Leaseholder arrested after Kolkata hotel fire kills nine
20 August 2026
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Kolkata hotel fire: 7-yr-old orphaned as four of Kushtia family perish
20 August 2026
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India youth protests highlight mistrust in 'lapdog' media
6 August 2026
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Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
6 August 2026
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India
Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for politics
1 August 2026
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India
Videos on Modi: Meta India head named in police case
1 August 2026
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India suspends policeman for firing AK-47 at student protesters
27 July 2026
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Indian activists demand release of detained 'cockroach' protesters
27 July 2026
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Post-youth protests: Modi announces panel to overhaul exam system
27 July 2026
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Analysis / India's Gen Z dents Modi's aura ahead of key state polls
26 July 2026
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China inventing names of places in Arunachal
India hit out at China for giving “invented” names to several places in a disputed Himalayan region on their border as Beijing looks to assert sovereignty over the territory.
31 December 2021
India saw record 126 tiger deaths in 2021
India’s tiger conservation body said 126 of the endangered big cats died in 2021, the highest toll since it began compiling data a decade ago. The
30 December 2021
India extends draconian security law in Nagaland
The Indian government yesterday extended a special law giving armed forces sweeping powers in the north-eastern state of Nagaland, days after a botched army ambush killed 14 people.
30 December 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo statue erected in Goa triggers controversy
The large brass statue of Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, which was installed at a park in Calangute village on the beach of the Arabian Sea in Goa has triggered a controversy over his Portuguese linkage in a state which was once a colony of Portugal.
29 December 2021
India restricts foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity
India has moved to cut off foreign funding to a charity founded by Mother Teresa, a decision critics described as further evidence of harassment
28 December 2021
India court urges delay in state polls over Covid
An Indian court urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to suspend political rallies and election campaigns in poll-bound states amid the rising number of Omicron cases, a variant of Covid-19.
24 December 2021
Release detainees, end violence
India has officially reached out to Myanmar for the first time since the February 1 military coup to prescribe its military ruler to return to democracy and end all violence at the earliest.
23 December 2021
Two dead after blast in Indian court building
Two people were killed and two others injured after a powerful explosion ripped through an Indian court building yesterday, police said. Footage
23 December 2021
3,000 granted Indian citizenship since 2018
Altogether 8,244 non-Muslim people from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan had applied for Indian citizenship in the last four years and 3,117 of them were granted the citizenship, India’s Junior Minister for Home Nityanand Rai told the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
22 December 2021
‘3,117 non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan granted Indian citizenship since 2018’
Altogether 8,244 non-Muslim persons from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan had applied for Indian citizenship in the last four years and of them, 3,117 were granted citizenship, India’s junior minister for Home Nityanand Rai told the Rajya Sabha today.
22 December 2021
Girls can wear pants: School’s decision infuriates conservatives in India’s Kerala
A government school in India’s Kerala has given birth to a row for allowing its female students to wear trousers.
The Government Girls Higher Secondary School in the town of Balussery has recently decided to let its students wear unisex uniforms -- shirt and pant, reports BBC.
22 December 2021
TMC registers landslide victory in Kolkata civic polls
West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) yesterday chalked up a landslide victory in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections,
21 December 2021
India to deploy S-400 air defence system
In a major boost to the country’s air defence capabilities, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is deploying the first squadron of the Russia-made S-400 air
21 December 2021
Indian probe body summons Aishwariya in Panama Papers case
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for questioning in a case related to the 2016 “Panama Papers” global tax leak case.
20 December 2021
Man beaten to death inside India's Sikh Golden Temple
A man was beaten to death in the northern Indian city of Amritsar after he allegedly attempted to commit a sacrilegious act inside the historic Golden Temple, one of Sikhs’ most revered shrines.
19 December 2021
India tests new generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile
India today successfully tested a new generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of the Bay of Bengal in the eastern state of Odisha.
18 December 2021
A bond forged with blood, sacrifice in ‘71
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind yesterday said his country would remain closely connected with its Bangladeshi friends to jointly achieve development and prosperity.
17 December 2021
Indian SC stays proceedings of West Bengal’s commission
India’s Supreme Court yesterday stayed all proceedings before the Madan B Lokur Commission, appointed by the West Bengal government, to inquire into the Pegasus controversy despite the state promising to hold its hand when the apex court was seized of the issue and awaiting report from its technical expert panel headed by Justice RV Raveendran, a former SC judge.
17 December 2021
India to raise marriage age for women
The Indian government has cleared a proposal to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21, according to media reports, as women’s rights activists fear the move could lead to a “real disaster”.
17 December 2021
Indian court jails 8 JMB members over 2018 Bodh Gaya blast
A court in India today awarded life sentence to three Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh militants and 10 years' rigorous imprisonment to five other JMB members in a case relating to a bomb blast in Buddhist pilgrimage town of Bodh Gaya in eastern state of Bihar in 2018.
17 December 2021