A possible gas cylinder blast kills at least eight people, most of them students, in a restaurant in the Indian city of Mumbai, police say.

A possible gas cylinder blast kills at least eight people, most of them students, in a restaurant in the Indian city of Mumbai, police say.

Two Indian girls aged two-and-a-half and five years old were raped in separate incidents in New Delhi overnight.

Thirteen people, including three children, were killed on Saturday and ten others injured when a mini-truck carrying a marriage party collided with a bus at Andhra Pradesh.

Chris Cairns allegedly told the New Zealand players that he attempted to recruit to his match-fixing operation that the Indian Cricket League (ICL) was powerless to stop their actions.

India's Supreme Court strikes down a new law that gave the government more say in appointing judges.

A senior leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that Muslims living in the country should give up consuming beef.

Pakistan calls upon India to stop its 'conspiracies' and 'proxy wars' aimed at destabilising Pakistan.

An Indian woman stranded in Pakistan for a decade identifies her family in photos sent from across the border.

India seamer Zaheer Khan announces his retirement from international and first-class cricket. He will, however, continue to play in the IPL for one more season.

The influence of the Islamic State group extends well beyond the land it controls in Syria and Iraq, reaching recruits around the world, including the Asia-Pacific region.

Terming former enclave dwellers as the sons, citizens and, near and dear ones of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assures them that her government would do whatever necessary for their overall welfare.

This is not the first time the cow has become mixed up with politics. Conflicts over cow slaughter sparked religious riots in India.

Margaret Atwood and Stephen Fry are among the authors who will be attending the Jaipur Literature Festival.

The news of a mob in Dadri, a UP village in India of beating to death an individual suspected of cow slaughter would have been normally viewed just as another communal incident.

India beat South Africa by 22 runs in the second ODI in Indore and level the 5-match ODI series 1-1.

Customs officials confiscate Indian currency worth over Rs 68 lakh at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong.

An ascendant Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus, and is pushing some of them to convert.

Brazilian football legend Pele has named Lionel Messi as the greatest footballer of the last decade, as he also paid tribute to Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo.

South Africa captain AB de Villiers is fined 40% of his match fee for maintaining a slow over rate during the first ODI against India in Kanpur, while his team-mates are docked 20% of their match fees.