Ten Rohingya refugees, two Bangladeshis and their “Indian handler” were arrested from Agartala railway station in India's north-eastern state of Tripura for entering the country illegally, a senior railway police officer in India said today..“Acting on specific inputs, the Railway Protecti

Thakurta, 67, was hit with six defamation actions -- three of them criminal -- after writing a series of reports on Adani that included accusations a top judge gave it preferential treatment

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar yesterday hit out at “scaremongering” critics who claim the country’s democracy is being corroded, singling out billionaire George Soros -- a popular target for right-wing ire.

Angry over a promotional video clip of protesting Iranian women against hijab, the Foreign Minister of that country Amir-Abdollahian is understood to have cancelled a planned visit to India next month to attend a key think-tank event in New Delhi

As India’s income tax department concluded its three-day “survey” at BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai on Thursday night, the international broadcaster said it would continue to report “without fear or favour”.

India’s Supreme Court yesterday declined to accept the names proposed by the Indian government in a sealed cover to be included in a proposed experts’ committee for strengthening regulatory measures for stock exchanges in the light of the crash in prices of the Adani Group.

Just weeks after the BBC aired a documentary examining Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role in deadly 2002 sectarian riots, tax inspectors descended on the broadcaster's offices

India's Central Board of Direct Taxes said its income tax teams during the survey have "unearthed crucial evidence by way of statement of employees, digital proof and documents"

Indian government submitted a note in a sealed cover to the country's supreme court suggesting names of members who can be part of the proposed experts' committee for strengthening regulatory measures for stock exchanges in the light of the crash in prices of the Adani group.

Md Nizamuddin, a resident of Dhaka, alleged he had given the money to Shipan Kumar Basu. But, Basu later shifted from his address and stopped responding to Nizamuddin's calls.

Says BBC after India's income tax dept ends 3-day search

The survey operation, which had begun at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) offices at around 11:30am on Tuesday, lasted for nearly sixty hours

Indian tax officials examined mobile phones and laptops used by some BBC editorial and administrative employees, two sources told Reuters, as an inspection at the British broadcaster’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai entered a third day yesterday.

Indian income tax authorities wrapped up their three-day-long “survey” at BBC’s offices in Delhi and Mumbai last night.

The counting votes will take place on March 2

The "survey" would continue for some more time, adding that the "exact time frame to complete the operation rests entirely on the teams on the ground".

India is looking into the BBC’s tax structure, the British news organisation said in an internal memo yesterday, as officials searched its premises in New Delhi and Mumbai for a second day, weeks after India banned a BBC documentary as propaganda.

"India is the mother of democracy but why is India's Prime Minister father of hypocrisy. What will you get after sending IT-D to BBC office? Will his image get better? In the world's Press Freedom Index, India's situation is dire compared to our neighboring countries," Khera tell reporters

They are understood to be making copies of electronic and paper-based financial data of the broadcaster.

India's once in a decade census, due in 2021 and delayed due to the pandemic, has now got bogged down by technical and logistical hurdles and there are no signs the mammoth exercise is likely to begin soon