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BSF to install 5,500 CCTV cameras at Bangladesh, Pakistan borders

India's Border Security Force will install 5,500 security cameras, and buy drones and other monitoring gadgets for surveillance at the country's borders along Bangladesh and Pakistan.
1 December 2022

Bangladeshi accused in 11 murder cases found dead in Kolkata

Indian police recovered a body of a Bangladeshi man, accused in 11 murder cases in Bangladesh, on Tuesday night from a house in Haridevpur area in Kolkata.
30 November 2022

Hackers 'demand Rs 200cr' from Indian healthcare institute

Hackers allegedly demanded Rs 200 crore in cryptocurrency from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the premier facility in New Delhi after its server remained out of order for six consecutive days, official sources said.
30 November 2022

Smog engulfs Indian capital as winter pollution worsens

Thick smog engulfed India’s capital New Delhi yesterday as air pollution worsened with the setting in of winter, shooting up concentrations of fine particles in the air three times above the acceptable limits.
29 November 2022

Delhi covered in thick smog as winter pollution worsens

Thick smog engulfed India's capital New Delhi on Tuesday as air pollution worsened with the setting in of winter, shooting up concentrations of fine particles in the air three times above the acceptable limits.
29 November 2022

Sanctions-hit Russia asks India for 500 products for key sectors

Moscow has sent India a list of more than including parts for cars, aircraft and trains, four sources familiar with the matter said, as sanctions squeeze Russia's ability to keep vital industries running.
29 November 2022

Adani port clashes: Kerala police beef up security

Police in southern India on today ramped up security around Vizhinjam port being built by billionaire Gautam Adani's group after scores of people were injured during clashes with protesters from a fishing community over the weekend.
29 November 2022

Clashes with Adani port protesters: 36 Indian police hurt

As many as 36 police were injured in clashes with protesters in India's southern state of Kerala who were demanding the release of a person arrested during a demonstration against a $900-million port project of the Adani Group, officials said.
28 November 2022

‘Modi govt stop imposing Hindi’

An octogenarian man burned himself to death in southern India in protest at what he called New Delhi’s attempts to impose nationwide usage of Hindi, a language mostly spoken in the north, police said yesterday.
27 November 2022

Indian man burns himself to death in language protest

An octogenarian man burned himself to death in southern India in protest at what he called New Delhi's attempts to impose nationwide usage of Hindi, a language mostly spoken in the north, police said Sunday.
27 November 2022

Takeover of NDTV a ‘responsibility’

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani sees the takeover of news broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) NDTV.NS as a “responsibility” rather than a business opportunity, he said in an interview with the Financial Times yesterday.
25 November 2022

2 new ticket counters for India-Bangladesh passengers at Kolkata station

The Indian Railways have opened two additional ticket counters at Kolkata station to cope with the rush of India-Bangladesh cross-border passengers.
25 November 2022

Assam-Meghalaya border clash kills 6

At least six people, including a forest guard, were killed in violence as the border dispute between northeastern Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya flared up today in West Karbi Anglong district after a truck transporting illegal timber was intercepted, officials said.
22 November 2022

India scraps Air Suvidha form for int'l passengers

India has discontinued the Air Suvidha form for international passengers from today to ease their arrival into the country.
22 November 2022

Release of Rajiv Gandhi assassins: Congress to file review on SC order

India’s main opposition party Congress today said it would seek a review of the Supreme Court decision to free the six assassins of its leader and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
21 November 2022

Cops in J&K raid journalists’ houses over online threats

Indian Police raided the houses of several journalists yesterday in an investigation of anonymous online threats to around a dozen journalists in Indian Kashmir, a top police official said.
19 November 2022

Digital currencies being used to fund terror: Modi

Digital currencies need more regulation to stamp out funding for terror operations, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday at a major international forum to combat financing of extremist groups.
18 November 2022

India launches first privately made rocket into space

India successfully launched its first privately developed rocket, the Vikram-S, yesterday, a milestone in the country’s effort to create a commercial space industry and to compete on cost.
18 November 2022

India’s 1st privately-built rocket launched

India's first privately-built rocket was successfully launched today by state-owned Indian Space Research Organization from the country’s spaceport in Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh marking a milestone in the country’s space programme.
18 November 2022

Rajiv Gandhi killers walk free after India court order

The last co-conspirators jailed for the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi walked out of prison yesterday, a day after the country’s Supreme Court ordered their release.
12 November 2022