Eight people were arrested in India on Saturday for the murder of a politician who championed the rights of lower-caste Indians, police said

India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi today met family members of the 121 people killed in a stampede at a religious congregation in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras

India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar yesterday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Kazakhstan where the two agreed to step up talks to resolve issues along their border, New Delhi said in a statement.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8 and 9, the Kremlin said yesterday, in his first trip to the country since Moscow launched its military offensive in Ukraine.

Six persons, including two women, have been arrested in connection with the stampede that resulted in 121 deaths during a religious congregation in India's Uttar Pradesh state, Inspector General of Police Shalabh Mathur of Aligarh Range said today

Former police constable-turned-preacher Bhole Baba built an immense following among poor and marginalised Indians before his latest sermon ended in a stampede that killed 121 of his followers

India today sounded a nationwide alert following some reported cases of Zika virus, an aedes mosquito-borne viral disease like dengue and chikungunya, from Maharashtra, stressing the need for taking particular care of pregnant women

The death toll in the stampede at a religious congregation in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Hathras has risen to 121, including seven children, the Office of the state Relief Commissioner said today

At least 116 people were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, authorities said, in one of the worst such tragedies in recent years

At least 116 people, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in north India yesterday, authorities said, in one of the country’s worst such tragedies in years.

Hindenburg Research has denied allegations by India’s securities regulator that it colluded with a US asset manager to use non-public information to set up a short bet against Adani Group last year, which if proven would breach the country’s rules.

According to Aligarh range Inspector General of Police Shalabh Mathur, 116 people have so far perished in the incident

India replaced colonial-era criminal laws with new legislation yesterday, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government said would make the country more just, but the opposition said risked throwing the criminal justice system into disarray.

India today implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a "watershed" movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice

The death toll from this week’s sudden heavy rain has climbed to 11 in New Delhi, including four citizens who drowned in submerged underpasses, the Times of India reported, while flight operations stuttered in the Indian capital.

Indian foreign ministry yesterday refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre did not consult the state government on the renewal of the Ganga water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh.

Heavy rainfall and winds brought down a roof at the main airport in New Delhi yesterday, killing one person and disrupting flights from a domestic terminal, while flooded streets and traffic snarls threw daily life out of gear in India’s capital.

Vote unlikely to alter policies, may shape Khamenei succession

Senior diplomat and India's former ambassador to China Vikram Misri was named as the country's new foreign secretary today, succeeding Vinay Mohan Kwatra

Indian foreign ministry today refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre did not consult the state government on the renewal of the Ganga water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh