Forty-five nations met on Thursday to consider lifting a ban on nuclear trade with India, a move which will help launch a US-Indian nuclear deal.
Heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods across South Asia in which 147 people have been killed in the past week as the downpours swamped villages.
Ambitious Indian companies are flexing their muscles in the global economy.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh used his Independence Day speech on Friday to warn Pakistan to rein in terrorism.
Indian Kashmir was tense on Thursday after thousands of anti-India protestors poured on to the streets during the night in defiance of a curfew.
Indian security forces fired into crowds of protesters for a second day on Tuesday as they defied curfews in Indian Kashmir, killing a reported 14.
India urges developed nations to return to the negotiating table to work out a new global trade deal — but only if they are willing to give.
Thousands of angry Tibetans staged anti-China protests in the capitals of India and Nepal on Thursday, with hundreds detained by police in Kathmandu.
At least 145 pilgrims, including 30 children, were killed in a stampede on Saturday that was apparently sparked by rumours of a landslide.
At least 32 people were killed after a train caught fire in southern India early on Friday, a government statement said.
Police found ten unexploded bombs in the Indian city of Surat on Tuesday, three days after a series of bombs in the same state killed 45 people.
Cities across India were placed on alert on Sunday with the army called out to patrol ”sensitive areas” after a wave of bombings left 46 people dead.
At least 16 small bombs exploded in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Saturday, killing at least 29 people and wounding 88.
The Indian government on Tuesday night survived a knife-edge parliamentary vote of confidence, clearing the way for a landmark nuclear deal.
India on Monday said its peace process with Pakistan was "under stress" after this month’s suicide attack against its Kabul embassy.
The feud between India’s billionaire Ambani brothers has flared up after arbitration proceedings were started against Reliance Communications.
An Indian man cut off his tongue to appease a deity at a temple in India’s eastern state of Orissa state, a news report said on Wednesday.
A young girl’s throat is slit in her bedroom. The father is arrested, injected with a ”truth serum”, held for 50 days and then released.
Indian Premier League officials investigating a doping case from the debut season of the Twenty20 competition are declining to release any details.
Though advocacy groups and helplines in recent years have given homosexuals a voice and some solace, they are still largely a hidden community.
Talks between India’s Reliance Communications and MTN, which are due to end on Tuesday, may be extended, it was reported on Tuesday.
Reliance Communications has only days to reach an agreement for a tie-up with MTN, but a face-off between the Ambani brothers could scupper a deal.
Yoga evangelist has millions in his thrall, but critics claim devotees are being duped, writes Randeep Ramesh in Haridwar.
Millions of Indian truckers went on strike on Wednesday to protest against high taxes and rising fuel bills, union leaders said.
An Air India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out of a deep slumber.
A strong earthquake shook India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday, but no tsunami alert was issued.
About 50 pilots each year in India are being grounded because they had consumed alcohol before taking a flight, civil aviation authorities said.
This is supposed to be India’s century, but the dangers of complacency have been starkly underlined with inflation hitting a 13-year high.
Flash floods triggered by two days of heavy rain in eastern India killed seven more people and displaced more than two million, officials said.
A fresh row between India’s warring billionaire Ambani brothers could delay, but not kill, a tie-up of Reliance Communications and South Africa’s MTN.
MTN said on Saturday it was still pursuing tie-up talks with Reliance Communications after a dispute erupted over who has the first right to buy the Indian cellular operator.
India’s Reliance Communications and MTN have agreed "broad contours" of a deal to create a global telecoms powerhouse but are still working out share swap details.