West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee, a trusted aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was arrested yesterday in connection with an alleged scam relating to the recruitment of teachers in government schools.

India’s forex reserves fell by $7.5 billion to $572.7 billion – a 20-month low – as of July 15, due to spiraling costs of imports, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said.

Industry and Commerce Minister of India’s West Bengal and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee was arrested today.

Droupadi Murmu was elected India’s 15th president yesterday with the backing of the ruling party, making her the first person from a marginalised community to occupy the top post.

Indian investigators yesterday summoned Sonia Gandhi, president of the opposition Congress party, for questioning on money laundering accusations that her allies have blamed on an abuse of government power.

Droupadi Murmu became the first tribal leader to be elected as India’s new president, the highest constitutional office.

History was scripted today when Droupadi Murmu, the candidate of India’s ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, was elected the country’s new president becoming the first tribal leader to occupy the highest constitutional office.

India’s ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu led by securing 540 of the 748 votes of the members of both houses of parliament while joint opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha got 208 votes after the first round of counting today (July 21, 2022).

India’s Supreme Court yesterday ordered the release on bail of a prominent journalist arrested last month over what police said was a “highly provocative” 2018 tweet aimed at straining ties between majority Hindus and minority Muslims.

India’s Supreme Court today (July 20, 2022) granted interim bail to fact-checking portal Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in all six FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh state – for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through tweets – and ordered his release by this evening.

Every day, Indian octogenarian Kaleem Ullah Khan wakes at dawn, prays, then ambles a little over a kilometre to his 120-year-old mango tree, which he has coaxed into producing more than 300 varieties of the beloved fruit over the years.

Over 3.92 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in last three years and 1.70 lakh of them – the highest – took up US citizenship, the Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament), was informed today (July 19, 2022).

Noted playback singer, ghazal maestro and musician Bhupinder Singh passed away yesterday at 7:45pm in Mumbai’s Criticare hospital.

India’s parliament yesterday began voting for a new President, with a female politician from the country’s marginalised tribal community the favourite for the post.

After the second case of Monkeypox was reported, the Indian Health Ministry today (July 18, 2022) ordered strict enforcement of health screening of international travellers arriving in the country’s airports and ports.

Indian lawmakers today (July 18, 2022) exercised their franchise to elect the country’s 15th president in an election which may see Droupadi Murmu, a tribal woman, occupying the highest constitutional post for the first time.

India reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox yesterday, the head of the national virology institute, which tested the sample, told Reuters.

India's first case of confirmed Monkeypox disease has been reported from the southern state of Kerala, state Health Minister Veena George said today.

Three days after delighting the people of Darjeeling hill resort by preparing and serving fuchka on a roadside stall, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today did encore by making another popular snack momo at a shop set up by a women’s self-help group there.

India’s Supreme Court today (July 13, 2022) agreed to hear next week pleas challenging the Karnataka state high court ruling – refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the southern state.