As protests by Indian farmers against the new farm laws entered the 24th day today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said reforms brought by his government six months ago have started benefiting farmers.

India’s total tally for Covid-19 infection has crossed the grim milestone of one crore even as over 95.5 lakh patients have recovered since the first case was reported on January 30, reports our New Delhi correspondent quoting the country’s health ministry data.

Getting the Covid-19 vaccine will be on a voluntary basis, Indian Health Ministry said as the country prepares to launch a drive to administer the vaccines possibly by next month.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that Bangladesh remains a "significant pillar" of India's Neighbourhood First policy as he held a virtual summit with his counterpart Sheikh Hasina.

Eminent researcher of Bangla folk culture and writer Sudhir Chakravarti died in a private hospital in Kolkata. He was 86 years old.

The Assam government has approved a proposal to close down all government-run madrasas and Sanskrit “tol” (schools).

Agitating farmer leaders today went on a day-long hunger strike against the Indian government’s contentious new farm laws, intensifying their protests which entered into the third week yesterday.

Kerala is the latest Indian state to announce Covid-19 vaccine for its people, free of cost.

Bangladesh will raise all the major issues, including over water and border, during the meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi -- scheduled to be held on December 17, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said today.

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which seeks to give Indian citizenship to religious minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, will be implemented in West Bengal soon even if the Mamata Banerjee government in the state opposes it, a senior leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has said.

Ailing former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee showed signs of slight improvement this morning but his overall condition remained “critical”, hospital sources said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government will not allow implementation of the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) or National Population Register (NPR) in the state.

Noted Marxist leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was taken to Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata today after his breathing-related problems aggravated, sources said.

Traditional Indian wedding finery gave way to hazmat suits and masks in a remote north Indian village, after the bride tested positive for the coronavirus just hours before her marriage, a local health official said.

At least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalised due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said today.

Police in northern India have arrested 10 men for allegedly compelling women to change their religion after getting married, using a new anti-conversion law popularly called the “Love Jihad” law, officials said on Monday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today virtually inaugurated the construction work of the metro rail project in Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, in a move which is expected to cater to more than six million tourists who visit the place every year.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence is expected to witness a large number of bilateral activities between Bangladesh and India, taking the historic relations to a new height.

After US drug-maker Pfizer, Serum Institute of India (SII) has approached the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), seeking authorisation for emergency use of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine in the country.

Pfizer India has become the first pharmaceutical company to seek permission from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use of its Covid-19 vaccine in the country, after its parent company secured the clearance for the same in the UK and Bahrain.