Police said owner Lavkesh Bajaj was arrested late Wednesday, hours after the blaze gutted the building, killing at least nine Indians and several foreigners

The split in India’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) apparently passed the point of no return yesterday as West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose approved the party’s rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition.

Conflict in Middle East chokes Strait of Hormuz, drives up fuel prices

Bangladesh High Commission says three are in critical condition and receiving ICU care

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing arrived in neighbouring India yesterday, in his first trip abroad since becoming civilian leader, for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Hasina Bibi clutched her hungry four-year-old daughter as she waited at an India-Bangladesh border post, trying to leave as fears grow of an Indian crackdown on undocumented migrants.

The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the US agreed to jointly build a port in Fiji and signed pacts covering critical minerals and energy security, as they sought to inject fresh energy into their grouping known as the Quad.

West Bengal’s BJP government yesterday operationalised its “detect, delete and deport” policy, with Malda becoming the first district to set up a holding centre for illegal foreign nationals, sparking fears among minorities, especially Muslims, that it could lead to arbitrary expulsions.

At least 16 people have died of heatstroke in southern India so far this summer, officials said yesterday, as a heatwave grips swathes of the country following official health warnings.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington, reaffirming the importance of a relationship that has come under growing strain, a week after the United States held a warm summit with China.

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari yesterday announced the implementation of a mechanism under which infiltrators detained by state police would be handed over directly to the BSF for deportation, while unveiling what he described as part of a broader ‘’detect, delete and deport’’ framework.

Move part of 90-day fuel-saving drive amid Middle East war

Three pastors were gunned down yesterday in India’s restive northeastern Manipur state, police and officials said, the latest flare-up in a region gripped by ethnic conflict.

The chief secretary has been asked to complete the procedures within the next 45 days

Indian film star C Joseph Vijay was sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu state yesterday after his new party brokered a coalition in the southern industrial hub.

Actor-turned-politician Vijay took oath as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, making the rise of a new political force in the state

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari yesterday took his oath as the chief minister of West Bengal, becoming the state’s first BJP chief minister since independence and marking a historic political shift in Bengal after decades of regional party dominance.

BJP ends 15 years of Trinamool rule after securing landslide victory in West Bengal

Suvendu Adhikari was formally named the Chief Minister of West Bengal yesterday, days after the BJP’s resounding victory in the recently concluded assembly elections.

BJP govt to be sworn in tomorrow as Mamata refuses to step down