Kolkata rape-murder: Junior doctors continue protest, seek fresh meeting with state govt

The doctors made the announcement at the end of their governing body meeting started around 6.30 pm and ended at about 1:00am
18 September 2024

India's disputed Kashmir votes after special status scrapped

Many in the disputed Muslim-majority territory of 8.7 million registered voters remain bitter over the 2019 order by the Hindu-nationalist government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose control from New Delhi
18 September 2024

Kejriwal quits as Delhi CM after release from jail

Arvind Kejriwal, a top political opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, quit as chief minister of the capital Delhi yesterday, days after being released on bail in a corruption case.
17 September 2024

India SC pauses ‘bulldozer justice’

India’s top court yesterday ordered authorities to pause demolishing private property as punitive action against people accused of criminal activity, condemning the so-called “bulldozer justice”.
17 September 2024

India condemns Iran supreme leader’s comments

India has condemned comments made by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the treatment of Muslims in the South Asian nation, calling his remarks “misinformed and unacceptable”.
17 September 2024

China says it tailed US aircraft

The Chinese military tailed a US aircraft that was passing through the politically sensitive Taiwan Strait yesterday, Beijing’s army said, vowing to “resolutely defend national sovereignty”.
17 September 2024

Mamata removes Kolkata top cop; 2 health officials; doctors yet to call off strike

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the removal of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Abhishek Gupta last night
17 September 2024

AAP to decide on next CM after Kejriwal's resignation

Senior AAP leader and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia reached Kejriwal's official residence to discuss with him the names of probables for the chief minister's post
16 September 2024

Pakistan court grants bail to 10 of ex-PM Imran Khan's MPs

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan granted bail on Monday to 10 MPs from former prime minister Imran Khan's party, an AFP journalist witnessed
16 September 2024

Kejriwal to resign as Delhi CM in two days

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal yesterday said that he will resign as chief minister of the Delhi regional government in two days.
15 September 2024

Myanmar flood: Volunteers rush to help as toll surges

Volunteers rushed to areas inundated by floods in Myanmar yesterday as the country’s death toll from the Typhoon Yagi deluge more than doubled and remote areas reported increasing numbers of dead and missing
15 September 2024

Modi accuses JMM of patronising Bangladeshi, Rohingya infiltration

Jharkhand, ruled by JMM in alliance with Congress, braces for fresh assembly elections due later this year
15 September 2024

Kejriwal says he will resign as Delhi CM

He was released from jail on bail on Friday
15 September 2024

RG Kar rape and murder: Junior doctors continue protest amid rain

Charge of tampering with evidence added against former principal of medical college
15 September 2024

Cash-strapped Maldives says no need for IMF bailout

The Maldives says its financial troubles are “temporary” and the luxury tourist destination has no plans to seek an International Monetary Fund bailout after warnings of a possible sovereign default.
14 September 2024

Kolkata rape-murder: Mamata visits protest site, urges doctors to resume work

Amid the continuing impasse, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today paid a surprise visit to the site where the junior doctors are protesting against the rape and murder of a young medic at R G Kar Hospital in Kolkata and assured them that she would look into their demands..Howev
14 September 2024

Vietnam's Typhoon Yagi death toll passes 250, scores still missing

More than 820 people have been injured and 82 are still missing, according to the state disaster management agency
14 September 2024

Myanmar makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods

Floods and landslides have killed almost 300 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in the wake of Typhoon Yagi
14 September 2024

China, Russia chide West

Chinese and Russian defence officials took swipes at the West at a military diplomacy forum in Beijing on Friday, with China courting the Global South and Russia saying the United States was shifting military conflicts to the Asia-Pacific. 
13 September 2024

Indian Supreme Court grants bail to Kejriwal

The Delhi chief minister was arrested on March 21 in a corruption case
13 September 2024