Part of a four-story building in India’s financial capital collapsed in heavy monsoon rains, killing at least five people, authorities said Tuesday. Rescuers used sensors and life detectors to search for five other people who were feared trapped in the …
Police on Monday arrested a man who allowed his 9-year-old son to drive his Ferrari in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Mohammed Nisham was arrested on charges of endangering the life of a child and allowing a minor to …
India’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG’s attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that health activists say ensures poor patients around the world will get continued access to cheap …
A bus packed with passengers crashed through a guard rail and fell off a bridge in western India early Tuesday, killing at least 37 people and injuring another 15, police said. The overnight bus was carrying passengers from the beach …
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Cyclone Nilam began crossing the Tamil Nadu coast at about 4:30 PM local time with maximum wind speeds of about 80-90 kilometers per hour, gusting to 100 km/h. Landfall took place about …
Thousands of employees were evacuated Thursday from a seven-story government building as more than two dozen fire engines battled a major fire that raged for several hours in India’s financial and entertainment capital. Fourteen people were injured, and 10 of …
Bootleg liquor laced with toxic methanol killed 126 people and sickened dozens more who bought the illegal brew at small shops in eastern India, officials said Thursday. Police arrested seven suspected bootleggers. Thousands of relatives, many of them wailing, gathered …
The top official in India’s West Bengal state told mourners Monday that her government was working to ensure that a hospital fire that killed 93 people would be the last tragedy of its kind. Officials say lax safety standards contributed …
India’s Meteorological Department says an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 has shaken parts of India’s remote northeast. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The department’s website said the quake occurred on India’s border with Myanmar on Monday morning. …
Soldiers in northeastern India cleared a path Wednesday to a hydroelectric project where 17 people were confirmed killed by landslides in a powerful Himalayan earthquake, bringing the overall toll in the disaster to 99. The 6.9 magnitude quake Sunday evening …