The mortal remains of tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were laid to rest on Thursday at a cemetery near San Francisco as renowned Indian percussionist A Sivamani and other artistes performed on their drums at a little distance away in a tribute to the departed artist.

India’s Rahul Gandhi is under police investigation over a scuffle between opposition members of parliament and those from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which injured two lawmakers, police said yesterday.

India has successfully conducted the first-ever satellite tagging of its national aquatic animal, the river dolphin, in the Ganges yesterday

Thirteen persons were killed and 99 rescued yesterday after an Indian Navy craft crashed into a ferry off the coast of Mumbai, the Navy said

India’s ruling party yesterday tabled a parliamentary bill to synchronise state and national elections, a proposal that would vastly extend what is already the world’s largest democratic exercise.

MPs staged a protest in parliament demanding justice

India plans to supply liquefied natural gas to Sri Lanka’s power plants and will work on connecting the power grids of the two countries as well as lay a petroleum pipeline between the neighbours, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday.

Says Foreign minister S Jaishankar in parliament

A two-member team of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met undocumented Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals at a slum in Jammu city of India.

The opposition MPs said the idea of having simultaneous elections ran counter to India's federal structure and questioned if India was logistically prepared to hold such an exercise.

Urges Indian govt to protect Bangladeshi minorities

Hundreds of protesters from various outfits, including Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), yesterday marched towards the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi for what they said were atrocities and human rights violations against minorities in the country.

After receiving the threat, the school administrations sent the students back home

India will put a comprehensive integrated management system to “monitor sensitive areas” along the entire border with Bangladesh and Pakistan, Home Minister Amit Shah said yesterday.

West Bengal today witnessed protests organised by far-right Hindu outfits against what they said were atrocities on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. During the protests, groups set Dhakai Jamdani sarees on fire..Hundreds of people joined the protest rallies organised in Purulia, Kolkata, Ka

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has announced that activists from over 200 social and cultural organisations will march to the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday (December 10)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the State Department and “deep state” elements in the US of trying to destabilise India in conjunction with a group of investigative journalists and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi.

Protests against alleged atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh spread to the southern part of India as Chennai police yesterday rounded up about 500 people, including 100 women for taking to the streets without permission from police.

The seized gold was handed over to the Customs Department for further investigation

Hotel and restaurant owners in India's Tripura state have lifted the temporary ban on Bangladeshi medical tourists, fearing a decline in business