Three people died and several were injured in a stampede that broke out at a temple in India's Rajasthan.

Citing years of abuse by her husband “for giving birth to girls”, an Indian woman died by suicide in New York, detailing her ordeal in a video, according to NDTV.

The Indian Space Research Organization today made history by launching its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) mission which was transporting an earth observation satellite and a student satellite.

India has offered to sell 18 light-combat aircraft (LCA) “Tejas” to Malaysia, the defence ministry said yesterday, adding that Argentina, Australia, Egypt, the United States, Indonesia, and the Philippines were also interested in the single-engine jet.

Indian police yesterday detained several Congress workers and leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, while they were protesting against inflation, unemployment and rising prices defying prohibitory orders imposed by police.

Delhi police detained Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today (August 5, 2022) after he along with other leaders of his party, marched to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against unemployment, inflation and price rise.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today alleged that India is witnessing the "death of democracy" and anybody who stands against the onset of dictatorship is "viciously attacked".

The Indian rupee may decline to a new lifetime low versus the US dollar if the Reserve Bank of India on Friday decides to opt for a smaller rate hike, a trader said.

India, the world’s third largest carbon polluter, has finally approved new targets for slashing planet-warming emissions, more than a year after a United Nations deadline for updated commitments.

Gujarat police have launched an investigation after six Indian students, with “good” IELTS scores, failed to respond in English in front of a US court.

At least 112 women have been hospitalised after a gas leak at an apparel manufacturing plant in India, police said yesterday.

India and Maldives yesterday inked six agreements to expand cooperation in a range of areas including cyber security, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra

A woman today attempted to throw a “chappal” (slipper) at suspended Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee, who has been arrested in connection with a school recruitment scam, when he was being escorted out of a hospital in India by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials.

India yesterday confirmed its first monkeypox death, a young man in the southern state of Kerala, in what is only the fourth known fatality from the disease in the current outbreak.

Against the backdrop of the arrest of her former cabinet colleague, Partha Chatterjee, in a school recruitment scam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today (August 1, 2022) announced that a reshuffle of her ministry would be carried out on Wednesday.

Indian state of Kerala has reported the first monkeypox-related death in the country. 

India will ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following the death of two officers in a crash, the latest in a series of casualties involving the single-engine jet’s failure, a newspaper reported yesterday.

India’s opposition Congress party has planned to march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan (Indian President’s official residence) from the parliament and then besiege the Prime Minister’s official residence on August 5 as part of its nationwide protest against price hike.

China yesterday said it hoped “relevant parties” would refrain from interfering with its legitimate maritime activities, after New Delhi voiced concern over a Chinese military ship’s planned visit to a port in India’s southern neighbour Sri Lanka.

Two pilots have been killed in India after a Soviet-era fighter jet crashed during a training sortie, the air force said, heightening safety concerns after a string of incidents involving the aircraft.