Senior opposition Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal was moved to a high-security prison yesterday after his arrest last month, a case supporters say is politically motivated and that comes ahead of elections.

A court in Delhi today sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15 in a case filed over money laundering linked to excise policy for liquor

After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked Congress for its government handing over Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka, the main opposition party defended the action as "part of a friendly agreement in 1974" and cited in this context the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement of 2015 under which enclaves were exchanged.

The Indian government said it was rescuing its citizens who were lured into employment in Cambodia and were being forced to participate in cyber fraud schemes.

Indian opposition parties yesterday united to protest against the arrest of a prominent leader weeks before a national election, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party of rigging the vote and harassing them with large tax demands.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today criticised main opposition Congress party for handing over a strategic island in south India to Sri Lanka in 1974, terming the decision of the then Indira Gandhi-headed dispensation as “eye-opening and startling”

The Indian Navy said it had freed the 23 Pakistani crew of an Iranian fishing vessel which was seized by armed pirates off Somalia.

The Indian Navy yesterday rescued a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel and its 23 Pakistani crew after more than 12 hours of "intense coercive tactical measures" as part of an anti-piracy operation on the Arabian Sea

India’s navy said yesterday it intercepted a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea after a suspected hijacking, its latest anti-piracy operation after a spate of regional attacks on shipping.

India’s main opposition party said yesterday it had been asked to pay an additional 18.2 billion rupees ($218 million) in taxes, which it called an attempt by the tax department to financially cripple it weeks before general elections.

An Indian court yesterday extended the custody of opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until April 1 in a graft case related to the national capital territory’s liquor policy, local media said.

India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities.

India yesterday summoned a top United States diplomat after Washington said it was “closely watching” events following the jailing of a senior opposition leader weeks ahead of parliamentary elections.

The Delhi High Court today refused to interfere with the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case

India today strongly objected to the remarks made by a US State Department spokesperson on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest in a corruption case, saying "in diplomacy, states are expected to be respectful of the sovereignty and internal affairs of others"

A billionaire industrialist and a former Indian Air Force chief on Sunday became the latest prominent figures, including a judge and an ambassador, to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in recent weeks as it seeks to widen its lead over the opposition.

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and former Calcutta High Court justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who resigned from the judiciary and joined politics, were today named Bharatiya Janata Party candidates for coming Lok Sabha elections

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal issued his first directive regarding water and sewer issues in certain parts of the India capital while being in ED custody.

India summoned a German envoy today to protest against his government's remarks about the arrest of Indian opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

India brought 35 accused Somali pirates to Mumbai on Saturday, days after they were apprehended when naval commandos recaptured a hijacked bulk carrier and rescued several hostages