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India is holding a key G20 tourism meeting in Kashmir amid heightened security and opposition from China. The working group meeting is being held in Srinagar, the summer capital of the federally administrated territory, from Monday to…

At least eleven people have died and nine others hospitalised after a gas leak in Ludhiana in the northern Indian state of Punjab. A team from the National Disaster Response Force was at the site along with a team of experts to determine…

India and Russia have agreed to strengthen defence partnership between both countries amid worries in New Delhi that the war in Ukraine was hurting its own military supplies from Moscow. The Indian government said the agreement was…

Indian police have arrested Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh after more than a month’s search. "Amritpal Singh has been arrested from the Rode village in Moga district, Punjab on the basis of specific intelligence," Sukhchain Singh Gill, a…

At least eleven people have died after suffering from heatstroke at an award event attended by India's home minister on the outskirts of Mumbai. Hundreds of thousands of people attended the award function on Sunday afternoon where…

Four soldiers have been killed in a shooting incident at a military base in the Indian border state of Punjab. The army in a statement said the four soldiers succumbed to gunshot injuries sustained during the shooting, which took place…

At least 35 people were killed and 16 injured after the roof of a stepwell in a temple complex collapsed in central India. Officials said the incident occurred in the central Indian city of Indore after a concrete slab covering the roof…

India's parliament has disqualified the leader of the opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, after a magistrate's court jailed him for two years in a defamation case linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname. Gandhi "stands…

Russia is working on easing visa procedures for six countries, including India, Syria and Indonesia. "In addition to India (procedures simplification) ... is being worked out with Angola, Vietnam, Indonesia, Syria and Philippines," the…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Saturday that the Group of 20 (G20) nations have some disagreements over restructuring debt for distressed economies. "On debt restructuring, while…