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Voting begins in high-stakes Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections

Voters queued up today to cast their votes in the legislative assembly elections in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh as ruling Bharatiya Janata Party seeks to snap the state's four-decade streak of not reelecting an incumbent government.
12 November 2022

India SC frees six killers of Rajiv Gandhi

India’s top court yesterday ordered the release of six people convicted over the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
11 November 2022

India's billionaire Hinduja family agrees to end long family feud

India's billionaire Hinduja family has agreed a worldwide truce in a long feud after a legal battle over the future of its global business empire, a London court ruling published on Friday showed.
11 November 2022

Indian Supreme Court frees Rajiv Gandhi's killers

India's top court Friday ordered the release of six people convicted over the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
11 November 2022

Indian SC: Introduce online ticketing for night viewing of Taj Mahal

Good news for the tourists, who want to enjoy the magical view of iconic Taj Mahal on a moonlit night. India’s Supreme Court has modified its 18-year-old order and directed the authorities concerned to launch an online ticketing service instead of collection of tickets in person 24 hours ahead.
10 November 2022

India allows settlement of international trade in rupee

India has allowed settlement of its international trade in Indian Rupees (INR) covering invoicing, payment and settlement of exports and imports, the country's Commerce Ministry said today (November 9, 2022).
9 November 2022

Fugitive Indian billionaire Nirav Modi faces extradition from UK

Fugitive Indian diamond tycoon Nirav Modi faces extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering after a London court dismissed his appeal on Wednesday.
9 November 2022

Water of India’s Brahmaputra turns muddy indicating landslide or construction in China

The water in northeastern Indian state Arunachal Pradesh's Siang River, which is known as the Brahmaputra in the rest of India and Bangladesh, has turned muddy, indicating landslide or possible construction activity in upstream China, officials said.
8 November 2022

Pollution curbs lifted in Delhi

Primary schools will reopen in India’s capital New Delhi this week and curbs will be lifted on certain construction activities, authorities said yesterday, after pollution levels improved to the ‘very poor’ category from ‘severe’.
7 November 2022

Order issued to block Indian Congress’ Twitter handle

A court in India’s Bengaluru has ordered to temporarily block the Twitter handle of Congress after a music firm filed a copyright case against the party for playing a song from the movie KGF-2 at the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
7 November 2022

Bangladeshi among 5 suspended South Asian University students on hunger strike

Five suspended students of Delhi’s South Asian University (SAU) started an indefinite hunger strike this (November 7, 2022) afternoon after the SAU admin on (November 4, 2022) took action against them including a Bangladeshi PhD candidate over a protest to increase stipend and scholarships.
7 November 2022

Delhi air pollution: Primary schools to remain closed from tomorrow

Authorities in Delhi today (November 4, 2022) ordered the closure of all primary schools from tomorrow and asked half of the city government’s staff to work from home in view of a sharp deterioration in air pollution in India’s national capital level.
4 November 2022

Severe air pollution chokes Delhi

Delhi’s 20 million residents were effectively breathing smoke yesterday as the air quality index (AQI) breached the “severe” and “hazardous” categories in nearly all monitoring stations of the Indian capital, raising calls to close schools.
3 November 2022

Gujarat goes to polls next month

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat will go to the polls next month, the election commission said yesterday, a vote that is likely to offer
3 November 2022

Meta's India head, Ajit Mohan, resigns to join Snap

According to a report by TechCrunch, Ajit Mohan, the head of Facebook parent Meta in India, has left the company and decided to join rival Snap. Mohan will lead Snap's APAC division as its president, according to TechCrunch.
3 November 2022

Family outing turns to misery

Single father Mahesh spent every night of his final weeks cruising the streets of Morbi on his new scooter.
1 November 2022

India to grant citizenship to non-Muslims who migrated to Gujarat

The Indian government has decided to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians coming from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who are currently living in two districts of the western Indian state of Gujarat under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
1 November 2022

"Steel Man of India” JJ Irani no more

Former Tata Steel MD Dr Jamshed J Irani, whose 43-year association with the company earned him the epithet “Steel Man of India“, died late on Monday (October 31, 2022) in Jamshedpur’s Tata Main Hospital. He was 86.
1 November 2022

Death toll rises to 141; nine arrested

The death toll from a foot bridge collapse in India rose to 141 yesterday, including many children, as police detained nine people as part of a criminal investigation into one of the deadliest accidents in the country in the past decade.
31 October 2022

India bridge collapse death toll now 134; cops arrest 9 in connection

The death toll in the collapse of a suspension bridge in Mobri town of western Indian state Gujarat rose to 134, many of them being children.
31 October 2022