India’s interior minister said yesterday that he had “recommended the immediate suspension” of a free movement border agreement with Myanmar, from where thousands have fled since fighting between the junta and its opponents surged last year.

India today announced it has decided to cancel a five-year-old facility allowing free movement of nationals of India and Myanmar along the common border

Lawmakers in a small Indian state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday approved landmark legislation to unify personal laws across religions, a moved opposed by many minority Muslims.

India has issued an advisory asking its nationals not to travel to Myanmar’s restive Rakhine province amid fierce fighting between rebels and the military.

India’s ruling party yesterday introduced contentious legislation to create a common civil code in a northern state, including for marriage, reigniting a polarising debate weeks before national elections.

At least 11 people died and 80 were injured yesterday in a giant explosion at a firework factory in India that saw balls of flames soar into the sky, officials said.

A bill which proposes uniform marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance laws for all citizens irrespective of their religion was today tabled in the legislative assembly of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand

India’s Supreme Court yesterday called the defacing of ballot papers by a returning officer in the recently concluded mayoral polls in Chandigarh a mockery of democracy.

India will not provide information to Canadian investigators over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader until Canada shares evidence, India’s High Commissioner to Canada told the Globe & Mail newspaper in an interview published yesterday.

India's Supreme Court today called the defacing of ballot papers by a returning officer in the recently concluded mayoral polls in Chandigarh a mockery of democracy

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an employee of the Indian embassy in Moscow for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. He was arrested in Meerut.

India will withdraw its troops in the Maldives by May, the Maldivian Foreign Ministry said yesterday, as the two countries seek agreement on a pullout that has strained ties.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who began a two-day sit-in demonstration in Kolkata's Maidan area demanding the state's "dues" from the federal government for funding various social welfare schemes, spent the night at the site amid cold and fog

India’s former deputy prime minister and BJP patriarch Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred “Bharat Ratna,” the country’s highest civilian honour

A pigeon that spent eight months in Indian police custody has been released after it was finally cleared of being a suspected Chinese spy.

India will start withdrawing its troops deployed in the Maldives from next month, Male’s foreign ministry said after talks yesterday.

A pigeon that spent eight months in Indian police custody has been released after it was finally cleared of being a suspected Chinese spy

The US State Department has approved the potential sale of 31 armed MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones, related missiles and equipment to India for nearly $4 billion, the Pentagon said on Thursday, years after the two countries started discussing a deal

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has officially regretted the death of a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) soldier and expressed willingness to work together to prevent any such incident in the future, said the foreign ministry.

India’s opposition parties yesterday accused the government of targeting their leaders in the build-up to elections after the financial crime agency arrested a state chief minister on corruption charges,