Modi invites himself over for dosa-idli

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday invited himself over for a treat of dosas and idlis at the house of a Tamil Nadu woman
28 May 2018, 18:00 PM

No talks with Pakistan till it shuns terrorism

There cannot be any comprehensive dialogue with Pakistan till it shuns terrorism, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said yesterday, asserting talks were not appropriate while people are dying on the border.
28 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Attack on Indian army camp kills 2

Two people have died in a shootout in the disputed territory of Indian Kashmir, officials said yesterday, the first attacks since the army suspended operations against the militants for Ramadan.
28 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Indian govt cannot bypass West Bengal over Teesta issue: Sushma

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj says that her government is still hopeful about inking the Teesta River water sharing treaty with Bangladesh.
28 May 2018, 14:45 PM

4 militants killed near Kashmir frontier: Indian army

At least four suspected militants are killed in a gunbattle with government troops after crossing into the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed territory, the Indian military says.
26 May 2018, 09:13 AM

71.9% Indians say they will vote for Modi again in 2019

Around 71.9% people who participated in an online poll say they will vote for Narendra Modi in next Indian general elections.
26 May 2018, 09:03 AM

Hasina receives DLitt degree at Kazi Nazrul University

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina receives 'Doctor of Literature (DLitt)' degree from Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol in Paschim Bardhaman district in West Bengal.
26 May 2018, 08:15 AM

Indian city tense as toll rises to 13

A protester shot during demonstrations against a copper plant in southern India died of his injuries yesterday, officials said, the 13th victim killed by police fire.
24 May 2018, 18:54 PM

Nipah virus claims 4th family member in India

A fourth member of the same Indian family has died from the rare Nipah virus, officials said yesterday, as authorities scramble to contain
24 May 2018, 18:16 PM

9 killed in India cops firing

Nine people are killed when police opened fire on protesters demanding the closure of a copper smelting plant over environmental pollution concern in a port city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu today.
22 May 2018, 15:47 PM

Nipah virus kills 10 in India

At least ten people die of a disease caused by a virus found in fruit bats in the southern Indian state of Kerala, a senior functionary of the state says.
22 May 2018, 05:29 AM

106 cocaine capsules found in woman's stomach

Indian police use laxatives for several days to retrieve 106 cocaine capsules worth some $900,000 from the stomach of a Brazilian woman who tries to smuggle them into the country, officials said Monday.
21 May 2018, 14:53 PM

India successfully test-fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

India successfully test-fires a supersonic cruise missile from a test range along the Bay of Bengal coast to validate some of its new features.
21 May 2018, 09:20 AM

Rohingya refugees still highly vulnerable: Priyanka

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, the Unicef goodwill ambassador for child rights, says the Rohingyas staying in the refugee camps in Bangladesh are still highly vulnerable.
21 May 2018, 08:21 AM

Karnataka's CM Yeddyurappa to resign

Sensing defeat in the majority test in the assembly, Karnataka's newly elected Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa of Bharatiya Janata Party announces that he will resign from his post just a couple days after assuming office.
19 May 2018, 13:55 PM

19 killed in India road crash

At least nineteen people are killed and six others injured as a truck overturns on Ahmedabad-Bhavnagar highway in western Indian state of Gujarat.
19 May 2018, 06:12 AM

India SC orders 'floor test'

India's Supreme Court yesterday ordered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party to hold a vote of confidence within a day in a key state where it has been allowed to form a government despite its lack of a majority.
18 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Prove majority in state assembly by tomorrow, India's SC asks Karnataka CM

India's Supreme Court asks a Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who took oath as chief minister of the key southern Indian state of Karnataka on Thursday, to prove his majority in the state assembly tomorrow.
18 May 2018, 07:32 AM

CM from BJP takes oath in Karnataka

A leader from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party took the oath to become chief minister of a key southern Indian state yesterday after the Supreme Court rejected a last-minute bid to block the move.
17 May 2018, 18:31 PM

First trip in 20 years

India has sent a government minister to North Korea for the first time in nearly two decades for talks on political and regional issues,
17 May 2018, 18:27 PM