India reopens tourist visas for Bangladeshis after nearly two years
Star Online Report
25 June 2026, 15:22 PM Bangladesh
Rebels ‘remove’ Mamata from TMC helm
Agencies
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM India
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

India bans J&K terror group

India yesterday imposed a ban on terror group Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, which has been fighting for "liberation of Kashmir" and involved in a series of terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir state, under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act.
6 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Woman arrested for shooting Gandhi effigy

A right-wing Indian woman who shot an effigy of independence hero Mahatma Gandhi with an air pistol to mark his assassination some seven decades ago has been arrested, police said yesterday. Pooja Shakun Pandey was filmed shooting the effigy at an event by a far-right Hindu group on Friday -- the 71st anniversary of Gandhi's death.
6 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Board reverses opposition to entry of women

A board that oversees an ancient Hindu hill temple in southern India said yesterday it now favoured allowing women of menstruating age to enter the temple, reversing its previous support for a centuries-old ban.
6 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Political parties abuse WhatsApp

India's political parties have been abusing Facebook Inc's popular messaging service WhatsApp ahead of the country's general election and the company has warned them not to do so, a senior executive said yesterday.
6 February 2019, 18:00 PM

India successfully launches com satellite GSAT-31

India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-31 has been successfully launched from a space port in French Guiana island.
6 February 2019, 09:31 AM

CBI can't arrest Kolkata top cop

Indian Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the CBI can't arrest Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam probe.
5 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Centre trying to destroy process: SC

The Indian Supreme Court yesterday came down heavily on the federal government over the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) process and said it is hell bent on not allowing the work to continue.
5 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Opposition plans common blueprint to unseat Modi

An alliance of regional parties in India is working on a combined economic plan, one of its leaders said, in the latest sign that Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces an increasingly united opposition in the upcoming general election.
5 February 2019, 18:00 PM

'Lord' Modi just like the British: Rahul

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lording it over India just like the British, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said in a blistering pre-election broadside published yesterday.
5 February 2019, 18:00 PM

BJP questions Mamata’s sit-in

BJP, the ruling party of India, questions West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee’s sit-in protest which starts after Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar is taken to a police station and is detained there for hours for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) before he is released, reports NDTV.
4 February 2019, 15:14 PM

6 killed as train derails in India

At least six passengers were killed and more than 20 injured yesterday after an express train derailed in eastern India's Bihar state, officials said.
3 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Win your own seats first

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh should worry about winning their own Lok Sabha seats before dreaming of victory in West Bengal.
3 February 2019, 18:00 PM

3 women who could be Modi's biggest nightmare in India's election

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, part of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has ruled India for much of the time since its independence from the British in 1947, joined the struggle in January, when the opposition Congress party made her its face in the nation’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh.
2 February 2019, 15:08 PM

Fighter jet crashes in India’s Bengaluru, two pilots dead

An Indian Air Force Mirage-2000 trainer aircraft crashes in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru immediately after taking off, killing both pilots.
1 February 2019, 08:29 AM

India foreign secy summons Pakistan envoy

India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay K Gokhale summons Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood late yesterda night and lodged a strong protest against Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s phone call to a moderate Kashmir separatist leader saying such action tantamount to a “direct interference” in India’s internal affairs.
31 January 2019, 05:33 AM

Modi 'sold' IAF

Launching a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale jet deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi yesterday alleged that he "sold" the Indian Air Force (IAF) and "stole" opportunities of the youth by giving away Rs 30,000 crore to his "friend" and businessman Anil Ambani.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM

BJP will always protect interests of Assam: PM

As the BJP faces heat over the Citizenship Bill in the northeast, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday that his party will always protect the interests of Assam.
29 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Rahul pledges minimum income for poor

India's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said yesterday that his party will introduce a "minimum income guarantee" for the poor if it returns to power in elections this year.
28 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Kuldip Nayar honoured with Padma Bhushan

Kuldip Nayar, a doyen of Indian journalism and a fearless champion of media freedom, has been posthumously honoured with the Indian government's third highest civilian honour -- the Padma Bhushan.
26 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Pretty faces cant win votes

An Indian state minister yesterday courted controversy for his remarks on Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, saying, votes are not won with "a very pretty face" in politics. Vinod Narayan Jha, a minister of Bihar, said Priyanka Gandhi has no political achievement to her credit.
25 January 2019, 18:00 PM