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6 of a family murdered in India's Madhya Pradesh

Six members of a family, including three women, were shot dead and three others were wounded today in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district in a gruesome fall-out of a long-standing land dispute, said a senior police official
5 May 2023, 15:23 PM

Relief for Amartya Sen

The Calcutta High Court yesterday gave an interim stay against a move by Visva Bharati University to evict Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen from a part of land allegedly illegally occupied by him at his house in Santiniketan.
4 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Indian army steps in to quell violence

Soldiers of the Indian Army held flag marches and evacuated thousands of civilians amid a dawn-to-dusk curfew to quell violence between tribal and non-tribal groups in the remote northeastern state of Manipur, officials said yesterday.
4 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Shoot-at-sight order issued as Manipur violence flares

Authorities in north eastern Indian state of Manipur today issued shoot-at-sight order in "extreme cases" to contain spiralling violence in the state between tribals and majority non-tribal Meitei community which has led to the displacement of more than 9,000 people from their villages..Th
4 May 2023, 15:50 PM

India deploys army, Assam Rifles in violence-hit Manipur

India deployed its army and paramilitary forces to control the situation in north eastern Indian state of Manipur following clashes on the streets during an agitation by tribals protesting a move to give special benefits to non-tribals, a defence spokesperson said today.
4 May 2023, 11:55 AM

Calcutta HC stays Visva-Bharati’s eviction notice on Amartya Sen

The Calcutta High Court today gave an interim stay against a move by Visva Bharati University to evict Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen from a part of land
4 May 2023, 10:55 AM

BSF firing injures farmer in Cumilla

A Bangladeshi farmer was shot and injured by members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in the Jamtala border area of Burichang upazila in Cumilla last evening
3 May 2023, 19:11 PM

Influx from Myanmar: India to tighten Mizoram border security

India will strengthen security along its 510-km stretch of the border with Myanmar in north-eastern Indian state of Mizoram in a bid to prevent the influx of illegal immigrants from the neighbouring country, officials said today.
3 May 2023, 11:53 AM

Eviction order on Amartya Sen: Mamata tells ministers to stage sit-in protest

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked her ministerial colleagues to stage a sit-in outside Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen's house in Santiniketan in protest of the Visva-Bharati university's eviction order, a senior West Bengal government official said
3 May 2023, 06:46 AM

India's Go First airline files for bankruptcy

Cash-strapped Indian airline Go First filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, blaming "faulty" Pratt & Whitney engines for the grounding of about half its fleet
3 May 2023, 03:46 AM

11 killed in gas leak at factory in India's Punjab

At least 11 persons were killed and 11 fell sick when gas leaked in a dairy product manufacturing factory in northern Indian state of Punjab's Ludhiana today, police said
30 April 2023, 07:06 AM

Court to hear Rahul Gandhi’s plea on May 2

The Gujarat High Court yesterday said it would again hear on May 2 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea challenging a Surat court order declining a stay on his conviction in a four-year-old criminal defamation case.
29 April 2023, 18:00 PM

India hands over 15 fishermen through Benapole

Indian police handed over 15 Bangladeshi fishermen to Bangladesh through the Benapole checkpost early this morning after languishing in Indian jail for 9 months
29 April 2023, 14:11 PM

Defamation case: Court to hear Rahul Gandhi's plea on May 2

The Gujarat High Court today said it would again hear Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea challenging a Surat court order declining a stay on his conviction in a four-year-old criminal defamation case on May 2
29 April 2023, 14:02 PM

Historian Ranajit Guha passes away

Eminent historian Ranajit Guha died at his residence in Vienna, Austria, at the age of 100
29 April 2023, 08:33 AM

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, 05:43 AM

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, 18:00 PM

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, 18:00 PM

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, 14:47 PM

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, 13:52 PM