Global oil prices "would have hit the roof" if big importer India had not bought oil from Russia following the Ukraine war, India's oil minister said, adding that prices would determine where the country buys oil from.

Hardeep Singh Puri said that Russian oil was not subject to sanctions and there was only a price cap, which he assured Indian entities adhered to. Puri pointed out that many other European and Asian nations made significant energy purchases from Russia.

India, the world's third largest oil importer and consumer, has become the top buyer of discounted Russian sea-borne oil shunned by Western countries since Ukraine's invasion began in early 2022. Before that,

The decadeslong ban of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in his native India is now in doubt. That's not because of a change of heart more than two years after the author’s near-fatal stabbing, but because of what amounts to some missing paperwork.

India's three-decade ban on importing author Salman Rushdie's controversial 'The Satanic Verses' book has effectively been lifted after a court said the government was unable to produce the original notification that imposed the ban.

Is it legal to import Sir Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses in India? This question has been puzzling legal experts since the Delhi High Court suggested this week that the notification banning the novel’s import - issued in 1988 - might no longer be valid,

Sanju Samson has become only the fourth batter to score consecutive hundreds in Twenty20 international cricket after he backstopped India’s 61-run win over South Africa in Durban.

India opener Sanju Samson scored a sparkling century as the tourists beat South Africa by 61 runs in the first match of a four-game Twenty20 series in Durban on Friday. South Africa asked India to bat and the visitors posted 202 for eight in their 20 overs,

Sanju Samson blasts a 47-ball century as India clinch an emphatic win over South Africa in the first T20 international in Durban.