Landslides kill 123 in Kerala

Landslides swept through tea estates and villages in southern India’s Kerala yesterday, killing at least 123 people while they slept as unexpected heavy rain collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders.
30 July 2024

57 killed, many feared trapped in India landslides

The death toll rose to 57 in the deadly landslides triggered by heavy rains in hilly Wayanad district of India's Kerala today, PTI reported quoting state government sources.
30 July 2024

45 killed, several feared trapped in India landslides

A series of massive landslides set off by incessant heavy rains left at least 45 people, many of them in their sleep, dead in the hilly areas in Wayanad district of India’s Kerala's today, officials said
30 July 2024

Indian soldier, intruder killed in J&K

A gunfight in Kashmir killed the eleventh Indian soldier to die in the restive Himalayan territory this month, India’s military said yesterday.
27 July 2024

Remarks on student protests in Bangladesh 'distorted': Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her recent remarks about students agitation and violence in Bangladesh were "distorted" by a certain section of people" in that country
27 July 2024

Mamata walks out of key meeting in New Delhi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today walked out of a crucial meeting of the Indian government's policy think-tank Niti Aayog in New Delhi saying she was stopped from speaking "after just five minutes"
27 July 2024

India's Moidams earn UNESCO world heritage status

UNESCO declared India's Moidams, the vaulted mound burial sites of the royal Ahom dynasty in Assam, as the country's 43rd World Heritage Site today
26 July 2024

Indian union govt the sole authority on foreign affairs

The union government of India has the sole prerogative when it comes to matters of foreign affairs, said a spokesperson of its external affairs ministry acknowledging Dhaka’s note issued after Mamata Banerjee’s remarks.
25 July 2024

Indian soldier, suspected militant killed

Separate firefights in India’s Jammu and Kashmir killed a soldier and a suspected militant near the disputed territory’s militarised unofficial frontier with Pakistan, India’s military said yesterday.
24 July 2024

India's strategic railway bridge closes the gap to Kashmir

The Chenab Rail Bridge, the highest of its kind in the world, has been hailed as a feat of engineering linking the restive Kashmir valley to the vast Indian plains by train for the first time
24 July 2024

India on $24bn jobs drive in Modi’s first post-polls budget

India’s government will spend $24 billion on employment and training, it said yesterday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to address uneven economic growth and mollify disgruntled voters after a surprising election setback last month.
23 July 2024

Two dead as passenger train derails in India

At least two people were killed and 20 injured after several coaches of a passenger train jumped the tracks in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh yesterday, authorities said.
18 July 2024

Five Indian security personnel killed

Five security personnel were killed in a firefight with gunmen in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, the army and police said yesterday, with security sources saying militants had made a “tactical shift” in attacks.
16 July 2024

4 army soldiers killed in gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir

Four Indian army personnel, including an officer, who were critically injured in a gunfight with heavily-armed militants in a dense forest, died of injuries in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir early today, official sources said
16 July 2024

Lawyers go on strike in Delhi

Thousands of lawyers in India’s capital yesterday protested against an overhaul in criminal legislation by staying away from work and boycotting court hearings, as opposition mounted to the changes.
15 July 2024

Indian troops kill 3 suspected J&K militants

Soldiers in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have killed three suspected militants, the army said, the latest incident in an uptick of attacks in the disputed northern territory.
15 July 2024

Only 8 persons applied for citizenship under CAA in Assam so far: CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said only eight persons from Assam have so far applied for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) since the rules for implementing the law were notified in March this year
15 July 2024

India by-polls: INDIA bloc wins 10, BJP 2

India's opposition INDIA bloc, which put up a spirited performance in recent parliamentary polls, won 10 seats while BJP got two as votes were counted today for 13 assembly seats where by-elections were held on Wednesday across seven states
13 July 2024

Ambanis hire over 100 pvt planes for wedding

The wedding of the billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son Anant Ambani, 29, and his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant, 29, is expected to require the use of more than 100 private planes, including three Falcon-2000 jets, to transport wedding guests, among whom are celebrities in the worlds of entertainment, politics, and business.
12 July 2024

India announces ‘Murder of the Constitution Day’ remembrance

India said yesterday it would hold an annual “Murder of the Constitution Day” from next year, commemorating a dark historical chapter tied to the family of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chief political rival.
12 July 2024