India imposes immediate ban on jute product imports from Bangladesh via land ports

The goods are bleached and unbleached woven fabrics of jute or other bast fibre, twine, cordage and cables of jute besides sacks and bags of jute
11 August 2025, 17:33 PM

Rahul, Priyanka among 30 opposition MPs detained by Delhi police during protest

Opposition lawmakers were stopped midway as they marched to the Election Commission, demanding rollback of electoral roll revision
11 August 2025, 08:53 AM

India pauses plans to buy US arms after Trump tariffs

New Delhi has put on hold its plans to procure new US weapons and aircraft, according to three Indian officials familiar with the matter, in India’s first concrete sign of discontent after tariffs imposed on its exports by President Donald Trump dragged ties to their lowest level in decades.
8 August 2025, 19:46 PM

India bans 25 books in Kashmir

Indian authorities in Kashmir have banned 25 books, including a work by Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy, saying the titles “excite secessionism” in the contested Muslim-majority region.
7 August 2025, 20:46 PM

India exporters say 50% Trump levy ‘severe setback’

Indian exporters warned that additional US tariffs risked making businesses “not viable” after President Donald Trump ordered steeper levies on Indian goods over New Delhi’s purchasing of Russian oil.
7 August 2025, 18:58 PM

India defiant amid tariff row with US

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said he will not compromise the interests of the country’s farmers even if he has to pay a heavy price, in his first comments after US President Donald Trump’s salvo of a 50% tariff on Indian goods.
7 August 2025, 18:37 PM

Number of Bangladeshis going to India for medical treatment declined in 2024

482,336 Bangladeshis visited India on medical tourism visas in 2024, India’s Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told the country's parliament
7 August 2025, 13:37 PM

Modi to visit China for first time in 7 years

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China for the first time in over seven years, a government source said yesterday, in a further sign of a diplomatic thaw with Beijing as tensions with the United States rise.
6 August 2025, 21:03 PM

India terms Trump's tariff move ‘extremely unfortunate’

The United States has in recent days targeted India's oil imports from Russia
6 August 2025, 15:59 PM

US to impose 25% tariff on India

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States will impose a 25 percent tariff on goods imported from India starting on August 1.
30 July 2025, 23:22 PM

Pahalgam attack: 3 gunmen killed in gunbattle with security forces

The Pahalgam attack left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead
29 July 2025, 07:13 AM

Two killed, 32 injured in stampede at Uttar Pradesh temple

The stampede in Barabanki came a day after a stampede in Haridwar's Mansa Devi Temple left eight people dead and around 30 injured
28 July 2025, 05:51 AM

Evictions and expulsions of Muslims to Bangladesh precede Indian state polls

They are among thousands of families whose houses have been bulldozed in the past few weeks by authorities
28 July 2025, 05:27 AM

Six killed, dozens injured in stampede at Indian temple

Large crowds had gathered at the site for prayers
27 July 2025, 06:12 AM

Indian police arrest man running ‘fake embassy’

Police in India have arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy from a rented house near New Delhi and duping job seekers out of money with promises of overseas employment.
26 July 2025, 19:00 PM

Modi announces $565m credit line for Maldives

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a $565-million credit line and launched free trade talks with the Maldives yesterday during a visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago, where India competes with China for influence.
25 July 2025, 19:40 PM

India’s crime agency probes Ambani’s Reliance Group

India’s financial crime-fighting agency searched 35 locations linked to Reliance Anil Ambani Group as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering and siphoning of public funds, a government source said yesterday.
24 July 2025, 18:00 PM

India SC stays acquittal of 12 in Mumbai train blasts case

Five of the 12 were convicted by the trial court and given the death penalty
24 July 2025, 07:57 AM

India rejects report of 'wrong' bodies sent to UK after Air India crash

India today dismissed a British newspaper report that claimed two families in the UK received "wrong" bodies of victims of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad in June
23 July 2025, 14:16 PM

No issues found in fuel control switches: Air India

Air India said yesterday it has completed precautionary inspections of the fuel control switch locking mechanism on all its Boeing 787 and 737 aircraft, with no issues detected.
22 July 2025, 20:03 PM