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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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31 August 2026 India
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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Indian warship 'in close vicinity' of hijacked Bangladeshi ship: Indian navy

The Indian Navy today said in a statement that it was in close vicinity of the Bangladeshi ship hijacked in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday
15 March 2024

BJP, TMC top receivers of electoral bonds

While India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) redeemed bonds worth Rs 6,061 crore from contentious election bonds, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress was second the encashing bonds worth Rs 1,610 crore followed by main opposition Congress in the third place with Rs 1,422 crore
15 March 2024

India SC refuses to entertain plea alleging irregularities in functioning of EVMs

Ahead of parliamentary elections due in April-May, India’s Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea alleging irregularities in functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) saying "every method has its plus and minus points"
15 March 2024

India's Election Commission to announce general elections schedule tomorrow

India's election panel today said it would announce dates for general elections at 3 pm local time (0930 GMT) on March 16.
15 March 2024

Indian SC to hear pleas seeking stay on CAA rules on March 19

India’s Supreme Court today said it would hear on March 19 petitions seeking a stay on the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024
15 March 2024

Mamata ‘was pushed from behind'

Says hospital director as the West Bengal CM suffers injuries after falling at home; gets 4 stitches; returns home after being discharged from hospital
15 March 2024

West Bengal CM Mamata suffers injury

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday suffered an injury on her forehead when she slipped at her residence in South Kolkata’s Kalighat locality, her party Trinamool Congress said.
14 March 2024

Mamata Banerjee suffers 'major injury' in accident: TMC

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today suffered major injuries after she met with an accident, her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) said.
14 March 2024

CAA won't be repealed; Muslims can apply for citizenship under the law: Amit Shah

Ruling out the repeal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah today said Muslims still have the right to apply for citizenship under the law
14 March 2024

Muslims need not to worry about CAA

India today said its Muslims need not worry as Citizenship Amendment Act has not made any provision to impact their citizenship and has nothing to do with the present 18 crore Indian Muslims who have equal rights like their Hindu counterparts. 
12 March 2024

Indian troops begin Maldives pullout

India has begun withdrawing military personnel operating surveillance aircraft in the Maldives after the new pro-China president ordered them to leave, defence authorities said Tuesday.
12 March 2024

No bar under CAA for Muslims to seek Indian citizenship: Indian home ministry

India today said its Muslims need not worry as the Citizenship Amendment Act has not made any provision to impact their citizenship and has nothing to do with the present 18 crore Indian Muslims who have equal rights as their Hindu counterparts
12 March 2024

Citizenship law CAA in India: opposition parties flay Modi govt

Opposition parties in India have flayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government for enforcing the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 paving the way for citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan while BJP has welcomed it
12 March 2024

Chinese research vessel spotted off India

A second Chinese research vessel in two months has been spotted near India’s coast, adding to New Delhi’s anxiety over possible military intelligence-gathering in its backyard.
11 March 2024

Publish political donors’ names by Friday

India’s Supreme Court yesterday rejected a plea by government-run State Bank of India SBI.NS for more time to make public names of individuals and companies who donated billions of rupees to political parties through an opaque funding system.
11 March 2024

India tests missile that can carry nuclear warheads

India has successfully test-fired a domestically developed ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads for the first time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday.
11 March 2024

‘BJP’s publicity stunt for polls’

After India yesterday announced the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, reactions started to pour in from the opposition leaders, who accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre of resorting to ‘deviation’ and ‘publicity’ ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, reports Times of India.
11 March 2024

India enacting divisive citizenship law ahead of polls

India’s interior ministry yesterday said it was enacting a citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims, just weeks before the world’s most populous country heads into a general election. 
11 March 2024

India successfully conducts first flight test of Agni-5 missile

India today conducted its first successful flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology which allows a single missile to be fitted with multiple warheads aimed at different locations
11 March 2024

Indian SC asks State Bank of India to publish anonymous election bond data

India's Supreme Court today asked State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest commercial bank, to furnish by tomorrow the details of electoral bonds that allowed anonymous funding of political parties
11 March 2024