India
Noel Tata takes the reins at charity arm of Tata group
The half-brother of Ratan Tata was appointed yesterday as the head of the powerful and influential philanthropic arm of India’s Tata group, giving him indirect control of the $165 billion conglomerate.
India bids farewell to Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata, India's most respected industrialist and philanthropist who passed in Mumbai yesterday, was cremated this evening with full state honours amidst a rising outpour of rich tributes from all walks of life
Top industry leaders pay tribute to Ratan Tata
Top industry leaders, including Google's India-born Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, paid tributes to India's most respected industrialist, Ratan Naval Tata, who passed away yesterday
Modi, Congress leaders pay tribute to Ratan Tata
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight paid rich tributes to industrialist Ratan Tata, who passed away at a Mumbai hospital, describing him as a visionary business leader, compassionate soul, and an extraordinary human being
Ratan Tata passes away
India’s top industrialist and Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata died in a hospital in Mumbai last night, the company said.
India state polls: Congress-NC alliance wins in J&K
The National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance yesterday stormed back to power in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India’s only Muslim-majority region.
National Conference-Congress alliance back to power in Jammu and Kashmir
BJP wins third successive term in Haryana
National Conference-Congress alliance set to form govt in Jammu & Kashmir
The National Conference-Congress alliance is set to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir, with vote counting trends from today’s assembly elections showing the coalition significantly ahead of its closest rival, the BJP
Jammu & Kashmir polls: National Conference-Congress alliance ahead in 46 seats, BJP in 23
In the early trends of assembly elections, India's key regional party National Conference (NC) and its ally Congress are leading in the majority of the 90 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority region in the country
Kolkata rape-murder: Hunger strike intensifies as more doctors join
The "fast-unto-death" protest by junior doctors in West Bengal, demanding justice for the raped and murdered female doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, along with workplace safety, intensified yesterday as more healthcare professionals joined the protest
India villagers kill last wolf from man-eating pack
Villagers in India have beaten to death a wolf believed to be the last of a six-member pack that killed nine people, eight of them children, wildlife officials said yesterday.
India’s BJP set to lose two state elections: exit polls
India’s ruling party is projected to have lost two key provincial elections to the main opposition Congress party and its allies, exit polls showed, suggesting another setback after the party fared poorly in national elections.
7 of a family among 10 killed in rain-induced flash floods in Meghalaya
Incessant rains have triggered landslides in Gasuapara region of the district
Kolkata rape-murder: Protesting junior doctors begin fast unto death
The junior doctors of India's West Bengal state, protesting against the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital, began a fast unto death yesterday evening, claiming that their demands were not fulfilled by the state government
Jaishankar rules out bilateral talks
India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will not discuss bilateral relations when he visits Pakistan this month, the first such visit in nearly a decade, for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
Indian forces kill 28 suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh
The gunfight broke out at around 1:00pm in the forest between Thulthuli and Nendur villages in Abhujmaad
India’s SC pulls up authorities over air quality
India’s Supreme Court yesterday asked authorities to report back within a week on what they were doing to stop farmers from burning crop residue as smog began to pollute the air in the capital Delhi and surrounding regions, local media reported.