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Anti-tank missile: India signs deal with US to buy Javelin systems
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India’s Bihar seeks opening of all Farakka Barrage gates amid rising Ganges
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Leaseholder arrested after Kolkata hotel fire kills nine
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Kolkata hotel fire: 7-yr-old orphaned as four of Kushtia family perish
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Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
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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