Hopes for the imminent rescue of 41 men trapped in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for nearly two weeks were dashed by a problem with the drilling equipment, officials said yesterday.

Just a few metres of rock and earth separate Indian rescue teams from 41 workers who have been trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks, officials said Friday, saying they were optimistic of success within hours

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir released a prominent journalist on bail yesterday, nearly two years after he was arrested on charges of “glorifying terrorism” in the disputed territory and “spreading fake news”.

The efforts to rescue 41 workers from a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayan mountains tonight suffered a setback when the platform on which the drilling equipment is mounted developed cracks

The US has said it has foiled a reported plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil and has taken up the issue with the Indian government "at the senior-most levels", according to a report in The Financial Times of London

The operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas resumed this morning after an overnight hurdle delayed drilling by 12-14 hours, officials said

Rescuers hope to drill through the last third of the debris blocking a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas by yesterday to reach 41 workers trapped for ten days, an official said, so long as there are no new hurdles.

US authorities thwarted a plot to kill a Sikh separatist in the United States and issued a warning to India over concerns the government in New Delhi was involved, the Financial Times reported yesterday, citing unnamed sources.

India today resumed electronic visa services for Canadian nationals after a two-month hiatus, according to reports by Indian media

India’s money laundering investigators yesterday said they seized properties worth 7.52 billion Indian rupees ($90.34 million) in a probe linked to a nine-year-old complaint against opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia.

Indian rescuers today made public the first video of the 41 workers trapped inside a partially collapsed tunnel in the northern state of Uttarakhand for 10 days.

Indian authorities were exploring five new plans to rescue workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas after a week of failed attempts

Rescuers trying to reach workers trapped for nearly a week in a collapsed highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas began working on an alternate plan yesterday, after the operation hit a snag the day before.

Indian investigators are seeking to restart a probe into Adani Group for alleged overvaluation of coal imports and have asked the Supreme Court to allow them to collect evidence from Singapore, a step they say the company thwarted for years, legal documents show

India has said its ties with Bangladesh stand out as a “model relationship” in the Indian subcontinent in terms of benefits of regional cooperation.

At least 36 people were killed and 19 wounded as a bus fell into a 300-foot gorge in India’s Jammu and Kashmir yesterday, officials said.

At least 30 people were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday when a passenger bus skidded off a mountainous road and plunged down a rocky slope, police said

More children in South Asia are struggling due to severe water scarcity made worse by the impacts of climate change than anywhere else worldwide, the United Nations said yesterday.

India’s home (interior) ministry yesterday declared nine groups in the troubled northeastern state of Manipur as unlawful for a period of five years, saying they were engaging in activities prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, according to a government notification posted on X by news agency ANI.

Rescuers were able to make contact with 40 labourers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand yesterday and were hopeful they would be rescued soon, an official said.