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Indian Airlines Suffer Through 1,000 Hoax Bomb Scares

The threats, 10 times the number from last year, play havoc with flight schedules and services.

Google Faces Two New Antitrust Challenges From India, Canada

The US government wants Google to divest parts of its ad tech business

India's competition watchdog orders new probe on Google following complaint for alleged discrimination.

India Hails 'Historic' Hypersonic Missile Test Flight

Indian soldiers march at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi in January. The country announced on Sunday the first test firing of a hypersonic missile

Nuclear-armed India has tested its first hypersonic missile, the defense minister said Sunday, publicizing the super-fast high-tech weapon days after rival China showcased its latest military aviation powers.

Mourners protest after fire at the neonatal unit of an Indian hospital killed 10 newborns

Ten Newborns Killed When Fire Engulfs Neonatal Wing In India Hospital

A fire at the neonatal unit of an Indian hospital killed 10 newborns, authorities said Saturday, with another 39 rescued from a blaze blamed on a faulty oxygen machine.

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This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on May 20, 2023, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Japan

Indian PM Modi To Visit Ukraine, Poland This Week

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on Friday, officials said, weeks after Kyiv condemned him for hugging President Vladimir Putin during a visit to traditional ally Russia. New Delhi's foreign ministry said on Monday Modi will visit Poland on Thursday before travelling on to Ukraine the next day.

Heavy rains and overflowing rivers have swamped parts of India's northeastern state of Assam

Monsoon Storms Batter India With Floods And Lightning Strikes

Intense monsoon storms battered India on Monday, flooding parts of the financial capital Mumbai, while lightning in the eastern state of Bihar killed at least 10 people, government officials said.

More than three million people have been affected by floods in India and Bangladesh

Floods Kill Nine In India And Bangladesh, Millions Affected

Monsoon rains cause widespread destruction every year, but experts say climate change is shifting weather patterns and increasing the number of extreme events.

In India's capital Delhi 11.5 percent of deaths every year were linked to air pollution, the researchers said

Air Pollution Drives 7% Of Deaths In Big Indian Cities: Study

More than seven percent of all deaths in 10 of India's biggest cities are linked to air pollution, a large study said Thursday, leading researchers to call for action to save tens of thousands of lives a year.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks in Washington on June 21, 2024

US Issues Rare Criticism Of India In Religious Freedom Report

The United States offered rare criticism of close partner India in a report published Wednesday on religious freedom, while also voicing alarm over rising bigotry worldwide against both Jews and Muslims.

Around a million people in Bangladesh and neighbouring India fled inland to take shelter ahead of the storm

Three Dead After Cyclone Batters Bangladesh And India

Residents of low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India surveyed the damage on Monday as an intense cyclone that lashed the coast weakened into a heavy storm after killing at least three people, damaging homes and uprooting trees.

Narendra Modi, India's prime minister and leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at an election campaign rally in Gumla district in Jharkhand state

PM Modi Votes As India's Marathon Election Heats Up

Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his ballot Tuesday in India's ongoing general election after giving several inflammatory campaign speeches accused of targeting minority Muslims.

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been accused of 'blatantly targeting' minority Muslims in a campaign speech

India's Modi Accused Of Targeting Muslims In Election Speech

India's main opposition Congress party filed a complaint to the Election Commission Monday accusing Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "blatantly targeting" minority Muslims in a campaign speech.

The BJP launched its manifesto, wading into a polarising debate by reaffirming its stand on a uniform civil code which would standardise laws for personal matters across faiths

Modi's BJP Promises Common Civil Code Ahead Of India Polls

India's ruling party on Sunday pledged to introduce a new common civil code for the country, calling it a crucial step for gender equality, a week before a general election in the world's most populous nation.

India is the fastest-growing major economy, but there are still not enough white-collar jobs for its educated youth

Educated And Unemployed: India's Angry Young Voters

At a run-down job centre in the suburbs of India's financial capital Mumbai, 27-year-old Mahesh Bhopale dreams of a well-paid government post -- just like millions of other young, unemployed graduates.

Residents watch as supporters of India's opposition coalition stage a campaign rally in Tamil Nadu state's Madurai

Modi Woos South In Bid For Pan-India Ride To Power

Few doubt Narendra Modi will win re-election in India's marathon polls starting this month -- the question is how far the prime minister will succeed in wooing the wealthier and better-educated south.

A Mumbai wall graffiti depicting opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tug of war over India

India's Opposition Struggles To Battle Modi Juggernaut

Modi's popularity remains stratospheric a decade after he first swept to power. He has successfully cast himself as the custodian of both India's rising global stature and the best interests of its majority faith.

An Indian security officer stands guard outside the venue where India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to hold a rally in Srinagar

India's Modi To Visit Kashmir, First Time Since Special Status Cut

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to hold a rally in main city of Indian-administrated Kashmir on Thursday, on his first visit since the disputed region's semi-autonomy was cancelled in 2019.

The Maldives, a strategically-placed Indian Ocean archipelago, has signed a military deal with China

Maldives Signs China Defence Deal As India Prepares Exit

The Maldives has signed a "military assistance" deal with China after ordering Indian troops deployed in the small but strategically-placed archipelago to leave, officials said Tuesday.

Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani kicks off celebrations ahead of his son's wedding by feeding more than 50,000 people in his hometown

Asia's Richest Man Launches Lavish Pre-wedding Party In India

India's richest man has kicked off lavish pre-wedding parties for his son by feeding more than 50,000 people in his hometown, with celebrations in the coming days expected to include some of the world's most influential figures.

The contraction of the Disney Plus subscriber portfolio was mainly due to an 8 percent drop in India

Disney, Reliance Team Up For $8.5B Indian Media Mega-merger

Walt Disney and Reliance are merging their Indian media businesses into a joint venture valued at $8.5 billion.

The demolished shrine of Baba Haji Rozbih, a revered Sufi saint whose grave is one of the capital Delhi's oldest Islamic sites

India's Heritage Hit By Delhi 'Development' Demolitions

For nine centuries, Indians prayed at the forest shrine of Baba Haji Rozbih, a revered Sufi saint whose grave is one of the capital Delhi's oldest Islamic sites.

An Indian security officer stands atop an armoured vehicle at a roadblock during protests called by farmers on Tuesday

Indian Police Fire Tear Gas As Protesting Farmers March To Capital

Indian security forces fired tear gas Tuesday to stop thousands of farmers demanding minimum crop prices from marching on the capital New Delhi after talks with the government failed.

Indian President Droupadi Murmu (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (C) arrive for India's 75th Republic Day parade

India Fetes France's Macron At Annual Military Parade

President Emmanuel Macron was guest of honor Thursday for India's pomp-filled annual military parade, in a state visit aimed at shoring up France's strategic ties with the world's fifth-largest economy.

England's captain Ben Stokes said he hoped Shoaib Bashir would rejoin the team in India on the weekend

England's Bashir Gets India Visa, Says Cricket Board

England spinner Shoaib Bashir has received his visa for India and will join the touring team this weekend, the country's cricket board said on Wednesday.

Police officers in Puducherry still wear the kepi hat of the French gendarmes

As France Woos India, Its Ex-colony Recalls The Past

Seventy years after France quit once hard-fought for territories seized from India, the dwindling influence of Paris on the bustling streets of Puducherry is still reflected in language, architecture and cuisine.

Workers at the construction site of a temple to Hindu deity Ram in Ayodhya on December 29

Modi To Open Flashpoint Temple Symbolising His Changing India

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday inaugurate a temple that embodies the triumph of his muscular Hindu nationalist politics, in an unofficial start to his re-election campaign this year.