Rescue workers on Saturday finished a two-day search for survivors in the collapse of a residential building that was being constructed illegally in India's financial capital. At least 72 people were killed in the accident, the worst house collapse in the country in recent decades.

A half-finished building that was being constructed illegally in a suburb of India's financial capital has collapsed, killing at least 45 people and injuring more than 50 others, police said Friday.

Rahul Gandhi, often tagged India's “prime minister-in-waiting,” told business leaders Thursday that the poor must see the benefits of economic growth in a keynote address designed to raise his profile.

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the anti-rape bill which details life prison terms and even death sentences for rape convicts, as well as stringent punishments for such offenses as acid attacks, stalking and voyeurism.

An acid attack left four sisters in north India with burns, police said Wednesday, in a particularly brutal example of what is a growing problem in South Asia.

In a country long defined by its poverty, it's easy now to find India's rich.

Gasping for breath and confined to her bed, Bilqees Khan winces as she recalls the moment a pepper gas grenade exploded by her home during a curfew in Indian Kashmir's summer capital.

The number of foreign women tourists visiting India has dropped by 35 percent in the past three months following a spate of sex attacks that have made global headlines, a new survey has found.

Kashmir's pristine ski slopes are almost deserted and the famed houseboats that dot its stunning blue lakes are quiet.

The main opposition Hindu nationalist party on Sunday elevated Narendra Modi, a deeply divisive figure in Indian politics, to the party's top decision-making body with his supporters believing he could become prime minister in national elections next year.