India and Russia are likely to sign about 20 pacts in areas ranging from defence, nuclear energy, space and economy during Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s two-day visit to India from Thursday. Putin is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.

India's top court struck down a 158-year-old law that held adultery as a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in prison, calling it unconstitutional and saying that "husband is not the master of woman."

Doctors and economists welcome the move to reform the country’s neglected public healthcare system. But concerns remain over awareness and funding – and whether the scheme has been rushed out as an election crowd-pleaser.

More than 30 Indian passengers, some bleeding from their noses and ears, have received treatment after pilots "forgot" to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure, officials said. Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur turned back shortly after take off. Videos tweeted by passengers aboard the plane showed oxygen masks deployed inside the aircraft. The Boeing 737, which was carrying 166 passengers, landed safely.

Triple talaq victim and the woman who took the fight against halala to the Supreme Court, Shabnam Rani has been attacked with acid in UP's Bulandshahr. It is being alleged that the Shabnam's brother-in-law and his friend were the ones who attacked her with acid.

Thieves who stole a gold, diamond-studded lunchbox that belonged to a former royal family were using it to eat their meals, Indian police say. The lunchbox, stolen last week, was recovered along with a ruby and gold teacup, saucer and teaspoon. Two men from the southern city of Hyderabad have been arrested.

Police in Kolkata warned that the Majerhat bridge was in bad shape months ago, before it collapsed on several vehicles during rush hour in India on Tuesday.

‘Jugaad’ is an inventive hack that sees Indians crafting TV aerials from coat-hangers and sending spacecraft towards Mars.

The prime minister’s surprise decision in 2016 to scrap old paper currency did not deter criminals, who found ways to exchange the bills.

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Big U.S. technology companies are involved in the construction of one of the most intrusive citizen surveillance programs in history. For the past nine years, India has been building the world’s biggest biometric database by collecting the fingerprints, iris scans and photos of nearly 1.3 billion people. For U.S. tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook, the project, called Aadhaar (which means “proof” or “basis” in Hindi), could be a gold mine.

A woman was stripped and paraded naked by a mob in eastern India's Bihar state on the suspicion of killing a man. The mob burned the woman's house, dragged her out on to the street and beat her, police said. The incident took place on Monday after the body of Vimlesh Shah, 19, was found near a railway track in Bhojpur district. Police have arrested 15 men for the assault. The woman is undergoing treatment in a local hospital.

Divyesh Darji, the head of BitConnect in India, was detained this week at Delhi airport in India. Pertaining to a major cheating case where Darji and other conspirators are accused to wiped off millions of dollars from investors, Darji was arrested by Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the airport soon after his arrival from Dubai.

The Indian government will pay for health care for around 500 million of its poorest citizens, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi declaring that the country can reach its potential only with a healthy population. During a speech to mark the country’s independence day on Wednesday, Modi said, “It is essential to ensure that we free the poor of India from the clutches of poverty due to which they cannot afford health care,” The Times of India reported.

The fallout from the alleged scheme extends as far as Texas and has embroiled a former lawmaker.

Blue bottle jellyfish, also known as Portuguese man-of-war, were spotted on several beaches across the city, causing fear and panic among people as many instances of attacks were reported. Several locals were stung by the deadly jellyfish and suffered injuries.

Decades-long dispute between India and Pakistan is collapsing into itself. By Jeffrey Gettleman.

Bahu fort is one of the oldest forts in Jammu, built by Raja Bahulochan at about 3000 years ago and later renovated by Kings of the Dogra Dynasty in 19th century. This fort has the religious significance having a temple of well known Hindu goddess named Kali, who is being considered as the god of the general population of Jammu. The neighbourhood individuals use to call this as “Bawe Wali Mata”.

Archaeologists find corroded shells stored by powerful 18th-century ruler Tipu Sultan

Every one of India’s 1.3 billion people uses an average 11kg of plastic each year. After being used, much of this plastic finds its way to the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, where it can maim and kill fish, birds and other marine wildlife. Fisherman in India’s southern state of Kerala are taking on the battle to cut the level of plastic waste in the oceans. When the trawlers drag their nets through the water, they end up scooping out huge amounts of plastic along with the fish. Until recently the fishermen would simply throw the plastic junk back into the water.