Three-quarters of children face extreme heat: UN

Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already facing dangerously high temperatures, the highest level worldwide, as the impact of climate change grows, the United Nations warned yesterday.
7 August 2023, 18:00 PM

SC to monitor probes into violence cases

India’s Supreme Court said yesterday it will monitor all cases of violence against women committed during three months of sectarian clashes in the northeastern state of Manipur since May.
7 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership restored

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's membership of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, was restored today, three days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a defamation case
7 August 2023, 06:42 AM

15 houses set ablaze, man shot in Manipur

Fifteen houses were set ablaze in the Indian state of Manipur’s Imphal West district and a man was shot at in a fresh bout of arson, officials said yesterday.
6 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Manipur Ethnic Violence: Father, son among 3 killed

Three people, including a father and his son, were gunned down in their sleep by suspected militants in the ethnic strife-hit northeastern Indian state of Manipur, the Indian media reported yesterday citing police.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Chandrayaan-3 enters Moon’s orbit

India’s latest space mission yesterday entered the Moon’s orbit ahead of the country’s second attempted lunar landing, as its cut-price space programme seeks to reach new heights.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Bjp’s Invitation: AL delegation to arrive in New Delhi today

A five-member Awami League delegation, led by party presidium member Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, is scheduled to reach New Delhi today on a four-day visit.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Robust rains accelerate rice planting in India

Indian farmers have planted 28.3 million hectares (69.9 million acres) with summer-sown rice, according to the farm ministry's latest data, up 3.28 percent from the same period last year, as robust monsoon rains encouraged the expansion of acreage.
5 August 2023, 12:46 PM

Manipur violence: Father, son among three killed

Three persons, including a father and his son, were gunned down in their sleep when suspected militants struck in ethnic strife-hit north eastern Indian state of Manipur's Bishnupur district late last night, the Indian media reported today citing police
5 August 2023, 05:43 AM

Rebels kill three Indian soldiers in Kashmir

Three soldiers were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir during a clash with suspected rebels as the disputed region marked the fourth anniversary of New Delhi imposing direct rule, police said Saturday
5 August 2023, 05:35 AM

Rahul set to return to parliament

India’s top court yesterday suspended opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi’s defamation conviction, allowing him to return to parliament and contest national elections due next year.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Transshipment: Traders of India’s northeast get 4 routes from Ctg, Mongla ports

Traders and businesses in Tripura and other northeastern states of India can now use four routes to get their goods from Chattogram and Mongla ports.  
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Fresh violence in Manipur leaves 23 hurt

India’s Manipur state saw a resurgence of lawlessness exactly three months after ethnic strife first erupted on May 3, leaving 23 people wounded on Thursday, media reported yesterday citing officials.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Suspension of conviction: Rahul set for parliament return

After the India Supreme Court's ruling, the lower house of parliament should now formally reinstate Gandhi
4 August 2023, 16:28 PM

Indian SC stays conviction of Rahul Gandhi

India’s Supreme Court today stayed the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed by a BJP legislator over the former’s remark about the “Modi surname”.
4 August 2023, 09:02 AM

Mob of Meitei community breaks into police armoury, loots weapons

A mob of majority Meitei community of Manipur broke into a state police armoury and took away weapons, including assault rifles and over 19,000 bullets of various calibres in a fresh incident of arms looting yesterday, the Indian media reported today citing officials.
4 August 2023, 06:02 AM

Musk’s X challenges India ruling Cites censorship risk

Social media platform X is seeking to quash an Indian court ruling that it was not compliant with federal government orders to remove content, arguing it could embolden New Delhi to block more content and broaden scope for censorship.
2 August 2023, 18:00 PM

SC hears petitions challenging J&K spl status removal

India’s Supreme Court has begun hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the legislation passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 that stripped disputed Indian-administered Kashmir’s semi-autonomy.
2 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Modi unlikely to travel to South Africa

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to be a virtual participant at a summit of BRICS nations in South Africa later this month rather than attend in person, sources in New Delhi told Reuters.
2 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Communal Violence: Delhi tightens security

Indian authorities yesterday enhanced security at sensitive places in Delhi following a second night of communal violence.
2 August 2023, 18:00 PM