India
India by-polls: INDIA bloc wins 10, BJP 2
India's opposition INDIA bloc, which put up a spirited performance in recent parliamentary polls, won 10 seats while BJP got two as votes were counted today for 13 assembly seats where by-elections were held on Wednesday across seven states
Kejriwal gets interim bail in graft case
India’s Supreme Court yesterday granted interim bail to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case, but he will stay in jail due to his arrest in another case.
Tax billionaires more
India’s main opposition Congress party yesterday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose an additional tax on the country’s billionaires to generate funds for stretched public services like education and health.
India announces ‘Murder of the Constitution Day’ remembrance
India said yesterday it would hold an annual “Murder of the Constitution Day” from next year, commemorating a dark historical chapter tied to the family of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chief political rival.
Ambanis hire over 100 pvt planes for wedding
The wedding of the billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son Anant Ambani, 29, and his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant, 29, is expected to require the use of more than 100 private planes, including three Falcon-2000 jets, to transport wedding guests, among whom are celebrities in the worlds of entertainment, politics, and business.
India SC grants interim bail to Kejriwal
India's Supreme Court today granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister and key opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal who was arrested in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam filed by the Enforcement Directorate
ARUNACHAL PRADESH STATE / India has no right to develop contested region: China
India has no right to carry out development in the area China calls South Tibet, China’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday in response to a Reuters report on New Delhi’s plans to speed up hydropower projects in the border state.
Kidney transplant racket involved Bangladeshi patients: Delhi police
The kidney transplant racket in Delhi, exposed by the arrest of seven persons, including three Bangladeshis and an Indian doctor, was part of a bigger inter-state network involving patients from Bangladesh in Rajasthan and Haryana, Delhi Police sources said
18 dead, 19 hurt in Uttar Pradesh bus-milk tanker collision
Unnao District Magistrate Gaurang Rathi said, based on initial findings, the bus travelling from Motihari in Bihar to Delhi was speeding and rear-ended the milk tanker
India floods swamp nat’l park
Devastating floods in India’s northeast that have killed scores of people also swamped a national park drowning six threatened rhinos and other wildlife, government officials said yesterday.
India races to build power plants: sources
India plans to spend $1 billion to expedite the construction of 12 hydropower stations in the northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, two government sources said, a move that could raise tensions with China that lays claims to the region.
PM to leave Beijing for Dhaka tomorrow night
She was initially scheduled to leave Beijing on Thursday morning
Trans-boundary kidney transplant racket mastermind is Bangladeshi: Delhi police
The “mastermind” behind the kidney transplant racket busted in Delhi is a Bangladeshi national and both donors and receivers in the case were from Bangladesh, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police’s Crime Branch Amit Goel said today
Six officials suspended over deadly stampede in India’s Uttar Pradesh
The Uttar Pradesh government today suspended six officials for alleged negligence in connection with the stampede that killed 121 people at a religious congregation in Hathras last week
Four Indian soldiers killed in clashes in J&K
Four Indian soldiers were killed and at least six others were wounded in gun battles with militants in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state, a senior police officer said yesterday.
India’s PM Modi arrives in Russia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia yesterday, as the Indian leader treaded a fine line between maintaining a longstanding relationship with Moscow and courting closer Western ties.
Modi lands in Russia for first visit since Ukraine offensive
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia on Monday, as the Indian leader treaded a fine line between maintaining a longstanding relationship with Moscow and courting closer Western security ties
Eight killed in gun battles in India’s Jammu & Kashmir
Two soldiers and six suspected militants were killed in two separate gun battles in Indian’s Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), police said yesterday.
