‘We lost a brother’

Gul Mohammad had a flourishing footwear business until masked men armed with crude petrol bombs burnt down his shops during Delhi’s worst violence in decades, shattering the harmony between Hindus and Muslims in the neighbourhood.
27 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Sporadic violence in Delhi as death toll rises to 33

Sporadic violence hit parts of Delhi overnight as gangs roamed streets littered with the debris of days of violence that have killed 33 people, police say.
27 February 2020, 09:58 AM

Bangladeshi student asked to leave India after posting anti-CAA protest photos

A Bangladeshi student at Visva-Bharati has been asked to leave India for participating in “anti-government activities” after she posted a few photographs -- on Facebook -- of protests against the citizenship law at the university, reports The Telegraph, India.
27 February 2020, 06:37 AM

Judge hearing Delhi violence case transferred

Delhi High Court Judge Justice S Muralidhar, who grilled the Indian centre and state government on Wednesday over the violence in the capital that left 27 dead and over 200 injured, has been transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
27 February 2020, 02:51 AM

Modi-Trump tango beyond bilateral ties

The recent economic slide notwithstanding, India is seen by the United States as the anchor of regional economic and security cooperation not only in South Asia but beyond it.
26 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Death toll from Delhi violence rises to 27

The death toll from violence over the citizenship law in different parts of India’s capital Delhi rises to 27.
26 February 2020, 13:52 PM

Transfer clash victims to better hospital: Delhi HC to police

In an urgent sitting, the Delhi High Court has directed police to immediately escort some 20 persons injured in the ongoing clashes in Mustafabad to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital for treatment, Indian news website The Wire reports.
26 February 2020, 09:22 AM

20 dead in Delhi clashes

The violence-hit areas continue to remain tense this morning, with police and paramilitary personnel on the ground, reports NDTV.
26 February 2020, 04:27 AM

Mujib Borsho celebration: Modi, Sonia, Pranab confirm attendance

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck among other world leaders, have so far confirmed their presence in different events during ‘Mujib Borsho’ to mark Bangabandhu’s birth centenary.
25 February 2020, 15:06 PM

More than a dozen killed, hundreds injured as New Delhi clashes overshadow Trump visit

More than a dozen people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between opposing groups of protesters in New Delhi, hospital officials say.
25 February 2020, 04:53 AM

CAA protests: Cop among 2 killed in Delhi clashes

A head constable of Delhi Police and a civilian are killed and a senior police official is among scores injured as arson and violence erupt in northeast Delhi’s Jaffrabad and Maujpur localities during street protests for and against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
24 February 2020, 13:17 PM

Trump lands in western Indian city for start of two-day visit

US President Donald Trump lands in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Monday at the start of a visit during which the two sides will aim to reset relations that have been buffeted by a trade spat.
24 February 2020, 06:30 AM

Woman shouts ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at anti-CAA rally in Bengaluru

A young woman is charged with sedition case as she shouted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at a rally in India’s Bengaluru against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
21 February 2020, 09:59 AM

UN accepts India’s proposal to save three endangered species

India’s proposal to include the critically-endangered Asian elephant and two large species of birds -- Great Indian Bustard and Bengal Florican -- in the UN Convention on Migratory (CMS) Species, is unanimously accepted.
21 February 2020, 06:56 AM

Sneak peek: the new Kolkata underwater metro

The East-West Metro line in Kolkata opened on February 13 but city residents are mostly excited about the underwater part of the railway service which is yet to be launched.
20 February 2020, 11:06 AM

19 killed in Tamil Nadu bus-lorry collision

At least 19 people have been killed after a bus collided with a lorry near Tirupur district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
20 February 2020, 05:22 AM

Vengeful politics led to Tapas Pal's death: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged "pressure" created by central government’s anti-corruption probe agencies and "vengeful politics" led to the death of Trinamool Congress leader and Kolkata actor Tapas Pal.
19 February 2020, 09:32 AM

Not treated very well by India: Trump

As the Industry analysts were keeping a close watch on whether the trade disputes between the two world’s largest democracies would be resolved during US President Donald Trump’s visit to India on February 24 and 25, he has said he is “saving the big deal” with India for later..
19 February 2020, 07:07 AM

Veteran Bangla film actor Tapas Pal passes away

Veteran Bangla cinema actor and former lawmaker of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress Tapas Pal dies of cardiac arrest in Mumbai at the age of 61.
18 February 2020, 04:29 AM

India refuses entry to British lawmaker critical of Kashmir policy

A British lawmaker, who chairs an all-party group on Kashmir, is denied entry to India after she criticised the government's decision to strip the disputed region Himalayan region of its constitutional autonomy.
17 February 2020, 16:52 PM