India’s Supreme Court today declined a request for an early hearing on the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court’s ruling that upheld a ban on wearing of hijabs inside educational institutions.

Oil prices rose on Wednesday amid volatile trading on increasing concerns of global supply tightness from sanctions imposed on Russia, the world’s second-largest oil exporter, and on signs that exports from Kazakhstan may be disrupted.

As many as 1,630 Bangladeshi nationals are among the 3,467 foreign undertrial prisoners lodged in different Indian jails, the Rajya Sabha was told today.

India has decided to revoke all Covid-19 restrictions from March 31, after long two years.

At least 11 workers were burnt to death in their sleep as a fire broke out at a warehouse in southern Indian city of Hyderabad in the wee hours of today, police said.

In a suspected case of an intra-party feud, miscreants set on fire about a dozen houses at a village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district leaving at least seven people dead, police and fire brigade officials said yesterday.

At least ten people have been “burnt alive” in their houses which were set on fire in a village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.

India’s state government today said it would provide enhanced category security to the three judges of Karnataka High Court who recently upheld a ban on wearing of hijab in class rooms.

United States President Joe Biden’s campaign to unite the globe against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is being challenged not only by adversaries such as China but also by the world’s most populous democracy, India.

Eight people were killed and 20 injured after a bus overturned in Tumkur district of India’s Karnataka state today.

Pointing to the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia and parts of Europe, India has asked its states to resume monitoring influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) so that no early warning signals are missed to control the infection.

India yesterday restored all currently valid regular (paper) visas, in a development that will be much cheered by Bangladeshis, who account for the highest number of tourist arrivals.

India’s main opposition Congress party President Sonia Gandhi today alleged “systematic interference” by Facebook and other social media giants in the country’s electoral politics.

India has restored all currently valid regular (paper) visa given to nationals of all countries with immediate effect.

Hardline Hindu groups are demanding restrictions on wearing the hijab in classrooms in more Indian states after a court upheld a ban on the traditional Islamic head-scarf in Karnataka state, worrying Muslim students who had protested against the ban.

An Indian court upheld a local ban on the hijab in classrooms yesterday, weeks after the edict stoked violent protests and renewed fears of discrimination against the country’s Muslim minority.

Fresh from resounding victory in recent assembly elections in four of the five states, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a conscious decision was taken by him to not nominate the siblings of BJP lawmakers for the polls as dynastic politics is “dangerous for democracy.”

The Karnataka High Court in India today ruled that wearing hijab is not an essential practice in Islam and upheld the state government's ban on hijab in classrooms.

India is exploring ways to avoid a major disruption in its supply of Russian-made weaponry amid US sanctions following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tightrope walk could become more difficult due to a continuing border standoff with China.

Success in agitational politics does not always guarantee gains in elections. Nothing drives home this better than how the leaders of farmers’ groups failed miserably in the recent assembly elections in India’s Punjab and Uttar Pradesh states.