The evolution of BRICS and its challenges today
Reuters, New Delhi
12 September 2026 World
Hotel crackdown in Kolkata puts Bangladeshi patients in a fix
Our Correspondent, Kolkata
6 September 2026 India
13 glacial lakes in India’s Uttarakhand flagged as highly sensitive
Our Correspondent, Kolkata
31 August 2026 India
Leaseholder arrested after Kolkata hotel fire kills nine
Our Correspondent, kolkata
20 August 2026 India
Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
Reuters, Bhubaneswar
6 August 2026 India
Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for politics
Kolkata Correspondent
1 August 2026 India

Israel-Hamas war: Congress 'strongly opposed' to India's abstention on UN resolution

India's Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has "strongly opposed" India's abstention on the voting on the recent UN resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict and said that while her party unequivocally condemned Hamas' attacks, the tragedy is compounded with the Israeli state now focused on exacting revenge from a population that is largely as helpless as it is blameless.
30 October 2023

West Bengal minister Jyotipriya arrested over ration distribution scam

India’s Enforcement Directorate today arrested senior West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress leader Jyotipriya Mallick, a day after searching his residence in Kolkata's Salt Lake area, in connection with an alleged multi-crore-rupee ration distribution scam in the state
27 October 2023

India resumes limited visa services for Canadians

India has announced its decision to resume visa services to Canadians for four categories of people, more than a month after New Delhi had suspended the services
25 October 2023

India sends 38.5 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Palestinians

India today sent around 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for Palestinians in war-torn Gaza, the country's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said
22 October 2023

India completes crucial test

India yesterday completed a key test in its ambitious crewed space mission Gaganyaan, hours after halting the planned lift-off, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
21 October 2023

India launches key test ahead of sending humans into space

Overcoming a delay of nearly a couple of hours and an anomaly, India's space agency today successfully flight tested a test vehicle carrying payloads related to the country's ambitious human space flight mission Gaganyaan
21 October 2023

Sikh Separatist Murder Row: Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India

Canada yesterday said it was temporarily suspending in-person operations at consulates in several Indian cities and warned of visa processing delays amid a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia.
20 October 2023

India plans manned Moon mission by 2040

India plans to send a man to the Moon and set up a space station by 2040, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, as the country ramps up its space programme.
18 October 2023

Bangladeshis to decide how election will be held in their country: India

The people of Bangladesh will decide how to hold the next national election in their country, Arindam Bagchi, spokesman for India's external affairs ministry has said
17 October 2023

Same-sex marriage: India’s top court refuses legalisation

India’s top court refused yesterday to legalise same-sex marriages but said the country had a duty to acknowledge LGBTQ relationships and to protect them from discrimination.
17 October 2023

India to start monitoring

India aims to install the first part of an early warning system at some high-risk glacial lakes in the Himalayas next year, a senior official said yesterday, as the country responds to deadly floods this month that killed at least 60 people.
16 October 2023

Indian journo groups seeks president’s intervention

Seven journalists' groups in India today wrote a joint letter to President Droupadi Murmu drawing her attention to "the use of draconian laws against journalists"
16 October 2023

India to set up radiation detection equipment at border points

India will soon install radiation detection equipment (RDE) at eight border crossing points along the land borders with Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, and Nepal to prevent the trafficking of radioactive materials that may be used in making nuclear devices, officials said
15 October 2023

Delhi HC rejects NewsClick founder, official's plea challenging arrest

The Delhi High Court today rejected a plea by NewsClick founder Prabir Purakayastha and the portal's human resources department head Amit Chakravarty challenging their arrest and subsequent remand in a case lodged under an anti-terror law
13 October 2023

India brings back first batch of citizens from Israel

The first group of around 200 Indians, including students, returned home early today from war-hit Israel
13 October 2023

‘Rules Violation’: India’s CBI files case against NewsClick

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR for alleged violations of stringent Foreign Contribution Regulation (FCRA) Act by news portal NewsClick and carried out raids at two locations yesterday, officials said.
11 October 2023

Sikkim flash flood: Bangladesh hands over bodies of 4 Indians

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have handed over bodies of four Indian nationals, who were among those killed by the flash flood triggered by the glacial lake outburst in northeastern state of Sikkim, the Indian defence ministry said today.
8 October 2023

Indian rescuers struggle to reach flood-hit areas where over 100 are missing

Indian rescue teams are finding it difficult to reach flood-hit areas in the north-eastern state of Sikkim where more than 140 people are missing because the region is still experiencing bouts of heavy rain, officials said on Saturday
7 October 2023

Death toll rises to 40

At least 40 people were killed after a glacial lake burst its banks and triggered flash floods this week in the Indian Himalayas, government officials told Reuters yesterday as rescuers searched for dozens missing for a second day.
6 October 2023