India confirms deaths of 39 workers in Iraq

The bodies of 39 Indian construction workers kidnapped in Iraq in 2014 by the Islamic State group have been found in a mass grave,
20 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Indian Air Force plane crashes in Odisha

A Hawk advanced trainer jet aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashes in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.
20 March 2018, 13:08 PM

39 Indian abducted by IS in 2015 killed: Sushma Swaraj

All the 39 Indians, who were abducted by global terror outfit Islamic State (IS) in Iraq nearly four years ago, are killed and their bodies have been recovered, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj says.
20 March 2018, 10:53 AM

Irrfan Khan suffering from Neuroendocrine Tumour

Breaking his silence, Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan discloses that he has been diagnosed with Neuroendocrine Tumour and is out of the country for treatment.
17 March 2018, 07:17 AM

Foes band together to challenge Modi

Small Indian parties are banding together against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for next year's general election, energised by an
15 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Malaysia's parliament to be dissolved between March 28-30: The Star

Malaysia's parliament will be dissolved on March 28, 29 or 30, making way for general elections that must be held by August, The Star newspaper says without giving any sources for the report.
15 March 2018, 08:08 AM

Maoist rebels kill eight police in central India

Maoist rebels killed eight Indian paramilitary troopers after detonating an explosive beneath their vehicle during a patrol in restive
13 March 2018, 18:00 PM

India forest fires kill 9 hikers, injure 18

Nine trekkers died and 18 others were left with serious burns as wildfires swept through a popular hiking spot in India's Tamil Nadu
12 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Indian SC permits passive euthanasia

India's top court yesterday ruled that terminally ill patients have the right to refuse care, approving the use of "living wills" to set out how
9 March 2018, 18:00 PM

BJP-led NDA muzzling voices of opposition: Sonia Gandhi

India's top opposition leader and former Congress party president Sonia Gandhi yesterday attacked the BJP-led NDA government
9 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Indian SC allows passive euthanasia, ‘living will’

In a landmark ruling, India’s Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia for terminally ill patients if they give “living will” and under strict guidelines.
9 March 2018, 12:52 PM

Modi denounces toppling Lenin’s statues in Tripura

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly disapproves of the pulling down of statues of Communist icon Vladimir Lenin in Tripura and another leader in southern state of Tamil Nadu.
7 March 2018, 06:42 AM

30 wedding party guests killed in India

A truck carrying a wedding party plunged off a bridge in western India early yesterday and killed at least 30 people, mostly women and
6 March 2018, 18:00 PM

'Unprecedented reign of terror'

CPI(M) yesterday accused BJP and its poll ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura of unleashing an "unprecedented reign of terror"
6 March 2018, 18:00 PM

India a nation of and for Hindus!

During the first week of January last year, a group of Indian scholars gathered in a white bungalow on a leafy boulevard in central New
6 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Indian embassy phone lines in US spoofed

Indian embassy telephone lines have been spoofed by fraudsters in the US to cheat people for money, according to an advisory issued by
5 March 2018, 18:00 PM

BJP leads in Tripura, Nagaland; Congress ahead in Meghalaya

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party appears on course to dethrone the 25-year-old rule of the Left parties in Tripura state and capture power in alliance with a regional party in Nagaland while Congress is poised to be the single largest party in Meghalaya as counting of votes in the elections to the three north-eastern states neared the end.
3 March 2018, 05:05 AM

Gunfight kills 10 Maoists in India

At least 10 suspected Maoist rebels and a police officer were killed yesterday in a firefight deep in the jungles of central India.
2 March 2018, 18:00 PM

10 Maoists killed in India’s Chhattisgarh

At least 10 Maoists, including a top leader, are gunned down in an encounter near Telangana-Chhattisgarh border in India.
2 March 2018, 08:09 AM

Chidambaram's son arrested over graft

Indian federal police arrested the son of former finance minister P Chidambaram yesterday, but the agency which has been investigating
28 February 2018, 18:00 PM