106 cocaine capsules found in woman's stomach

Indian police use laxatives for several days to retrieve 106 cocaine capsules worth some $900,000 from the stomach of a Brazilian woman who tries to smuggle them into the country, officials said Monday.
21 May 2018

India successfully test-fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

India successfully test-fires a supersonic cruise missile from a test range along the Bay of Bengal coast to validate some of its new features.
21 May 2018

Rohingya refugees still highly vulnerable: Priyanka

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, the Unicef goodwill ambassador for child rights, says the Rohingyas staying in the refugee camps in Bangladesh are still highly vulnerable.
21 May 2018

Karnataka's CM Yeddyurappa to resign

Sensing defeat in the majority test in the assembly, Karnataka's newly elected Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa of Bharatiya Janata Party announces that he will resign from his post just a couple days after assuming office.
19 May 2018

19 killed in India road crash

At least nineteen people are killed and six others injured as a truck overturns on Ahmedabad-Bhavnagar highway in western Indian state of Gujarat.
19 May 2018

India SC orders 'floor test'

India's Supreme Court yesterday ordered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party to hold a vote of confidence within a day in a key state where it has been allowed to form a government despite its lack of a majority.
18 May 2018

Prove majority in state assembly by tomorrow, India's SC asks Karnataka CM

India's Supreme Court asks a Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who took oath as chief minister of the key southern Indian state of Karnataka on Thursday, to prove his majority in the state assembly tomorrow.
18 May 2018

CM from BJP takes oath in Karnataka

A leader from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party took the oath to become chief minister of a key southern Indian state yesterday after the Supreme Court rejected a last-minute bid to block the move.
17 May 2018

First trip in 20 years

India has sent a government minister to North Korea for the first time in nearly two decades for talks on political and regional issues,
17 May 2018

India halts Kashmir ops for Ramadan

Indian military operations against rebels in the disputed Kashmir territory were suspended Wednesday in a rare gesture for the Muslim
17 May 2018

In major boost, Modi's party emerges strongest in southern India state poll

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party is set to win the largest number of seats in a big southern state election, giving him momentum for a re-election bid next year and opening a path for more reforms.
15 May 2018

Modi shuffles portfolios of 2 key ministers

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffles the portfolios of two of his key ministers on Monday night.
15 May 2018

76 killed in India storms

Thunderstorms and rains lashed four states of India leaving at least 76 people dead and nearly hundreds injured on Sunday night, officials say.
14 May 2018

How Bollywood stars wish their moms on Mother’s Day

Some Bollywood celebrities upload posts on Instagram, wishing their moms a very happy Mother’s Day.
13 May 2018

12 killed in India dust storm

At least 12 people are killed as a dust storm and thunder shower hit parts of northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh last night, a senior official says.
10 May 2018

Kashmir boils

Hundreds of protestors yesterday clashed with Indian forces on a third day of deadly troubles in Kashmir as the disputed Himalayan
8 May 2018

Second India teen raped, set on fire: Police

A 17-year-old battles for her life after being raped, doused in kerosene and set on fire, the second such case to shake India as it battles an increase in sexual crimes.
7 May 2018

Rebel professor among 10 killed in Indian Kashmir

​Indian soldiers shot dead five Kashmir militants including a rebel university teacher in a gunfight that triggered protests in which five civilians were killed.
6 May 2018

Tensions high as four more killed

Three suspected rebels and a civilian were killed in a gun battle yesterday in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said, the first in the restive region's main city this year.
5 May 2018

Teen raped, burned to death in India

Police arrested 14 men yesterday after a teenager was raped and burned alive at her home in eastern India, in the latest case of sexual violence in the country.
5 May 2018