India

Modi begins first ever Israel visit by an Indian PM

July 4, 2017

Tel Aviv (AFP) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Israel Tuesday for the first ever visit by an Indian premier, amid growing ties between the two countries including billions of dollars in defence deals. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials welcomed Modi with [...]

Chinese submarine request rejected by Sri Lanka ahead of Indian PM visit- sources

May 11, 2017

Reuters | COLOMBO Sri Lanka has rejected China’s request to dock one of its submarines in Colombo this month, two senior government officials said on Thursday as the Indian prime minister landed in the island nation. Sri Lanka last allowed a Chinese submarine to dock in the capital of [...]

Indian techies, IT firms fret as Trump orders U.S. visa review

April 24, 2017

Reuters | MUMBAI For Grishma, an Indian software designer, President Donald Trump’s review of the visa programme for bringing highly skilled workers into the United States comes at a bad time. Fresh from gaining a master’s degree in Europe, and with an offer of employment from a [...]

Bus crash kills 44 in northern India: official

April 19, 2017

New Delhi (AFP) – A bus has swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep ravine in a Himalayan region of northern India, killing at least 44 people, an official said Wednesday. The bus with 56 passengers on board plunged into a river in northern Himachal Pradesh state around 115 [...]

Rajinikanth to unveil scheme in Jaffna

March 23, 2017

150 homes have been built for Tamils Actor Rajinikanth will hand over to Tamils, the keys to 150 homes built for them by Gnanam Foundation on April 9 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. While the rehabilitation of displaced Tamils is still a contentious issue, Rajinikanth’s visit to Jaffna is likely to attract [...]

India Supreme Court removes Anurag Thakur as BCCI president

January 2, 2017

HIGHLIGHTS SC asks Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke to immediately cease and desist from BCCI work SC disqualifies all BCCI and state bodies office bearers who have failed to meet new norms set by Lodha Panel SC to appoint a panel of eminent persons to govern BCCI NEW DELHI (TOI): In the hearing that [...]

India v England: Karun Nair makes 300 in fifth Test in Chennai

December 19, 2016

Karun Nair struck a triple century to send India to their highest Test score of 759-7 declared and the highest amassed by any team against England. Nair, playing in his third Test, made 303 not out to become only the second India batsman to make a triple century. His effort on day four of the fifth [...]

India politician J Jayalalitha dies at 68

December 6, 2016

One of India’s most influential and colourful politicians, J Jayalalitha, has died at 68.The chief minister of Tamil Nadu state suffered a heart attack on Sunday night and died at 23:30 local time (18:00 GMT) on Monday, Chennai’s Apollo Hospital said. Thousands of her supporters had [...]

India train crash: Scores killed in derailment near Kanpur

November 20, 2016

At least 96 people have been killed after 14 carriages of an Indian express train derailed in northern Uttar Pradesh state, police say. The incident took place on the Indore-Patna Express just after 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday) near the city of Kanpur. Rescuers cut their way [...]

Delhi shuts schools as smog sparks health ’emergency’

November 7, 2016

AFP November 7, 2016 New Delhi (AFP) – Authorities in Delhi on Monday closed schools, halted construction work and shut down a major power plant after days of choking smog led to warnings of a health “emergency” in the world’s most polluted capital. Pollution levels have [...]