Indian police charged six men with murder today, hours after a woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi nearly two weeks ago died in a Singapore hospital.

An Indian woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi died at a Singapore hospital, after her ordeal galvanised Indians to demand greater protection for women from sexual violence that impacts thousands of them every day.

An Indian journalist has been arrested in connection with last month’s bombing of an Israeli diplomatic vehicle in New Delhi, authorities said today.

A prominent anti-corruption activist has been detained by police just hours before he was set to embark on a public hunger strike which was certain to embarrass India’s scandal-plagued government.

Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a group of tourists near one of India's biggest mosques today, injuring two Taiwanese and raising concerns about security less than two weeks before an international sporting event in the Indian capital.

Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot two tourists today near one of India's biggest mosques, police said.

Security forces swarmed through New Delhi’s international airport tonight after gunfire was heard, but no-one was injured, an Indian police official said.

An explosion hit a crowded flower market in the Indian capital today, injuring at least 17 people, police said.

INDIAN police hunted yesterday for Muslim militants behind co-ordinated bomb attacks against busy shopping areas in the nation’s capital that left 20 dead and close to 100 injured.

Police in India say they have detained several people in raids carried out across New Delhi a day after a series of blasts ripped through the Indian capital, killing at least 20 people.

A man shot himself in a failed suicide attempt near the Indian prime minister’s residence today, prompting a brief scare in a heavily guarded part of New Delhi.

A man driving past the prime minister’s residence in the Indian capital New Delhi was shot and injured by an unidentified assailant today, police said.

POLICE in the Indian capital New Delhi fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse traders who stoned buses and damaged public property yesterday during protests against a drive to close illegal shops, police and witnesses said.