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India for swift end to Ukraine war

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he supports a swift end to the grinding conflict in Ukraine after visiting the war-hit country.
27 August 2024

Water release from Farakka no cause of concern for Bangladesh: India

Experts here say all barrage gates usually kept open during monsoon
26 August 2024

BJP slams Kangana for linking India's farmers' protest to Bangladesh unrest

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party today pulled up its lawmaker and Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut over her remarks linking farmers' protest to the unrest in Bangladesh
26 August 2024

CBI raids RG Kar ex-principal's Kolkata house in graft probe

India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today searched the residences of RG Kar Medical College's former principal Sandip Ghosh and 14 others over alleged financial irregularities.
25 August 2024

Doctors call off strike over Kolkata rape-murder

Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), an umbrella body of doctors, today decided to call off its 11-day-old strike, called to protest against the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, following "positive directions" from the Supreme Court
22 August 2024

India has shown 'inhumanity' by opening dam, says Nahid

Information and Broadcasting Adviser of the interim government Nahid Islam today said India has shown "inhumanity' by opening a dam without prior notice causing foods in Bangladesh
22 August 2024

10 killed, nearly 33,000 displaced as heavy rain causes flood in India’s Tripura

At least 10 people were killed and nearly 33,000 rendered homeless in landslides and "unprecedented" flooding triggered by incessant heavy rains in the India's north eastern state Tripura, where the water level of all major rivers has crossed the danger mark, an official statement said today
22 August 2024

West Bengal govt transfers 3 officials of RG Kar Medical College amid protests

The West Bengal government has transferred the principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, along with two senior officials, amid escalating protests over the alleged rape and murder of a doctor on the college premises.
22 August 2024

India refutes claims of causing floods in Bangladesh

Points to heavy rainfall as primary cause, says it is sharing information with Bangladesh
22 August 2024

17 dead in explosion at Andhra Pradesh pharma company

A major fire and explosion ripped through a pharmaceutical factory in Atchutapuram in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh yesterday, killing 17 people and injuring 33 others
22 August 2024

Protests grow in India over abuse of two minors

Internet services were cut off and schools were closed for a second straight day in a town near India’s financial capital Mumbai yesterday, as protests over the alleged sexual abuse of two, four-year old girls intensified, media said.
21 August 2024

Blast at Indian pharma factory kills 15, injures 40

At least 15 people were killed in an explosion at a pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant in southern India's Andhra Pradesh state today, a district government official said
21 August 2024

Three Kolkata Police officials suspended over vandalism at RG Kar Hospital

Kolkata Police has suspended three officers in connection with vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last week, officials said
21 August 2024

India SC takes cognisance of Kolkata doctor rape-murder

India's Supreme Court today said it took suo motu (voluntary) cognisance of the rape and murder case of a postgraduate doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata because it raises systemic issues regarding safety of doctors across India
20 August 2024

India SC sets up doctors' panel on workplace safety after rape, murder

India's Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday the setting up of a national task force of doctors to make recommendations on safety at their work place, days after the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor sparked nationwide protests
20 August 2024

Mpox: India heightens alert along borders with Bangladesh, Pakistan

India has ordered heightened alert along its border with Bangladesh and Pakistan to keep a check on incoming people for possible symptoms of Mpox, which has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization
20 August 2024

Modi to visit Ukraine on Aug 23

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on August 23, at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the foreign ministry said yesterday.
19 August 2024

Paramilitary officer killed in India’s J&K

An officer from the Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in action after terrorists fired on a patrol team in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur yesterday.
19 August 2024

Rape, murder of doctor: Indian medics refuse to end protests

Thousands of Indian junior doctors yesterday refused to end protests over the rape and murder of a fellow medic, disrupting hospital services nearly a week after they launched a nationwide action demanding a safer workplace and swift criminal probe.
19 August 2024

India SC takes up doctor’s rape-murder case

India’s Supreme Court, on its own, has taken up the rape-murder case of the Kolkata doctor that has shocked the country and thrown the medical fraternity in a turmoil.
18 August 2024