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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 launches key test ahead of sending humans into space
Overcoming a delay of nearly a couple of hours and an anomaly, India's space agency today successfully flight tested a test vehicle carrying payloads related to the country's ambitious human space flight mission Gaganyaan
21 October 2023
Sikh Separatist Murder Row: Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India
Canada yesterday said it was temporarily suspending in-person operations at consulates in several Indian cities and warned of visa processing delays amid a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia.
20 October 2023
India plans manned Moon mission by 2040
India plans to send a man to the Moon and set up a space station by 2040, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, as the country ramps up its space programme.
18 October 2023
Bangladeshis to decide how election will be held in their country: India
The people of Bangladesh will decide how to hold the next national election in their country, Arindam Bagchi, spokesman for India's external affairs ministry has said
17 October 2023
Same-sex marriage: India’s top court refuses legalisation
India’s top court refused yesterday to legalise same-sex marriages but said the country had a duty to acknowledge LGBTQ relationships and to protect them from discrimination.
17 October 2023
Man dressed as beggar buys iPhone 15 with coins
Video goes viral
17 October 2023
India to start monitoring
India aims to install the first part of an early warning system at some high-risk glacial lakes in the Himalayas next year, a senior official said yesterday, as the country responds to deadly floods this month that killed at least 60 people.
16 October 2023
Indian journo groups seeks president’s intervention
Seven journalists' groups in India today wrote a joint letter to President Droupadi Murmu drawing her attention to "the use of draconian laws against journalists"
16 October 2023
India to set up radiation detection equipment at border points
India will soon install radiation detection equipment (RDE) at eight border crossing points along the land borders with Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, and Nepal to prevent the trafficking of radioactive materials that may be used in making nuclear devices, officials said
15 October 2023
Delhi HC rejects NewsClick founder, official's plea challenging arrest
The Delhi High Court today rejected a plea by NewsClick founder Prabir Purakayastha and the portal's human resources department head Amit Chakravarty challenging their arrest and subsequent remand in a case lodged under an anti-terror law
13 October 2023
India brings back first batch of citizens from Israel
The first group of around 200 Indians, including students, returned home early today from war-hit Israel
13 October 2023
‘Rules Violation’: India’s CBI files case against NewsClick
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR for alleged violations of stringent Foreign Contribution Regulation (FCRA) Act by news portal NewsClick and carried out raids at two locations yesterday, officials said.
11 October 2023
Sikkim flash flood: Bangladesh hands over bodies of 4 Indians
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have handed over bodies of four Indian nationals, who were among those killed by the flash flood triggered by the glacial lake outburst in northeastern state of Sikkim, the Indian defence ministry said today.
8 October 2023
Indian rescuers struggle to reach flood-hit areas where over 100 are missing
Indian rescue teams are finding it difficult to reach flood-hit areas in the north-eastern state of Sikkim where more than 140 people are missing because the region is still experiencing bouts of heavy rain, officials said on Saturday
7 October 2023
Death toll rises to 40
At least 40 people were killed after a glacial lake burst its banks and triggered flash floods this week in the Indian Himalayas, government officials told Reuters yesterday as rescuers searched for dozens missing for a second day.
6 October 2023
Canada shifts diplomats from India to Singapore, KL
Canada has moved out a majority of its diplomats working in India outside of New Delhi to either Kuala Lumpur or Singapore after it gave Ottawa an October 10 deadline to reduce its diplomatic staff to achieve parity in strength following a row over the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, according to a media report yesterday.
6 October 2023
Sikkim tragedy: Study warned about lake outburst 8 years ago
A study done by India's Central Water Commission eight years ago warned the Sikkim government that most of the hydropower projects on the Teesta river are highly vulnerable to events like the disastrous glacial lake outburst that occurred in the northeastern state four days ago
6 October 2023
2 killed as mortar shell carried by floodwaters explodes in Jalpaiguri
Police believe that the mortar shell belonged to the army and was carried by floodwaters flowing down the hills of Sikkim following heavy rains
6 October 2023
Sikkim flash flood: Death toll rises to 40, dozens still missing
At least 40 people were killed after a glacial lake burst its banks and triggered flash floods this week in the Indian Himalayas, government officials told Reuters today as rescuers searched for dozens missing for a second day
6 October 2023
7 killed, 40 injured in Mumbai residential building fire
At least seven people, including two minors, were killed and more than 40 injured when a fire swept through a residential building in Goregaon area of India's financial capital Mumbai today, a civic official said
6 October 2023