India is planning to make a Covid-19 negative test report mandatory for passengers arriving from countries with a high number of cases, the country's health minister said during an interview with broadcaster NewsX on Friday.

Sixteen soldiers were killed in India’s remote northeast yesterday when the military truck transporting them skidded down a steep mountain slope and crashed, the army said.

Sixteen Indian army men died today after a truck carrying them skidded down a steep slope and fell into a gorge in the north eastern state of Sikkim, the army said in a statement.

India has started random Covid-19 sampling on incoming international air travellers but said there is no plan yet to stop flights from countries which reported new cases of the virus.

Up to 20 people have died of hunger or thirst on a boat carrying ethnic Rohingya that has been stranded at sea for two weeks off India’s coast,

India will start random sample testing for coronavirus at airports for international passengers arriving from China and other countries in view of the recent surge in cases in China, Japan, South Korea, and some other parts of the world, official sources said today.

Toxic hooch has killed at least 37 people in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where alcohol is banned, officials said yesterday, with unconfirmed reports putting the death toll at over 70.

India’s foreign minister accused Pakistan of being the “epicentre of terrorism” while his counterpart hit back that Narendra Modi was the “Butcher of Gujarat” in a war of words at the United Nations.

At least 22 people have died and several others have been hospitalised in India after drinking toxic alcohol, authorities said today..The deaths happened mainly in two villages in the eastern state of Bihar, where the sale and consumption of liquor are prohibited..Such bans are in fo

India’s defence minister yesterday accused China of trying to “unilaterally change the status quo” on their disputed Himalayan border last week when clashes left troops on both sides injured.

A cyclonic storm killed at least four people in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu yesterday, the top state official said, as heavy rain and

Cyclone ‘Mandous’ is expected to make landfall on India’s southeastern coast around midnight, authorities said yesterday. Tamil Nadu state said it has

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party won by a crushing landslide in his home state, election results showed Thursday, in a strong performance ahead of a national vote due in 2024..In its best-ever performance in the western state of around 60 million people, the Hindu nationalist Bh

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was set to win the biggest majority by any party ever at elections in his home state of Gujarat today, a big boost to the Hindu nationalists ahead of general elections in 2024.

The BJP is set to sweep Gujarat, with the Congress as a distant second, and Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will finish third, predicted an aggregate of exit polls yesterday evening. The BJP is also likely to win a record second consecutive term in Himachal Pradesh, the polls said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party is projected to retain power in his home state Gujarat for a record-equaling seventh successive tenure and may just about manage to return to power in Himachal Pradesh for an unprecedented second term, according to exit polls telecast this evening.

Three people were killed in a blast late last night at the residence of a local leader of Trinamool Congress in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district.

The world’s first intra-nasal Covid vaccine developed by India has got approval from the country’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation for restricted use.

The world must cooperate to tackle the greatest challenges of climate change, terrorism, and pandemics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday as India began its year-long presidency of the Group of 20 (G20).8

Voting began today in the high-profile legislative assembly elections in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, where ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is seeking to extend its 27-year uninterrupted rule.