An estimated nine million people died worldwide in 2015 due to diseases caused by pollution - the biggest cause globally of all premature deaths - more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined and even more disastrous than all violence, with India and China contributing to 5.4 million of the pollution-related mortalities, a study has found.

While the tablet shipments continue to dip in India, Samsung on Tuesday said the company is bullish on the future of tablets in the country and plans to introduce new products to give a wholesome experience to its consumers.

Two Indian Army soldiers and two militants were killed on Wednesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.

A techie of global software major Accenture was found murdered in the city's south-east suburb under mysterious circumstances, said police on Monday.

The increased metro fares will be applicable from Tuesday as scheduled, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced on Monday.

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that there will be no sale of firecrackers in Delhi and National Capital Region during Diwali, as it restored a November 2016 order banning the sale and stocking of firecrackers there.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the present central government is the first since independence that has formulated a National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) for providing air connectivity to smaller cities.

Around 54,000 petrol pumps all over India will go on a 24-hour strike from midnight on October 13 demanding inclusion of petroleum products under GST and other long pending issues, an official of a petrol dealers association said here on Saturday.

The Congress on Saturday welcomed the measures announced by the Narendra Modi government to ease concerns over the Goods and Services Tax as "interim relief to certain sections" but accused it of failing to address structural issues of GST reform.

The government on Friday night announced a slew of measures to ease the concerns of traders, exporters and small business while slashing the rates on 27 items of common consumption. Here are key takeaways from the 22nd GST Council Meeting.