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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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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Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
6 August 2026
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Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for politics
1 August 2026
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Videos on Modi: Meta India head named in police case
1 August 2026
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India suspends policeman for firing AK-47 at student protesters
27 July 2026
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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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India plans to clamp more curbs on cash
The Central government is considering more steps to curb cash transactions even as a few banks have already started imposing charges after limited transactions. The government is now considering imposing a cap on cash holding limit as suggested by the SIT.
4 March 2017
World's cheapest smartphone boss held
The former managing director of a little-known Indian company that claimed to be selling the world's cheapest smartphone has been
24 February 2017
ATM dispenses dummy 'children bank' currency
An ATM in Delhi spewed dummy 2,000-rupee notes issued by the 'Children Bank of India', prompting an investigation into the
23 February 2017
Football: Smog may force U-17 football World Cup out of Delhi
FIFA could pull Under-17 World Cup matches out of New Delhi because of concerns over air quality in the world's most polluted capital city, the tournament director said.
22 February 2017
New miniature frog species found in India
Scientists have discovered four new species of miniature night frogs small enough to sit on a fingernail in a remote part of India,
21 February 2017
7 Maoist rebels killed in India gunfight
At least seven suspected Maoist rebels were killed yesterday in a gunfight with police in the remote forests of central India, an officer
21 February 2017
Tamil Nadu gets new chief minister
An ally of disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala was yesterday appointed the next leader of Tamil Nadu state, ending a weeks-long
16 February 2017
Indian court jails one, frees two
An Indian court sentenced one person to 10 years' imprisonment but acquitted two others yesterday over bomb blasts that ripped
16 February 2017
Big fat Indian weddings in crosshairs of thrifty MP
Extravagant Indian weddings in palaces featuring elephants, foreign dance troupes and seven-course meals could become a thing of the past if one politician fed up with the excess gets her way.
16 February 2017
India in record space mission
India hopes to make history by launching a record 104 satellites from a single rocket today as its famously frugal space agency looks to
14 February 2017
Indian SC jails would be TN CM
India's Supreme Court jailed the anointed next leader of Tamil Nadu for four years for corruption yesterday, heightening the turmoil in a
14 February 2017
Four killed in Indian Kashmir gunbattle
Three soldiers and a suspected militant were killed in a gunbattle in Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday after an army patrol came
14 February 2017
India court allows BNP leader Salahuddin to take treatment outside Shilong
A court in Shillong of India's Meghalaya allows BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed, who is suffering from kidney disease, to take better treatment outside the state.
13 February 2017
Indian commandos go missing en masse
Dozens of trainee commandos from India's elite jungle warfare unit have gone missing on the eve of their first deployment to a restive
6 February 2017
Cricket: BCCI's Media Manager Nishant Arora resigns
The Indian cricket team's media manager Nishant Arora has resigned after the Committee of Administrators (COA) decided to shut down the Delhi office of BCCI.
6 February 2017
Indians go to the polls in test for Modi's cash ban
Millions of Indians began voting yesterday in regional elections seen as the first major test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party
4 February 2017
Indian cops kill two 'militants' in Kashmir
Two suspected rebels were killed yesterday in Indian-administered Kashmir in a firefight that broke out when government forces
4 February 2017
Apple set to make iPhones in India
Apple is to start making iPhones in India this year, a local government official said yesterday, as the company seeks to tap into a
3 February 2017
100 Indian children died from eating litchis on empty stomach: Study
More than 100 children died of mystery illness for eating litchis on an empty stomach in a year in northern India, according to a research.
2 February 2017
Bangladesh mission in Kolkata launches machine readable visas
Bangladesh mission in Kolkata launches machine readable visas (MRV) to relax the visa procedures for people of the neighbouring India.
27 January 2017