Uttar Pradesh stampede: 6 'religious volunteers' arrested

Six persons, including two women, have been arrested in connection with the stampede that resulted in 121 deaths during a religious congregation in India's Uttar Pradesh state, Inspector General of Police Shalabh Mathur of Aligarh Range said today
4 July 2024

Who is Bhole Baba, preacher at centre of Indian stampede disaster

Former police constable-turned-preacher Bhole Baba built an immense following among poor and marginalised Indians before his latest sermon ended in a stampede that killed 121 of his followers
3 July 2024

India issues nationwide alert over Zika virus

India today sounded a nationwide alert following some reported cases of Zika virus, an aedes mosquito-borne viral disease like dengue and chikungunya, from Maharashtra, stressing the need for taking particular care of pregnant women
3 July 2024

India stampede: Death toll rises to 121; FIR filed against congregation organisers

The death toll in the stampede at a religious congregation in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Hathras has risen to 121, including seven children, the Office of the state Relief Commissioner said today
3 July 2024

Major stampedes in India over the years

At least 116 people were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, authorities said, in one of the worst such tragedies in recent years
3 July 2024

116 killed in stampede at India religious event

At least 116 people, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in north India yesterday, authorities said, in one of the country’s worst such tragedies in years.
2 July 2024

Hindenburg denies SEBI’s allegations

Hindenburg Research has denied allegations by India’s securities regulator that it colluded with a US asset manager to use non-public information to set up a short bet against Adani Group last year, which if proven would breach the country’s rules.
2 July 2024

116 people killed in stampede at religious event in India

According to Aligarh range Inspector General of Police Shalabh Mathur, 116 people have so far perished in the incident
2 July 2024

India replaces colonial-era criminal laws

India replaced colonial-era criminal laws with new legislation yesterday, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government said would make the country more just, but the opposition said risked throwing the criminal justice system into disarray.
1 July 2024

Concerns as India overhauls penal code, CrPC

India today implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a "watershed" movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice
1 July 2024

Delhi’s heavy rains claim 11 lives

The death toll from this week’s sudden heavy rain has climbed to 11 in New Delhi, including four citizens who drowned in submerged underpasses, the Times of India reported, while flight operations stuttered in the Indian capital.
30 June 2024

Ganga water-sharing: Indian foreign ministry refutes Mamata’s claim

Indian foreign ministry yesterday refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre did not consult the state government on the renewal of the Ganga water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh.
28 June 2024

Roof collapse at Delhi airport kills one, injures 8

Heavy rainfall and winds brought down a roof at the main airport in New Delhi yesterday, killing one person and disrupting flights from a domestic terminal, while flooded streets and traffic snarls threw daily life out of gear in India’s capital.
28 June 2024

Iranians vote in presidential polls with limited choices

Vote unlikely to alter policies, may shape Khamenei succession
28 June 2024

Vikram Misri named India's new foreign secretary

Senior diplomat and India's former ambassador to China Vikram Misri was named as the country's new foreign secretary today, succeeding Vinay Mohan Kwatra
28 June 2024

Ganga water-sharing treaty: Indian foreign ministry refutes Mamata's claim

Indian foreign ministry today refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre did not consult the state government on the renewal of the Ganga water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh
28 June 2024

US issues rare criticism of India in religious freedom report

The United States offered rare criticism of close partner India in a report published yesterday on religious freedom, while also voicing alarm over rising bigotry worldwide against both Jews and Muslims
26 June 2024

Delhi for early democratic transition in Myanmar

India’s foreign minister said he voiced concern about the impact of continuing violence in Myanmar in a meeting with his counterpart from the Southeast Asian nation yesterday.
26 June 2024

Rahul Gandhi vows MPs won’t be silenced

India’s new leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi said yesterday that his lawmakers would not be silenced, in his first speech since formally taking up a post vacant for a decade.
26 June 2024

Om Birla re-elected as Speaker of Indian Lok Sabha

In the first trial of strength on the floor of newly-elected Lok Sabha, lower House of Indian parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance emerged triumphant when its candidate Om Birla was elected to the post of the House Speaker.
26 June 2024