Large crowds had gathered at the site for prayers

Police in India have arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy from a rented house near New Delhi and duping job seekers out of money with promises of overseas employment.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a $565-million credit line and launched free trade talks with the Maldives yesterday during a visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago, where India competes with China for influence.

India’s financial crime-fighting agency searched 35 locations linked to Reliance Anil Ambani Group as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering and siphoning of public funds, a government source said yesterday.

Five of the 12 were convicted by the trial court and given the death penalty

India today dismissed a British newspaper report that claimed two families in the UK received "wrong" bodies of victims of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad in June

Air India said yesterday it has completed precautionary inspections of the fuel control switch locking mechanism on all its Boeing 787 and 737 aircraft, with no issues detected.

No casualties; An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed soon after take-off in Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241

An Indian court yesterday acquitted 12 men previously convicted for a series of bomb blasts that ripped through packed commuter trains in Mumbai in 2006 that killed 187 people.

An Air India Airbus A320 flight veered off the runway as it landed during heavy rain at the Mumbai International Airport yesterday, briefly shutting the runway and damaging the underside of one of the plane’s engines.

He sent his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu and said he was stepping down with immediate effect

Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said yesterday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday expressed concerns over the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states, challenging the BJP to prove they were Rohingyas.

India yesterday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models, while South Korea said it would order a similar measure, as scrutiny intensified of fuel switch locks at the centre of an investigation into a deadly Air India crash.

The career diplomat served as high commissioner of India to Bangladesh in 2016-2019

Fuel control switches to the engines of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 260 people, were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, a preliminary investigation report said yesterday.

The Dreamliner was headed from Ahmedabad to London when it crashed, killing all but one of the 242 people on board as well as 19 people on the ground

India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan yesterday cautioned against “a possible convergence of interests” among Bangladesh, China and Pakistan, saying it may have implications for India’s internal stability and security.

The strike excluded essential services such as hospitals, police, and fire departments

The Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project, a joint initiative between India and Myanmar, which will be fully operational by 2027, may open up new trade opportunities for neighbouring countries, said India’s Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal.