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X takes down accounts, posts linked to farmers’ protests

Social media platform X said yesterday it took down certain accounts and posts following an order by the Indian government, which local media reports say are linked to ongoing protests by farmers demanding higher prices for crops.
22 February 2024

One dead as avalanche strikes skiing group in J&K

One foreigner died and another went missing when a massive avalanche swept the ski slopes of the picturesque resort of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir today, officials said
22 February 2024

Indian police use tear gas shells to disperse farmers on 'Delhi Chalo' march

Indian police today used tear gas on a group of young farmers who, demanding a law to ensure minimum support price for crops, were heading towards the multi-layered road barricades put up at the border points at Punjab and Haryana
21 February 2024

Indian SC overturns earlier result of Chandigarh poll, declares new mayor

India’s Supreme Court today overturned the result of the Chandigarh mayoral poll in which the BJP candidate had emerged an unlikely winner and declared defeated his AAP-Congress alliance rival Kuldeep Kumar as the city’s new mayor
20 February 2024

India farmers reject govt proposal, to resume march to Delhi tomorrow

Farmers' unions protesting at the Punjab-Haryana border yesterday rejected the Indian government's proposal to buy pulses, maize and cotton in unlimited quantity at minimum support price (MSP) for five years, saying it was not in their interest and that they would resume their march towards Delhi tomorrow as part of the agitation.
20 February 2024

India likely to lift ban on onion export

India is likely to lift restrictions on onion export to Bangladesh and some other countries under certain conditions, said a federal minister of the country.
19 February 2024

Bangladesh visa centre to open in Assam's Silchar soon

A Bangladesh visa centre will soon be opened in Silchar, the district headquarters town of north eastern Indian state of Assam
19 February 2024

Indian external affairs minister calls on PM

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2024.
17 February 2024

10 killed in Tamil Nadu factory blast

Ten people were killed and 15 more injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in India yesterday, police said.
17 February 2024

India launches meteorological satellite into space

India today successfully put into the designated orbit its INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite to ensure continuity of services for monitoring land and ocean surfaces for weather forecasting and disaster warning as well as for providing satellite-aided research and rescue services
17 February 2024

Ethnic Violence: Two dead, scores hurt after police open fire in Manipur

At least two people were killed and scores injured in India’s northeastern Manipur state after security forces opened fire at a mob in Churachandpur district late on Thursday, a police official said, as sporadic violence continued in the region.
16 February 2024

$25m frozen by tax dept ahead of polls

India’s main opposition Congress party said yesterday its bank accounts with 2.1 billion rupees ($25.3 million) in deposits had been frozen by the income tax department in connection with a dispute, months before national elections.
16 February 2024

Leaving India after expulsion threat

A French journalist said yesterday she was leaving India, where she had worked for more than two decades, after authorities threatened her expulsion for what they termed “malicious and critical” reporting.
16 February 2024

Manipur violence: 2 dead, scores injured after police open fire

At least two people were killed and scores injured in India's northeastern Manipur state after security forces opened fire at a mob in Churachandpur district late on Thursday, a police official said, as sporadic violence continued in the region
16 February 2024

11 killed in New Delhi factory fire

At least 11 people died and four others were injured when a building collapsed during a massive fire that broke out at a paint factory in the northern part of India's capital New Delhi on Thursday, a fire department official said
16 February 2024

India SC scraps opaque election funding system

India’s Supreme Court yesterday scrapped a seven-year-old election funding system that allows individuals and companies to donate money to political parties anonymously and without any limits, calling it “unconstitutional”. 
15 February 2024

Will not contest Lok Sabha polls

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday announced that she will not run in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in India due to health and age issues, capping a nearly two-decade career in electoral politics.
15 February 2024

Will not contest Lok Sabha election due to health, age issues: Sonia Gandhi

Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi today announced that she will not run in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections due to health and age issues, capping a nearly two-decade career in electoral politics
15 February 2024

India top court scraps opaque election funding system, calls it 'unconstitutional'

India's Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a seven year-old election funding system that allows individuals and companies to donate money to political parties anonymously and without any limits
15 February 2024

Sonia Gandhi to contest from Rajasthan

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday filed her nomination for India’s Rajya Sabha (RS) polls with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra by her side.
14 February 2024