Brisk voting for local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir for first time after losing autonomy
The first leg of a phased election for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir has concluded in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.
Biden to host 'Quad' leaders from Australia, India and Japan in his Delaware hometown
President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Australia, India and Japan next weekend in his Wilmington, Delaware, hometown, the White House announced, as he looks to burnish his legacy before leaving office in January.
Is Usha Vance's Hindu identity an asset or a liability to the Trump-Vance campaign?
Usha Vance's presence in the Trump-Vance campaign has energized some Indian Americans, particularly Hindu American conservatives.
Danish court rejects extradition to India of an arms smuggling suspect
A Danish court has rejected the extradition request from India of a Danish national accused of being involved in a 1995 arms smuggling case, going against Denmark’s top prosecuting authority which had given the green light to sending Niels Holck abroad.
27 killed after a bus with Indian pilgrims drives off a Nepal highway and crash
Officials say a bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims has driven off a highway in Nepal, leaving 27 killed and 16 injured.
Indian Prime Minister Modi offers to help 'as a friend' to bring peace to Ukraine
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered his role “as a friend” to help bring peace to Ukraine in a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
India's Modi urges efforts to end Ukraine war after talks in Poland
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is urging diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine during a visit to Poland, saying that no conflict can be solved on a battlefield.
India's Modi visits Ukraine this week, after a recent trip to Moscow. Here's what it could mean
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a historic visit Friday to Ukraine.
India's Modi visits Poland for security and trade talks en route to war-torn Ukraine
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Poland for top-level security and trade talks before heading to neighboring Ukraine, which is at war with India’s strategic partner, Russia.
Indian doctors demand tougher laws after a colleague was raped and killed at a hospital
Hundreds of doctors are protesting near India's Health Ministry to demand stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and to seek justice for their colleague who was raped and killed at a state-run hospital.
Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital
Thousands of people, including doctors and paramedics, are marching through various Indian cities to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital last week.
A planned float in NYC's India Day Parade is anti-Muslim and should be removed, opponents say
A float in Sunday’s upcoming India Day Parade in New York City that celebrates a Hindu temple built over a razed mosque in India is being criticized as anti-Muslim.
Hopes of finding more survivors in the mud and debris wane after landslides in India kill 194
Hopes of finding more than 180 missing people alive are waning as rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a third day after landslides set off by torrential rains killed at least 194 people in southern India.
Harris calls Trump's false claims about race 'the same old show' of divisiveness and disrespect
Vice President Kamala Harris says former President Donald Trump’s false assertions about her race were the “same old show” as she is emphasizing the need for Black women to organize for his defeat this November.
Rescuers search through mud and debris as deaths rise to 166 in landslides in southern India
More than a thousand rescue workers are searching for a second day through the debris from multiple landslides that have killed at least 166 people in southern India.
Landslides caused by heavy rains kill 93 and bury many others in southern India
Multiple landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern India have killed 93 people and left many others feared trapped under the debris.
Blinken says US has 'serious concerns' about announced result of Venezuelan election
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States has ‘serious concerns’ about the announced result of Venezuela's hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro.
Blinken and envoys from Japan, Australia and India work to improve maritime safety in Asia-Pacific
Top diplomats from Japan, the U.S., Australia and India have compiled measures to reinforce maritime safety and cybersecurity and to support other Asia-Pacific countries in improving their defenses.
Meta's Oversight Board says deepfake policies need update and response to explicit image fell short
Meta's Oversight Board says the company failed to take down an AI-generated intimate image of an Indian female public figure that violated its policies until the board got involved.
An Indian billionaire’s son is married after lavish celebrations that spotlight his global clout
The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, has married his longtime girlfriend in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year.
The son of Asia's richest man gets married in the year's most extravagant wedding
The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, has married his longtime girlfriend in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year.
The son of Asia’s richest man is set to marry in the year's most extravagant wedding
Global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians are arriving in India’s financial capital to attend the wedding of the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, the world’s ninth richest man.
India's Modi discusses the Ukraine war with Austria's leader a day after meeting Putin
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has discussed the war in Ukraine with the leader of Austria, an ally of Kyiv that has a policy of military neutrality.
A double-decker bus collides with a milk truck in northern India, killing at least 18 people
At least 18 people were killed when a double-decker passenger bus collided with a milk truck in northern India.
Putin hosts India's prime minister to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to deepen the two nuclear powers’ relationship as NATO leaders gathered in Washington and Russia and launched deadly missile strikes in Ukraine that destroyed a children's hospital.
Putin meets Indian prime minister in Russia on his first visit since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow on a two-day visit, his first since Russia sent troops into Ukraine, which has complicated the relationship between the longtime partners and pushed Russia closer to India’s rival, China.
India's Modi will meet with Putin on 2-day visit to Russia starting Monday, Kremlin says
The Kremlin says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia next Monday and Tuesday and hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves
Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year left hundreds dead or ill.
Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to the deadly stampede at an Indian festival
Authorities in India say severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival that left at least 121 people dead.
Stampede at religious event in India kills at least 116 people, mostly women and children
Authorities say at least 116 people died in a stampede when a crowd at a religious gathering in northern India rushed to leave a makeshift tent.
For India's garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat
As many as 4 million people in India scratch out a living searching through landfills for anything they can sell.
India boosts defense ties with Bangladesh as it tries to become a counterweight to China
India and Bangladesh on Saturday moved to bolster their defense relationship and signed agreements for expanding cooperation in maritime security, ocean economy, space, and telecommunication sectors, as New Delhi tries to present itself as a regional power and a counterweight to China.
Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal granted bail after arrest in bribery case
Indian opposition leader and New Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail by a court in the capital after he was arrested in a bribery case in March.
Illegally brewed liquor kills at least 34 with dozens hospitalized in southern India
Officials say at least 34 people have died and dozens are hospitalized after drinking illegally brewed liquor tainted with methanol in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
India and US vow to boost defense, trade ties in first high-level US visit since Modi's election win
India and the U.S. have pledged to boost defense and technology cooperation and remove long-standing barriers to bilateral strategic trade, following a meeting between the national security advisers of both countries.
Indian national pleads not guilty in plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York City
An Indian national extradited to the United States has pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an alleged failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York.
At least 9 dead, dozens injured as trains collide in India's Darjeeling district, a tourist hotspot
A cargo train has rammed into a passenger train in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others.
Indian PM Modi names Cabinet for coalition government after his party lost majority
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, newly sworn in for a third straight term, has named a Cabinet that retains his top ministers in crucial portfolios despite his Hindu nationalist party losing majority in a shock election result.
Relying on coalition partners, Modi is sworn in for a rare third term as India's prime minister
Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome.
India's Modi elected as leader of coalition and set to form new government
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been formally elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most seats in the national election.
Modi loses ground in parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay
For the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, the party did not secure a majority on its own in 2024 national election.
India's Modi prepares for record 3rd term as nations congratulate his government on election victory
The United States, Russia, China, and other nations have sent congratulations as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government began preparations for his swearing-in for a record third term following the world’s largest democratic election.
India's popular but polarizing leader Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?
Popular but polarizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has advanced Hindu nationalism in India is returning for a third consecutive term in office after claiming victory in a general election that was seen as a referendum on his decade in power.
National Spelling Bee reflects the economic success and cultural impact of immigrants from India
Since 1999, 28 of the last 34 Scripps National Spelling Bee champions have been Indian American.
At least 27 people killed in a fire at an amusement park in western India, police say
Police in India say that at least 27 people including children have been killed in a major fire at an amusement park.
Fire at chemical factory in India kills at least 9, with searchers looking for more victims
Rescuers are combing through piles of debris and wreckage to search for bodies after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India killed at least nine people and injured 64 others.
Indian American community in Central Florida grows rapidly, contributing to region’s development
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month observed throughout the United States.
Japan and India reject Biden's comments describing them as xenophobic countries
Japan and India have decried remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden describing them as “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants while he was speaking during a campaign fundraising event earlier in the week.
President Joe Biden calls Japan and India 'xenophobic' nations that do not welcome immigrants
President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with adversaries China and Russia as he tried to explain the four countries’ economic circumstances and contrasted them with the U.S. on immigration.
As India votes, misinformation surges on social media: 'The whole country is paying the price'
Misinformation about India's election is surging online as the world's most populous country votes.
TikTok may be banned in the US. Here's what happened when India did it
The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature.
Some voters in northeast India go back to the polls after violence disrupts first day of election
Voters at some polling places in a northeastern Indian state went back to the polls amid tight security on Monday after violence disrupted the vote last week.
Pakistan investigating the shooting death of a suspect in the 2013 killing of an accused Indian spy
Pakistani police are investigated the shooting death of a man who had been acquitted of killing accused Indian spy Sarabjit Singh in prison in 2013.
India's Modi vows to boost social spending, make country into a manufacturing hub ahead of election
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to boost social spending, develop infrastructure and make India a global manufacturing hub as companies shift away from China.
Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer
India's southern Andhra Pradesh state has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather, and advocates say active government support is the primary driver for the state’s success.
Thousands rally in India's capital as opposition bloc and Prime Minister Modi launch their campaigns
Thousands of people have attended a rally by an alliance of India’s opposition parties that criticized the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of stifling opponents and undermining democracy ahead of a national election next month.
Ukraine foreign minister arrives in New Delhi to boost ties with India, a historical ally of Russia
Ukraine's foreign minister has arrived in New Delhi for a two-day visit to boost bilateral ties between the two countries.
Protests against arrest of one of top rivals of Indian Prime Minister Modi continue for second day
Hundreds of protesters in India’s capital have taken to the streets for a second day, demanding the immediate release of one of the top rivals of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the country gears up for a national election next month.
A Modi rival is arrested. Now, supporters of the opposition leader are protesting in India's capital
Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential politicians of the past decade are protesting against his arrest.
As India's election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by embracing Hindu nationalism
A cluster of Bollywood films based on polarizing issues that promote Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government’s Hindu nationalist agenda are coming out.
India's Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms
Bengaluru in southern India is witnessing an unusually hot February and March, and in the last few years, it has received little rainfall in part due to human-caused climate change.
At US universities, record numbers of Indian students seek brighter prospects — and overseas jobs
As India’s booming youth population outpaces the growth of its education system, historic numbers of students are turning abroad for higher education.
Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women
Police in India have arrested three men in the alleged gang rape of a foreign tourist, in a case that has highlighted the country’s long-standing problem of sexual violence against women.
A young man dies as clashes erupt between police and protesting farmers in India
A protester has died as thousands of Indian farmers resume their march to the capital after talks with the government failed to end an impasse over their demands for guaranteed crop prices.
Indian farmers reject government offer and say they will carry on marching to New Delhi
Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices have rejected a proposal from the government, and say they will continue their march to New Delhi.
Indian farmers strike to demand guaranteed crop prices as others attempt to march to New Delhi
Farmers are blocking highways and holding demonstrations in many rural areas in northern India to protest over a range of grievances that have also led tens and thousands to march toward the capital.
Protesting Indian farmers clash with police for a second day as they march toward the capital
Protesting Indian farmers have clashed with police for a second consecutive day as tens of thousands tried to march to the capital to demand guaranteed prices for their produce.
Police use tear gas against Indian farmers marching to New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices
Indian police have fired tear gas and detained some farmers who tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi in a protest march.
Indian police clear a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup
Indian police cleared a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after eight months’ detention and released it into the wild Tuesday, news agency Press Trust of India reported.
India's navy rescues two hijacked boats. British military warns of two pirate groups in Indian Ocean
India's naval forces have rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates and freed its 19 crew members off the east coast of Somalia.
French President Macron joins India's Republic Day celebrations as chief guest
Thousands of people have lined a ceremonial boulevard in the heart of India’s capital to watch a colorful parade showcasing the country’s military power and cultural heritage to mark its 75th Republic Day.
Maldives gives port clearance to a Chinese ship. The move could inflame a dispute with India
The Maldives government has confirmed giving clearance to a Chinese ship to dock in its port, a move which could further irk India with whom the tiny archipelago nation is involved in a diplomatic spat.
A Hindu temple built atop a razed mosque in India is helping Modi boost his political standing
Three decades after Hindu mobs tore down a historical mosque, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the consecration of a grand Hindu temple at the same site on Monday.
India’s newest airline orders 150 Boeing Max aircraft, in good news for plane maker
India’s newest airline says it will buy 150 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, in the first major announced sale for the manufacturer since a panel blew out of another Max model in midflight earlier this month.
Modi's promised Ram temple is set to open and resonate with Hindus ahead of India's election
Preparations are underway in India’s northern Ayodhya city to mark the opening of a grand temple for Lord Ram, Hinduism’s most revered deity.
Kashmir residents suffer through a dry winter waiting for snow. Experts point to climate change
A prolonged dry spell is sweeping across the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir during the harshest phase of winter, leaving many people sick and farmers worried about impending water shortages.
Indian navy evacuated 21 crew members from a bulk carrier targeted by hijackers in the Arabian Sea
Indian navy commandos have safely evacuated 21 crew members from a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier involved in a hijacking attempt in the Arabian Sea.
276 Indians stuck in a French airport for days for a human trafficking probe arrive in India
A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation has arrived in India carrying 276 Indians who had been blocked inside a rural French airport for days.
About 300 Indian travelers are stuck in a French airport in a human trafficking probe
Authorities in France say about 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America are sequestered in a French airport for a third day because of an investigation into suspected human trafficking.
French President Emmanuel Macron will be the guest of honor at India's Republic Day celebrations
India has invited French President Emmanuel Macron to be the chief guest at the country’s national day celebrations next month.
India's opposition lawmakers protest their suspension from Parliament by the government
Dozens of opposition lawmakers suspended from Parliament by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for obstructing proceedings have held a protest accusing the government of throttling democracy in the country.
India-US ties could face their biggest test in years after a foiled assassination attempt on a Sikh
The warm ties India and the United States have built are being tested after US prosecutors accused an Indian official of orchestrating an alleged assassination plot in New York City.
Top world leaders talk of climate crisis at UN summit. They say they must act on fossil fuels, war
Dozens of world leaders said they know the planet’s dangerously overheating and they are trying to keep it from getting worse.
Why it took 17 days for rescuers in India to get to 41 workers trapped in a mountain tunnel
Indian rescuers faced repeated and unexpected setbacks during the 17 days they dug through a mountain in the country's north to reach 41 construction workers trapped after a tunnel collapsed there earlier this month.
Michael Douglas gets lifetime achievement award at International Film Festival of India in Goa
Veteran Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas was honored with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India.
41 rescued workers emerge dazed and smiling after 17 days trapped in collapsed road tunnel in India
Forty-one construction workers have been rescued from a collapsed tunnel in northern India where they had been stranded the last 17 days.
India's LGBTQ+ community holds pride march, raises concerns over country's restrictive laws
More than 2,000 people have danced, sang and cheered in a gay pride parade in India’s capital, while also raising their concerns over India’s restrictive laws.