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A court in Geneva, Switzerland, sentences Indian-born billionaire Prakash Hinduja and three of his family members to four years in prison for exploiting domestic workers at their villa in Cologny.
2024-06-21

The World Health Organization officially confirms a human Influenza A virus subtype H9N2 case in a child in West Bengal state, India.
2024-06-14

At least 33 Indian election polling staff die from heatstroke in a heatwave across the country.
2024-06-1

Indian airline Go First files for bankruptcy with the National Company Law Tribunal, blaming "faulty" Pratt & Whitney-manufactured engines for the grounding of about half of its fleet, costing the airline 108 billion rupees ($1.32 billion) in lost revenues.
2023-05-2

Thirty-six people are killed and 17 others are injured when a stepwell collapses during prayers at a Hindu temple in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
2023-03-31

Sixteen people are killed when a bus falls into a gorge in Sikkim, India.
2022-12-23

Temperatures soar to a record 51 C in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The heatwave has claimed 300 lives since April 2016.
2016-05-20

A heatwave in India has claimed 300 lives in April with daytime cooking banned in some parts of the country to prevent fires which have claimed an additional 80 lives.
2016-04-30

Indian child actress Taruni Sachdev and her mother are revealed to be among the dead in yesterday's plane crash in northern Nepal, which killed 15 people.
2012-05-15

Relatives of those killed in Air India Flight 182 gather with diplomats and politicians from Canada, India and Ireland in Cork to mark the 25th anniversary with a memorial service.
2010-06-23