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Canada shifts diplomats from India to Singapore, KL

Canada has moved out a majority of its diplomats working in India outside of New Delhi to either Kuala Lumpur or Singapore after it gave Ottawa an October 10 deadline to reduce its diplomatic staff to achieve parity in strength following a row over the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, according to a media report yesterday.
6 October 2023

Sikkim tragedy: Study warned about lake outburst 8 years ago

A study done by India's Central Water Commission eight years ago warned the Sikkim government that most of the hydropower projects on the Teesta river are highly vulnerable to events like the disastrous glacial lake outburst that occurred in the northeastern state four days ago
6 October 2023

2 killed as mortar shell carried by floodwaters explodes in Jalpaiguri

Police believe that the mortar shell belonged to the army and was carried by floodwaters flowing down the hills of Sikkim following heavy rains
6 October 2023

Sikkim flash flood: Death toll rises to 40, dozens still missing

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 today as rescuers searched for dozens missing for a second day
6 October 2023

7 killed, 40 injured in Mumbai residential building fire

At least seven people, including two minors, were killed and more than 40 injured when a fire swept through a residential building in Goregaon area of India's financial capital Mumbai today, a civic official said
6 October 2023

Fresh violence reported in India’s Manipur

At least two houses were torched in Manipur’s Imphal West district on Wednesday night in a fresh outbreak of violence.
5 October 2023

‘Want to achieve parity’

India’s external affairs ministry yesterday said that India asked Canada to downsize its diplomatic presence in New Delhi as it wants to achieve “parity” with Ottawa, adding that “discussions on the matter are under way”.
5 October 2023

Indian police widen probe into funding of news portal

Indian police expanded on Thursday an investigation into suspected illegal foreign funding of a news portal, accusing it in court of having sought to create an incorrect map of the country and also sabotage general elections in 2019
5 October 2023

India seeks parity in Canada's diplomatic presence

India today said it is engaged in talks with Canada on the issue of ensuring parity in its diplomatic presence in India, amidst a standoff over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation of New Delhi’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist
5 October 2023

Sikkim flash flood: Death toll rises to 18, nearly 100 missing

At least 18 people were killed and nearly 100 were missing today after heavy rains caused a Himalayan glacial lake in northeast India to burst its banks
5 October 2023

Sikkim flash floods: Death toll rises to 14

The death toll in the flash flood in north eastern Indian state of Sikkim has mounted to 14 while 102 others, including 22 army personnel, remained missing, officials said today
5 October 2023

Floods in India’s Sikkim leave 10 dead, 82 missing

At least ten people were killed in India’s state of Sikkim and 82 others, including 23 army personnel, were missing after heavy rainfall caused the glacial Lhonak lake to overflow, spurring catastrophic flooding in the region yesterday, officials said.
4 October 2023

Floods in India's Sikkim leave 10 dead, 82 missing

At least ten people were killed in India's state of Sikkim and 82 others, including 23 army personnel, were missing after heavy rainfall caused the glacial Lhonak lake to overflow, spurring catastrophic flooding in the region todayday, officials said
4 October 2023

At least 23 Indian soldiers missing in flash flood: army

The Indian army said Wednesday that 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state
4 October 2023

Illegal Funding Probe: India police raid media office, journos’ homes

Indian police yesterday raided the New Delhi office of a news portal and the homes of journalists and writers linked to it as part of an investigation into suspected illegal foreign funding of the media company, two government officials said.
3 October 2023

India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats: report

India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by October 10, the Financial Times reported yesterday.
3 October 2023

India arrests 1,000 in child marriage crackdown

More than 1,000 people were arrested yesterday in India’s remote northeast during the second government crackdown on illegal child marriages in the region this year, authorities said.
3 October 2023

India’s Assam arrests 1,000 in child marriage crackdown

More than 1,000 people were arrested today in India's remote northeast during the second government crackdown on illegal child marriages in the region this year, authorities said
3 October 2023

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha arrested

The police in Delhi today arrested news portal NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its Human Resources head Amit Chakravarty after searching more than 30 locations and questioning several journalists in a case filed under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act following allegations that the portal received money for pro-China propaganda
3 October 2023

India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats: FT

India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by October 10, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday
3 October 2023