Hundreds of supporters of the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party protested in India’s financial capital Mumbai yesterday, kicking off a new nationwide campaign against changes to voter rolls they say benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing party.

An Indian pilot attacked by his co-pilot aboard a flight from the UAE to Israel yesterday said that he “could not let all those people die”, in his first public remarks after he helped stop the plane from crashing.

Mass detentions marked protests against the election chief as women took to the streets following the alleged gang-rape of a teenager

More than 2,200 houses were damaged and 154 animals died in rain-related incidents, report says

Passengers were asleep when bus caught fire near 33km marker; survivors describe desperate struggle to escape through smoke and flames

Leaders of the BRICS group of nations will meet on Saturday in the Indian capital of New Delhi for their annual summit

A sweeping safety crackdown by the Kolkata administration following a deadly hotel fire has left Bangladeshi patients and their families struggling to find affordable accommodation while seeking medical treatment in the city.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami orders scientific surveys, sensors and stronger early-warning systems

The Indian Army has signed an agreement with the United States to purchase Javelin anti-tank missile systems, the US Embassy in India said yesterday, without disclosing the value of the deal.

Bihar leaders urge Centre not to renew India-Bangladesh Ganges water-sharing treaty, says Indian media

Police are investigating possible electrical faults, negligence and fire-safety lapses following the blaze

A medical trip to India ended in tragedy when a hotel fire in central Kolkata early yesterday claimed the lives of four members of a family from Kushtia, leaving a child back home orphaned.

The hostility underscored a widening gulf between legacy networks and a growing ecosystem of independent digital outlets that many young Indians increasingly turn to for news

Lightning strikes killed at least 14 people in India’s mineral-rich eastern state of Jharkhand, police said, the latest deaths linked to annual monsoon rains that unleashed floods and landslides elsewhere.

Police in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad have registered a case against the head of Meta India, Arun Srinivas, over multiple videos posted on the company’s Facebook platform that depicted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an “abusive manner,” a senior police officer said yesterday.

India has reiterated that Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has not been allowed to use Indian territory for any political activities.

The protests were triggered by the leakage of question papers for a national medical college ‌entrance exam ⁠in May

Government introduced legislation in the lower house seeking tougher penalties for examination paper leaks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday announced the creation of a task force headed by tech entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani to overhaul India’s examination system, following days of youth protests about exam paper leaks.

The protests were triggered by a leaked medical-entrance exam, but there are other issues, mainly youth unemployment and fear among the young that AI could take their jobs in places such as IT back offices that India is known for, analysts said.