India's north-eastern state of Manipur is on high alert after authorities recovered the bodies of six women and children, who reportedly belonged to the majority Meitei community.
Meitei groups have alleged that they were kidnapped and murdered by (...)
India's Supreme Court has said that authorities cannot demolish homes merely because a person has been accused of a crime and has laid down strict guidelines for any such action.
The ruling comes in response to a number of petitions seeking action (...)
Indian full-service carrier Vistara will operate its last flight on Monday, after nine years in existence.
A joint venture between Singapore Airlines and Tata Sons, Vistara will merge with Tata-owned Air India to form a single entity with an (...)
Last month brought good news for the great Indian bustard, a critically endangered bird found mainly in India.
Wildlife officials in the western state of Rajasthan have performed the first successful hatching of a chick through artificial (...)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Indians against an emerging online fraud known as "digital arrest".
Some people have reportedly been scammed out of millions of rupees by fraudsters, who contact their victims via video call posing as (...)
A dramatic and unprecedented surge in hoax bomb threats targeting Indian airlines is wreaking havoc on flight schedules, diverting planes and causing widespread disruptions.
A video posted on social media last week showed passengers draped in (...)
The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer for allegedly directing a foiled plot to assassinate an American citizen who advocates for Khalistan - an independent Sikh state carved out of India.
The US Attorney's Office for the (...)
On Monday, Canadian police made a sensational claim.
They alleged at a press conference that agents of the Indian government were using "organized crime groups like the Bishnoi group" to target leaders of the pro-Khalistan movement, which calls for (...)
At least 10 Indian flights have received hoax bomb threats over the past 48 hours, leading to long delays and diversions. On Tuesday, Singapore's Air Force sent two fighter jets to escort an Air India Express plane away from populated areas (...)
A day after the death of India's most globally-recognized tycoon Ratan Tata, his half-brother Noel Tata has been named as the new chairperson of Tata Trusts, the group has announced.
Tata Trusts is the company's philanthropic arm which holds a (...)
Indian tycoon Ratan Tata has died aged 86, says the Tata Group, the conglomerate he led for more than two decades.
Tata was one of India's most internationally recognized business leaders.
The Tata Group is one of India's largest companies, with (...)
Ratan Tata, the philanthropist and former chairman of Tata Group who has died aged 86, played an instrumental role in globalizing and modernizing one of India's oldest business houses.
His ability to take bold, audacious business risks informed a (...)
Last week, authorities in the Indian city of Kolkata announced plans to eliminate trams entirely, retaining only a small heritage loop. In response, a group of activists is fighting to ensure that trams remain a vital mode of transport rather than (...)
The release of a blockbuster Pakistani film has been put on hold in India after officials in Delhi refused to give permission for its screening, the BBC has learned.
A remake of a 1979 Punjabi film, The Legend of Maula Jatt, is the highest-ever (...)
In a Muslim graveyard in Delhi, a tombstone stands out.
It has an inscription written in the Urdu language, but beneath it lies the name of a German-born Jewish woman — Gerda Philipsborn — followed by the epithet 'Aapajaan' or 'elder sister'.
This (...)
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's firm has denied fresh allegations that Swiss authorities had frozen $310m (£236m) of their funds in Swiss bank accounts.
US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged that the action was part of a money (...)
Protests have intensified in India after a mob vandalized a hospital where a female trainee doctor was raped and murdered in West Bengal state.
The hospital was attacked on Wednesday during the massive Reclaim the Night march held in Kolkata city to (...)
Tens of thousands of women in West Bengal state marched through the streets on Wednesday night in protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata last week.
The Reclaim the Night march was the culmination (...)
Early on Friday morning, a 31-year-old female trainee doctor retired to sleep in a seminar hall after a grueling day at one of India's oldest hospitals.
It was the last time she was seen alive.
The next morning, her colleagues discovered her (...)
The southern Indian state of Karnataka has paused a bill that mandated quotas for locals in private sector jobs after pushback from tech companies.
The state cabinet approved the bill on Monday, triggering protests from top industrialists and (...)
Mukesh Ambani's youngest son married his longtime girlfriend early Saturday in what many called the wedding of the year, attended by global celebrities, business tycoons, and politicians. The wedding rituals, including exchanging garlands and (...)
After months of festivities, the Ambani wedding is finally coming to an end
How much is too much?
That's the question many in India are asking as the months-long wedding festivities for the youngest son of Asia's richest man enter their final (...)
Justin Bieber has become the latest in a string of international stars to perform for the son of India's richest man and his wife-to-be as they celebrate their upcoming wedding.
The Canadian singer flew in to perform for Anant Ambani and Radhika (...)
Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is gearing up for his youngest son's grand wedding with a series of extravagant pre-wedding celebrations. These events have drawn attention worldwide and set off a social media frenzy.
In March, Ambani hosted a (...)
Indian author Arundhati Roy has said that she is "delighted" to have been awarded this year's PEN Pinter Prize.
Set up in memory of playwright Harold Pinter, the award is for writers of "outstanding literary merit" who take an "unflinching" look at (...)