Successfully executing its first space mission at night, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches two British satellites from a centre in Sriharikota in southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate his 68th birthday in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

A joint India-US military exercise began yesterday at Chaubattia in the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand's Almora district. 'Yudh Abhyas 2018' is the 14th edition of the joint military exercise, which is hosted alternately by the two countries. The exercises set to conclude on September 29.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi is appointed the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), the Ministry of Law says in a statement.

A court in western Indian state of Maharashtra has issued an arrest warrant against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu

At least 16 passengers are killed and 13 more are injured when a mini bus skids off the road and into the turbulent Chenab river near Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir of India, a senior police officer says.

A serial killer in India confesses to killing 33 people, all of whom were truck drivers or their helpers, after he is arrested by the Bhopal Police in Mandideep in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh.

India’s Supreme Court extends till September 17 the house arrest of five leading rights activists, who were apprehended in connection with caste clash and for their alleged links with Maoists.

An overcrowded bus plunged into a gorge in southern India yesterday, killing at least 55 people and injuring several more, in one of the worst such accidents this year, authorities said.

Nationwide protests against record high petrol and diesel prices shut down businesses, government offices and schools in many parts of India yesterday, and in some places protesters blocked trains and roads and vandalised vehicles.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government has planned to import 9000 MW electricity from neighbouring countries by 2041 to maintain the country's high economic growth.

Have you ever heard of a trial in a criminal case being conducted through instant messaging app WhatsApp? Bizzare but true.

From Xi’s China to Duterte’s Philippines, Asian economies have risen as the world’s best countries in terms of GDP.

Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to Lilavati hospital here due to the chest infection, has been diagnosed with mild pneumonia, his wife Saira Banu says.

India's top court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex yesterday, in a landmark judgement that sparked celebrations across India and elsewhere in South Asia, where activists hope to push for similar reform.

Top Indian and US officials yesterday touted deepening ties that will see greater cooperation between the two countries' militaries -- and will likely result in India buying more American arms.

The Times of India prepares the following timeline of events which led to this historic verdict in which the Indian Supreme Court rules that consensual adult gay sex is not a crime saying sexual orientation is natural and people have no control on it.

A bridge collapsed yesterday in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, killing one and injuring 19, authorities said, as rescue workers sifted through the debris checking for other casualties.

An Indian court yesterday convicted two members of a banned Islamist militant group over bomb blasts in August 2007 in Hyderabad that killed 44 people.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG aircraft crashes near Jodhpur in Rajasthan on Tuesday during a routine mission, defence spokesperson Colonel Sombit Ghosh says.