India’s Bihar seeks opening of all Farakka Barrage gates amid rising Ganges
25 August 2026
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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 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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Post-youth protests: Modi announces panel to overhaul exam system
27 July 2026
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Bangladesh gets priority among all neighbours: Sushma
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj says Bangladesh gets priority among all its neighbours as per India’s neighbourhood policy.
23 October 2017
Building collapse in India kills 8
A building collapses in southern India leaving eight people dead, an official says, the latest such disaster in the country known for its dilapidated properties and poor quality construction.
20 October 2017
Delhi chokes on toxic haze despite Diwali fireworks ban
New Delhi is shrouded in a thick toxic haze after a night of frenzied Diwali fireworks send the air quality plummeting despite a ban on sale of fireworks aimed at thwarting a repeat of an 'airpocalypse'.
20 October 2017
Bangladesh's birth most significant event of life
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has said in an interview published yesterday that the birth of an independent Bangladesh
19 October 2017
15,000 die each day: UN
Despite a dramatic fall in the infant mortality rate, 15,000 children aged under five still die each day around the world from
19 October 2017
Seven dead in India firework factory blast
An explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in eastern India killed seven workers and injured nine others in the hours before yesterday's
19 October 2017
Taj Mahal finds place in UP govt's calendar
The Taj Mahal, which has been in the crosshairs of controversy, has finally found a place in the 2018 calendar brought out by the Uttar
18 October 2017
India orders power plant shutdown
India's environmental watchdog shut down a coal-fired power plant and banned the use of diesel generators in New Delhi as air quality
18 October 2017
Italy has highest number of Unesco heritage sites
Italy has the highest number of Unesco heritage sites in the world. In Asia, China and India house the most heritage sites.
18 October 2017
Stealth warship joins India's Navy fleet
India's Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday commissioned the indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS
16 October 2017
Macron to visit India for solar summit
France's President Emmanuel Macron will attend a summit to launch a solar power alliance in India in December, authorities announced
12 October 2017
Woman uses Facebook to annul her marriage
A young Indian woman has proved in court she was illegally married off as a minor after submitting evidence from her husband's
12 October 2017
Indian High Court acquits parents
An affluent Indian couple yesterday won their appeal against a life jail term for the murder of their daughter and a servant in the latest
12 October 2017
Kabir Suman sings for Rohingyas
Renowned Indian Bangla songwriter and singer Kabir Suman has just released a track condemning the Myanmar military for persecuting Rohingya people who are crossing into Bangladesh from their own land of Rakhine state.
12 October 2017
Muslims flee Rajasthan village
At least 200 Muslims have fled their village in Rajasthan after a Hindu priest and his friends were alleged to have killed a Muslim folk singer late last month, police say.
12 October 2017
Sex with child bride is rape
Sex with a minor amounts to rape even if the couple are married, India's top court ruled yesterday, closing a legal loophole that had
11 October 2017
Top militant leader killed in Kashmir
Indian forces said they shot dead a top leader of the Kashmir militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad in a clash in the disputed territory
9 October 2017
Jail with no food
India's Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar has warned that parents who fail to send their wards to schools will be locked up in
9 October 2017
India struggles to rein in border flows
Stopping Rohingya refugees from crossing India's porous eastern border with Bangladesh is straining the resources of guards battling
5 October 2017
Rohingya: Indian SC to hear plea Oct 13
The Indian Supreme Court yesterday decided to hear on October 13 the petition filed by Rohingya Muslims challenging the government's
3 October 2017