India yesterday removed the ban on onion exports subject to a minimum export price of $550 per tonne, a decision that can help boost the income of a large section of farmers and comes amidst Lok Sabha polls in key producing regions, including the state of Maharashtra.

Indian police said yesterday they had arrested the social media chief of the country’s main opposition party over accusations he doctored a widely shared video during an ongoing national election.

India will wait for Canadian police to share information on the three Indian men it has arrested and charged with the murder of a Sikh leader last year, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said yesterday.

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi will contest the general election from the family bastion in the north, his Congress party announced yesterday, a move that will challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a region he dominates.

Ending days of suspense, India’s opposition party Congress today announced that Rahul Gandhi will contest from Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency in the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh

Security forces were on heightened alert in India's troubled northeastern state of Manipur on Friday, the first anniversary of the start of clashes between the majority Meitei community and tribal Kukis that have killed at least 220 people

A lower turnout so far in India’s long general election has rattled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign managers, raising into question whether his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies can achieve the landslide victory predicted by opinion polls just one month ago.

India has registered its protest with China against their “illegal attempts to alter facts” in connection with Beijing’s construction activities in the Shaksgam Valley, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

The agency added checks would also be made for any presence of ethylene oxide, whose use is banned in India, and "appropriate actions will be initiated as fit" after testing was completed.

India's Godrej family has decided to restructure its shareholding in the conglomerate to operate as two entities, Godrej Enterprises and Godrej Industries, according to a filing late on Tuesday

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has invited Awami League to observe the overall preparation and campaign taken for the national elections in India

A week before voting in the third phase of India's long-drawn parliamentary elections on May 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written letters to BJP candidates asking them to encourage more people to vote as he seeks a rare third tenure

Taxing people’s inheritance cannot address inequality and has “never removed poverty”, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told The Times of India newspaper, alleviating fears that such a tax could be imposed if he returns to power after the elections.

India summoned the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner yesterday and expressed “deep concern and strong protest” after separatist slogans in support of a Sikh homeland were raised at an event addressed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an interview published today that he was not resorting to communal polarisation by showing that Congress violated the constitution by enacting laws to provide reservations on the basis of religion

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to modify content of its polls campaign song to comply with Advertising Codes prescribed under Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 and ECI guidelines.

A four-member delegation from the Indian government’s Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) will be visiting Bangladesh from April 28-30 for bilateral talks on renewal of MoU between the two countries for training of Bangladeshi civil servants in India..The MoU

India has allowed export of 99,150 tonnes of onions to Bangladesh and five other countries.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today “sustained minor injuries” after she fell while boarding her helicopter in Durgapur in Paschim Bardhaman district

India voted yesterday in the second phase of the world’s biggest election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rivals raise the pitch of the campaign by focusing on hot-button issues such as religious discrimination, affirmative action and taxes.