'#RedForKashmir': Social media users show solidarity with citizens

As the Indian Government on Monday abrogated constitutional provisions that give Indian-occupied Kashmir special rights, a number of Twitter hashtags popped up in solidarity with the people of the valley.
6 August 2019

'Article 370 was elephant in the room, prevented curbing terrorism'

The Indian government said that removing Article 370 was necessary as it had led to terrorism and came in the way of curbing corruption in Jammu and Kashmir.
6 August 2019

Pakistan says India has taken ‘illegal steps’ in scrapping special status for Kashmir

Pakistan says it “strongly condemns” India’s decision to revoke the special status for its portion of the Kashmir region claimed by both countries.
5 August 2019

Kashmir's history: India's revoking of special status in context

The Indian government has revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country, the most far-reaching move on the troubled Himalayan territory in nearly seven decades.
5 August 2019

India scraps Article 370 which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir

In a landmark decision, the Bharatiya Janata Party government headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir state, has been removed.
5 August 2019

In Kashmir, leaders put under ‘house arrest’, schools shut, internet snapped

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir place large parts of the disputed region under lockdown while India sends in tens of thousands of additional troops and trades accusations of clashes with Pakistan at their de facto border.
5 August 2019

PM to visit India in Oct: Momen

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to India in October this year to improve further the bilateral relations between the two friendly neighbours.
4 August 2019

ISRO releases images of Earth taken from space by Chandrayaan 2

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) releases five images of the Earth taken by Chandrayaan 2, the country’s second unmanned lunar mission, two weeks after its launch.
4 August 2019

India to document 'usual residents' across country

While the National Register of Citizen (NRC) in Assam is still mired in controversy, the Indian government has decided to go for a country-wide documentation of persons “usually residing” in India.
4 August 2019

Bihar woman ‘delivers’ baby, and bullet

Doctors operating on a pregnant woman at a government hospital in Bihar were left hugely surprised when she “delivered” a 315 bore rifle bullet along with a baby girl. The reason for their amazement was that the bullet was stuck in her womb in such a way that it neither harmed the baby nor the mother! But, what was even more surprising was the woman’s revelation that she had no idea as to when the bullet hit her.
4 August 2019

India sends back Maldives ex-vice president

Former vice president of Maldives Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor, who had sought political asylum in India, has been sent back to his home country, police say.
3 August 2019

India passes 'historic' minimum wage law amid activist worries

India's parliament passes a "historic" law to guarantee a minimum wage to hundreds of millions of workers, but labour activists say it has not gone far enough to protect those in the informal sector.
3 August 2019

Priyanka as Congress chief?

Is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra emerging as the favourite to become the new president of the Congress facing a top leadership crisis?
2 August 2019

India rebuffs Trump’s mediation offer again

India yesterday again rejected US President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate between Islamabad and New Delhi in the Kashmir conflict, as media reported that India was moving an additional 25,000 troops to the insurgency-torn region.
2 August 2019

Outbreak in Bangladesh behind rise in dengue cases in West Bengal: Mamata

The rise in the cases of dengue fever in West Bengal in the border regions is a result of the widespread outbreak of the disease in Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says.
2 August 2019

Any discussion over Kashmir issue to be with Pakistan only

India tells the United States that any discussion on Kashmir, if at all warranted, will only be with Pakistan.
2 August 2019

SC ruling on UP rape case a ‘stamp on prevailing jungle raj’: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Unnao rape case, in which a Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker is the main accused, is a “stamp on the prevailing jungle raj” in the saffron party-ruled Uttar Pradesh and the state government’s “failure”.
2 August 2019

District-wise figures released for Assam NRC

The Assam government releases district-wise break down of figures and claims large-scale fudging of “legacy documents” by people in the districts bordering Bangladesh to get their names included in the document.
2 August 2019

India President gives assent to Triple Talaq Bill

The Indian parliament-approved bill that outlaws instant triple talaq among Muslims has become law as President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to it, a government notification said.
1 August 2019

Modi government thwarts Rajya Sabha resistance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government scored significant legislative, political and ideological victories in getting the opposition-dominated Rajya Sabha nod to two key bills in the space of about four days.
31 July 2019