Stampede in India's financial capital kills 22

A rush hour stampede during a sudden monsoon downpour at a railway-station in India's financial hub of Mumbai kills at least 22 people and wounds more than 30, an Indian state official says.
29 September 2017

Two Kashmir activists win Rafto Prize

Two Indian activists from the heavily militarised region of Kashmir yesterday won Norway's Rafto Prize for human rights for their long-
28 September 2017

Former India editor charged with rape

An Indian court yesterday charged the former editor of a renowned news magazine with raping a female colleague four years ago, the
28 September 2017

Facebook to help people donate blood in India

Mark Zuckerberg in his official Facebook page have posted about a convenient way for Indian people to find and have access to safe blood donors in India.
28 September 2017

China, India send 750 tonnes aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

India and China sends their second consignment of emergency relief materials for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who fled the persecution in Myanmar.
28 September 2017

Rohingya refugee crisis: India stands beside Bangladesh, says High Commissioner Vardhan Shringla

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla assures Bangladesh of his country’s “diplomatic and humanitarian” support to resolve the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis.
27 September 2017

8-foot injured python undergoes CT scan

An eight-foot critically injured Burmese python undergoes a Computed Tomography or CT scan during treatment in India.
26 September 2017

3 militants killed in encounter in Kashmir’s Uri

Three militants are killed in an encounter with the security forces near the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri area of north Kashmir, police say.
25 September 2017

India's 'Falahari Baba' held over rape charges

The famed "Falahari Baba" of Rajasthan in India is arrested after he was charged with raping a 21-year-old woman at his ashram in Alwar.
23 September 2017

Second Indian journo killed in one month

A reporter covering political unrest in India's northeast was beaten to death during violent clashes, officials said yesterday, two weeks
21 September 2017

Grenade attack on minister kills three

Suspected militants yesterday fired a grenade at the motorcade of a local politician in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing three
21 September 2017

Al-Qaeda terrorist nabbed in Delhi

The Delhi police have arrested 27-year-old Shami-Ur-Rehman, a British national and a key Al-Qaeda's operative in India, who was
18 September 2017

Rohingyas 'threat to nat'l security'

The Indian government yesterday told the Supreme Court that Rohingya refugees were "a threat to national security", pushing back
14 September 2017

20 dead as boat capsizes in India

At least 20 people died yesterday when a boat packed with labourers capsized on the Yamuna river in northern India. Twenty bodies have
14 September 2017

India to grant citizenship

India will soon grant citizenship to nearly one lakh Chakma and Hajong refugees, who came from the erstwhile East Pakistan five
13 September 2017

India hits back at UN criticism

India yesterday reacted strongly to remarks made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on the issue of
12 September 2017

Nobel winner launches march for abused kids

Indian Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi yesterday started a cross-country march aimed at forcing authorities to clamp down on the
11 September 2017

Indian soldiers kill two Kashmiri rebels

Indian government forces killed two suspected rebels and captured one in Kashmir yesterday during a brief gun battle, sparking protests
11 September 2017

Madhya Pradesh seeks to quash Goldman-backed solar project

Madhya Pradesh, India’s second largest state, appeals to the country’s top court to quash a Goldman Sachs-backed solar project, highlighting the challenges faced by solar companies looking to expand in Asia’s third largest economy.
9 September 2017

Court sentences two men to death

An Indian court yesterday sentenced two men to death over bomb blasts in Mumbai two decades ago that killed more than 250 people.
7 September 2017