An Indian baby who was dropped onto railway tracks moments before a train passed through the station has escaped unscathed.

Indian police Wednesday made an arrest over a grenade attack last week in northern Punjab state that killed three worshippers as it blamed arch-rival Pakistan for what it called "an act of terrorism".

India's government has dissolved the Kashmir state assembly in a sudden move that could lead to fresh elections and further turmoil in the disputed region also claimed by Pakistan.

Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan is hailed as a star of India's farmers after clearing loans worth more than 40 million rupees ($560,000) as an agricultural crisis forces many rural workers into extreme poverty.

An Indian soldier and four terrorists are killed today in an encounter between ultras and security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir state in India, officials say.

India’s first hospital for elephants, armed with facilities such as wireless digital X-Ray, thermal imaging, ultrasonography, tranquilization devices and quarantine facilities, not only comes as a respite to the elephants but is also attracting local and foreign tourists.

At least three people are killed and ten others wounded in a suspected grenade attack on a religious gathering in northern Indian state of Punjab.

A powerful cyclone in southern India has killed at least 33 people, caused massive damage to homes and roads and drove tens of thousands of people into relief camps, officials say.

Retired Indian army officer Brig Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, who was a major in the Indian Army in 1971, dies of cancer.

Bollywood superstars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh have tied the knot in Italy, Indian media reports.

A court in India rules that a man may steal, beg or borrow in order to maintain his family.

India has been the target of over 4.3 lakh cyber attacks from five countries including China, Russia and the US while more than 73,000 attacks were initiated from India between January and June this year, says a Finnish cyber-security company.

Former Miss India and actress Niharika Singh is the latest celebrity in Bollywood to come out and share her ‘Me Too’ ordeal on social media.

Bangladesh is ranked among the countries in South Asia which are less affected by organised crimes. The four South Asian countries- Nepal (107), Bangladesh (97), India (90) and Sri Lanka (85), are among the group of the countries that have been less affected by organised crime as compared to Pakistan, according to data published by World Economic Forum.

Indian Maoist rebels yesterday killed five people including a policeman by detonating a landmine under a bus in a restive central state that goes to the polls this month, police said.

Indian police arrested hundreds of revellers after a frenzied night of festival fireworks turned city air toxic nationwide yesterday despite a pre-emptive court ban on the smog-fuelling party.

Air quality in India's haze-hit north, including the capital, New Delhi, deteriorated sharply yesterday because of unfavourable weather and an increase in smoke from stubble burning in fields across the region.

INS Arihant, India's first nuclear ballistic missile submarine, has completed its first "deterrence patrol", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday. "I congratulate all those involved, especially the crew of INS Arihant for this accomplishment, which will always be remembered in our history," PM Modi said.

India’s first strategic strike ballistic missile submarine (SSBNs) has completed its maiden deterrence patrol, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.

A day after backing calls for legislation for a Ram temple in Ayodhya, yoga guru Baba Ramdev connects people’s right to have children to their voting rights during a seminar in Haridwar.