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India issues advisory for citizens in Bangladesh

India has advised all its nationals to avoid travelling to Bangladesh until further notice due to ongoing violence here
5 August 2024

Biden voices hope Iran will stand down

US President Joe Biden expressed hope Iran would stand down despite its threat to avenge the assassination of Hamas’ leader in Tehran, as fears mounted that Israel’s offensive in Gaza could escalate into a wider Middle East conflict.
4 August 2024

BSF chief, deputy removed with immediate effect

Director General of India's Border Security Force (BSF) Nitin Agrawal and his deputy Special DG (West) YB Khurania were removed and sent back to their state cadres, according to a government order
3 August 2024
1 August 2024

Kerala landslides: Death toll rises to 276

The death toll in the devastating landslides in India's Kerala's Wayanad district shot up to 276 today, the Indian media reported
1 August 2024

Early warning was given to Kerala on July 23: Amit Shah

India’s Union Home Minister Amit Shah today criticized the Kerala government for not heeding early warnings about a potential natural calamity in Wayanad district due to heavy rains
31 July 2024

Kerala landslides: Death toll rises to 158

The death count in the deadly landslides in India's Kerala galloped to 158 as military personnel today intensified search and rescue operations, officials said
31 July 2024

Landslides kill 123 in Kerala

Landslides swept through tea estates and villages in southern India’s Kerala yesterday, killing at least 123 people while they slept as unexpected heavy rain collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders.
30 July 2024

57 killed, many feared trapped in India landslides

The death toll rose to 57 in the deadly landslides triggered by heavy rains in hilly Wayanad district of India's Kerala today, PTI reported quoting state government sources.
30 July 2024

45 killed, several feared trapped in India landslides

A series of massive landslides set off by incessant heavy rains left at least 45 people, many of them in their sleep, dead in the hilly areas in Wayanad district of India’s Kerala's today, officials said
30 July 2024

Indian soldier, intruder killed in J&K

A gunfight in Kashmir killed the eleventh Indian soldier to die in the restive Himalayan territory this month, India’s military said yesterday.
27 July 2024

Remarks on student protests in Bangladesh 'distorted': Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her recent remarks about students agitation and violence in Bangladesh were "distorted" by a certain section of people" in that country
27 July 2024

Mamata walks out of key meeting in New Delhi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today walked out of a crucial meeting of the Indian government's policy think-tank Niti Aayog in New Delhi saying she was stopped from speaking "after just five minutes"
27 July 2024

India's Moidams earn UNESCO world heritage status

UNESCO declared India's Moidams, the vaulted mound burial sites of the royal Ahom dynasty in Assam, as the country's 43rd World Heritage Site today
26 July 2024

Indian union govt the sole authority on foreign affairs

The union government of India has the sole prerogative when it comes to matters of foreign affairs, said a spokesperson of its external affairs ministry acknowledging Dhaka’s note issued after Mamata Banerjee’s remarks.
25 July 2024

Indian soldier, suspected militant killed

Separate firefights in India’s Jammu and Kashmir killed a soldier and a suspected militant near the disputed territory’s militarised unofficial frontier with Pakistan, India’s military said yesterday.
24 July 2024

India's strategic railway bridge closes the gap to Kashmir

The Chenab Rail Bridge, the highest of its kind in the world, has been hailed as a feat of engineering linking the restive Kashmir valley to the vast Indian plains by train for the first time
24 July 2024

India on $24bn jobs drive in Modi’s first post-polls budget

India’s government will spend $24 billion on employment and training, it said yesterday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to address uneven economic growth and mollify disgruntled voters after a surprising election setback last month.
23 July 2024

Two dead as passenger train derails in India

At least two people were killed and 20 injured after several coaches of a passenger train jumped the tracks in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh yesterday, authorities said.
18 July 2024

Five Indian security personnel killed

Five security personnel were killed in a firefight with gunmen in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, the army and police said yesterday, with security sources saying militants had made a “tactical shift” in attacks.
16 July 2024