No drug can enter or go out of India: Amit Shah

India’s Home Minister Amit Shah says they will not allow any drug to enter or go out of the country.
13 February 2020, 09:45 AM

Welfare politics trumps nationalism

It was billed as a battle between the politics of welfare and the politics of strident nationalism centred on a changed citizenship law, which critics see as divisive. In the end, the former emerged victorious. That is how the results of the Delhi legislative assembly election turned out to be.
12 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi’s chief minister Feb 16

Arvind Kejriwal, who spearheaded Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to a remarkable victory in Delhi assembly election decimating the Bharatiya Janata Party, will take oath as the chief minister on February 16 for a third consecutive term.
12 February 2020, 09:16 AM

Aam Aadmi Party worker killed as shots fired at MLA’s convoy

An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker is killed after some unidentified people opened fire at AAP MLA Naresh Yadav’s convoy in southwest Delhi’s Kishangarh village.
12 February 2020, 06:02 AM

Trump's state visit to India set for Feb 24

US President Donald Trump will pay his first state visit to India on February 24-25, the Indian Prime Minister’s office announce, amidst indications that the two countries are working on sealing a ticklish trade deal.
11 February 2020, 06:32 AM

BJP heads for defeat in Delhi election

India's ruling party is projected to lose a key state election, the vote count showed, in its first electoral test since deadly anti-government protests erupted nearly two months ago.
11 February 2020, 06:31 AM

PM Sheikh Hasina to inaugurate next year’s Kolkata Book Fair

The next edition of the Kolkata Book Fair to be held in January 2021 will be inaugurated by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
10 February 2020, 09:44 AM

Assam plans survey to identify ‘indigenous’ Muslim population

The north eastern Indian state of Assam plans to conduct a survey to identify its “indigenous” Muslim population and segregate them from “illegal” Bangladeshi immigrants.
10 February 2020, 07:48 AM

Exit polls forecast victory of ruling AAP in Delhi

Exit polls telecast after the voting ended in the Delhi state legislative assembly election forecasts a comfortable victory for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), despite a rise in tally for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 70-member House.
8 February 2020, 05:26 AM

Delhi assembly polls tomorrow

An estimated 1.48 crore people of Delhi are to be eligible to exercise their franchise when they elect a new 70-member assembly for the city-state at the end of a high-octane and sharply-polarised campaign over protests against amended citizenship law (CAA).
7 February 2020, 06:08 AM

Kolkata’s ‘cabaret queen’ passes away

Dubbed the queen of cabaret in Kolkata, Arati Das better known by her stage name “Miss Shefali”, passed away today at the age of 74, reports Indian media.
6 February 2020, 09:33 AM

India’s defence and diplomacy in times of slowdown

The annual budget of a country is always accompanied by a build-up of expectations and suspense among the people.
5 February 2020, 18:00 PM

India reports 3rd case of coronavirus in Kerala

India reports its third case of the novel coronavirus in Kerala, just a day after the southern state reported the country's second case of the infectious disease that originated in China.
3 February 2020, 07:51 AM

Coronavirus: Screening set up at 3 new points between India-Bangladesh

The West Bengal government has introduced medical screening of passengers at three new points along the border it shares with Bangladesh owing to the coronavirus outbreak in China, which has now spread to many countries.
3 February 2020, 06:02 AM

India reports 2nd case of coronavirus

India reports its second case of deadly novel coronavirus in Kerala, three days after the southern state reported the country's first case of the infectious disease that originated in China.
2 February 2020, 06:04 AM

Shot fired at Indian protest against citizenship law, one hurt

An unidentified man fired at a protest against India's new citizenship law near a university in Delhi, wounding a student, witnesses say, the first such incident in the capital during more than a month of demonstrations.
30 January 2020, 10:29 AM

India reports first case of coronavirus

India has confirmed a patient in the southern state of Kerala tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the first case in the country of the virus which originated in China and has so far killed 170.
30 January 2020, 08:58 AM

Indian govt to prepare for evacuation of its nationals in Wuhan

Indian government decides to prepare for possible evacuation of its nationals in Wuhan, the central Chinese province which is the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
27 January 2020, 14:14 PM

West Bengal assembly passes anti-CAA resolution

West Bengal legislative assembly passes a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), becoming the fourth Indian state to do so.
27 January 2020, 12:40 PM

Bangladeshi refused entry to India for prior visit to China

Indian immigration at Agartala checkpost allegedly refused entry to a Bangladeshi national, owing to his travel to China around two months back.
27 January 2020, 11:43 AM