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Move To Counter China: Japan plans $75b investment across Indo-Pacific

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida yesterday announced a new plan to promote an open and free Indo-Pacific, promising billions of dollars in investment to help economies across the region in everything from industry to disaster prevention.
20 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Indian police hunt Sikh separatist

Indian authorities blocked internet access for about 27 million people in the state of Punjab for a third straight day yesterday – one of the country’s most extensive blackouts in recent years – as police search for a Sikh separatist on the run.
20 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Visva-Bharati says land still owned by univ

Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan yesterday said although the mutation of the disputed 13 decimal plot has been done in economist Amartya Sen’s name,
20 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Visva-Bharati says land still owned by university

Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan today said although the mutation of the disputed 13-decimal plot has been done in economist Amartya Sen's name, its ownership remains vested with the university
20 March 2023, 17:21 PM

Indian state extends internet ban in hunt for Sikh separatist

Indian authorities have blocked internet access for about 27 million people in the state of Punjab for a third straight day today – one of the country’s most extensive blackouts in recent years – as police search for a Sikh separatist on the run..The Punjab government initially announced a
20 March 2023, 12:13 PM

India summons top UK diplomat to protest pulling down of flag in London

India summoned the senior-most UK diplomat in New Delhi late yesterday evening to convey its strong protest against a group of people pulling down India's national flag at the Indian high commission in London while shouting Sikh separatist slogans
20 March 2023, 03:34 AM

Political void in Punjab: Can a radical leader again ignite separatism?

When a mob led by a radical 30-year-old Sikh preacher openly espousing to separatist cause stormed a police station in Amritsar district of India's Punjab bordering Pakistan on February 24, the incident and the man behind it revived memories of the dark days of militancy that had ravaged the state for years in 1980s
19 March 2023, 19:20 PM

Adani suspends work on $4.2b project in Gujarat

Adani Group has suspended work on a 349 billion rupee ($4.2 billion) petrochemical project at Mundra in India’s western Gujarat state as it focuses on consolidating operations and addressing investor concerns after the Hindenburg shortseller report, according to the Press Trust of India.
19 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Delhi police meet Rahul Gandhi, seek details on ‘sexual harassment’ remark

Delhi Police today met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at his residence in central Delhi and served a fresh notice to him over his "women are still being sexually assaulted" remark
19 March 2023, 10:08 AM

Indian police at Rahul Gandhi's residence

Indian police today reached the residence of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi in connection with a notice issued to him last week over his remark that “women are still being sexually assaulted”
19 March 2023, 06:49 AM

Situation with China fragile, dangerous: India

The situation between India and China in the western Himalayan region of Ladakh is fragile and dangerous, with military forces deployed very close to each other in some parts, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said yesterday.
18 March 2023, 18:00 PM

India says situation with China 'very fragile'

The situation between India and China in the western Himalayan region of Ladakh is fragile and dangerous, with military forces deployed very close to each other in some parts, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said today..At least 24 soldiers were killed when the two sides clashed in th
18 March 2023, 09:47 AM

Teesta Water: West Bengal to go ahead with canal plan

A West Bengal state minister yesterday said two additional canals will be dug to divert water from the Teesta and irrigate farms in the northern parts of the state.
17 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Mamata, Akhilesh agree on new front

Three key opposition parties in India have agreed to keep both the Congress and the BJP at an arm’s length, indicating they will follow a policy of treating the two parties equally.
17 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Teesta river: West Bengal hints it will proceed digging two canals for irrigation

India's West Bengal government has indicated it will go ahead with the work of digging two canals to channel water from the Teesta river for irrigation in northern parts of the state.
17 March 2023, 09:32 AM

India okays purchase of equipment worth $8.5b

India yesterday approved purchases of missiles, helicopters, artillery guns and electronic warfare systems worth $8.5 billion as it sought to add more teeth to its military.
16 March 2023, 18:00 PM

2 pilots dead as Indian army helicopter crashes in Arunachal

Two pilots died when an Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed near the Mandala hills area in West Kameng district of the country’s Arunachal Pradesh today.
16 March 2023, 15:57 PM

22 Bangladeshis among 'declared foreigners' shifted to transit camp in Assam

Of the 87 "declared foreigners", 64 are from Myanmar, 22 from Bangladesh, and one from Senegal, another senior official said
13 March 2023, 06:19 AM

Cheetahs back in wild in India after seven decades

Two Namibian cheetahs relocated to India last year were released into the wild, more than seven decades after the world’s fastest land animal was declared extinct in the South Asian country.
12 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Indian govt opposes recognising same sex-marriage

The Indian government has firmly opposed pleas in the Supreme Court, seeking recognition of same-sex marriage, contending that the notion of marriage necessarily presupposes a union between two persons of the opposite sex.
12 March 2023, 10:53 AM