Priyanka Gandhi to make electoral debut in by-election
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, will make her electoral debut in a constituency recently won…
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Water, water everywhere in megacity Mumbai but not a drop for rural Indian villages
NAVINWADI, (India): Far from the gleaming high-rises of India’s financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity’s water…
Kuwait building fire tragedy: Indian foreign minister urges early repatriation of mortal remains of nationals
NEW DELHI: Following Wednesday (June12)'s tragic fire incident in Kuwait in which around 40 Indians have died, India's Foreign Affairs…
US wishes India luck with ‘structural issues’ in strained China ties
WASHINGTON: The United States wishes India well in its efforts to improve strained ties with China, the number two US…
WHO confirms human case of bird flu in India; four-year-old hospitalised for three months
WEST BENGAL (India): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday (June 11) said that a case of human infection with…
Power changes hands in India’s Odisha and Andhra Pradesh states
NEW DELHI: The eastern Indian state of Odisha got a new chief minister on Wednesday (June 12) after the 24-year…
A freedom fighter and CRPF trooper killed, six injured in two encounters in Jammu
NEW DELHI: A freedom fighter and a CRPF trooper were killed while five soldiers and an SPO were injured on…
Modi’s appeal clouded in India election by prices, jobs, graft, survey says
NEW DELHI: Lack of jobs, high inflation and falling income in India led voters to rein in support for Prime…
India’s Modi moves quickly to secure coalition support to form new government
NEW DELHI: India’s caretaker Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun the process of forming a coalition government, launching swiftly into…