A popular Indian food delivery app says it will roll back new green uniforms for riders delivering vegetarian food after the scheme sparked backlash online.
Zomato said it would deliver food from "only pure vegetarian" restaurants through a separate (...)
Police in India have arrested two people after some international students were assaulted in a university hostel while offering Ramadan prayers.
Officials say a heated argument about the location of the prayers led to the physical attack in Gujarat (...)
The Indian Railways has ordered an investigation after a freight train travelled more than 70km (43.4 miles) without drivers.
Videos shared on social media showed the train zooming past several stations at high speed.
Reports say the train ran (...)
India is home to 718 snow leopards, according to the first-ever survey of the animal in the country, the federal environment ministry has said.
This means that Indian snow leopards account for roughly 10-15% of the big cat's global population.
The (...)
Indian naval forces have rescued 19 Pakistani sailors after their fishing vessel was hijacked by pirates off Somalia's coast.
This was the second rescue operation in 36 hours by the Indian warship INS Sumitra.
Hours earlier, the ship had rescued the (...)
A court in the southern Indian state of Kerala has sentenced 15 men to death for the murder of a local leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Ranjith Sreenivasan was killed in front of his family members in 2021 in what was described as a (...)
India has dismissed allegations by Pakistan that its agents killed two Pakistani citizens on its soil in 2023, calling them "false".
Pakistan's claims come months after Ottawa alleged that India was involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist in (...)
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Indian archipelago Lakshadweep triggered an unexpected row that soured ties with neighbouring Maldives. It also set off a surge in tourist interest in the small island chain that has (...)
Eight former Indian naval officers who were earlier sentenced to death in Qatar now face prison sentences of "varying" lengths, India has said.
The men have 60 days to appeal the jail terms. Last month, a court in Qatar had commuted their death (...)
India's space agency has successfully launched a rocket that is carrying an observatory which will study astronomical objects like black holes.
It was launched from Sriharikota spaceport at 09:10 local time (03:40GMT) on Monday.
This is only the (...)
A court in Qatar has commuted the death sentences of eight former Indian naval officers, India's foreign ministry has said.
A ministry statement said the "sentences have been reduced" but did not specify the new quantum of punishment.
Neither Qatar (...)
India's Kerala state has asked people to stay cautious but urged them not to panic after an increase in Covid cases.
The southern state has witnessed the increase after the detection of JN.1, a sub-variant of Covid-19.
It has been previously found (...)
A video showing a young girl walking around seeking help after being raped has sparked anger in India.
Many people expressed outrage after CCTV footage showed a man appearing to wave the girl away when she approaches him.
But police told local media (...)
A new film that claims to tell the story of Hindu and Christian women who were lured into joining the Islamic State (ISIS) group has stirred a huge controversy in India.
The Kerala Story, set in the southern state of Kerala, has been criticized by (...)
A wild elephant who sparked a massive debate and a legal battle in the southern Indian state of Kerala has been relocated to a tiger reserve.
Officials claim Arikomban ("rice tusker" in the Malayalam language) — named for his raids on local shops (...)
Indian firefighters are trying to put out a fire at a waste plant, which has led to a toxic smoke cover over many areas in Kochi city in Kerala state.
The fire began last week at a local waste management plant, which processes tons of waste every (...)
India's top 1% owned more than 40.5% of its total wealth in 2021, according to a new report by Oxfam.
In 2022, the number of billionaires in the country increased to 166 from 102 in 2020, the report said.
Meanwhile, it added that the poor in India (...)
India's aviation regulator has pulled up an airline for leaving behind passengers on the tarmac in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
A flight by Go First, previously known as Go Air, took off from the airport in Bengaluru city, leaving more (...)
Letters of support have been pouring in for an Indian nun after a bishop she had accused of repeatedly raping her was cleared by a trial court last week.
For the past two days, my social media timeline has been full of handwritten messages of (...)
For some time now, farmers in the southern Indian state of Kerala have been wary of giant African snails, BBC reports.
The invasive species are not only known to eat crops, but can also turn to cement and stucco on houses if it is readily available. (...)
A helicopter carrying LuLu Group Chairman M. A. Yousuf Ali made an emergency landing in Kochi, the south Indian state of Kerala on Sunday, according to Indian media reports.
There were six people in the helicopter, including Yousuf Ali and his wife. (...)
Adding a new chapter to the history of communal harmony in India, an ancient church in Kothamangalam in the southern Indian state of Kerala opened its doors to hundreds of Muslims, who were participating in protest against the controversial (...)
The death toll from floods in India's states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra rose to 95, official figures showed on Saturday, as heavy rain and landslides forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes.
Seasonal monsoon rains from June to (...)
V.K. Abdul Aziz, founder of International Interfaith Dialogue India (IIDI) and director of Al-Hayat International Schools in Jeddah, has won a prestigious award instituted by the Malayala Puraskara Samithy (Malayala Awarding Group of Kerala).
Abdul (...)
Kolkata won the Indian Super League title Sunday after beating Kerala Blasters 4-3 on penalties.
Atletico de Kolkata midfielder Jewel Raja Shaikh clinched the club's second title after gliding the ball past Graham Stack to stun Kerala's packed (...)