Six people have died when a fire swept through a building in Mumbai, the latest housing tragedy to strike India's bustling financial capital.

India's top court yesterday proposed measures to stem what it called growing violence by vigilantes who claim to be protecting cows,

India's top court yesterday allowed a 13-year-old rape survivor to have a late abortion after lawyers said carrying the baby to full term

Indian senior Kannada journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh is shot dead by unidentified men at her residence in Bengaluru.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a reshuffle of his council of ministers on Sunday in the third such exercise since he assumed charge more than three years ago.

A 117-year-old condemned building collapses in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai after two days of torrential rain, killing at least 21 people, with some feared trapped.

Two toddlers were among at least six people who died after floods caused by heavy seasonal monsoon rains destroyed homes and disrupted traffic in India’s financial capital, police say.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim is sentenced to 10-year jail, three days after he was held guilty of rape and criminal intimidation by a special CBI court in Panchkula. Justice Jagdeep Singh, who held Ram Rahim guilty of the said charges, pronounces the sentence at a makeshift court on Rohtak jail premises.

An Indian court orders strict penalty for Dera Sacha Sauda over the large scale arson and violence carried out by the followers of the organisation’s leader who was convicted of raping two women.

At least 28 persons are killed and 250 injured as arson and violence hit parts of northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana following the conviction of a self-styled godman in a rape case.

Many countries with land borders in Asia have long remained peaceful, others remain tense. Five Asian countries have no land border with other countries.

Ten people were killed and dozens injured when an express train derailed in north India yesterday, an official said.

Six coaches of a passenger train derailed in northern India, killing 23 people and injuring at least 81, officials say.

Rights groups urged India yesterday to abide by its international legal obligations after the government said it was looking to deport

A 10-year-old rape victim whose plea for an abortion was rejected by India's Supreme Court has given birth to a baby girl, a doctor said

The Trinamool Congress yesterday swept the municipal polls in West Bengal capturing all the seven civic bodies while the BJP finished

A 10-year-old rape victim whose plea for an abortion was rejected by India's Supreme Court has given birth to a baby girl, a doctor says.

The killer online ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ game has led to suicides around India. The government of the country claims it has set in motion strict measures to leash Blue Whale gamers.

GDP growth forecast for 30 Asian cities predicts Indian cities are set to grow the most across the region, with Delhi being the fastest growing city in Asia over the next five years.

India is strong enough to defend its borders against any threat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an Independence Day speech as