Sakshi Dayal

India is in talks with the U.S. for a bilateral trade agreement, India's trade minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday, days after Washington doubled tariffs on goods from India as a punitive measure for New Delhi's continued import of Russian oil.

More than one million people have been evacuated from Pakistan's Punjab province due to flooding caused by heavy rain, the provincial disaster authority said on Thursday.

Pakistan has denied involvement in the attack.

China helped Pakistan with 'live inputs' in conflict with India, Indian Army deputy chief says

India is committed to efforts to develop its restive territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, accusing neighbour Pakistan of seeking to destroy livelihoods there with April's deadly attack on tourists.

The military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan held talks by phone on Monday evening, broadcaster CNN-News18 said, two days after the nuclear-armed neighbours reached a ceasefire agreement following intense fighting last week.

India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, two days after 26 men were killed in an attack on tourists by suspected militants in the Himalayan territory of Kashmir.

India and China will have issues in the "foreseeable future" but there are ways to address them without getting into a conflict, India's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

At least 25 people remain trapped under snow after an avalanche struck the Indian Himalayan mountain state of Uttarakhand, authorities said on Friday, following recent heavy snowfall in the region.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as he joined millions of people at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a week after dozens died in a stampede at the event.