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Airline passengers across India went through extra security screenings Friday and sky marshals were placed on flights as the government put its airports on high alert amid reports that al-Qaida-linked militants planned to hijack a plane.

A stand-off between militants and security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir has entered its second day. A civilian and a policeman were killed after militants threw a grenade and opened fire in Srinagar on Wednesday.

India condemned the fatal stabbing of an Indian student in Australia and warned that the attack, which was the latest in a series of assaults, could put bilateral ties under strain. The 21-year-old student was killed over the weekend in the ...

The 86-year-old governor of a southern Indian state resigned, a day after a television news channel broadcast a tape allegedly showing him in bed with three women.

Forty-five people are believed dead after a bridge collapsed in the north Indian industrial hub of Kota, officials said Saturday.

More than 1,000 followers of an Indian sect pledge to marry female sex workers wanting to escape exploitation.

US prosecutors charge a Chicago man with involvement in the deadly attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai last year.

India's economic growth surged in the third quarter at a much faster pace than expected, increasing odds that the central bank will raise interest rates to head off inflation.

A prosecutor says seven Pakistani suspects in last year's terror attacks in Mumbai have been indicted on terror charges.

President Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has set its rivals, China and Pakistan, as top priorities.