Renaming of Kolkata road sparks debate
A Correspondent, Kolkata
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM India
Indian court rejects appeal over ban on Telegram app
Agencies
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM India
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

UK auditing India’s Serum Institute’s vaccine manufacturing process for possible shipment: sources

Britain’s drug regulator is auditing manufacturing processes at Serum Institute of India (SII) which could pave the way for AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to be shipped from there to the UK and other countries, according to two sources close to the matter.
15 February 2021, 17:05 PM

India’s arrest of activist tied to Greta Thunberg’s movement sparks outrage

Indian politicians and activists condemned the arrest of a 22-year-old climate campaigner accused of sedition for helping edit an online document that Sweden’s Greta Thunberg had promoted in support of farmers protesting in the country.
15 February 2021, 16:57 PM

Amit Shah shared plans for BJP expansion in Nepal, Sri Lanka: Tripura chief minister

Sparking a fresh row, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said Home Minister Amit Shah, as party's national president, had once shared plans for expansion of Bharatiya Janata Party’s base in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
15 February 2021, 09:43 AM

India has offered Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh Army: Vikram Doraiswami

India has offered Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh Armed Forces, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami today.
15 February 2021, 08:56 AM

Tesla to set up electric car manufacturing unit in southern India

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc will set up an electric-car manufacturing unit in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, according to a government document seen by Reuters.
14 February 2021, 15:46 PM

Himalayan rescuers recover more bodies as flash flood death toll rises to 50

Rescuers pulled out nine more bodies from the site of a flash flood in a Himalayan region of northern India today, a week after the disaster struck, bringing the death toll to 50 with more than 150 people still missing, officials said.
14 February 2021, 11:40 AM

Kerala Chief Minister says won’t implement CAA

The Chief Minister of the southern Indian state of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, has said his government will not implement the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
14 February 2021, 09:08 AM

Minibus-lorry collision in India's Andhra Pradesh leaves 14 dead

Fourteen people, including eight women and a child, were killed and four others injured as a minibus collided with a lorry in Kurnool district of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh early today, police said.
14 February 2021, 05:52 AM

Jammu and Kashmir will get state status at ‘appropriate time’: Amit Shah

Jammu and Kashmir will get back the state status at “an appropriate time,” Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said today.
13 February 2021, 12:32 PM

6.1 magnitude earthquake jolts India’s Punjab

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck near Amritsar in the Indian state of Punjab with tremors and aftershocks in several parts of northwest India.
12 February 2021, 18:11 PM

India, pharmacy of the world, falls behind on vaccinations at home

India has won plaudits for gifting and selling Covid-19 vaccines around the world, but it will have to crank up the pace of immunisations at home to meet its targets.
12 February 2021, 15:50 PM

15 killed in blast at firecracker factory in India’s Tamil Nadu

At least 15 workers were killed and more than 30 injured as an explosion ripped through a firecracker factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police said.
12 February 2021, 13:24 PM

India to start implementing CAA after end of Covid-19 vaccination: Indian home minister

India will start granting citizenship to refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) after the Covid-19 vaccination process ends, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said today.
11 February 2021, 13:46 PM

2014 Burdwan blast: Kolkata court sentences 'Boma Mizan' to 29 years’ imprisonment

A special court in Kolkata sentenced Kausar alias "Boma Mizan", a leader of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, to 29 years’ imprisonment in a case filed over explosion at a house in West Bengal's Burdwan district in October 2014.
11 February 2021, 05:00 AM

32 dead, 174 remain missing 3 days after Indian glacier disaster

Indian rescuers today penetrated deeper through tonnes of rocks and slush to reach 35 power project workers trapped inside a tunnel as the toll in the glacial burst and flash flood in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district rose to 32.
10 February 2021, 09:33 AM

Didn't sit on Rabindranath Tagore's chair during visit to Visva Bharati: Amit Shah

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah today rejected the claim by opposition Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury that he sat on Rabindranath Tagore's chair during his visit to Visva Bharati in Bolpur last month.
9 February 2021, 14:52 PM

India says J&J interested in making Covid-19 vaccine in country

Johnson & Johnson is interested in manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine in India, a government official told a news conference on Tuesday.
9 February 2021, 13:04 PM

Investigate alleged killings by BSF along Bangladesh border: HRW to India

Indian authorities should investigate and prosecute newly alleged abuses by its Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border, said Human Rights Watch in a statement today.
9 February 2021, 11:59 AM

Indian police arrest man suspected of leading farm protest violence

Police in the Indian capital arrested a man on Tuesday accused of leading a group of farmers who clashed with police and stormed the historic Red Fort last month during the worst day of violence in months of protests against agriculture reforms.
9 February 2021, 11:11 AM

Farmers’ protest: Indian SC stays arrest of Shashi Tharoor, 6 journalists

India’s Supreme Court today stayed arrest of opposition Congress Party lawmaker Shashi Tharoor and six journalists. The court order was in connection with FIRs lodged against them for their alleged “misleading” tweets regarding farmers’ tractor rally violence in New Delhi on Republic Day.
9 February 2021, 07:56 AM