Indian student pushed off building to her death in safety drill

Indian police arrest a drill instructor who pushed a university student from the ledge above the second floor of a building to her death during a bungled training exercise, officials say.
14 July 2018

World’s largest Indian visa centre inaugurated in Dhaka

A new integrated state-of-the-art Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC), the largest ever Indian visa centre in the world, is inaugurated at Jamuna Future Park (JFP) in Dhaka.
14 July 2018

India SC slams govt's plan to monitor data

India's Supreme Court yesterday said the decision by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to set up a social media hub to monitor online data will be "like creating a surveillance state".
13 July 2018

Tharoor defiant amid criticism

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor sparked off a controversy with his statement that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is voted to power again, it will rewrite the Constitution that will eventually create a “Hindu Pakistan.”
13 July 2018

Netflix taken to court in India over portrayal of former PM

An Indian politician has taken streaming giant Netflix to court, asking that it delete "offensive scenes" and derogatory remarks about former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in its first Indian original series.
13 July 2018

Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrives

Indian Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh arrives in Dhaka on a three-day official visit.
13 July 2018

2 IndiGo flights avert mid-air collision in Bengaluru sky

Nearly 330 passengers narrowly escaped as a mid-air collision between two planes of India’s budget airline IndiGo was averted on Tuesday.
12 July 2018

India denies entry to Khaleda’s legal adviser from UK, Lord Carlile

Legal advisor to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s legal team, British lawmaker Lord Alexander Carlile has been denied to enter India.
12 July 2018

Indian police charge BJP MP with teen rape

Indian federal investigators yesterday charged a politician from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party with raping a teenager whose plight
11 July 2018

India is 'failing' to protect Taj Mahal

India's Supreme Court yesterday slammed the federal government and its authorities for their "lethargy" in taking steps to protect the Taj
11 July 2018

7 killed in landslides in India’s Manipur

At least seven persons are killed and many injured as landslides, set off by torrential rains, strikes different places in north eastern Indian state of Manipur's Tamenglong town.
11 July 2018

WhatsApp goes offline to fight India rumours

WhatsApp took out full-page advertisements in Indian newspapers yesterday offering "easy tips" to identify fact from fiction after a slew
10 July 2018

‘Jumma at Taj Mahal for Agra citizens only’

Only residents of Agra can offer Friday prayers at the mosque inside the Taj Mahal complex, the Supreme Court of India has said.
10 July 2018

Indian govt for live streaming court hearings

In a ground-breaking move to bring in more transparency in judiciary, the Indian government recommends its apex court to live stream court proceedings across the country.
9 July 2018

India to make visa easy for foreigners: Rajnath Singh

India will further smoothen the process of granting visa for foreigners and is implementing the Immigration Visa Foreigners’ Registration and Tracking (IVFRT) in a mission mode for their safety and convenience, the country's Home Minister Rajnath Singh says.
7 July 2018

Mother Teresa charity home 'sold babies'

Indian authorities yesterday said they have sealed a home run by Mother Teresa's religious order and charged a nun and one other person with baby trafficking.
5 July 2018

India's 'worst water crisis' leaves millions thirsty

Weak infrastructure and a national shortage have made water costly all over India, but Sushila Devi paid a higher price than most. It took the deaths of her husband and son to force authorities to supply it to the slum she calls home.
5 July 2018

Indian court lifts status of animals to fight cruelty

The Indian High Court bestows the status of "legal person or entity" to animals in northern state of Uttarakhand saying "they have a distinct persona with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person."
5 July 2018

Indian EC launches app cVIGIL to fight polls-time irregularities

As India braces for state-level and fresh parliamentary elections in the coming months, the country's Election Commission has launched an Android-based app to report any irregularity during the democratic exercise.
4 July 2018

Indian govt warns WhatsApp as fake news triggers lynching

The Indian government has asked popular messaging app WhatsApp to take urgent steps to prevent the circulation of “irresponsible and explosive content” that have led to a series of lynching by mobs that left 12 people dead across the country in the past few weeks.
4 July 2018