With the schedule for national elections likely to be announced this month, India's Election Commission has asked the political parties to refrain from seeking votes based on caste, religion and language

Asian elephants loudly mourn and bury their dead calves, according to a study by Indian scientists that details animal behaviour reminiscent of human funeral rites.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her allies in the opposition bloc on the issue of Trinamool Congress strongman Shahjahan Sheikh’s involvement in alleged sexual atrocities and land-grab in Sandeshkhali

India said yesterday it was working to secure discharges for around 20 of its citizens “stuck” in the Russian army, after reports that several were sent to fight in Ukraine.

India's leopard population was estimated to be 13,874 in 2022, marking a marginal growth of 1.08 percent annually since 2018 when the count was pegged at 12,852, according to the latest census of the animal released today

West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, accused of sexual crimes and land grabbing, was arrested today, police said

Congress suffered a major upset in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh in the elections to the Rajya Sabha due to cross-voting for BJP by nine Congress legislators

India yesterday introduced four crew members for its maiden ‘Gaganyaan’ space voyage, as it aims to become the world’s fourth country to send a crewed mission into space just months after a historic landing on the south pole of the moon.

Music legend and Padmashri winner Pankaj Udhas breathed his last yesterday. The veteran ghazal singer, who was known for his ghazals like “Chitti Ayi Hai” and “Chandi Jaisa Rang”, passed away at age 73 due to prolonged illness

Indian Railways today said it had ordered an investigation after a runaway freight train loaded with gravel travelled 70 kilometres (43 miles) without a driver

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dived deep into the deep sea off the Arabian Sea coast in Gujarat and prayed at the site where the submerged ancient city of Dwarka of Lord Krishna is believed to be located

The government of BJP-ruled north eastern state of Assam has decided to repeal the "colonial era" Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorce Registration Act, 1935

Indian farmers demanding higher prices for their crops burned effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers yesterday as they sought to expand their protest against his government months before elections.

India yesterday permitted the export of 50,000 tonnes of onions to Bangladesh ahead of Ramadan, relaxing the vegetable’s export ban.

Indian Sikh warriors, some on horseback, gathered yesterday to protect protesting farmers stalled by fearsome police barricades from advancing on the capital New Delhi to demand higher crop prices.

Social media platform X said yesterday it took down certain accounts and posts following an order by the Indian government, which local media reports say are linked to ongoing protests by farmers demanding higher prices for crops.

One foreigner died and another went missing when a massive avalanche swept the ski slopes of the picturesque resort of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir today, officials said

Indian police today used tear gas on a group of young farmers who, demanding a law to ensure minimum support price for crops, were heading towards the multi-layered road barricades put up at the border points at Punjab and Haryana

India’s Supreme Court today overturned the result of the Chandigarh mayoral poll in which the BJP candidate had emerged an unlikely winner and declared defeated his AAP-Congress alliance rival Kuldeep Kumar as the city’s new mayor

Farmers' unions protesting at the Punjab-Haryana border yesterday rejected the Indian government's proposal to buy pulses, maize and cotton in unlimited quantity at minimum support price (MSP) for five years, saying it was not in their interest and that they would resume their march towards Delhi tomorrow as part of the agitation.