Al-Qaeda terrorist nabbed in Delhi

The Delhi police have arrested 27-year-old Shami-Ur-Rehman, a British national and a key Al-Qaeda's operative in India, who was
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Rohingyas 'threat to nat'l security'

The Indian government yesterday told the Supreme Court that Rohingya refugees were "a threat to national security", pushing back
14 September 2017, 18:40 PM

20 dead as boat capsizes in India

At least 20 people died yesterday when a boat packed with labourers capsized on the Yamuna river in northern India. Twenty bodies have
14 September 2017, 18:12 PM

India to grant citizenship

India will soon grant citizenship to nearly one lakh Chakma and Hajong refugees, who came from the erstwhile East Pakistan five
13 September 2017, 18:13 PM

India hits back at UN criticism

India yesterday reacted strongly to remarks made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on the issue of
12 September 2017, 19:39 PM

Nobel winner launches march for abused kids

Indian Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi yesterday started a cross-country march aimed at forcing authorities to clamp down on the
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Indian soldiers kill two Kashmiri rebels

Indian government forces killed two suspected rebels and captured one in Kashmir yesterday during a brief gun battle, sparking protests
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Madhya Pradesh seeks to quash Goldman-backed solar project

Madhya Pradesh, India’s second largest state, appeals to the country’s top court to quash a Goldman Sachs-backed solar project, highlighting the challenges faced by solar companies looking to expand in Asia’s third largest economy.
9 September 2017, 06:49 AM

Court sentences two men to death

An Indian court yesterday sentenced two men to death over bomb blasts in Mumbai two decades ago that killed more than 250 people.
7 September 2017, 18:24 PM

Mumbai building fire kills 6

Six people have died when a fire swept through a building in Mumbai, the latest housing tragedy to strike India's bustling financial capital.
7 September 2017, 14:34 PM

Stop cow vigilantes

India's top court yesterday proposed measures to stem what it called growing violence by vigilantes who claim to be protecting cows,
6 September 2017, 18:37 PM

India SC allows abortion for child rape victim

India's top court yesterday allowed a 13-year-old rape survivor to have a late abortion after lawyers said carrying the baby to full term
6 September 2017, 18:36 PM

Indian senior journo Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru

Indian senior Kannada journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh is shot dead by unidentified men at her residence in Bengaluru.
5 September 2017, 17:52 PM

Modi to reshuffle his council of ministers

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a reshuffle of his council of ministers on Sunday in the third such exercise since he assumed charge more than three years ago.
1 September 2017, 15:29 PM

Mumbai building collapse: Death toll hits 21

A 117-year-old condemned building collapses in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai after two days of torrential rain, killing at least 21 people, with some feared trapped.
31 August 2017, 04:57 AM

6 die in rains lashing India's business hub

Two toddlers were among at least six people who died after floods caused by heavy seasonal monsoon rains destroyed homes and disrupted traffic in India’s financial capital, police say.
30 August 2017, 06:20 AM

Ram Rahim to spend 20 years in jail, to pay Rs. 30-lakh fine

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim is sentenced to 10-year jail, three days after he was held guilty of rape and criminal intimidation by a special CBI court in Panchkula. Justice Jagdeep Singh, who held Ram Rahim guilty of the said charges, pronounces the sentence at a makeshift court on Rohtak jail premises.
28 August 2017, 08:31 AM

Conviction of Indian Guru: Court asks for seizure of property to pay for damages

An Indian court orders strict penalty for Dera Sacha Sauda over the large scale arson and violence carried out by the followers of the organisation’s leader who was convicted of raping two women.
26 August 2017, 05:41 AM

At least 28 dead in North India in violent protests: officials

At least 28 persons are killed and 250 injured as arson and violence hit parts of northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana following the conviction of a self-styled godman in a rape case.
25 August 2017, 08:03 AM

Asian countries with longest land borders

Many countries with land borders in Asia have long remained peaceful, others remain tense. Five Asian countries have no land border with other countries.
24 August 2017, 04:25 AM