Leaseholder arrested after Kolkata hotel fire kills nine
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Kolkata hotel fire: 7-yr-old orphaned as four of Kushtia family perish
20 August 2026
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India youth protests highlight mistrust in 'lapdog' media
6 August 2026
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Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
6 August 2026
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Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for politics
1 August 2026
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Videos on Modi: Meta India head named in police case
1 August 2026
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India suspends policeman for firing AK-47 at student protesters
27 July 2026
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Indian activists demand release of detained 'cockroach' protesters
27 July 2026
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Post-youth protests: Modi announces panel to overhaul exam system
27 July 2026
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Analysis / India's Gen Z dents Modi's aura ahead of key state polls
26 July 2026
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India, China FMs agree to work on border issues
India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar yesterday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Kazakhstan where the two agreed to step up talks to resolve issues along their border, New Delhi said in a statement.
4 July 2024
Modi to visit Russia for talks with Putin on July 8-9
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8 and 9, the Kremlin said yesterday, in his first trip to the country since Moscow launched its military offensive in Ukraine.
4 July 2024
Uttar Pradesh stampede: 6 'religious volunteers' arrested
Six persons, including two women, have been arrested in connection with the stampede that resulted in 121 deaths during a religious congregation in India's Uttar Pradesh state, Inspector General of Police Shalabh Mathur of Aligarh Range said today
4 July 2024
Who is Bhole Baba, preacher at centre of Indian stampede disaster
Former police constable-turned-preacher Bhole Baba built an immense following among poor and marginalised Indians before his latest sermon ended in a stampede that killed 121 of his followers
3 July 2024
India issues nationwide alert over Zika virus
India today sounded a nationwide alert following some reported cases of Zika virus, an aedes mosquito-borne viral disease like dengue and chikungunya, from Maharashtra, stressing the need for taking particular care of pregnant women
3 July 2024
India stampede: Death toll rises to 121; FIR filed against congregation organisers
The death toll in the stampede at a religious congregation in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Hathras has risen to 121, including seven children, the Office of the state Relief Commissioner said today
3 July 2024
Major stampedes in India over the years
At least 116 people were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, authorities said, in one of the worst such tragedies in recent years
3 July 2024
116 killed in stampede at India religious event
At least 116 people, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in north India yesterday, authorities said, in one of the country’s worst such tragedies in years.
2 July 2024
Hindenburg denies SEBI’s allegations
Hindenburg Research has denied allegations by India’s securities regulator that it colluded with a US asset manager to use non-public information to set up a short bet against Adani Group last year, which if proven would breach the country’s rules.
2 July 2024
116 people killed in stampede at religious event in India
According to Aligarh range Inspector General of Police Shalabh Mathur, 116 people have so far perished in the incident
2 July 2024
India replaces colonial-era criminal laws
India replaced colonial-era criminal laws with new legislation yesterday, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government said would make the country more just, but the opposition said risked throwing the criminal justice system into disarray.
1 July 2024
Concerns as India overhauls penal code, CrPC
India today implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a "watershed" movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice
1 July 2024
Delhi’s heavy rains claim 11 lives
The death toll from this week’s sudden heavy rain has climbed to 11 in New Delhi, including four citizens who drowned in submerged underpasses, the Times of India reported, while flight operations stuttered in the Indian capital.
30 June 2024
Ganga water-sharing: Indian foreign ministry refutes Mamata’s claim
Indian foreign ministry yesterday refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre did not consult the state government on the renewal of the Ganga water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh.
28 June 2024
Roof collapse at Delhi airport kills one, injures 8
Heavy rainfall and winds brought down a roof at the main airport in New Delhi yesterday, killing one person and disrupting flights from a domestic terminal, while flooded streets and traffic snarls threw daily life out of gear in India’s capital.
28 June 2024
Iranians vote in presidential polls with limited choices
Vote unlikely to alter policies, may shape Khamenei succession
28 June 2024
Vikram Misri named India's new foreign secretary
Senior diplomat and India's former ambassador to China Vikram Misri was named as the country's new foreign secretary today, succeeding Vinay Mohan Kwatra
28 June 2024
Ganga water-sharing treaty: Indian foreign ministry refutes Mamata's claim
Indian foreign ministry today refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre did not consult the state government on the renewal of the Ganga water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh
28 June 2024
US issues rare criticism of India in religious freedom report
The United States offered rare criticism of close partner India in a report published yesterday on religious freedom, while also voicing alarm over rising bigotry worldwide against both Jews and Muslims
26 June 2024
Delhi for early democratic transition in Myanmar
India’s foreign minister said he voiced concern about the impact of continuing violence in Myanmar in a meeting with his counterpart from the Southeast Asian nation yesterday.
26 June 2024