Political parties must be held accountable for unfulfilled poll promises: Indian CJ

Chief Justice of India JS Khehar says that political parties must be held accountable for unfulfilled electoral promises.
8 April 2017

Bangladesh-India to jointly produce biopic on Bangabandhu

Bangladesh and India agree to produce a film based on the life and works of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
8 April 2017

PM visit to India: Modi pledges $4.5b for Bangladesh projects

India has declared to provide assistance of US$ 4.5 billion for implementation of top priority projects in Bangladesh. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement at a joint press conference with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi.
8 April 2017

Diesel import from India starts tomorrow

Bangladesh and India will formally launch commercial supply of High Speed Diesel (HSD) tomorrow with an inaugural consignment of 2200 metric tonnes of the fuel to Bangladesh.
7 April 2017

Slaughterhouse ban: Allahabad High Court says choice of food is right to life

Choice of food and trade in foodstuff are part of right to life, the Allahabad High Court says, giving the UP government 10 days to draw up a plan so that its crackdown on illegal abattoirs and meat shops don't deprive people of their livelihood or food.
5 April 2017

Mamata to join Hasina-Modi meeting

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is to join a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during Hasina’s state visit to the neighbouring country.
5 April 2017

2 killed, 7 injured in fire at Kolkata hotel

Two people dies and seven are injured after a massive fire broke out at the high-end Golden Park Hotel near Ho Chi Minh Sarani, in Kolkata.
30 March 2017

Indian MP hits air steward with slipper

An Indian politician brazenly yesterday admitted that he hit a steward on an Air India flight 25 times with his slipper during a row over a seat.
23 March 2017

Yogi Adityanath orders closure of slaughter houses in Uttar Pradesh

In line with the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath orders a blanket ban on cow smuggling and closure of slaughter houses across the India’s most populous state.
22 March 2017

Indian authorities seize Zakir Naik’s assets worth Rs 18cr

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attaches assets worth Rs 18.37 crore of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), an NGO based at Dongri in south Mumbai, in the Zakir Naik money laundering case.
20 March 2017

Remittances: From America with love

Out of the top five countries that received the most remittances from the US, four are from Asia, according to the latest World Bank data.
18 March 2017

India beefs up security at Taj Mahal

India has boosted security at the Taj Mahal after a pro-Islamic State group reportedly warned of attacks in the country and threatened
17 March 2017

India fast-tracks hydropower projects in disputed Kashmir

India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15 billion in Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said,
16 March 2017

PM’s visit: Bangladesh, India want solution to Teesta, says minister

Bangladesh and India sincerely want a solution over Teesta water sharing during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to that country in April, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud says. The Bangladesh premier will be visiting India on an invitation extended by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on April 7-10.
15 March 2017

India test-fires BrahMos missile

India yesterday successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which is capable of carrying a warhead of 300 kg, from a
11 March 2017

Maoist rebels kill 11 cops in Indian state

Maoist rebels yesterday ambushed a paramilitary patrol in India's eastern Chhattisgarh state, killing 11 policemen, regional police said.
11 March 2017

'Modi, only Modi, is reason for victories

A beaming Amit Shah called the BJP's big victories in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand "the victories of Narendra Modi's leadership."
11 March 2017

NASA finds India's lost lunar rover after 8 years

India's first lunar probe - Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft - which was considered lost is still orbiting the moon, NASA scientists have discovered. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August 29, 2009, almost a year after it was launched on October 22, 2008.
11 March 2017

19 aborted female foetuses found in India

Indian police said yesterday they had found 19 aborted female foetuses dumped in a sewer in the western state of Maharashtra,
6 March 2017

Man who cycled from India to Europe for love

News bestseller tells how a poor artist of India married a Swedish tourist, then rode four months on the hippie trail to join her.
5 March 2017