The evolution of BRICS and its challenges today
12 September 2026
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World
Hotel crackdown in Kolkata puts Bangladeshi patients in a fix
6 September 2026
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India
13 glacial lakes in India’s Uttarakhand flagged as highly sensitive
31 August 2026
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India
Anti-tank missile: India signs deal with US to buy Javelin systems
29 August 2026
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India
India’s Bihar seeks opening of all Farakka Barrage gates amid rising Ganges
25 August 2026
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India
Leaseholder arrested after Kolkata hotel fire kills nine
20 August 2026
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India
Kolkata hotel fire: 7-yr-old orphaned as four of Kushtia family perish
20 August 2026
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India
India youth protests highlight mistrust in 'lapdog' media
6 August 2026
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India
Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
6 August 2026
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India
Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for politics
1 August 2026
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India
Internet cut, curfew imposed in Manipur
An Indian state riven by months of ethnic tensions yesterday imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after angry protests over the recovery of six bodies of people believed to have been kidnapped by insurgents.
16 November 2024
Bangladeshi publishers' names missing from 2025 Kolkata Int'l Book Fair
For the first time in nearly three decades, Bangladesh is conspicuously missing from the list of countries whose publishers will take part in next year’s Kolkata International Book Fair, according to a statement released today by the event’s organisers Publishers and Booksellers Guild
16 November 2024
10 newborns killed in India hospital fire
At least 10 children were killed in a fire that swept the children's ward of a medical college hospital in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district late last night, officials said
16 November 2024
‘Bangladeshi infiltration’: Multiple sites in West Bengal, Jharkhand raided
India’s top anti-money laundering probe agency yesterday raided multiple locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand states to examine money laundering activities tied to suspected unlawful entry of Bangladeshi nationals.
12 November 2024
Veteran actor Manoj Mitra passes away
Bangalee theatre personality Manoj Mitra, best known for writing and directing farces and fantasies to highlight social and political issues, has passed away. He died yesterday morning at a hospital in Kolkata’s Salt Lake due to age-related ailments. He was 86.
12 November 2024
‘Bangladeshi infiltration’: Multiple sites in West Bengal, Jharkhand raided
India's top anti-money laundering probe agency today raided multiple locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand states to examine money laundering activities tied to suspected unlawful entry of Bangladeshi nationals
12 November 2024
11 killed in gun battle with security forces in Manipur
At least 11 suspected militants were killed today in a gun battle with security forces in the restive north eastern Indian state Manipur's Jiribam district, PTI reported quoting officials
11 November 2024
Three Balkan capitals among world’s 10 most polluted cities
Three Balkans region capitals -- Belgrade, Pristina and Sarajevo -- were among the 10 most polluted cities in the world yesterday, just behind Lahore, Delhi and Beijing.
8 November 2024
Delhi plans drone flights to combat smog crisis
India’s capital yesterday unveiled plans to fly special drones to clear pollution from its smog-choked skies -- a plan derided by experts as another “band-aid” solution to a public health crisis.
8 November 2024
Modi rejects calls to restore J&K’s partial autonomy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday strongly backed his government’s contentious 2019 decision to revoke the partial autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), days after the territory’s newly elected lawmakers sought its restoration.
8 November 2024
Modi calls Trump, hopes to further US-India ties
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today had a telephonic conversation with US president-elect Donald Trump and congratulated him once again on his "spectacular" victory
6 November 2024
Jammu and Kashmir to regain special status, constitutional protection
After the resolution was passed, BJP members stormed the well of the House, leading to a brief adjournment of 15 minutes
6 November 2024
‘Why was Hasina given refuge in India?’
India’s Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday fired back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for accusing his party, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), of fostering Bangladeshi infiltration in the state.
5 November 2024
Delhi wants artificial rain to tackle air pollution
India’s capital territory of Delhi is keen to use artificial rain to fight air pollution this year, its Environment Minister Gopal Rai said yesterday, as deteriorating air quality in the region led to an increase in respiratory illnesses.
5 November 2024
India's top court overturns northern state's ban on Islamic schools
By setting aside the March order, the Supreme Court allowed the 25,000 Muslim schools to operate in the northern state
5 November 2024
36 dead in India bus crash
A bus in India plunged into a deep Himalayan ravine yesterday, killing at least 36 passengers and injuring several others, a government official said yesterday.
4 November 2024
India denies Amit Shah plotted anti-Sikh attacks in Canada
India yesterday denied home minister Amit Shah had plotted to target Sikh activists on Canadian soil and said it had officially rebuked Ottawa over the “absurd and baseless” allegation.
2 November 2024
Three ‘rebels’ killed in clashes
Indian security forces killed three suspected militants in two separate firefights in disputed Kashmir, the army and a senior police official said yesterday.
2 November 2024
India has no role in issues between Bangladesh, Adani Power: Randhir Jaiswal
The issue relates to the contractual obligations between the two parties, he said
2 November 2024
Indian troops kill two suspected militants in Kashmir
The firefight broke out after Indian troops moved to check "suspicious movement" near Halkan Gali in Anantnag, resulting in the death of the two militants
2 November 2024