The Latest Breaking News from India

World’s largest religious gathering, held in India, has become scene of crowd crush as estimated 100m people travelled to take holy dip

Tragic crowd crush at Maha Kumbh Mela festival in India underscores safety concerns at religious gatherings.

Journeying across India for the pinnacle celebration of the Hindu calendar, Laxmi and her family were sleeping by the roadside Wednesday as they waited to cleanse themselves in the sacred Ganges river.

Winters are peculiarly adverse in northern India due to western disturbances and the snow fall in the Himalayas. Delhi-NCR region is particularly affected due to heavy air pollution with AQI(Air quality Index) often staying above 300 coupled with biomass fuel and crop burning creating an environment conducive to the spread…

An epic tale of love across three generations explores changing attitudes towards sexuality in India

NEW DELHI: Amidst the cheering crowd at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, India superstar Virat Kohli, dressed in shorts, a T-shirt, and a sweater bearing the Delhi District Cricket Association logo, stepped out of the dressing room. The Delhi players were waiting for him to join in the light football session.

Today is Indian Newspaper Day, commemorating the publication of India’s first newspaper, Hicky’s The Bengal Gazette, on January 29, 1780. 

England leg-spinner Adil Rashid tied up the Indian batters in an impeccable spell of leg-spin bowling, which played a crucial role in his team's victory in the must-win third T20I against India in Rajkot on Tuesday; and skipper Jos Buttler hailed Rashid as an invaluable member of the England squad.

NEW DELHI: "I got chainsawed," an angry Steve Smith had said after falling just one run short of the 10,000 Test runs milestone, finishing with 9,999 runs in the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. He was only a single run away from completing this massive achievement.