India’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin C Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 other people were killed yesterday when an Air Force helicopter carrying them crashed on a forested hill enveloped in dense fog in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.

The Indian cabinet today approved the funding and implementation of the country’s first project interlinking rivers.

India’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin C Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and 11 other people were killed today when an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed on a forested hill enveloped in dense fog in Nilgiris district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

India and Russia signed a flurry of trade and arms deals during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, including one that will see India produce more than 600,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles.

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to make a three-day state visit to Bangladesh, from December 15 to 17, on the occasion of the 50th Victory Day, as per an official announcement by the Indian External Affairs Ministry.

Protesters threw stones and set fire to areas around a camp belonging to Indian forces in the remote northeast in renewed violence a day after 13 people were killed by defence forces, officials said.

At least 14 tribal civilians and one security officer were mistakenly killed when Indian forces opened fire indiscriminately in the remote north-eastern state of Nagaland, government and military officials said today.

India has revoked a patent for a potato variety grown exclusively for PepsiCo Inc's popular Lay's potato chips, according to an order issued on Friday by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights (PPVFR) Authority

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to speak on December 6 at a special event organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) to celebrate "Maitri Diwas," the day India recognised the government of independent Bangladesh in 1971.

India’s polluted capital again ordered schools closed yesterday over dangerous smog levels, as the country’s top court demanded officials take action to

Bangladesh and India will jointly commemorate “Maitri Divas” in 18 countries on December 6, the day India recognised Bangladesh in 1971.

India today slammed the UN human rights body, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for its comments on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it reflects a complete lack of understanding of the security challenges in the region due to cross-border terrorism.

An Indian man has built a one-third sized replica of the historic Taj Mahal for his wife, but unlike the original, it’s their residence, not a mausoleum.

A police constable in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh today got the nod from the state home department for getting gender reassigned to male, a senior official said.

India’s health ministry said yesterday states should ramp up Covid-19 testing as the world battles the new coronavirus variant Omicron, while some cities delayed the reopening of schools as a precautionary measure.

The Indian government today said it has not taken any decision yet to prepare a nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC).

India’s parliament yesterday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural markets, bowing to pressure from farmers who have protested for over a year to demand that the laws be rolled back.

The Lok Sabha, lower House of the Indian parliament, today passed a bill to repeal the three contentious agricultural sector reform laws, against which farmers have been protesting for over a year, within minutes of its introduction without discussion.

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday swept the urban civic body elections in north eastern state of Tripura bagging all the seats of the 51-member Agartala Municipal Corporation and taking control of several other municipalities.

At least 15 people -- heading for a funeral -- were dead when the vehicle carrying them and the mortal remains of the dead rammed into a stationary truck in West Bengal’s Nadia district early today.