9 Bangladeshis arrested in India for illegal entry, stay
14 January 2025, 17:26 PM
INDIA
Chandigarh mayoral polls: Test for Congress-AAP ahead of nat’l polls
17 January 2024, 17:23 PM
World
Calcutta High Court judge fines Mamata Banerjee Rs 5 lakh
7 July 2021, 12:12 PM
INDIA
PM Hasina’s gift of mangoes handed over to Indian PM Modi, President Kovind
5 July 2021, 15:12 PM
Bangladesh
India’s vaccination platform to become open-source
5 July 2021, 11:31 AM
INDIA
8 Bangladeshis held in Andhra Pradesh for 'entering India illegally'
3 July 2021, 11:53 AM
INDIA
Compensate families of Covid-19 victims: Indian Supreme Court to govt
30 June 2021, 11:12 AM
INDIA
India to offer 5 lakh free tourist visas
29 June 2021, 05:25 AM
India
Restrictions in West Bengal extended till July 15: Mamata Banerjee
28 June 2021, 13:05 PM
INDIA
India reports 3,129 deaths from black fungus so far: minister
28 June 2021, 11:24 AM
INDIA
No coronavirus cases in India so far: Health ministry
No case of novel coronavirus (nCoV) has been detected in India, claims the county’s health ministry.
25 January 2020, 05:00 AM
Coronavirus: 2 Indian returnees from China under observation in Mumbai
Two Indians, who returned from China, are kept under observation in the isolation ward of a hospital in Mumbai for possible exposure to coronavirus in the wake of an outbreak in China.
24 January 2020, 11:22 AM
Indian nurse in Saudi Arabia infected by coronavirus
A nurse working at a hospital in Saudi Arabia becomes the first Indian to be infected by the deadly coronavirus that rages in China’s Wuhan province and has already left 17 dead so far.
23 January 2020, 16:38 PM
The battle over CAA to intensify
The political standoff between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and those in opposition of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is set to intensify further in the coming weeks.
22 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Poet Shankha Ghosh’s condition ‘stable’
The condition of veteran Bengali poet and literary critic Shankha Ghosh, who is in hospital, has improved and is now stable, doctors attending him say.
22 January 2020, 16:39 PM
India begins medical check of Chinese passengers in 4 more airports
India orders medical check of passengers coming from China to four more airports after Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata as measure to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading.
21 January 2020, 06:29 AM
JP Nadda elected new BJP chief
Seasoned politician Jagat Prakash Nadda is elected unopposed as the President of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is set to be handed over the baton by his powerful predecessor and Indian Home Minister Amit Shah.
20 January 2020, 10:03 AM
Actress Shabana Azmi injured in road accident
Renowned Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi is injured in an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Express Highway.
18 January 2020, 12:07 PM
Prepaid mobile connections restored in Jammu and Kashmir
After nearly six months, prepaid mobile phone connections are restored in Jammu and Kashmir.
18 January 2020, 11:17 AM
Punjab becomes 2nd Indian state to pass resolution against CAA following Kerala
Congress-ruled Punjab state legislative assembly passes a resolution demanding that the Indian government scrap the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), becoming the second state to do so after Marxist-ruled Kerala.
17 January 2020, 10:36 AM
India’s communication satellite GSAT-30 successfully launched
India's latest "high-power" communication satellite GSAT-30, aimed at providing high-quality television, telecommunications and broadcasting services, is successfully launched from French Guiana, the Indian Department of Space says.
17 January 2020, 06:34 AM
Mamata’s New Gambit in West Bengal
Kolkata is often described as a city of protests. Street marches against the amended citizenship law and proposed NRC almost every day for the last month have helped burnish that image of Kolkata.
16 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Would love to see Bangladeshi immigrants create next unicorn in India: Microsoft CEO Nadella
Microsoft's Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella has joined the chorus against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India, saying what is happening is "just bad" and he would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant create the next unicorn in India.
14 January 2020, 05:03 AM
Citizenship law: Modi accuses rivals of spreading misinformation
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not aimed at taking away anyone’s citizenship but giving citizenship and accused the opposition parties of spreading misinformation about the new law.
12 January 2020, 04:58 AM
Maverick Mamata and a disunited opposition camp
By deciding to boycott a meeting of about a dozen opposition parties in New Delhi, India on January 13—when they will try to firm up
11 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Mamata meets Modi, urges him to rethink CAA, NRC
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rethink his government’s decision over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens.
11 January 2020, 12:42 PM
Bangladesh mission in New Delhi celebrates Bangabandhu’s Home-coming Day
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s home-coming day is celebrated at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, capital of India, with diplomats and other staff paying rich tributes to the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh.
10 January 2020, 14:49 PM
Access to internet is a fundamental right, rules Indian SC
India’s Supreme Court rules that the right to access the internet is a fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution and ordered restoration of internet services in all institutions providing essential services like hospitals and educational centres.
10 January 2020, 08:00 AM
Mamata Banerjee to skip opposition's Anti-CAA meet
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her Trinamool Congress would boycott a joint meeting of opposition parties called by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday next in protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's controversial amended citizenship law and proposed NRC.
9 January 2020, 09:47 AM
India-US ties have grown from strength to strength: Modi to Trump
The ties between India and the US "have grown from strength to strength", Prime Minister Narendra Modi says in a phone call with US President Donald Trump, according to a statement by Indian government.
7 January 2020, 06:29 AM