In a major blow to the British government Boris Johnson has been forced to cancel his much-anticipated trip to India because of the latest Covid-19 crisis in England.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejects as politically motivated recent protests by farmers against three laws enacted by his government.

‘We are going on a 24-hour relay hunger strike, skipping meals, to press our demands of repealing three agricultural laws,’ said a protest leader.

The explosion was triggered by a fire in a chemical store, and the blast left the building in a pile of rubble.

Stan Swamy was arrested earlier this month on accusations he assisted Maoist groups active in the region.

An Indian court acquits senior leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who had been charged with criminal conspiracy over the demolition of a historical mosque by Hindu extremists in 1992.

India registers a record new 78,761 coronavirus cases, the world’s highest single-day increase since the pandemic began.

Indian prime minister is changing Kashmir's residency laws in a bid to root out any challenge to New Delhi's claim to the disputed territory.

A report by a rights group in Kashmir says India’s prolonged communications blackout following the scrapping of the disputed Himalayan region’s semi-autonomy last year is “digital apartheid.”

China says India was responsible for the recent border clash between the two countries, which left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead.