Priyanka Gandhi detained after staging sit-in

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is detained after she is barred from visiting the victims of a firing incident in a village in Uttar Pradesh.
19 July 2019

India to give free health care to 100 FFs each year

Government of India initiates a new scheme for providing medical treatment to 100 freedom fighter patients every year under which they will be provided free medical treatment in Indian Armed Forces Hospitals.
18 July 2019

Alleged Indian spy's Death sentence in Pakistan: Rivals both claim victory as ICJ orders review

India and Pakistan declared victory after the International Court of Justice late Wednesday ordered Islamabad to review the death sentence of former Indian navy officer Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav.
18 July 2019

India's second mission to moon rescheduled to July 22

India’s second unmanned mission to the moon, which was halted from launch three days ago due to a technical snag, will now take off on July 22, the Indian Space Research Organization says.
18 July 2019

ICJ asks Pakistan to review death penalty for Indian accused of spying

In a significant legal and diplomatic victory for India, the International Court of Justice rules that Pakistan must review the death sentence for a former Indian navy officer who has been handed the punishment by a Pakistani military court for alleged espionage and terrorism.
18 July 2019

13 dead, 50 feared trapped as century-old building collapses in Mumbai

The death toll in a building collapse in Mumbai’s congested Dongri locality rises to 13, a disaster management authority spokesman says.
17 July 2019

7 dead, over 40 feared trapped as century-old building collapses in Mumbai

Seven persons died and eight others were injured while over 40 people are feared trapped as a century-old four-storey building collapsed in Mumbai’s Dongri locality, officials say.
16 July 2019

13 killed in India building collapse

At least seven Indian soldiers and a civilian were killed and 28 injured when a four-storey building collapsed following heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on Sunday evening, the country's officials say.
15 July 2019

India’s second lunar mission called off due to technical glitch

India's second unmanned mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, has been called off due to a technical glitch, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) says.
15 July 2019

India to launch second mission to moon tomorrow

Eleven years after its maiden successful unmanned mission to the moon which found traces of water there, India is all set for the launch of the second one in the wee hours tomorrow (July 15).
14 July 2019

Cabinet okays death penalty

The Indian cabinet has cleared amendments to an existing gender-neutral law against sexual abuse of children introducing the provision of death penalty in cases of aggravated sexual offences and more stringent penal provisions aimed at clamping down on child pornography.
11 July 2019

India includes death penalty in child abuse law

The Indian cabinet has cleared amendments to an existing gender-neutral law against sexual abuse of children introducing the provision of death penalty in cases of aggravated sexual offences and more stringent penal provisions aimed at clamping down on child pornography.
11 July 2019

Deportation of illegal Rohingyas: Indian SC to hear pleas in August

India’s Supreme Court says it would give a final hearing in August on petitions challenging the federal government’s decision to deport illegal Rohingya immigrants back to Myanmar.
10 July 2019

29 killed as bus falls into gorge in Uttar Pradesh

At least 29 people are killed and 18 injured when a state-run double-decker bus travelling from Lucknow to Delhi falls into a large drain near Delhi’s Agra, Uttar Pradesh police says.
8 July 2019

Poor fight for every drop

In this teeming capital city of more than 20 million people, a worsening drought is amplifying the vast inequality between India’s rich and poor.
7 July 2019

India eyes naming roads, trains after good taxpayers

Fancy having a school or a train named after you, or getting priority boarding at airports? In India, this could soon be true for people who
5 July 2019

Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination accomplice gets parole

An Indian court yesterday granted a 30-day parole to a woman convicted three decades ago over her role in the 1991 assassination of former
5 July 2019

India eyes to cut fiscal deficit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government yesterday raised import tariffs on nearly 75 items including gold and automobile parts in its federal budget and increased taxes on the rich to hold down the fiscal deficit as it tries to revive growth.
5 July 2019

Rahul Gandhi appears before court in defamation case

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appears before a court in Mumbai in connection with a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS worker and pleaded not guilty to the charge.
4 July 2019

Few have the courage: Priyanka Gandhi on brother Rahul's resignation

A day after Rahul Gandhi gave finality to his decision to resign as Congress President owning responsibility for the party's drubbing in parliamentary poll, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today commended her brother saying "Few have the courage that you do".
4 July 2019