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Hotel crackdown in Kolkata puts Bangladeshi patients in a fix
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13 glacial lakes in India’s Uttarakhand flagged as highly sensitive
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Leaseholder arrested after Kolkata hotel fire kills nine
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Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
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Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for politics
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1 August 2026 India

Modi lands in Russia for first visit since Ukraine offensive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia on Monday, as the Indian leader treaded a fine line between maintaining a longstanding relationship with Moscow and courting closer Western security ties
8 July 2024

Eight killed in gun battles in India’s Jammu & Kashmir

Two soldiers and six suspected militants were killed in two separate gun battles in Indian’s Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), police said yesterday.
7 July 2024

Uttar Pradesh stampede: Main accused arrested in Delhi

The main accused in the deadly stampede at a religious congregation in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras that killed 121 people was arrested from Delhi's Najafgarh locality by a Special Operations Group of the state police, a senior police official said today
6 July 2024

8 arrested after gruesome murder of Indian politician

Eight people were arrested in India on Saturday for the murder of a politician who championed the rights of lower-caste Indians, police said
6 July 2024

Rahul Gandhi meets families of Uttar Pradesh stampede victims

India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi today met family members of the 121 people killed in a stampede at a religious congregation in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras
5 July 2024

India, China FMs agree to work on border issues

India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar yesterday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Kazakhstan where the two agreed to step up talks to resolve issues along their border, New Delhi said in a statement.
4 July 2024

Modi to visit Russia for talks with Putin on July 8-9

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8 and 9, the Kremlin said yesterday, in his first trip to the country since Moscow launched its military offensive in Ukraine.
4 July 2024

Uttar Pradesh stampede: 6 'religious volunteers' arrested

Six persons, including two women, have been arrested in connection with the stampede that resulted in 121 deaths during a religious congregation in India's Uttar Pradesh state, Inspector General of Police Shalabh Mathur of Aligarh Range said today
4 July 2024

Who is Bhole Baba, preacher at centre of Indian stampede disaster

Former police constable-turned-preacher Bhole Baba built an immense following among poor and marginalised Indians before his latest sermon ended in a stampede that killed 121 of his followers
3 July 2024

India issues nationwide alert over Zika virus

India today sounded a nationwide alert following some reported cases of Zika virus, an aedes mosquito-borne viral disease like dengue and chikungunya, from Maharashtra, stressing the need for taking particular care of pregnant women
3 July 2024

India stampede: Death toll rises to 121; FIR filed against congregation organisers

The death toll in the stampede at a religious congregation in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Hathras has risen to 121, including seven children, the Office of the state Relief Commissioner said today
3 July 2024

Major stampedes in India over the years

At least 116 people were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, authorities said, in one of the worst such tragedies in recent years
3 July 2024

116 killed in stampede at India religious event

At least 116 people, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in north India yesterday, authorities said, in one of the country’s worst such tragedies in years.
2 July 2024

Hindenburg denies SEBI’s allegations

Hindenburg Research has denied allegations by India’s securities regulator that it colluded with a US asset manager to use non-public information to set up a short bet against Adani Group last year, which if proven would breach the country’s rules.
2 July 2024

116 people killed in stampede at religious event in India

According to Aligarh range Inspector General of Police Shalabh Mathur, 116 people have so far perished in the incident
2 July 2024

India replaces colonial-era criminal laws

India replaced colonial-era criminal laws with new legislation yesterday, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government said would make the country more just, but the opposition said risked throwing the criminal justice system into disarray.
1 July 2024

Concerns as India overhauls penal code, CrPC

India today implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a "watershed" movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice
1 July 2024

Delhi’s heavy rains claim 11 lives

The death toll from this week’s sudden heavy rain has climbed to 11 in New Delhi, including four citizens who drowned in submerged underpasses, the Times of India reported, while flight operations stuttered in the Indian capital.
30 June 2024

Ganga water-sharing: Indian foreign ministry refutes Mamata’s claim

Indian foreign ministry yesterday refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre did not consult the state government on the renewal of the Ganga water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh.
28 June 2024

Roof collapse at Delhi airport kills one, injures 8

Heavy rainfall and winds brought down a roof at the main airport in New Delhi yesterday, killing one person and disrupting flights from a domestic terminal, while flooded streets and traffic snarls threw daily life out of gear in India’s capital.
28 June 2024