India To Raise Target For Restoring Degraded Land: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that India would raise its target for restoring degraded land from 21 million...
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As They Build India’s First Camp For Illegals, Some Workers Fear Detention There
Across a river in a remote part of India’s northeast, labourers have cleared dense forest in an area equivalent to...
More Than 200 Fighters Trying To Cross Over Into Kashmir From Pakistan: India
More than 200 suspected militants are trying to cross over into Kashmir from Pakistan, India’s national security adviser said on...
India Loses Contact With Chandrayaan-2, Modi Says Effort Was Worth It
India lost contact with a spacecraft it was attempting to land on the moon on Saturday, the chairman of the...
Pakistan Vows ‘Fullest Possible Response’ To India Over Kashmir
Pakistan will make the fullest possible response to India’s actions in disputed Kashmir and the global community would be responsible...
Everything Going According To Plan, ISRO Chief On Proposed Soft Landing Of ‘Vikram’ Module
Hours before Chandrayaan-2's 'Vikram' module's proposed soft landing on the lunar surface, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said on Friday things...
In Kashmir, Shopkeepers Refuse To Open Despite India Easing Some Curbs
A month after India withdrew contested Kashmir’s autonomy, locked it down with thousands of additional troops and made mass arrests,...
First Official Death In Kashmir Protests; Pakistan Warns Of Seeds Of War
A man has died in Kashmir nearly a month after he was injured in a protest, the first such death...
Amazon India To Weed Out Single-Use Plastic Packaging By June 2020
Amazon.com Inc’s India unit said on Wednesday that it would replace all single-use plastic in its packaging by June 2020...
Assam Leaves Nearly Two Million People Off Citizens’ List, Their Fate Remains Uncertain
Nearly 2 million people have been left off a list of citizens released on Saturday in Assam, after a mammoth...
Govt. Announces Series Of State-Run Bank Mergers To Strengthen Lenders
India announced a series of mergers involving 10 state-owned banks on Friday, as it moves to strengthen a sector struggling...
Tens Of Thousands Of Pakistanis Hold Anti-India Demonstration Over Kashmir
Cities around Pakistan came to a standstill on Friday as tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets in...
Assam On Alert Ahead Of Publication Of National Register of Citizens
Tens of thousands of paramilitary personnel and police were deployed in the border state of Assam on Friday, the eve...
There Must Be Enough Civility In Public Life For Differing Streams To Hear Each Other: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that while there may be differences between individuals and organisations, there should be...
6 Single Use Plastic Products To Be Banned
India is set to impose a nationwide ban on plastic bags, cups and straws on Oct. 2, officials said, in...
Supreme Court To Hear Legal Challenges On Kashmir In October
The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will hear challenges in October to a government order revoking the autonomy of...
Pakistan May Close Airspace To India: Science And Technology Minister
Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering closing Pakistan’s airspace to India and blocking its eastern neighbour’s land trade route to...
Trump Says India, Pakistan Can Handle Kashmir Dispute On Their Own
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that India and Pakistan could handle their dispute over Kashmir on their own,...
Opposition Leaders Denied Entry To Kashmir, Sent Back From Airport
Indian opposition leaders, including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, were barred from leaving the airport on Saturday in Kashmir, where...
Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley dies aged 66
Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister and one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s closest associates, died in hospital on Saturday,...
India Increases Restrictions In Kashmir Ahead Of Separatist Call For Protests
Authorities in Srinagar tightened security ahead of Friday prayers after separatists called for a protest march to a UN office,...
Narendra Modi Govt Launches Drive Against ‘Subversive’ NGOs To Tackle Dangers Of Suspicious Foreign Investments
The Centre has quietly launched a drive to sensitise government institutions about the activities of what it calls "subversive" non-profit...
P Chidambaram Arrested In Corruption Case Amid High Drama
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested former finance minister P. Chidambaram late on Wednesday in relation to alleged corruption...
Incarcerated Kashmir Separatists Urge Public March Over Loss Of Autonomy
Separatist leaders in Kashmir have urged people to defy a ban and join a mass march after Friday prayers this...
PM Modi Raises Kashmir Protests With Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, about violent demonstrations over Kashmir outside the Indian...
