Bangladeshi deported over anti-India posts
Alamgir Sheikh, 34, from Patgram of Lalmonirhat, has been detained by Indian authorities and had his tourist visa canceled due to anti-India posts and comments made on social media...
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Kejriwal quits after release from jail
A top political opponent of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi quit as chief minister of the capital Delhi on Tuesday, days after being released on bail in a corruption case...
Indian authorities cancel visa, deport Bangladeshi over anti-india posts
Alamgir Sheikh (34) from Patgram, Lalmonirhat, has been detained by Indian authorities and had his tourist visa cancelled due to anti-India posts and comments made on social media.
Modi campaigns in Kashmir polls after latest soldier deaths
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said 鈥榯errorism is on its last legs鈥� in Kashmir while campaigning in the disputed territory on Saturday, a day after two soldiers were killed in a gunfight with suspected militants...
Bangladesh protesters name Dhaka street after Felani
A group of protesters, organised by a private organisation, on Friday installed a plaque naming a street near the Indian high commission in Dhaka after Felani Khatun, who was shot dead by India鈥檚 Border Security Force along the Bangladesh border in 2011.
Indian police arrest 33 after violence in Manipur
Indian police have arrested 33 people after a surge in ethnic violence in Manipur state, where a curfew and an internet blackout have been imposed, officers said on Thursday...
MTB gets ICC recognition
Mutual Trust Bank PLC has been honoured with 鈥榖est bank鈥� title by the Indian Chamber of Commerce recently, said a press release...
BSF returns body of schoolboy
The Indian Border Security Force has returned the body of Jayonto Kumar Singha, a Bangladeshi schoolboy who was fatally shot along the Baliadangi border in Thakurgaon...
Indian soldiers kill two in Kashmir
Indian soldiers in Kashmir killed two suspected militants on Wednesday, the army said, the latest clashes during campaigning for local elections in the disputed region...
JU, RU students protest at border killing by BSF
Students of the Jahangirnagar University and the Rajshahi University on Monday held rallies on their respective campuses to protest against killings of Bangladeshis by the Indian Border Security Force in bordering areas...
Ousted regime remained busy with monument projects
Finance, commerce and science and technology adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday criticised the recently ousted Awami League regime for following the 鈥業ndian syndrome of monument projects鈥�...
Kenya protest against Adani鈥檚 airport deal could turn into anger against India: Congress leader
The Indian National Congress on Tuesday cautioned that protests against Adani Group 鈥榯aking over鈥� operations of Kenya鈥檚 Nairobi airport could turn public sentiment in the African nation against India, after members of Kenya Aviation Workers Union had called for protests over plans by the Kenyan government to strike an investment deal with India鈥檚 Adani Group to...
Indian rape protests spiral into political street clashes
Thousands of protesters clashed in India鈥檚 eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals...
An inevitable brotherhood?
The imagination of politics as a source of corruption is not new. In what is called the ancient Indian state with its many variations and formulations, corruption existed largely. One of the great worries of Chanakya, who wrote Arthashastra, the book of governance management in ancient India, was official corruption. Bureaucrats have officially been corrupt and there is no historical evidence of any impulse that can reduce it...
Protests widen over Indian doctor鈥檚 rape, murder
Thousands of outraged Indian protesters, including arch-rival football fans and lawyers, called for justice on Monday after the rape and murder of a doctor as widespread strikes by healthcare workers entered a second week...
Indian media鈥檚 role in harming Bangladeshi Hindus
FOLLOWING the student-led protests, the mass uprising and the prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 exit on August 5, Indian mainstream media and social media have circulated false claims of rising persecution against the religious minority, the Hindu community, in Bangladesh. The reports, frequently accompanied by misleading footage, misrepresent...
Women students in Bangladesh protest at doctor鈥檚 rape, murder in India
Women students of different universities in Bangladesh formed a human chain on the Dhaka University campus protesting against the rape and killing of a woman trainee doctor at Kolkata鈥檚 RG Kar Hospital.
BSF returns body after killing
Indian Border Security Force on Wednesday returned the body of Abdullah, 35, who was shot and killed on the Chapainawabganj border...
Indian media urged to stop disinformation campaign against Bangladesh
An open letter on Wednesday called on Indian media outlets to stop running false propaganda and misinformation campaigns about the recent mass uprising in Bangladesh and apologise to the brave Bangladeshi protesters...
Dhaka鈥檚 Indian Visa Application Centre resumes limited operations
The Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC-JFP) in Bangladesh capital Dhaka has resumed limited operations....
Falsehoods over attacks on minorities in Bangladesh flood Indian media 聽
A huge number of fake and fabricated information circulated in some Indian media, relating to attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led...
US, India extend support to Prof Yunus
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday night congratulated Professor Muhammad Yunus on the assumption of his new responsibilities as chief adviser to the newly formed interim government...
Fifth Indian killed fighting in Ukraine for Russia
An Indian soldier died fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine, one of his relatives said Monday, the fifth confirmed death so far of an Indian citizen in the conflict...
978 Indian students return amidst violence
As violence in Bangladesh intensified further, taking the death toll to more than 100, the Indian government continued to facilitate the return home of its nationals, including students...
India issues advisory for its citizens amid student protests
The Indian high commission in Dhaka on Thursday asked the Indian community members and students residing in Bangladesh to avoid travel and minimising their...
Indian troops kill three Kashmir fighters
Soldiers in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir have killed three anti-Indian fighters, the army said, the latest incident in an uptick of attacks in the disputed northern territory...
Indian soldier killed in Manipur attack
A Central Reserve Police Force jawan was killed in a gun attack by suspected militants at Mongbung village in Manipur鈥檚 Jiribam district on Sunday morning, police said...
Muslim woman entitled to seek maintenance: Indian SC
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday ruled that a Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which is applicable to all married women irrespective of religion, reports PTI...
Dhaka, Delhi must work together to stop illegal organ trade
THE detention of three Bangladeshis and four Indians, including a surgeon, by the Delhi police in the past week for illegal trafficking in organs, suggests that the authorities of both the countries have failed to stop transnational illegal organ trade that has continued for years. The detained surgeon of the Delhi-based Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals...
Indian tycoon launches mass weddings to celebrate son鈥檚 nuptials
Asia鈥檚 richest man, billionaire Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani, launched on Tuesday the start of the lavish finale of his son鈥檚 wedding celebrations with mass nuptials for 52 鈥榰nderprivileged鈥� couples...