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Historian Ranajit Guha passes away

Eminent historian Ranajit Guha died at his residence in Vienna, Austria, at the age of 100
29 April 2023

Gujarat HC to hear Rahul Gandhi’s appeal in defamation case today

The Gujarat High Court will hear today Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's appeal challenging the order of the Surat sessions court declining a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark
29 April 2023

India presses China on border disputes

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has told his Chinese counterpart that military deployments on their disputed Himalayan frontier were undermining relations and called for disengagement to preserve “peace and tranquility”.
28 April 2023

Hate speech a serious threat to India

Terming hate speech as a serious threat to the nation, the Supreme Court of India yesterday directed all states and union territories to register cases over such crimes even if no complaints are made.
28 April 2023

India, Russia agree to boost defence ties

India and Russia agreed to strengthen their defence partnership in talks between their defence ministers on Friday, the Indian government said, amid worries in New Delhi that the war in Ukraine was hurting its own military supplies from Moscow..Rajnath Singh and Sergei Shoigu held talks on
28 April 2023

Hate speech a serious threat to India

Terming hate speech as a serious threat to the nation, the Supreme Court of India today directed all states and union territories to register cases over such crimes even if no complaints are made
28 April 2023

India urges SCO members to unite against terrorism

India today called upon the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member-countries to collectively work towards eliminating terrorism and hold those who patronise or fund such activities accountable..“If we want to make the SCO a stronger and more credible international organisation, our
28 April 2023

Defence ministers of India, China hold talks in New Delhi

Defence Ministers of India and China today held talks in New Delhi as the two leaders had “frank” discussions about the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh
27 April 2023

10 Indian police killed in Maoist attack

Ten police and their driver were killed in India’s central Chhattisgarh state yesterday when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, an attack police blamed on Maoist rebels.
26 April 2023

India hosts talks on Myanmar crisis

India has hosted a closed-door dialogue on Myanmar where participants called for reduction of violence by all sides in the country.
26 April 2023

Joy, fear as India’s population becomes world’s biggest

Exhausted, elated and cradling her newborn daughter in a rundown government hospital, young mother Manu Bala had just helped make India the world’s most populous nation.
26 April 2023

Defamation case: Gujarat HC judge opts out of hearing Rahul Gandhi's appeal

A Gujarat High Court judge today recused herself from hearing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s appeal against the order of the Surat sessions court which refused to stay his conviction in a four-year-old criminal defamation case, Rahul’s lawyer said
26 April 2023

Ten policemen, driver killed in Chhattisgarh blast

Ten police and a civilian were killed in India's central Chhattisgarh state today when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, an attack police blamed on Maoist rebels
26 April 2023

Defamation Conviction: Rahul Gandhi appeals after court denies stay

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday appealed to the High Court in the western state of Gujarat seeking a stay of conviction in a defamation case, challenging a lower court’s ruling against his plea, his lawyer said.
25 April 2023

Rahul Gandhi appeals after court denies stay of defamation conviction

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi today appealed to the High Court in the western state of Gujarat seeking a stay of conviction in a defamation case, challenging a lower court's ruling against his plea, his lawyer said..Gandhi was convicted last month in a case brought by a state lawma
25 April 2023

India launches ops to bring back citizens stranded in Sudan

India today announced the launch of its operation to pull out its citizens who are stranded in conflict-ravaged Sudan.
24 April 2023

Memories of Punjab separatism and the rise of Amritpal

When Sikh separatist preacher Amritpal Singh was finally apprehended outside a Guruwara in Rode village in north Indian state Punjab's Moga district this morning, the contrived symbolism of the place could not be lost sight of
23 April 2023

Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh arrested from Punjab

After being on the run for just over a month, wanted radical Sikh separatist preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested today from north Indian state Punjab's Moga district, police said
23 April 2023

Don't 'harrass' Amartya Sen

Over 120 left-leaning intellectuals and eminent personalities have written an open letter, urging Visva-Bharati University to not "harass" Nobel laureate Amartya Sen over a land issue.
22 April 2023

India test fires sea-based anti-missile missile

India has successfully test launched a sea-based low atmosphere interceptor missile from off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal.
22 April 2023