The second-highest official in India’s election commission resigned abruptly on Saturday, days ahead of the expected announcement of the date of the country’s general election.

India and the four-member European trade bloc EFTA, including Norway and Switzerland, signed a $100-billion free trade agreement today to promote investment and exports, officials said

The second-highest official in India's election commission resigned abruptly today, days ahead of the expected announcement of the date of the country's upcoming general election

The port facilitates movement of passengers, cargo to and from Bangladesh

Indian authorities said they had detained members of a “trafficking” network sending citizens of the country to fight for the Russian army in Ukraine after raiding several travel agents.

India yesterday began deporting Myanmar nationals who had fled a recent surge in fighting between the ruling junta and rebels in a border region, a top state official said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced his government’s decision to slash LPG cylinder prices by 100 rupees to mark International Women’s Day, saying this will significantly ease the financial burden on millions of households across the country, especially women"

India’s main opposition Congress party said yesterday it would guarantee paid apprenticeships to every graduate under 25 if it wins the upcoming election, as it tries to tap into voter concerns over high unemployment, even among the well-educated.

India on Wednesday opened a new naval base on its Indian Ocean island close to the Maldives, as ties with Male remain tense and New Delhi jostles anew with China for influence in the region.

The Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir has been transformed and integrated with the rest of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday, crediting the change to his government’s contentious decision to revoke its special status.

On his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir since the scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave a special status to the region, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused main opposition Congress of misleading the people on the issue

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hit back at BJP accusing the party of spreading rumours about Sandeshkhali, where women have accused ruling Trinamool Congress leaders of sexually abusing them

Dozens of protesting Indian farmers were detained en route to New Delhi yesterday, forcing them to call off their plan to converge on the capital in their demand for higher crop prices, protest leaders said.

Seven men have been accused of brutally gang raping a Spanish tourist in the Dumka district of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The 28-year-old vlogger and her 64-year-old husband have been traveling the world on their motorcycles for several years

India's first underwater metro route was inaugurated today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he flagged off a train between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade in Kolkata

Three Indian men have appeared in court after the gang rape of a Spanish tourist on a motorbike trip with her husband, with police hunting four other suspects, reports said yesterday.

The Indian police has arrested a 29-year-old Bangladeshi national for allegedly sending a hoax e-mail to the Delhi airport about an explosive in a Kolkata-bound flight.

Indian police have arrested a 29-year-old Bangladeshi national for allegedly sending a hoax e-mail to the Delhi airport about an explosive in a Kolkata-bound flight

India's Supreme Court today ruled that lawmakers do not enjoy immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or cast a vote in the legislature

The drivers of a train that missed a signal and ploughed into another train, killing 14 people, were distracted because they were watching cricket on a phone, India's railways minister said today