Two passenger trains collided in northern India, killing at least 12 people and injuring 45 others, a railway spokesman said on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama Tuesday hailed the "energy" and "determination" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, flexing the symbolism of his office to make a strong pitch for the affections of the new Indian government.

Modi meanwhile told Obama that he hoped for an agreement "soon" to free up a major global trade facilitation agreement, blocked by the government in New Delhi over concerns its food subsidies to the poor could face legal challenges.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the United States Monday not to repeat its "mistake" in Iraq by pulling out of Afghanistan too quickly.

Modi, who is due to meet President Barack Obama later on Monday, said U.S. forces had forged "stability" in Afghanistan that had helped the country "march" towards "a good result."

Pakistan has arrested 25 Indian fisherman for violating the territorial waters of the country, its maritime security agency said Monday.

The Indian fishermen were arrested and their boats seized early Sunday morning. "We are preparing documents to produce all of them in court," police official Mohammad Anwer told Agence France-Presse.

Indian police in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat have arrested more than 200 people after violence between majority Hindus and minority Muslims, a senior officer said Monday.

The clashes in the western city of Vadodara were sparked by a distorted image posted on social media that offended Muslims, prompting authorities to block mobile Internet and bulk text messaging, the officer said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to boost cooperation Sunday in the most substantive interaction between the two countries' leaders in 11 years.

The two prime ministers both appeared upbeat as they met at a New York hotel on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, where Modi is making his first visit since he led his Hindu nationalists to a sweeping victory in April-May elections.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday that Pakistan needed to show more "seriousness" to resume dialogue between the historic adversaries.

"I do want to hold bilateral talks with them, but it is Pakistan's duty to come forward with all seriousness and create an atmosphere," Modi said in his first speech before the U.N. General Assembly.

An Indian court on Saturday convicted Jayalalithaa Jayaram, a former film star turned powerful politician, in a corruption case that has dragged on for nearly two decades.

The judge "held Jayalalithaa guilty of amassing wealth disproportionate to known sources of her income," prosecutor G. Bhavani Singh told reporters outside the court where the popular chief minister of southern Tamil Nadu state was convicted.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday started a U.S. visit where he will receive a rousing welcome after a decade-long boycott, but a lawsuit filed against him revived past grievances.

The Hindu nationalist -- who was refused a visa in 2005 over anti-Muslim riots when he was leader of Gujarat -- pressed his hands together in a traditional namaste greeting on arrival in New York, where he will address the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday before heading to Washington.

An overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road into a reservoir on Wednesday in a Himalayan region in northern India, killing 23 people, a state official said.

Authorities and divers searched for more bodies, fearing the death toll could rise as many passengers were riding on the roof of the 40-seat bus when it rolled down into the Gobind Sagar reservoir in the state of Himachal Pradesh.