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30 farmers dead in 4 days as rain, hail hit north India

Reports from the ground suggest at least 30 farmers have allegedly died of trauma or suicide in the past four days in north India.
7 April 2015

Regional trade gets new boost

The cabinet approves the amended draft of a law that will allow Bangladesh and India to use each other’s territory while engaging in business with a third country.
6 April 2015

Bangladesh ahead of India in nutrition monitoring

Bangladesh performed better in conducting regular surveys on the nutritional status of respective population compared to India, reports the Times of India.
5 April 2015

Smriti finds ‘peeping cam’ in clothing store

A case was registered against a Goa outlet of the popular clothing chain FabIndia Friday after Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said a CCTV camera was pointed towards the changing room she used.
4 April 2015

Mumbai Muslim girl wins Gita contest

Muslim girl, in India, wins the first position among over 3,000 participants at the 'Gita Champions League' contest, organized by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) in January.
3 April 2015

Two minor sisters gang raped at gunpoint

Two minor cousins aged 12 and 13 were kidnapped and gang raped at gunpoint by five men at a village on Tuesday night
2 April 2015

Murli Manohar Joshi flays Deepika's video

Titled "My Choice", the video has been released jointly by Deepika and director Homi Adajania as part of a campaign on women empowerment.
2 April 2015

World Cup parodies

The Cricket World Cup of 2015 generated tremendous public interest as it created more spoofs than any previous World Cup. The
1 April 2015

Actress Roopa Ganguly eyes political stardom

Content with her exploits on celluloid, actress Roopa Ganguly - who became a household name playing Draupadi on the small screen decades ago - is now eager to let the political activist in her to take centrestage, notwithstanding a stuttering start.
1 April 2015

IOM urged to repatriate Bangladeshis from Yemen

Bangladesh officially requests International Organization for Migration to repatriate Bangladesh nationals trapped in war-torn Yemen.
1 April 2015

Deepika Padukone: Male bashing or women's empowerment?

Following a video starred by Deepika Padukone, A response on women's empowerment has fuelled debate on gender equality in India.
31 March 2015

Kashmir floods: Fifteen killed in landslides

At least 15 people killed in landslides following floods in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials say.
31 March 2015

Govt okays 600MW Indian power import

Government approves of importing additional 600MW power from neighbouring India at a cost of about Tk 1,600 crore via the electricity interconnectivity grid.
31 March 2015

Beef ban in India reaches cages of lions and tigers

Palash, the largest tiger at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai, still paces his cage for the hour leading up to dinner and still pounces on his meal when his handlers lift the gate to his feeding room. But lately what the 440-pound feline finds is not his usual 15 pounds of raw beef, fresh from the slaughter.
31 March 2015

Kashmir floods: Srinagar residents told to move to safety

A flood alert issues in Indian-administered Kashmir following torrential rain and a surge in the water level of the Jhelum river
30 March 2015

4 Bangladeshi militants charged with Burdwan blast

Indian police charge 21 accused including four Bangladeshi militants of banned outfit JMB in the Burdwan blast case of Kolkata.
30 March 2015

A new RSS-BJP compact?

IT'S a sad comment on India's mainstream media that it didn't notice the irony of a representative of the Sangh Parivar—a current which inspired Mahatma Gandhi's assassination—being invited to the unveiling of his statue in London.
29 March 2015

Pakistan, Bangladesh fans call BCCI, sing 'mauka mauka'

The calm at the BCCI office was shattered by the constant ringing of the landlines as fans from Pakistan and Bangladesh calls after team India lost in the quarterfinals against Australia, reports Indian Express.
28 March 2015

Slumdog Millionaire novelist made India’s foreign office spokesperson

India names Vikas Swarup, whose novel turned into multiple Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire”, as the new spokesman of the country’s Foreign Ministry
27 March 2015

Anushka magic fails to make Kohli click

When Anushka Sharma, Indian actress and the ladylove of Virat Kohli, reached SCG to cheer her beau in the India-Australia semi-final match, Indian fans had reasons to believe the star batsman would dazzle with his bat. But reality did not match the expectation.
26 March 2015