India

India’s capital steps up air pollution controls ahead of winter, banning open rubbish burning and ordering food stalls to stop using coal or firewood

Three suspects detained in Rajasthan after gunmen opened fire as he left a Mumbai event. Police say the Bollywood actor is safe.

A Gwalior truck accident at a Hindu festival killed 13 people in India, PTI reported, as President Droupadi Murmu called the deaths 'heartbreaking'

Opposition lawmakers and press freedom organizations accused Delhi Police of heavy-handed tactics and arbitrary detentions during anti-Election Commission demonstrations

Cockroach Janta Party protest in Delhi: the group says its founder and thousands were detained as it demanded the election chief resign

Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janata Party, was detained in Delhi ahead of a major protest over alleged voter-roll irregularities, the party said

India deploys more than 20,000 police and paramilitary officers ahead of a Saturday election protest demanding the election chief step down over voter rolls

Legendary Indian actor Nana Patekar died of a cardiac arrest at 75 in Goa on Thursday, October 8, 2026, just four days after reflecting on mortality, personal purpose, and civil dissent during his final public appearance in Dona Paula

An Indonesian court jailed dozens of Indian nationals for a Bali online gambling operation, with most getting two years and deportation after release.

India says 12 crew injured, 11 of them Indian, after a Panama-flagged tanker was attacked off Oman in the Strait of Hormuz

India-US trade talks have hit a "plateau", Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says, as a US trade probe complicates efforts to close the deal

Indians protest election chief Gyanesh Kumar for a third day as Delhi police investigate sexual harassment claims against officers at a Jantar Mantar protest.

Police detained several people in New Delhi on Saturday during Gen Z-led protests against voter roll changes, as demonstrators demanded the election chief resign

The Cockroach Janta Party rallies in Mumbai as student groups gather in Delhi, demanding the resignation of India's election commission chief over voter rolls

Jagtar Singh Johal walked out of Tihar jail on bail after nearly nine years. He still faces trial on eight charges in India.

Benjamin Netanyahu hails Indian pilot Smit Machchhar and an Israeli plumber for stopping a cockpit attack on a flydubai flight carrying 174 people to Tel Aviv

India opposition parties call for protests to "save democracy" over alleged vote theft, escalating their campaign against the Election Commission

Drought has been declared across three-quarters of Maharashtra, India's richest state, after prolonged low rainfall threatened farmers' livelihoods