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World Narendra Modi opponent to challenge arrest ahead of India election NEW DELHI: A top Indian opposition politician was expected to fight his arrest in court Friday in a case supporters... Published 22 Mar, 2024 12:36pm
World New Delhi steps up security ahead of rally by protesting farmers NEW DELHI: Police in the Indian capital put up barricades, stepped up security and warned of traffic congestion on... Published 14 Mar, 2024 10:45am
World India rejects China’s objections to Modi’s visit to Himalayan border state MUMBAI: India on Tuesday rejected Chinese objections to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s weekend visit to Arunachal... Published 12 Mar, 2024 01:37pm
World India bank ordered to publish anonymous election bond data NEW DELHI: India’s top court on Monday ordered the state-run bank to publish details of previously anonymous... Published 11 Mar, 2024 02:14pm
World High-ranking Indian election official resigns ahead of polls NEW DELHI: India’s second-highest ranked election commission official has resigned, the justice ministry said, days... Published 10 Mar, 2024 02:08pm
World India’s Modi cuts cooking gas cylinder price by 100 rupees, weeks before polls NEW DELHI: India has decided to reduce the cost of a cooking gas cylinder by 100 rupees ($1.2), Prime Minister... Published 08 Mar, 2024 10:47am
World India’s ‘drone sisters’ steer farming and social change PATAUDI: Once a housewife in rural India, Sharmila Yadav always wanted to be a pilot and is now living her dream... Published 06 Mar, 2024 11:56am
Pakistan India's Modi felicitates Shehbaz Sharif on becoming PM Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on being sworn in as Pakistan’s 24th... Updated 05 Mar, 2024 10:02pm
World India’s farmer protest fuels opposition hopes of denting Modi’s appeal SHAMBHU: When India’s powerful Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in 2021 to repeal three farm laws aimed at... Published 29 Feb, 2024 09:59am
Business & Finance Indians spending less on food, more on discretionary items MUMBAI: Indians are spending less on food, particularly staples like rice and wheat, and more on discretionary items... Published 25 Feb, 2024 10:24am
World Indian farmers to postpone protest march to Delhi as talks with govt continue AMBALA: Indian farmers demanding higher prices for their crops will postpone a planned protest march to New Delhi... Published 16 Feb, 2024 10:38am
World India fetes France’s Macron at annual military parade NEW DELHI: President Emmanuel Macron was guest of honour Thursday for India’s pomp-filled annual military parade, in... Published 26 Jan, 2024 11:21am
World France’s Macron arrives in India for two-day visit: AFP JAIPUR: President Emmanuel Macron landed in India Thursday at the start of a two-day visit, an AFP photographer... Published 25 Jan, 2024 02:33pm
World India’s Rahul Gandhi begins second cross-country march to boost opposition ahead of polls NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday began a new cross-country march from a troubled... Published 14 Jan, 2024 06:47pm
Business & Finance India plans to lower budget gap by at least 50 bps, raise capital spending as much as 20% in FY25 NEW DELHI: India is planning to lower its budget deficit by at least 50 basis points in 2024/25 from this year’s... Published 11 Jan, 2024 10:44am
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World India resumes internet ban in restive Manipur after protests GUWAHATI: India has reimposed an internet ban on restive Manipur state after violent protests erupted following the... Published 27 Sep, 2023 01:11pm
World India’s BJP, the world’s biggest party, plots election drive of epic scale KOLKATA: Indian activist Partha Chaudhury is on a war footing as he strides out of the ruling BJP’s regional... Published 26 Sep, 2023 10:28am
World India visa processor in Canada says told to stop services NEW DELHI: India’s official visa processor in Canada said Thursday it had been told to stop handling applications,... Updated 21 Sep, 2023 01:53pm
World With Tesla push, India mulls import tax cut if EV makers build locally NEW DELHI: India is working on a new electric vehicle policy that would slash import taxes for automakers that... Published 25 Aug, 2023 01:54pm
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World India Moon landing ‘historic day’: PM Modi NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, with Prime... Published 23 Aug, 2023 07:15pm
Life & Style Indian movies vilifying Muslims spark fear ahead of polls MUMBAI: With free tickets and false claims, ‘The Kerala Story’ is one of a slew of polarising films sparking concern... Published 16 Aug, 2023 03:41pm
World What provoked the ethnic violence in India’s Manipur? NEW DELHI: At least 120 people have been killed since May in armed clashes in Manipur, a remote state in northeast... Published 09 Aug, 2023 12:09pm
World India’s parliament reinstates Rahul Gandhi as lawmaker NEW DELHI: India’s parliament on Monday reinstated opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi as a member after... Updated 07 Aug, 2023 12:41pm
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World India eases curfew in violence-hit Manipur GUWAHATI: Indian authorities said on Sunday they had started to relax a curfew imposed in violence-hit Manipur after... Published 18 Jun, 2023 01:48pm