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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India
Analysis / India's Gen Z dents Modi's aura ahead of key state polls
26 July 2026
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India
Indian rocket fails to launch satellite
An Indian rocket carrying a powerful earth observation satellite failed to fire fully yesterday, the state-run space agency said, in a setback for the country’s space programme,
12 August 2021
‘This is murder of democracy’
India’s opposition leaders yesterday held a protest march towards Vijay Chowk from Parliament against an abrupt end to the monsoon session and a repeal of the Centre’s three farm laws.
12 August 2021
Indian state launches assault on drugs as UN warns of 'Bangladesh-like' yaba crisis
A northeastern Indian state that has for years been a big transit point for illicit drugs originating in neighbouring Myanmar has launched a massive crackdown on the trade, seizing record amounts and arresting nearly 2,000 people since May.
12 August 2021
10 dead, 60 people feared trapped in India landslide
Rescuers were working to clear tonnes of rocks and mud Wednesday after a landslide buried about 60 people in India’s Himalayan north, killing at least 10.
11 August 2021
Non-Tourist Visa: Indian mission resumes taking applications today
All Indian Visa Application Centres (VACs) in Bangladesh resume operations today as the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions have been eased.
10 August 2021
Threat to human rights ‘highest in police stations’: India’s CJ
The threat to human rights and bodily integrity are the “highest in police stations”, Chief Justice of India Justice N V Ramana said at a function on Sunday, expressing concern about custodial torture, reports NDTV online.
9 August 2021
India’s CPI(M) to hoist nat’l flag ‘for the first time’
More than seven decades after the Indian communists gave the slogan of “ye azadi jhoota hai,” the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has decided to mark the country’s independence day with fanfare on August 15 and will hoist the national flag in all its party offices.
9 August 2021
CPI(M) to hoist Indian national flag ‘for the first time’ on country’s independence day
More than seven decades after the Indian communists gave the slogan of “ye azadi jhoota hai”, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has decided to mark the country’s independence day with fanfare on August 15 and will hoist the national flag at all its party offices.
9 August 2021
5 arrested in India for posting defamatory content against judges
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested five people for allegedly posting defamatory content against judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court
8 August 2021
Twitter temporary ‘locks’ Rahul Gandhi’s account
The Congress yesterday said its leader Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account had been “temporarily locked” after the social media platform countered the
8 August 2021
India okays J&J’s shot
India yesterday gave emergency approval to Johnson and Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine to ramp up its flailing immunisation campaign as new wave of infections fuelled by Delta variant of coronavirus continues to spread across the globe.
7 August 2021
'Waging conflict against govts of India, Bangladesh': NIA takes over case involving 3 Bangladeshis
India’s counter-terrorism organization, National Investigation Agency (NIA), has taken over the probe into a case related to three Bangladeshi nationals entering India illegally and allegedly hatching a conspiracy to wage a conflict by recruiting and motivating vulnerable Muslim youth against the governments of India and Bangladesh.
7 August 2021
‘East Pakistan’ tag to be removed from certificates of Bangalees in India’s Uttarakhand
Bangalees who migrated to what is now the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district are finally getting a chance to live without the tag of “East Pakistan” in caste certificates issued to them to avail social welfare schemes.
7 August 2021
Rivals disengage from key flashpoint
In a major step towards de-escalating their military standoff, India and China have carried out disengagement of their troops from eyeball-to-eyeball position at the key patrol point at Gogra Post in eastern Ladakh.
6 August 2021
Member of human-trafficking gang involving Rohingyas arrested in India
The Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday arrested another member of the human-trafficking gang involving Rohingyas and Bangladeshis from Hyderabad in southern India.
6 August 2021
Allegations serious if reports true
India’s Supreme Court yesterday said the allegations of Pegasus-related snooping are serious if the reports on it are true.
5 August 2021
Security tight in J&K for ‘black day’ anniversary
Hundreds of extra police and troops were deployed in the main city of Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday as separatist groups called for a shutdown to mark a “black day” on the second anniversary of New Delhi imposing direct rule.
5 August 2021
No plan to house India military base: Mauritius
Mauritius has denied a report that it has allowed India to build a military base on the remote island of Agalega, with a government official telling AFP that no such agreement exists between the two nations.
5 August 2021
Quotes of the day
When unbridled oppression is unleashed & gross injustice heaped there is no other choice but to resist to exist.
Mehbooba Mufti, Former Kashmir CM, ahead of 2nd anniversary of New Delhi imposed direct rule on Indian Kashmir
5 August 2021
Uneasy calm in Indian Kashmir on second anniversary of loss of autonomy
Troops patrolled the streets on Thursday in Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir, where many shops were shut to mark the second year since the Himalayan region was stripped of its autonomy.
5 August 2021