Militants, Security Forces Exchange Fire In Kashmir — Police
A gun battle erupted between security forces and militants in Kashmir on Wednesday, two police sources said, the first since...
Politics & Society
Malaysia Offers To Buy More Imports From India After Threat Of Palm Oil Curbs
Malaysia said on Tuesday it would look to increase imports of crude sugar and buffalo meat from India, after reports...
Hours After Mobiles Restored, SMS Services Blocked In Kashmir
SMS services were withdrawn as a "precautionary measure" hours after the government restored post-paid mobile connections in Kashmir, officials said...
India’s Tax Unions Irked By PM Modi’s Switch To Faceless Assessment: Letter
Indian tax officials are pushing back against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new faceless tax assessment program, complaining about a lack...
Indian-origin Economist Among Poverty-tackling Trio Who won Nobel Economics Prize
U.S.-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their work...
India Partially Restores Mobile Phone Lines In Kashmir
India restored some mobile phone services in contested Kashmir on Monday, two months after imposing a communications clampdown on the...
India Bars Public Gatherings In Ayodhya As Court Verdict Nears
India has barred public gatherings in the town of Ayodhya as the Supreme Court started hearing final arguments on Monday...
India’s Industrial Output Shrinks At Fastest Rate In More Than Six Years
India’s industrial output shrank at its fastest rate in more than six years in August, reflecting the impact of an...
Modi And Xi Eye New Border Security Steps In Summit Talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to agree new security measures along their unsettled...
Why Strong Monsoon Rains Are Not Necessarily Good News For Indian Farmers
India, one of the world’s biggest agricultural producers, experienced its heaviest monsoon rains in 25 years this year. While rain...
“Thieves Have Modi Surname” Remarks: Rahul Pleads Not Guilty
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday appeared before a magisterial court and pleaded not guilty in a criminal defamation case...
3 J&K Leaders To Be Released From Detention Today: Report
The Jammu and Kashmir administration will release three politicians detained since August 5, after the Centre abrogated the temporary special...
Over 180 Cultural, Literary Persons Endorse Letter To PM By 49 Celebrities, Condemn F.I.R.
As many as 185 members of the Cultural Community, including actor Naseeruddin Shah, dancer Mallika Sarabhai, authors Ashok Vajpeyi, Nayantara...
‘Even Hindus Have Been Victims’: Owaisi Slams Bhagwat for Calling Lynching a Western Concept
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday hit out at Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat for his statement that...
Modi To Host Summit With China’s Xi On Oct 11-12
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for an informal summit later this week, the Indian foreign...
India To Lift Travel Advisory On Kashmir Two Months After Crackdown
India on Thursday will lift an advisory asking tourists and pilgrims to leave Jammu & Kashmir, further rolling back steps...
Kidnapped Indian Engineers Released In Taliban Prisoner Swap
The Taliban has released three kidnapped engineers from India in exchange for 11 members of the militant group who were...
Pakistan Fares Badly In Terror Financing Report Ahead Of Key FATF Meeting
Pakistan faces high risks of money laundering and terror financing and has complied with just one of the 40 recommendations...
Supreme Court Stays Felling Of Trees In Mumbai’s Aarey Colony
The Supreme Court has stayed the cutting of trees at the Aarey Colony and asked the administration to release activists...
Hong Kong Metro Partially Reopens, City Struggles After Violent Weekend
Hong Kong struggled to recover on Monday, with the metro only partially functioning and infrastructure extensively damaged, after scores of...
Hundreds Return To Hong Kong Streets As Metro, Shops Shut After Violence
Hong Kong’s metro system stayed shut on Saturday, paralysing transport in the Asian financial hub, and malls and shops closed...
10 hurt In Grenade Attack By Militants On Security Patrol In Kashmir’s Anantnag
At least 10 people were injured in a grenade attack by terrorists outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Anantnag district...
Shooting Down Chopper On Feb 27 Was ‘Big Mistake’, Action Against Officers: IAF Chief
Air Chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday described as a "big mistake" the IAF shooting down its helicopter in...
Ayodhya Case: Supreme Court To Wrap Up Hearing On Oct 17
The Supreme Court on Friday said it would wrap up the hearing in the politically-sensitive Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute...
Case Against Ramachandra Guha, Aparna Sen, Mani Ratnam, Others Who Wrote To PM Modi On Mob Killing
An FIR (First Information Report) was lodged in Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Thursday against nearly 50 celebrities, including Ramachandra Guha, Mani...
