India to send 5,000 extra troops to quell Manipur unrest

India will deploy an extra 5,000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said yesterday, a week after 16 people were killed in fresh clashes in the troubled state.
19 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian, Chinese FMs deliberate next steps to further normalise ties

Foreign Ministers of India and China today deliberated on the next steps, including resumption of data-sharing on trans-border rivers, to further normalise bilateral ties in the first high-level engagement since the militaries of the two countries disengaged from Demchok and Depsang along their unresolved border in eastern Ladakh
19 November 2024, 16:07 PM

SpaceX successfully launches Indian satellite

ISRO's GSAT-N2 will improve broadband and provide in-flight connectivity
19 November 2024, 08:57 AM

Meta penalised $25.4 million in India over breaching privacy policy

India's competition watchdog today imposed a penalty of Rs. 213.14 crore (25.4 million USD) on Meta for allegedly abusing its dominant position relating to the messaging application’s 2021 privacy policy
18 November 2024, 20:12 PM

Manipur violence: One protester shot dead during clash

A protester was killed in firing during a clash between security forces and a mob that vandalised properties in the restive eastern Indian state of Manipur’s Jiribam district late on Sunday night, PTI reported yesterday.
18 November 2024, 18:33 PM

Indian police battle Maoist rebels

Indian security forces have killed five Maoist rebels in jungle clashes, an officer said yesterday, as security forces seek to quash the decades-long insurgency in the central regions.
17 November 2024, 18:00 PM

BJP wants Manipur to burn

As fresh violence erupted in the Indian state of Manipur, the Congress renewed its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “deliberately” keeping Manipur burning.
17 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Jharkhand govt sheltering Bangladeshi infiltrators: BJP chief

BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda today accused the JMM-led coalition government in Jharkhand of providing shelter to Bangladeshi infiltrators in madrasas and facilitating documents like Aadhaar and voter IDs for them
17 November 2024, 14:21 PM

Mob tries to storm Manipur CM's residence amid rising tensions

This prompted authorities to impose an indefinite curfew in seven districts of the northeastern state and suspend internet services
17 November 2024, 06:35 AM

India conducts successful test of indigenous long-range hypersonic missile

India marked a major milestone in defense technology with the successful flight trial of its indigenously developed long-range hypersonic missile yesterday
17 November 2024, 05:52 AM

Bid to smuggle cough syrup to Bangladesh: Man held in Kolkata

India's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a suspected drug trafficker in Kolkata in connection with attempted smuggling of nearly 15,000 bottles of Codeine-based cough syrup to Bangladesh, NCB said in a statement
16 November 2024, 19:19 PM

10 newborns killed in India hospital fire

A fire at the neonatal unit of an Indian hospital killed 10 newborns, authorities said yesterday, with another 39 rescued from a blaze blamed on a faulty oxygen machine.
16 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Internet cut, curfew imposed in Manipur

An Indian state riven by months of ethnic tensions yesterday imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after angry protests over the recovery of six bodies of people believed to have been kidnapped by insurgents.
16 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi publishers' names missing from 2025 Kolkata Int'l Book Fair

For the first time in nearly three decades, Bangladesh is conspicuously missing from the list of countries whose publishers will take part in next year’s Kolkata International Book Fair, according to a statement released today by the event’s organisers Publishers and Booksellers Guild
16 November 2024, 13:02 PM

10 newborns killed in India hospital fire

At least 10 children were killed in a fire that swept the children's ward of a medical college hospital in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district late last night, officials said
16 November 2024, 03:41 AM

‘Bangladeshi infiltration’: Multiple sites in West Bengal, Jharkhand raided

India’s top anti-money laundering probe agency yesterday raided multiple locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand states to examine money laundering activities tied to suspected unlawful entry of Bangladeshi nationals.
12 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Veteran actor Manoj Mitra passes away

Bangalee theatre personality Manoj Mitra, best known for writing and directing farces and fantasies to highlight social and political issues, has passed away. He died yesterday morning at a hospital in Kolkata’s Salt Lake due to age-related ailments. He was 86.
12 November 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Bangladeshi infiltration’: Multiple sites in West Bengal, Jharkhand raided

India's top anti-money laundering probe agency today raided multiple locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand states to examine money laundering activities tied to suspected unlawful entry of Bangladeshi nationals
12 November 2024, 15:19 PM

11 killed in gun battle with security forces in Manipur

At least 11 suspected militants were killed today in a gun battle with security forces in the restive north eastern Indian state Manipur's Jiribam district, PTI reported quoting officials
11 November 2024, 15:25 PM

Three Balkan capitals among world’s 10 most polluted cities

Three Balkans region capitals -- Belgrade, Pristina and Sarajevo -- were among the 10 most polluted cities in the world yesterday, just behind Lahore, Delhi and Beijing.
8 November 2024, 18:00 PM