India will not accept relief assistance from foreign governments for the flood-ravaged state of Kerala, the government says, following offers of aid from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Ten workers are killed in a powerful explosion in a stone quarry in southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

At least 33 people were killed when a bus carrying them fell into a 500 feet deep gorge in western Indian state of Maharashtra, senior officials say.

An Indian court sentences death penalty for two policemen in Kerala state over torturing and killing a youth in police custody in 2005.

Five people are killed after a devastating fire broke out inside a residential building in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district.

Three rebels are killed in a gun battle with Indian troops in disputed Kashmir, police say.

A six-story building under construction collapsed onto an adjacent building east of the Indian capital, killing at least three people and trapping several others under the debris, police say.

Indian police yesterday said that 17 men have been arrested for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl over several weeks, in the country's latest horrific sexual assault case.

The Supreme Court of India says the incidents of mob lynching and cow vigilantism cannot be allowed to become a new norm, and asks the parliament to consider enacting a new law with provision for deterrent punishment to effectively deal with such incidents.

India will further smoothen the process of granting visa for foreigners and is implementing the Immigration Visa Foreigners’ Registration and Tracking (IVFRT) in a mission mode for their safety and convenience, the country's Home Minister Rajnath Singh says.

At least 47 people are killed and 11 others injured as a bus fell into a deep gorge in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, a senior police official of the country says.

Four Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, including an officer, are killed and five wounded in firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir state, a senior BSF officer says.

Two new cases of the deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus is confirmed in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where another two people were killed by the virus, a health official says.

Storms and lightning across a swathe of northern India kills at least 47 people, officials say, the latest deaths from freak weather that has battered the country this month.

An Indian woman who was bitten by a snake in her sleep and unknowingly breastfed poisoned milk to her daughter has died along with the child, police say.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is to leave Dhaka for Kolkata on May 25 morning on a two-day official visit to India at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

An Indian tea vendor caught on video taking water from a train toilet before selling his drinks to passengers is fined amid heightened concern in India over food safety.

An Indian guru with millions of followers was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for raping a teenage devotee on the pretext of ridding her of evil spirits, his lawyer says.

School students are warned against cyberbullying, in the recent safety guidelines published by Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.

Indian police have made another arrest after the alleged rape of a teenager by a ruling party politician sparked protests across the country, federal investigators say.