Five killed in India military transport plane crash
AFP, New Delhi
13 June 2026, 14:47 PM India
‘Working to stop water flowing into Pakistan’
AFP, New Delhi
11 June 2026, 00:00 AM India
Another blow to Mamata
Agencies
9 June 2026, 00:00 AM India
‘Cockroach Party’ leads India exam fiasco protests
AFP, New Delhi
7 June 2026, 00:00 AM India
India tightens security ahead of 'Cockroach Party' protest
AFP, New Delhi
6 June 2026, 12:15 PM India
Indian police arrest hotel owner after deadly fire
AFP, New Delhi
4 June 2026, 12:08 PM India

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: India’s SC orders release of life term convict

India’s Supreme Court today ordered the release of AG Perarivalan, who has served over 30 years of life term in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
18 May 2022, 07:33 AM

India plans rolling out 6G by end of 2030: Modi

India plans the rollout of 6G telecom network, which will provide ultra high-speed internet connectivity, by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.
17 May 2022, 16:01 PM

What's inside? Photos of closed Taj Mahal rooms released

As debate over the 22 closed rooms in Taj Mahal reverberated in and out of the court last week, the Archaeological Survey of India has released pictures of some of the said underground rooms of the 17th century monument of love. The rooms were opened in January this year for conservation work.
17 May 2022, 11:23 AM

Delhi reports record 49C

The maximum temperature recorded in the national capital reached 49 degree Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said yesterday, as intense heatwave is sweeping through northern part of the country.
16 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Wheat export ban not to affect neighbours: Indian High Commission

India's ban on wheat export will not prevent export to neighbouring countries and countries that might wish to procure the current produce to supplement their domestic food security policies, at the request of their governments, said a statement of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
16 May 2022, 17:57 PM

India criticises OIC for ‘unwarranted’ comments on Jammu and Kashmir

India today (May 16, 2022) criticised the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its "unwarranted" comments on the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir.
16 May 2022, 15:35 PM

PK Halder likely to be produced before Kolkata court tomorrow

Prashanto Kumar Halder, former MD of NRB Global Bank who is accused of laundering huge sums of money, is likely to be produced before a court in Kolkata tomorrow (May 17, 2022) when India’s Enforcement Directorate is expected to seek extension of his remand in its custody.
16 May 2022, 15:08 PM

Manik Saha takes oath as chief minister of Tripura

Doctor-turned-politician Manik Saha was today sworn in as the chief minister of north eastern Indian state of Tripura, a day after Biplab Deb stepped down amid feud in the party.
15 May 2022, 08:00 AM

Tripura CM Bilab Dev resigns amid party infighting

Chief Minister of India’s BJP-ruled Tripura state Biplab Kumar Deb yesterday resigned from the post amidst serious infighting in the party’s state unit one year ahead of fresh assembly elections there.
14 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Wheat export ban won’t affect South Asian neighbours: India

India today indicated that it would not allow the food security of its South Asian neighbours to be hit by the ban imposed on exports of wheat and that the measure was a temporary one.
14 May 2022, 15:18 PM

Manik Saha replaces Biplab Kumar Deb as Tripura CM

India’s ruling BJP today effected a change of top leadership in the north eastern state of Tripura as Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb today resigned and replaced by Manik Saha amidst serious infighting in the party’s state unit one year ahead of fresh assembly elections there.
14 May 2022, 14:58 PM

Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb resigns amid state BJP infighting

Chief Minister of India’s BJP-ruled Tripura state Biplab Kumar Deb today resigned from the post amidst serious infighting in the party’s state unit one year ahead of fresh assembly elections.
14 May 2022, 12:58 PM

27 dead in Delhi fire

Twenty-seven people died and dozens more were injured in a massive fire in a building in the Indian capital New Delhi yesterday, emergency services said.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM

26 dead, 60 wounded at metro rail station fire in India's Delhi

At least 26 people were dead and more than 60 received burn injuries in a fire near a metro rail station in Delhi on Friday (May 13, 2022), Delhi Fire Services chief Atul Garg said.
13 May 2022, 17:56 PM

Taj Mahal cells don't contain idols: Archaeological Survey of India

Top officials of Archaeological Survey of India have said that the contention in the petition filed with Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench seeking opening of the 22 locked rooms of Taj Mahal is “factually incorrect,” reports Times of India.
13 May 2022, 08:44 AM

Ustad Zakir Hussain's last goodbye to santoor wizard Shivkumar Sharma

The two virtuoso classical musicians may have done ‘jugalbandi’ several times but in the end, death left one of them a forlorn figure.
12 May 2022, 18:52 PM

Give us a grandchild or pay $650,000

An Indian couple are taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife produce either a grandchild within a year or cough up almost $650,000. Sanjeev
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Singing Indian anthem must at all madrasas in BJP-ruled UP

Singing of India’s national anthem "Jana Gana Mana" was made compulsory at all madrasas in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh from today (May 12, 2022), according to an official.
12 May 2022, 14:10 PM

Indian court dismisses BJP leader's petition to open 22 Taj Mahal rooms

India’s Allahabad High Court today dismissed a petition which sought the opening of 22 locked rooms in Taj Mahal, one of the wonders of the world.
12 May 2022, 10:47 AM

Produce grandchild in a year or pay $650,000: Indian couple sues son

An Indian couple are taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife produce either a grandchild within a year or cough up almost $650,000.
12 May 2022, 10:16 AM