India today began Phase II clinical trials of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine as two male volunteers were administered the injection at a hospital in the western city of Pune.

The inland waterway Sonamura-Daudkandi route, connecting Tripura with Bangladesh, will have its first trial run in the first week of September when barges carry 50 tonnes of cement, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said.

Indian High Commission in Dhaka has described some "factually incorrect and speculative reports" surrounding the visit of Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to Dhaka last week as ill-intentioned attempts that are highly "mischievous and misleading".

Congress’ interim President Sonia Gandhi today offered to quit and asked the party’s top decision-making body to start the process of looking for her replacement following a demand by more than 20 senior leaders for leadership change.

Amid the controversy at Visva Bharati in Bolpur, West Bengal, over a move to fence the Poush Mela ground there, the university’s Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty, who has often been accused of bringing in "outsiders" to defend his decision, has said Rabindranath Tagore also came to Bolpur from outside to set up the institute.

India has assured Bangladesh that it will carry out an investigation into why border killings were taking place despite the Indian government’s decision to bring those down to zero, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said.

The Indian government has ordered “immediate” pullback of nearly 10,000 paramilitary personnel from militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir, officials say.

Bangladesh will be a priority country in getting Covid-19 vaccine that India is producing, Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said.

Dhaka wants Delhi to hold Covid-19 vaccine trial in Bangladesh to control the pandemic, which is affecting the economies and livelihoods of people.

The Indian Supreme Court orders CBI investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

India’s former President Pranab Mukherjee’s health condition has deteriorated as he developed a lung infection, Army's Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi said today.

The total number of Covid-19 infections in India edged forward to 27,67,273 today with 64,531 new cases in a single day, according to the nation’s health ministry.

India proposes to enter into separate air bubble pacts with Bangladesh and four other South Asian countries to resume international flights, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said today.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

India’s Home Minister Amit Shah was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi today, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will arrive in Bangladesh tomorrow in the first high level official visit from India since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, The Times Of India reported.

The Visva Bharati University in West Bengal’s Santiniketan has been closed indefinitely following violent protests by students and locals against the authority’s decision to construct a boundary wall around the venue for Poush Mela, a key annual cultural event of the institution held every winter.

Legendary Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj died following a cardiac arrest at his home in New Jersey, his daughter Durga Jasraj said. He was 90.

The coronavirus-linked death count across India crosses the 50,000-mark with the addition of 941 fresh fatalities.

Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit Mukherjee today tweeted that his father is doing “much better and stable than the preceding days” and he is responding well to treatment at a hospital in New Delhi.