The conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF), which was postponed two days ago, will now take place from September 16-19.

India today announced a ban on the export of onions with immediate effect, stoking fears of a crisis of the vegetable in Bangladeshi markets.

Two Indian officials have said Chinese troops were laying a network of optical fibre cables at a western Himalayan flashpoint with India, suggesting they were digging in for the long haul despite high-level talks aimed at resolving a standoff there.

Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said Covid-19 vaccine may be ready in the country by the first quarter of 2021 and that he would be the first to offer himself for receiving the vaccine “if people have a trust deficit”.

Indian customs officials intercepted a fishing trawler “smuggling sarees and other garments worth about Rs 3.3 crore” to Bangladesh, from South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

The West Bengal state government has started the official procedure to send back 650 Bangladeshi prisoners who have completed their sentences but are still languishing in different jails in the state.

India and China have agreed on a five-point plan for resolving the prolonged military face-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.

India today moved very close to the grim milestone of one lakh Covid-19 positive cases in a single-day.

India is actively considering Russia’s request for holding phase-3 clinical trial and production of its Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V by Indian firms, officials say.

India’s Border Security Force today said they have apprehended a Bangladeshi national when he was allegedly trying to smuggle cattle through a river route in Malda district of India’s West Bengal.

India reported a record number of 1,133 coronavirus-linked deaths and 75,809 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed this morning.

A record addition of 90,802 fresh cases of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours took India past Brazil as the world’s second-worst hit country today in terms of total number of patients.

Defence ministers of India and China held “frank and in-depth” talks in Moscow last night in the first face-to-face political interaction in four months since the military faceoff between the two countries erupted.

India reported yet another record single-day spike of 86,432 coronavirus cases that made it the third country whose total tally went past the four million mark.

With the addition of over 80,000 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours for the second consecutive day, India's total infection tally zoomed past 39 lakh today, according to Indian Health Ministry data.

Under severe criticism over its alleged bias and handling of hate speech, Facebook today said it has banned a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party politician from its platform and Instagram for “violating” its policy on content promoting violence and hate.

India registered a record spike of 83,833 coronavirus cases across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally past the 38-lakh mark, according to the health ministry today.

Twitter has said an account linked to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website was hacked and was later restored.

Amidst an escalation in border faceoff with China in Ladakh, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has flown to Moscow today on a three-day visit, where he is expected to discuss expediting Russia’s supply of several defence hardware, including missile defence shields.

The nation is observing a one-day state of mourning in honour of former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.