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
Canada arrests fourth Indian national in killing of Sikh activist
A fourth Indian national was charged by Canadian authorities Saturday in the 2023 killing of a separatist Sikh leader in Vancouver
12 May 2024
Save India from dictatorship
A top opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday urged his compatriots to resist “dictatorship”, after the country’s top court provisionally released him from jail to campaign in national elections.
11 May 2024
India SC grants temporary bail to Kejriwal
India’s top court gave temporary bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case yesterday, allowing him to campaign in the ongoing general elections, boosting the opposition alliance of which he is a prominent figure.
10 May 2024
Opposition in J&K accuses govt of sabotaging campaigns
Opposition leaders in India’s troubled Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) valley have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration of denying or cancelling permissions to hold campaign events, to help his party’s “proxies”.
10 May 2024
12 Maoists killed in clash with India security forces
At least 12 Maoist insurgents were shot dead by Indian security forces yesterday, police said, during the latest clash in a decades-long conflict waged in the country’s central forests.
10 May 2024
Kejriwal gets SC interim bail till June 1
India's Supreme Court today gave Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interim bail till June 1 for campaigning in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections
10 May 2024
India completes troop exit from Maldives
India has replaced some 80 soldiers on the Maldives with civilians after a demand by President Mohamed Muizzu who has pivoted the archipelago’s ties towards China, New Delhi officials said yesterday.
9 May 2024
‘No fundamental right to campaign’
With the Indian Supreme Court set to decide on interim bail for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today to allow him to campaign for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the Enforcement Directorate has filed an affidavit opposing his petition and said that laws are equal for all and that campaigning is not a fundamental, constitutional or even a legal right.
9 May 2024
India interested to finance Bangladesh's Teesta project: Hasan Mahmud
India has expressed interest to finance Bangladesh's Teesta project, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said today
9 May 2024
Modi skips election in Kashmir as critics dispute integration claims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is criss-crossing India in a marathon election campaign but, for the first time since 1996, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not contesting in Kashmir, where a 35-year uprising against Indian rule has killed tens of thousands of people
9 May 2024
BJP deletes X post accused of targeting Muslims
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party yesterday deleted a cartoon video posted on social media platform X that was criticised for targeting Muslims during an ongoing national election.
8 May 2024
Over 80 Air India Express flights cancelled after 300 crew members go on sick leave
Air India Express, a Tata Group carrier, was forced to cancel more than 80 international and domestic flights after a large number of cabin crew called in sick at the last minute
8 May 2024
More than 61pc turnout in third phase
A voter turnout of over 61 percent was recorded as curtains came down on the third phase of India’s gigantic Lok Sabha elections in 93 constituencies spread across 11 States and Union Territories yesterday with sporadic incidents of violence in West Bengal.
7 May 2024
Liquor Policy ‘Scam’: Delhi court extends pre-trial detention of Kejriwal
An Indian city court yesterday extended the pre-trial detention of opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until May 20, legal news website Live Law reported, weeks before the capital votes in national elections.
7 May 2024
Two suspected Kashmir rebels killed in clash with Indian forces
Two suspected rebels were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir during a firefight with soldiers, police said Tuesday, at a time when campaigning for national elections is underway in the disputed territory..Scores of soldiers besieged a residential area in southern Kulgam district, some 7
7 May 2024
Third phase of Indian election: 25pc turnout in first 4 hours
A voter turnout of more than 25 percent was recorded today in the first four hours of polling in the third phase of India's Lok Sabha elections amid sporadic violence in West Bengal and reports of poll boycott in some villages of Uttar Pradesh
7 May 2024
Phase-3 Election: Modi's home state Gujarat, 10 other territories go to polls
Millions of Indians today turned up at polling booths in the third phase of voting covering 93 seats across 11 states and union territories that will see completion of the people's mandate in more than half of the total of 543 seats
7 May 2024
93 constituencies go to polls today
Polling for more than half of the total number of 543 Lok Sabha constituencies will be completed by the end of the third phase of voting today, when the electoral fate of several high-profile leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, will be sealed.
6 May 2024
EC warns political parties against misuse of AI tools
India’s Election Commission (EC) yesterday warned political parties against misuse of AI-based tools to create deep fakes that distort information or propagate misinformation in the backdrop of manipulated videos targeting top Home Minister Amit Shah and arrest of some workers of opposition party Congress.
6 May 2024
Delhi Lt Governor recommends NIA probe against Arvind Kejriwal
In an explosive turn of events yesterday, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has called for an anti-terror probe into allegations Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal received political funding from the banned Sikhs For Justice group founded by wanted terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun. Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party hit back swiftly via senior leader Saurabh Bhardwaj, who dismissed the call for a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as a “conspiracy” against the party and its leader.
6 May 2024