Internet invented by ancient Indians!

Netizens are mocking an Indian minister who claimed that the Internet and satellite were invented hundreds of thousands of years ago by
18 April 2018, 18:00 PM

BJP lawmaker arrested in India rape case as outrage mounts over assaults

Indian police have made another arrest after the alleged rape of a teenager by a ruling party politician sparked protests across the country, federal investigators say.
15 April 2018, 09:49 AM

Dhaka-Delhi fraternal ties enriched by shared art, culture: Sushma

A symbolic Mongol Shubhajatra and a mesmerising display of dance and music marked the celebration of Pahela Baishakh, Bangla New Year's Day, by Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.
15 April 2018, 04:14 AM

Modi vows justice after outrage

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday promised justice after nationwide outrage mounted over the brutal gang rape and
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM

India successfully puts IRNSS-1I navigation satellite into orbit

India puts into orbit navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, a part of its satellite navigation system NavIC in copy-book style.
12 April 2018, 04:28 AM

Hunger games

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a day-long fast today in a tit-for-tat protest against the opposition, whose leaders were
11 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh, India sign 6 MoUs

Bangladesh and India have signed six memoranda of understanding (MoU) during a bilateral meeting between the foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and India at State Guesthouse Padma in Dhaka.
9 April 2018, 04:37 AM

Husband can't force wife to live with him

A wife is not a “chattel” or an “object” and she cannot be forced to reside with her husband even if the man desires to live with her, the
8 April 2018, 18:00 PM

India rejects China’s transgression claims

In yet another incident of discord, the Chinese military last month strongly protested against what it called the Indian Army's
8 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Modi rules out India’s participation in Saarc summit in Pakistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveys to his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli India’s firm opposition to the staging of the Saarc Summit by Islamabad, given the fact that Pakistan continued to support cross-border terrorism from its territory.
8 April 2018, 05:23 AM

Bollywood star Salman Khan walks out of jail

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who spent the last two nights in a prison for killing two black bucks two decades ago, releases from jail hours after getting bail from a court in Rajasthan's Jodhpur.
7 April 2018, 06:18 AM

No jobs, no vote

Rakesh Kumar has a post-graduate degree but works as a house painter in the small town of Kasba Bonli in northwestern India.
6 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Salman Khan refuses dal-roti dinner, khichuri breakfast

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who was sentenced to five years in jail for killing two endangered blackbucks, sleeps without dinner on his first night at Jodhpur Central Jail in India.
6 April 2018, 06:43 AM

Salman will sleep on floor in jail

Used to super luxury hotels and a plush house in Mumbai, Bollywood super star Salman Khan will spend his time and sleep on the floor in a barrack in the high-security Jodhpur central jail where he has been lodged following his conviction and sentencing for poaching blackbucks.
5 April 2018, 15:21 PM

Salman Khan gets 5yrs' jail for poaching blackbuck

Bollywood super star Salman Khan is sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted by a court in northern Indian state of Rajasthan for killing two blackbucks, an endangered species.
5 April 2018, 07:13 AM

India withdraws move to crack down on journalists publishing fake news

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi orders the withdrawal of rules punishing journalists held responsible for distributing "fake news", giving no reason for the change, less than 24 hours after the original announcement.
3 April 2018, 13:03 PM

Caste protests leave 6 dead across India

Low-caste Dalits fought street battles with police yesterday that left at least six dead as protests against a Supreme Court rights ruling swept across large swathes of India. Protesters clashed with security forces, attacked buses and government buildings, and blocked trains and major roads.
2 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Indian scientists lose contact with satellite

India's national space agency has lost contact with the GSAT-6A satellite as it prepared to undertake its third and final orbiting manoeuvre on Saturday, authorities said yesterday. The satellite was designed to improve communications for the armed forces. It was launched on Thursday.
1 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Mob lynches Indian child rapist to death

Two people were arrested after an angry mob beat to death a man accused of raping an eight-year-old girl in Ghaziabad district on the rural outskirts of New Delhi, police said yesterday. "He was dragged out from his house and beaten to death," said Ghaziabad's Police Superintendent Arvind Kumar Maurya of 25-year-old Jitendra, who goes by one name.
1 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Shootout, clashes kill 16

Sixteen people have been killed in Indian Kashmir in some of the fiercest fighting this year in the restive Himalayan region, police said yesterday, as authorities braced for more violence.
1 April 2018, 18:00 PM