court verdict allowing the entry of women of all age groups in Sabarimala temple, two women below 50 walk into the shrine before daybreak.

Cambodia enjoys the most number of non - working days with 28 public holidays in a year among the countries of the world, according to date collected by the World Atlas.

Leading Indian newspapers editorially commented on the outcome of parliamentary elections in Bangladesh saying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s return to power is “good news” for relations with India, but cautioned against her government’s “authoritarian” strait.

Veteran Bollywood actor-director-writer-comedian and a Quran scholar, Kader Khan dies after a prolonged illness at a hospital in Toronto in Canada.

Many passengers suffocate due to smoke while several faint in a fire that broke out in Kolkata Metro on December 27, according to the reports coming in from Kolkata.

India's anti-terror agency yesterday said it had busted a local militant cell inspired by the Islamic State group that was planning to carryout bombings and target prominent political figures.

Amidst a debate over Indian government's move to give sweeping powers to security agencies to intercept the contents on computers,

India's longest railroad bridge across the Brahmaputra river was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday marking a strategic connectivity project that will facilitate faster movement of civilians as well as defence personnel between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh bordering China.

Pollution levels in New Delhi have hit their worst this year in the past two days - earning a "severe" to "emergency" rating and indicating conditions that can spark a public health crisis.