India’s Supreme Court has notified the northern state of Uttrakhand and New Delhi authorities to investigate the recent incidents of vicious hate speeches by several Hindu religious leaders which called for Muslim genocide.

A railroad official says nine people have died and 45 were injured when a train derailed in India’s West Bengal state.

In the first of its kind since the Control of Building Operations Act 1988, and the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act 1970, amended in 2020, the Indian government has issued a notification, declaring around 70 hectares of Kashmir lands as “strategic areas".

India is preparing to hold elections in five key states amid growing concerns over a surge in COVID-19 cases.

India began administering COVID-19 vaccine boosters to front-line workers and vulnerable elderly people on Monday.

Indian-controlled-Kashmir, ensconced in the lap of mighty Himalayas, is reeling under extreme cold with the minimum temperature dropping below the freezing point, bringing normal life to a standstill.

India reported 141,986 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the most since the end of May, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus overtakes the Delta version in the cities.