Tag: India
India unveils $1.43 trillion infrastructure budget
The government of India on Tuesday announced an ambitious plan to invest $1.43 trillion in various infrastructure sectors like ports,…
Nigerian Okafor, set to be deported from India arrested at the airport
Rajasthan Police Special Operation Group has arrested a Nigerian Eric Chukwudi Okafor at the Mumbai Airport in India, as he…
Indian opposition accuses Modi of turning a deaf ear
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to ignore popular concerns over a new citizenship law, an opposition leader…
Norwegian tourist asked to leave India after joining protests
A Norwegian tourist visiting India’s Kerala state on Friday posted on her social media page that she had been asked…
23-year old rape victim sets herself ablaze, dies
A 23-year-old rape victim, who set herself on fire outside the office of Superintendent of Police (SP) in Unnao, India…
India ready to set up third rocket launchpad
The Indian space research organisation (ISRO) would soon set up a third rocket launchpad in the country, officials said Sunday.
Former Minister Bhagabat Mohanty dies
Former Minister of eastern state of India, Odisha, Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty, died at his residence late Saturday night at the…
Wicked souls: Rape victim dies after being set on fire by her attackers
A 23-year-old rape victim set on fire by a gang of men, which included her alleged rapists, has died in…
Woman set on fire on her way to rape case hearing
A 23-year-old alleged rape victim is fighting for her life after she was set on fire while going to court…
Indian court delays ruling on women and Hindu temple
India’s Supreme Court on Thursday referred a decision to lift a centuries-old ban on women of menstruating age entering a…
India’s Hindus win centuries-old dispute with Muslims over land
The Hindus have it. India’s Supreme Court on Saturday ruled in favour of a Hindu group in a long-running legal…
India, Pakistan in shootout over Kashmir, 9 killed
India and Pakistan exchanged fire across the de facto border of the disputed Kashmir region while blaming each other for…
India police arrest 3 Nigerians in speeding car, with cocaine, ecstasy tablets
Indian police in Calangute, Goa have intercepted a speeding car, which they chased for over 15 kilometres and arrested three…
Nigerians riot in India after Nigerian Joseph killed
Some Nigerians in Pragati Nagar, Nalasopara Mumbai went on rampage on Wednesday after a Nigerian was beaten to death by…
Edison John Nigerian visitor to India arrested with cocaine
A Nigerian, Michael Edison John, who is on a business visit to India has been arrested for allegedly possessing 130…
Road mishap kills 9, injures 12 in North-East India
As many as nine persons, including a woman, were on Monday killed and 12 others injured in a road mishap…
Baby girl born with four legs, three hands
A baby girl has been born in India with four legs and three hands after she became conjoined to another…
India police arrest Nigerian Onwumere for overstaying
A Nigerian, along with a Sri Lankan was detained by the Kancheepuram district police near Mamallapuram on charges of staying…
India bans e-cigarette, says it poses health risks for children
India has banned e-cigarettes because they endanger the health of youths in the country, the Federal Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman…
Death toll rises to 30 after tourist boat capsizes
The death toll from a boat accident in southern India rose to 30 on Tuesday as more bodies were recovered,…
Indian man arrested 41 years after for goat theft
You can run but you can’t hide forever from the law. This has been proven true in a 41-year-old goat…
Herd of cows electrocuted
Scores of cows have gotten electrocuted in the forest while grazing, a warning that animals are not immune to serious…
India’s ex-finance minister Arun Jaitley dies
Former finance minister of India and senior BJP leader Shri Arun Jaitley has died. He was aged 66.
Miracle: Dead man fails to decompose 22 years after burial
The corpse of a muslim man who died in India 22 years ago has failed to decompose in its grave,…
Photos: Over 100 dead as flood ravages Indian states
Over 100 people have been reported as dead as various states in India face torrential rains and flood.
Pakistan suspends trade with India, downgrades diplomatic relations
Pakistan has announced a downgrade of diplomatic relations with her neighbour India. It has also suspended bilateral trade, in double…
Sushma Swaraj, India’s ex-foreign minister dies of heart attack
Sushma Swaraj, India’s former foreign minister and a prominent leader of the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, died Tuesday at…
CRAZY: Man bets his wife and after losing, allows friend, relation gang rape her
In a bizarre incident, an Indian in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur, bet his wife after running out of money and when…
India’s PM Modi cancels Kashmir’s 70 year-old autonomy
The Indian government on Monday stripped Kashmir of the special autonomy it has had for seven decades, prompting a furious…
Horror, as 3 men rape, behead girl in India
The Indian Police on Thursday confirmed arrest of three men who allegedly raped and beheaded a three-year-old girl in India’s…