Applications to open on June 28 through five visa centres

The rebel faction within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has announced that it has “removed” Mamata Banerjee as the party’s chairperson and installed a parallel leadership structure.

A major Kolkata thoroughfare has become the latest flashpoint in India’s contest over history and political memory.

An Indian court has rejected an appeal by the Telegram social media app against a temporary ban.

It did not say how many people were on board at the time, or whether there were any survivors

It was the second reported US attack on a merchant vessel with predominately Indian crew this week

India is working to ensure “not a single drop of water” will flow into neighbouring Pakistan, the water minister has said, after New Delhi suspended a major treaty last year.

After a revolt of TMC MLAs against Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, at least 21 party MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are likely to switch their loyalty to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Hundreds of young students gathered in New Delhi yesterday for the first street protest organised by the satirical “Cockroach People’s Party” over alleged irregularities in recent major examinations.

Movement taps into youth frustration over jobs despite India’s rapid economic growth

India gave a red-carpet welcome to Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez yesterday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks to bolster trade between the oil exporter and his energy-hungry nation.

Police said owner Lavkesh Bajaj was arrested late Wednesday, hours after the blaze gutted the building, killing at least nine Indians and several foreigners

The split in India’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) apparently passed the point of no return yesterday as West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose approved the party’s rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition.

Conflict in Middle East chokes Strait of Hormuz, drives up fuel prices

Bangladesh High Commission says three are in critical condition and receiving ICU care

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing arrived in neighbouring India yesterday, in his first trip abroad since becoming civilian leader, for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Hasina Bibi clutched her hungry four-year-old daughter as she waited at an India-Bangladesh border post, trying to leave as fears grow of an Indian crackdown on undocumented migrants.

The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the US agreed to jointly build a port in Fiji and signed pacts covering critical minerals and energy security, as they sought to inject fresh energy into their grouping known as the Quad.

West Bengal’s BJP government yesterday operationalised its “detect, delete and deport” policy, with Malda becoming the first district to set up a holding centre for illegal foreign nationals, sparking fears among minorities, especially Muslims, that it could lead to arbitrary expulsions.

At least 16 people have died of heatstroke in southern India so far this summer, officials said yesterday, as a heatwave grips swathes of the country following official health warnings.