Delhi's biggest coal power plant was set to shut down yesterday as a new emergency plan to improve air quality in one of the world's most polluted

A year after the fall of US movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, a flurry of allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior has shaken the Indian media and entertainment industries as the #MeToo movement finally beginning to take shape in the world's largest democracy.

In a statement released after he arrived in India from an official tour in Nigeria, Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar terms the allegations against him “false and fabricated”.

As the #MeToo campaign rages on in India, Congress party president Rahul Gandhi yesterday came out in support of the movement, saying it was about time that everyone learns to treat women with respect and dignity.

Cyclonic storm Titli left eight people dead and caused widespread damage in two coastal districts in India's Andhra Pradesh yesterday. However, there was no casualty or major destruction in adjacent Odisha, officials said.

Indian forces yesterday killed a Kashmir militant leader who became a folk hero in the troubled territory after giving up geology research at an Indian university to become a militant, officials said.

India's main opposition party Congress said yesterday that junior minister for external affairs and well-known journalist MJ Akbar must either offer a satisfactory explanation on the allegations of sexual harassment against him or resign immediately.

India has sent experts to try to contain an outbreak of the zika virus in the popular tourist destination of Jaipur, capital of the northern state of Rajasthan, with a close watch on pregnant women.

India's belated #MeToo movement snowballed yesterday after several female journalists accused a minister in Narendra Modi's government of sexual harassment and a producer alleged she was raped by a veteran Bollywood actor.

The year-old #MeToo movement has long failed to take root in India, but a Bollywood actress's accusations of sexual harassment appear to be emboldening women to speak out at last.

Rahul Gandhi, India's opposition leader and scion of the political Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, had an explosion scare after balloons at a political roadshow burst into flames near his vehicle, police said Sunday.

Russia and India's leaders yesterday announced a raft of deals worth billions of dollars including for a military defence system, as New Delhi walks a tightrope between Moscow and Washington with a wary eye on China.

India will buy 9 million barrels of Iranian oil in November, two industry sources said, indicating that the world's third-biggest oil importer is to continue purchasing crude from the Islamic republic despite US sanctions coming into force on Nov 4.

The scheme will be rolled out early next year in a bid to help congested airports deal with rapidly rising passenger numbers, the ministry of civil aviation says.

Indian police bussed seven Rohingya Muslims to the border to be deported to neighbouring Myanmar for illegal entry, officials and activists say, the first such move against the community.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi was yesterday sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to 63-year-old Justice Gogoi at a brief ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan's Darbar Hall.

The United States has warned India against a planned purchase of S-400 surface-to-air missiles from Russia when President Vladimir Putin's visits New Delhi this week, saying such an acquisition would attract sanctions under US law.

A major fire breaks out in the pharmacy department of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital.

An eight-year-old child was killed and at least nine other people injured yesterday when a homemade bomb went off in a suburb of the Indian city of Kolkata, police said.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has proposed to set up a cow ministry that would replace the existing board meant for promotion of the bovine.