Five persons were killed and five others were missing after their truck came under an avalanche in the Khardung La area of the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said.

Today is the third death anniversary of Rohit Vemula, who tried his best to fight against casteist forces in Hyderabad University, and ended his life unable to put up with the mammoth political pressure that was exerted on him. Though wide protests and demonstrations happened over his death and the circumstances that forced him to take that decision, the situation in the country remains unchanged. 

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday accused the government of compromising national security and asked why it bought only 36 Rafale fighter jets instead of 126 required by the Air Force.

The son of a Border Security Force (BSF) constable dismissed from service for posting videos criticising the quality of food served to soldiers has been found dead at their home in Haryana's Rewari.

Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat visited India earlier this week and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss issues related to bilateral relations, including the advancing of security deals, according to an official statement here.

Dense fog enveloped several parts of the national capital, leading to disruption in flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here.

The Trump administration has discussed a potential missile defence cooperation with India as part of its effort to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership, the Pentagon has said, asserting that New Delhi is a "key element" in America's Indo-Pacific strategy.