Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today criticised main opposition Congress party for handing over a strategic island in south India to Sri Lanka in 1974, terming the decision of the then Indira Gandhi-headed dispensation as “eye-opening and startling”

The Indian Navy said it had freed the 23 Pakistani crew of an Iranian fishing vessel which was seized by armed pirates off Somalia.

The Indian Navy yesterday rescued a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel and its 23 Pakistani crew after more than 12 hours of "intense coercive tactical measures" as part of an anti-piracy operation on the Arabian Sea

India’s main opposition party said yesterday it had been asked to pay an additional 18.2 billion rupees ($218 million) in taxes, which it called an attempt by the tax department to financially cripple it weeks before general elections.

India’s navy said yesterday it intercepted a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea after a suspected hijacking, its latest anti-piracy operation after a spate of regional attacks on shipping.

An Indian court yesterday extended the custody of opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until April 1 in a graft case related to the national capital territory’s liquor policy, local media said.

India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities.

India yesterday summoned a top United States diplomat after Washington said it was “closely watching” events following the jailing of a senior opposition leader weeks ahead of parliamentary elections.

The Delhi High Court today refused to interfere with the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case

India today strongly objected to the remarks made by a US State Department spokesperson on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest in a corruption case, saying "in diplomacy, states are expected to be respectful of the sovereignty and internal affairs of others"

A billionaire industrialist and a former Indian Air Force chief on Sunday became the latest prominent figures, including a judge and an ambassador, to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in recent weeks as it seeks to widen its lead over the opposition.

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and former Calcutta High Court justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who resigned from the judiciary and joined politics, were today named Bharatiya Janata Party candidates for coming Lok Sabha elections

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal issued his first directive regarding water and sewer issues in certain parts of the India capital while being in ED custody.

India summoned a German envoy today to protest against his government's remarks about the arrest of Indian opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

India brought 35 accused Somali pirates to Mumbai on Saturday, days after they were apprehended when naval commandos recaptured a hijacked bulk carrier and rescued several hostages

Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi and a key opposition leader in India, has been remanded in custody until March 28. 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Bhutan yesterday for a two-day state visit to the tiny but strategic

A Delhi court today placed Delhi chief minister and a key opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested last night in connection with a case of alleged money laundering linked to liquor policy, in remand till March 28

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today withdrew from the Indian Supreme Court the plea against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the liquor policy-linked money laundering case

India's opposition parties joined a chorus in denouncing the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case of alleged graft yesterday, claiming that it shows how "jittery" the ruling BJP at the centre is with less than a month to go for the Lok Sabha polls