India’s annual monsoon rainfall has covered more than half of the country and conditions are favourable for it to advance into central, northern and western regions this week, the weather department said yesterday.

Authorities in India yesterday cancelled more than 500 trains services because of calls for protests by young men angry with a military recruitment plan that they say will rob them of the opportunity of a career in the armed forces.

In the midst of violent protests against his government’s decision to go for short-term military recruitment policy “Agnipath,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (June 20,2022) said some decisions and reforms may be unpleasant and unfair temporarily but in the long run the country will experience their benefits.

Enrolment under India’s new armed services recruitment plan will commence this month, top defence officials said yesterday, despite protests against a scheme that will drastically cut tenure and offer fewer service benefits at the end of contract.

Amidst escalating arson and violent protests over the Indian government’s move to go for short-term military recruitment, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today met the three service chiefs.

Against the backdrop of the controversy over offensive remarks on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by BJP's two former spokespersons, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said “sensibilities and the sensitivities of people were impacted” by the episode.

Protesters in India’s eastern state of Bihar damaged public property and ransacked offices in a railway station yesterday, expressing outrage at a new military recruitment plan and demanding the government reverse course.

Indian police fired at an angry mob who set trains on fire yesterday during protests against a new short-term military recruitment scheme that has flared around the country.

Authorities imposed restrictions on Friday on gatherings in a satellite city of India's capital that is home to offices of several multinational firms, and one person was killed as protests against a new military recruitment process spread.

The United States on Thursday condemned remarks by Indian ruling party officials about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that have sparked an uproar in Muslim countries.

Bangladesh’s Shyamoli Paribahan has agreed to increase frequency of daily passenger bus services between India’s Agartala and Kolkata via Dhaka, as road and rail links between north eastern Indian state of Tripura and the rest of the country remain snapped following massive landslides triggered by heavy rains.

Angry crowds in India set an office of the ruling party on fire, attacked railway infrastructure and blocked roads yesterday, in widening protests against a new

Bollywood composer Vishal Dadlani today took to Twitter to record his apology to and solidarity with Indian Muslims over the row surrounding former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's comments on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

The Indian government on June 14, 2022, announced its biggest reform to the recruitment system for its armed forces that is aimed at giving the nearly 1.2 million strong force a more youthful and tech-savvy profile.

Indian emergency workers rescued a 10-year-old boy with hearing and speech impairments late Tuesday from a narrow well where he was trapped for over four days, the state government said.

Protests have been erupting in many Indian cities to condemn the demolition of homes and businesses belonging to Muslims, in what critics call a growing pattern of “bulldozer justice” aimed at punishing activists from the minority group.

Indian emergency workers were scrambling yesterday to rescue a 10-year-old boy with hearing and speech impairments who has been trapped down a narrow well for four days.

With fresh general elections less than two years away, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced an ambitious employment-generation plan as he instructed that one million people be recruited by his government in mission mode in the next and half years.

Leaders of prominent Islamic groups and mosques in India yesterday appealed to fellow Muslims to suspend plans for protests against derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) made by two members of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party.

Kolkata Police today summoned suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for questioning in connection with her controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).