Leaseholder arrested after Kolkata hotel fire kills nine
20 August 2026
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India
Kolkata hotel fire: 7-yr-old orphaned as four of Kushtia family perish
20 August 2026
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India
India youth protests highlight mistrust in 'lapdog' media
6 August 2026
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India
Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
6 August 2026
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India
Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for politics
1 August 2026
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India
Videos on Modi: Meta India head named in police case
1 August 2026
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India
India suspends policeman for firing AK-47 at student protesters
27 July 2026
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India
Indian activists demand release of detained 'cockroach' protesters
27 July 2026
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India
Post-youth protests: Modi announces panel to overhaul exam system
27 July 2026
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Analysis / India's Gen Z dents Modi's aura ahead of key state polls
26 July 2026
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India
India witnessing "death of democracy": Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today alleged that India is witnessing the "death of democracy" and anybody who stands against the onset of dictatorship is "viciously attacked".
5 August 2022
Rupee may fall further if RBI does smaller hike: traders
The Indian rupee may decline to a new lifetime low versus the US dollar if the Reserve Bank of India on Friday decides to opt for a smaller rate hike, a trader said.
4 August 2022
India okays new emissions targets
India, the world’s third largest carbon polluter, has finally approved new targets for slashing planet-warming emissions, more than a year after a United Nations deadline for updated commitments.
4 August 2022
Indian youths with good IELTS scores fail to speak in English after arrest in US
Gujarat police have launched an investigation after six Indian students, with “good” IELTS scores, failed to respond in English in front of a US court.
4 August 2022
112 hospitalised in India industrial gas leak
At least 112 women have been hospitalised after a gas leak at an apparel manufacturing plant in India, police said yesterday.
3 August 2022
India to extend $100m line of credit to Maldives
India and Maldives yesterday inked six agreements to expand cooperation in a range of areas including cyber security, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra
2 August 2022
Woman throws “chappal” at disgraced TMC leader Partha Chatterjee
A woman today attempted to throw a “chappal” (slipper) at suspended Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee, who has been arrested in connection with a school recruitment scam, when he was being escorted out of a hospital in India by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials.
2 August 2022
India logs Asia’s first death from Monkeypox
India yesterday confirmed its first monkeypox death, a young man in the southern state of Kerala, in what is only the fourth known fatality from the disease in the current outbreak.
1 August 2022
West Bengal CM Mamata to announce reshuffle in her ministry
Against the backdrop of the arrest of her former cabinet colleague, Partha Chatterjee, in a school recruitment scam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today (August 1, 2022) announced that a reshuffle of her ministry would be carried out on Wednesday.
1 August 2022
Kerala reports India’s first monkeypox-related death
Indian state of Kerala has reported the first monkeypox-related death in the country.
1 August 2022
India to ground MiG-21 fighter jets by 2025
India will ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following the death of two officers in a crash, the latest in a series of casualties involving the single-engine jet’s failure, a newspaper reported yesterday.
30 July 2022
Price hike in India: Congress to besiege PM Modi’s residence on Aug 5
India’s opposition Congress party has planned to march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan (Indian President’s official residence) from the parliament and then besiege the Prime Minister’s official residence on August 5 as part of its nationwide protest against price hike.
30 July 2022
Row with India over military ship’s visit to Lanka: China defends move
China yesterday said it hoped “relevant parties” would refrain from interfering with its legitimate maritime activities, after New Delhi voiced concern over a Chinese military ship’s planned visit to a port in India’s southern neighbour Sri Lanka.
29 July 2022
Two pilots killed as Soviet-era fighter jet crashes in India
Two pilots have been killed in India after a Soviet-era fighter jet crashed during a training sortie, the air force said, heightening safety concerns after a string of incidents involving the aircraft.
29 July 2022
Google blocks Battlegrounds Mobile India, Indian version of PUBG
Google recently blocked access to Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), the Indian version of popular multiplayer game PUBG, citing an order from the Indian government.
29 July 2022
India’s Lok Sabha adjourned amid uproar over remark on President Droupadi Murmu
The proceedings in the Lok Sabha, lower House of Indian parliament, were adjourned for the day today (July 29, 2022) amid uproar and protests by opposition and BJP members over senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's controversial remark about India’s first Santal President Droupadi Murmu.
29 July 2022
2 Indian Air Force pilots dead after MiG-21 crashes in Rajasthan
A two-seater MiG-21 trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed during a training session at an air base in Rajasthan, leaving two pilots dead on Thursday (July 28) evening.
29 July 2022
Will safeguard interests
India, which is trying to expand its influence in Sri Lanka amid the island’s economic troubles and is worried that China is also making inroads, yesterday said it
28 July 2022
Alcohol poisoning: 42 dead in India
At least 42 people have died and nearly 100 others have been hospitalised in western India after drinking toxic alcohol, police said yesterday, with authorities
28 July 2022
School jobs scam: West Bengal minister gets sacked from the cabinet
Six days after his arrest, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee yesterday sacked Partha Chatterjee from her cabinet and suspended him from all party posts.
28 July 2022