India's gruelling heatwave is set to abate soon but that was no consolation to housewife Bindwasvini Devi, one of the millions braving Saturday's scorching sun to vote in the final day of national elections

Voting in the final phase of Indian parliamentary elections, the world's largest, began today covering 57 constituencies in seven states and one union territory

At least 24 people died of suspected heatstroke in India’s eastern states of Bihar and Odisha on Thursday, and the heatwave in the region is expected to continue until today, authorities said.

An estimated 10.06 crore Indians are expected to cast their votes today in the last phase of voting in 57 constituencies spread across eight states and two union territories.

India’s parliamentary elections, the world’s largest and longest, draws to a close tomorrow when an estimated 10.06 crore voters are expected to cast their votes in the last lap of voting in 57 constituencies spread across eight states and two union territories

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday began a two-day meditation at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari at the end of months of a high-octane campaign in parliamentary elections.

The army, police and locals used ropes and made human chains to carry the bodies and the injured people uphill

Temperatures in India’s capital soared to a national record-high of 52.3 degrees Celsius yesterday, figures from the government’s weather bureau showed, as it warned of dangerous heat levels in the megacity.

All eyes are on the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), as India votes to elect a new government. Spread over an area roughly the size of Britain, the state packs in nearly four times as many people.

As Delhi grapples with an unprecedented heatwave, the Delhi government today announced a fine of Rs 2,000 for water wastage

Temperatures in India's capital soared to a record-high 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, the government's weather bureau said

At least 10 people have been killed and several others remain missing after a stone quarry collapsed in north eastern Indian state Mizoram's Aizawl district this morning

The top leaders of the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc are scheduled to convene in New Delhi on June 1 to assess their performance in the recently held Lok Sabha elections and strategize for the future.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch team, which is in Kolkata to probe the murder of MP Anwarul Azim Anar, has visited Bagjola canal in Polerhat near Kolkata

Indian police said Monday they had arrested a doctor and the owner of an unlicensed hospital where six newborn babies died in a fire in a crowded ward without fire exits

The death toll from a game zone fire in India’s Rajkot rose to 33, a top local official said yesterday, as rescuers scoured the site the morning after the blaze.

A three-member team of detective branch of DMP led by its additional commissioner Harun-Or-Rashid have reached India today to investigate the murder of lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar in Kolkata on May 13

Seven newborn babies died in a major fire that broke out at a children's hospital in India's East Delhi's Vivek Vihar area last night

Owner, manager detained

Indian voters braved temperatures of nearly 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country as they headed to polling stations in the penultimate phase of the world’s largest election yesterday.