Tag: India
Indian minister resigns amid sexual assault allegations
India’s Junior External Affairs Minister, Mobashar Akbar, resigned on Wednesday over alleged sexual assaults against him by 35 female journalists.
Zika virus outbreak affects 72 people in India
Zika virus outbreak in India is turning out to be worse in 2018, with 72 people being diagnosed with the…
India: More than 300,000 evacuated as cyclone intensifies
Authorities in India’s eastern state of Odisha have evacuated 300,000 people and suspended operations at a major port as a…
India reports 3rd Zika virus outbreak
India has reported its third Zika virus outbreak in the Western State of Rajasthan since January 2017, where 22 people…
Menstruation: India braces for face-off lifting ban on Temple entry
Hundreds of members of a conservative Hindu Group in Southern India still kick against of menstruating age from entering, its…
India quietly seals missile deal with Russia
India agreed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 surface to air missile systems on Friday.
India facing “economic crisis” due to huge oil imports – Minister
India is facing an “economic crisis” due to its huge oil imports, media reported Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari as saying…
7 Rohingya Muslims deported from India
Indian police on Wednesday sent seven Rohingya Muslims, jailed since 2012 on charges of illegal entry, in a bus to…
Obtain appropriate information before coming to India – Envoy
The Nigeria High Commissioner to India, Maj.-Gen. Chris Eze (Rtd) has advised Nigerians traveling to India for medical care or…
Supreme Court says adultery no longer a crime
Adultery is no longer a crime, India’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with…
Criminal charges: Court declines to bar politicians from contesting polls
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday declined to bar politicians facing criminal cases from contesting elections, saying it did…
India vows not to scrap French jet deal
India has vowed to stand firm on a multi-billion dollar deal to buy warplanes from France’s Dassault Aviation, as the…
49 killed as overcrowded bus veers into gorge
Officials said 49 people were killed and another 40 were injured when a bus fell into a gorge in a…
India launches doorstep delivery of government services
The Indian capital on Monday rolled out an ambitious scheme to deliver government services at the doorsteps of residents.
Indian state recommends release of 7 killers of ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi
India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu has recommended the release of seven convicted killers of the country’s former Prime Minister…
India govt under fire over fuel prices
Nationwide protests against record high petrol and diesel prices shut down businesses, government offices and schools in many parts of…
India has the highest female pilots in the world
India has the highest proportion of female pilots in the world at 12 percent, despite the country’s patriarchal society, which…
Supreme Court says homosexuality is legal
India’s Supreme Court has legalised homosexuality and gay sex and decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, holding out…
India’s top court scraps colonial-era ban on gay sex
India’s top court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Thursday in a landmark judgment that activists hope will…
9 injured as bridge collapses in India
Police on Tuesday said that nine people were injured seriously on Tuesday as a bridge over a railway track collapsed…
India: Militants kidnap family members of six policemen
Militants have kidnapped family members of six policemen in India-administered Kashmir have been kidnapped by militants, official sources said on…
Climate change: Pakistan, India hold water talks
Pakistan and India are holding a fresh round of talks to sort out disputes over water resources from rivers that…
India: 4 killed, 30 injured in Political violence
Police on Wednesday said four political party workers were killed after activists of rival parties clashed in India’s Eastern State…
Flood: India to decline relief assistance from foreign governments
India will not accept relief assistance from foreign governments for the flood-ravaged state of Kerala, the government has said, following…
India successfully tests anti-tank guided missile, guided bombs
India successfully flight tested its indigenously developed helicopter launched anti-tank guided missile and guided bombs — Smart Anti-Airfield Weapons (SAAW)…
Flood kills 324 people in India
At least 324 people have been killed in flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala in what local officials…
Flood kills 164, displaces 223,000 in India
The worst floods in a century in the Indian state of Kerala have killed 164 people and forced more than…
India pays tribute to popular ex-PM Vajpayee
Thousands of Indians paid their respects to late premier Atal Vajpayee amid full state honours in New Delhi on Friday.
Nigeria, India trade hits $12 billion
The trade volume between India and Nigeria hit 12 billion dollars between April 2017 to March 2018, Indian High Commissioner…
India to launch first manned space mission by 2022
India will launch its first manned space mission by 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday in his last…