Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel made international headlines in November when they became the first Indian-born players…

Members of India’s Parliament have demanded that Mahatma Gandhi’s iconic items which are to be put up for auction in New York on March 5 be brought back so that a significant part of the country’s historical heritage is not lost to foreigners.

The Oscar nominated film “Slumdog Millionaire” has captured the hearts of many, but the reality…

In India’s southern state of Karnataka, a monkey emerged as the sole protector of a Lord Hanuman shrine from officials who want to demolish the roadside temple.

Two minor girls, both seven, have been wed to frogs in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district, “to prevent the outbreak of mysterious diseases in the village”.

MUMBAI, India–Heavy machine guns, AK-47s, and grenades erupted across Mumbai, India, killing more than 80 people and injuring at least 200, officials said Thursday.
Heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks. Police said the terrorists targeted British and American tourists.
“I guess they were after foreigners, because they were asking for British or American passports,” Rakesh Patel told Times Online. He is a British witness who lives in Hong Kong and was staying at the Taj Mahal hotel on …

It’s official. India is now the world’s sixth space power.
India’s victorious launch on Wednesday of its first lunar mission, the unmanned Chandrayaan-I, marked a dramatic step forward in its race with China to put a man on the moon.
Chandrayaan-1 — which means “Moon Craft” in ancient Sanskrit — launched from the Sriharikota space center in southern India in a two-year mission aimed at laying the groundwork for further Indian space expeditions.
Officials said the lift-off was a total success, with the rocket placing the craft into a transfer orbit around the …