Bangabandhu would be remembered for his courage and indelible contribution, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says in a tweet.

India shuts down all educational institutions, gymnasiums, museums, cultural and social centres, swimming pools and theatres till March 31 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

A 68-year-old woman died of coronavirus in New Delhi, the Indian government says, in the country’s second death linked to the disease.

Indian authorities order the release of Kashmir’s most prominent politician, Farooq Abdullah, one of dozens of leaders held since August, when the federal government withdrew the troubled region’s autonomy.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposes a strong joint strategy involving SAARC countries to fight the coronavirus threat in the region.

India has reported its first coronavirus death when the test result of a 76-year-old man, who died recently in Kalaburagi district of the southern state of Karnataka, confirmed that he was positive for the virus, the state government says.

Indian government has suspended all visas to India till April 15 as the cases of coronavirus in the country sharply spiked and the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic, reports NDTV.

When the legislative assembly of the eastern Indian state of Bihar passed a resolution against the government’s proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) recently, it was not just another state to have done so.

India announces the deferment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka to attend the launch of birth centenary celebrations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17, due to the detection of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh.

Allahabad High Court in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, orders authorities to remove large displays of the names, pictures and addresses of dozens of anti-government protesters, amid fears that they encourage attacks by vigilante mobs.

The Indian government backtracked Saturday after slapping a 48-hour ban on two TV channels for what officials called biased coverage of New Delhi riots.

The number of positive cases of novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 in India has risen to 31 with the latest being reported from West Delhi, where the patient has a travel history to Thailand and Malaysia.

All primary schools in Delhi are ordered to be shut till March 31 in view of the coronavirus scare.

Indian government says police have arrested hundreds of people for their alleged involvement in the recent violence in Delhi, while a close watch is being kept on social media platforms to check rumours and unfounded propaganda.

India has reacted sharply to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights filing an intervention application in the Indian Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Although several Bollywood celebrities have already condemned the communal violence in Delhi that claimed 47 lives, big names like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan have maintained silence -- leading fans to question their stance, reports Gulf News.

Bangladesh wants India to address the concerns of the Bangladeshi people caused by India’s “internal issues” and wants border killings brought down to zero, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says.

India lifts the five-month-old ban on the export of onions of all varieties with effect from March 15.

India reports two more cases of coronavirus, including one in New Delhi, taking the number of positive cases to five so far.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla says India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been misunderstood in many ways, adding that it was undertaken on “humanitarian grounds”.