Delhi, India (CNN)As India's brutal second coronavirus wave ravaged the country this spring, Ankit Srivastava went from hospital to hospital, trying to find help for his ailing mother. But hospitals in the Indian city of Varanasi had run out of space, oxygen, medicine, tests -- everything. "

The son of an Indian federal minister who was summoned by police for questioning has failed to turn up. Ashish Mishra was called in six days after he was accused in an attack that left eight people dead. A car linked to his father, junior home minister Ajay Mishra, ploughed

India's loss making national carrier Air India has been sold to the Tata group, the country's largest conglomerate. The government has sold the airline to the company, which was the highest bidder at nearly $2.4bn (£1.7bn). The Tata group originally founded the airline in 1

The first 7-Eleven store is set to open on October 9 in Andheri East, Mumbai, the company said. Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL), on October 7, said it would launch the US-based 7-Eleven convenience stores in India. The first 7-Eleven store is set to open on October 9 in Andheri East, Mumba

Classifiers refer to Facebook’s hate-speech detection algorithms. According to Facebook, it added hate speech classifiers in Hindi starting early 2020 and introduced Bengali later that year. Classifiers for violence and incitement in Hindi and Bengali first came online in early 2021. Desp

Oslo (Norway), Oct 6: Anshu Malik on Wednesday created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the World Championship final when she outclassed junior European champion Solomiia Vynnyk but Sarita Mor lost her semifinal and will fight for a bronze here. The 19-year-old Anshu,

Lucknow(PTI): The Uttar Pradesh government has given permission to Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and three others to visit Lakhimpur, a top official said here. Earlier in the day, the state government had denied permission to Rahul Gandhi for the visit, and an official spok

Air India said the aircraft had been deregistered and sold off. An Air India plane stuck underneath a foot overbridge has become the talking point on social media. Footage that has gone massively viral online shows the aircraft wedged under a bridge near the Delhi airport. The scrapped airpla

Security has been tightened in a northern Indian town after eight people, including four protesting farmers, died on Sunday. Violence broke out in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh state during a protest against agricultural reforms. Photos and videos on social medi

Expressing hope that the pending issues between India and China along the Line of Actual Control would be resolved soon, Army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane said the increase in the deployment by Chinese troops across the border was a matter of concern. He said India had made matching deployments i

Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya Maharaj asked the Centre to terminate the nationality of Muslims and Christians. Terminate nationality of Muslims and Christians: Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya Maharaj Hindutva 'applicable' to 1.3 billion people: Mohan Bhagwat Hindutva tak

Senior Congress leader pointed out the need for permanent president and to discuss party affairs in the present scenario and has reiterated his demand for organisational elections in the party. NEW DELHI — Former Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad has written to Congress

All scheduled international flights to and from India were banned from March 2020 following the Covid-19 pandemic. The Indian civil aviation regulator on Tuesday extended the ban on international passenger flights until October 31, 2021. However, the ban is not applicable to cargo flights and

Two men posing as lawyers shot dead a notorious gangster inside a courtroom in India's capital, Delhi. They opened fire at Jitender Maan Gogi inside the courtroom in Rohini where a case was being heard against him. Officials say police returned fire, killing the two men. Police

The submission was made in response to a petition seeking that PM-CARES Fund be declared as ‘The State’ under Article 12 of the Constitution. PRIME MINISTER’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation Fund (PM-CARES Fund), a charitable trust under the law, has told Delhi High Court

Indian anti-smuggling intelligence officials have seized nearly three tonnes of heroin - reportedly worth around $2.7bn (£1.9bn) - in a major operation at a port in Gujarat state. Forensic testing is still under way to determine the exact value of the seized drugs, officials told the BBC.

Ten investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and SBI Capital Market have been chosen to handle the LIC IPO. While the government is planning to allow foreign investors to participate in what is likely to be the country's biggest-ever IPO worth a potential $12.2 billion, it is leery

Congress high command announced on Sunday the appointment of Charanjit Singh Channi as the new CM of Punjab. He will be the state’s first Dalit chief minister. Charanjit Singh Channi will be Punjab’s new chief minister, the Congress announced today, after days of political turmoil in the poll