The Hindu (Kolkata)
IndiaNew Zealand FTA to come into effect on Oct. 20
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and New Zealand that was ratified on Monday and comes into effect on October 20 aims at doubling bilateral trade to ₹35,000 crore in the “next four to five years”, according to Union Commerce Minister Piyush...
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Tata Sons Board did not meet conditions: Trusts
Tata Trusts, the majority owner of Tata Sons, has challenged the validity of the holding company’s September 17 decision to reappoint N. Chandrasekaran as the chairman of its Board, arguing that its Articles of Association (AoA) require affirmative...
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Student’s suicide: IIT Bombay staff member booked
The Mumbai police on Saturday booked IIT Bombay faculty member Suryanarayan Dulla, alleging caste abuse and abetment to suicide, a day after a student was found dead in his hostel room.
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21 killed in bomb blast at mosque near Pakistan police offices
A vehicle bomb exploded on Friday at a mosque near police offices in northwestern Pakistan as gunmen tried to storm the compound in an attack that killed at least 21 people and wounded 80 others, police and rescue officials said. Among those killed and...
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U.S. clears Russia sanctions Bill; India faces tariff threat
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation targeting Russia’s energy sector, individuals and the “shadow fleet” of tankers, including authorising the U.S. President to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and other countries for...
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Pakistan corvette collides with Indian Navy warship
APakistan Navy corvette collided with a frontline Indian Navy warship after approaching it at high speed and manoeuvring in an “unsafe and unprofessional” manner in the North Arabian Sea on Tuesday evening. The incident prompted India to summon...
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Merchants face 0.4% fee on UPI payment above ₹2,000
The National Payments Corporation of India has introduced a charge of 0.4% that most merchants will have to pay banks and payment processors on UPI payments they receive in excess of ₹2,000 per transaction, it said on Tuesday. The charge, or Merchant...
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Modi flags weaponisation of tech, critical minerals
Warning against the “weaponisation” of technology and access to critical minerals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted new BRICS initiatives to strengthen supply chains and increase resilience against disruptions, pandemics, and climate...
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BRICS countries adopt New Delhi Declaration
India forged a consensus of BRICS countries on Saturday, after Iran and the United Arab Emirates agreed to a lastminute compromise on the language used about the war in West Asia, allowing the 11member grouping to adopt the New Delhi Declaration at a...
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End Ukraine war, says Modi as he meets Putin
ussian President Vladimir Putin, the first foreign dignitary to arrive here for the BRICS Summit, held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and reviewed the full spectrum of bilateral ties. Sources said the two sides...
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15,000 police personnel deployed as security stepped up in national capital for BRICS meet
Around 15,000 personnel of the Delhi police and 200 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed as part of a multilayered security arrangement for the 18th BRICS summit that will be held in the national capital this weekend. At least 16 Heads...
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Modi hits out at critics as he opens freight corridor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a dig at the Opposition over the newly inaugurated dedicated freight corridor, saying critics would still complain like a “naraz fufa” (grumpy uncle) and manufacture grievances, while dismissing Congress...
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Delhi HC calls for audit of hostels; collapse toll hits 7
The death toll in the collapse of a building housing students in the Satya Niketan area rose to seven on Monday, even as the Delhi High Court expressed deep concern over the safety of students living in similar paying guest (PG) accommodations across...
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India, China hold military talks in Arunachal Pradesh
Amid concerns over conflicting territorial claims and military build-up along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Indian and Chinese Armies held their first Corps Commander-level meeting in the Eastern Sector on Sunday, marking a significant...
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Glacial collapse unlikely to halt China’s plan to build mega dam
Fresh concerns triggered by the devastating glacial collapse along the NepalChina border are unlikely to sway Beijing’s plans to go ahead with the construction of a mega dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo, or the Brahmaputra river, in a...
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ISRO launches advanced imaging satellite EOS- 05
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday successfully launched its advanced earth observation satellite EOS05 aboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLVF17). The GSLV, on its 19th flight, placed the 2,367kg EOS05 into...
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Bar Council has no power to punish law students: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday declared that the Bar Council of India (BCI) and its Chairperson, Manan Kumar Mishra, lack jurisdiction to discipline or penalise law students, rebuking the regulatory body’s attempts to intimidate NALSAR students...
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SC orders oversight of Bar Council’s policy decisions
The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra is serving only as the “pro tem” chairperson of the Bar Council of India (BCI) until fresh elections are held and directed the apex lawyers’ body to consult the...
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Top court quashes FIRs against Gen Z protesters
The Supreme Court, at the urging of the Centre, took a rare and extraordinary step on Tuesday to quash criminal cases registered against Gen Z protesters involved in nationwide stir linked to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) following the NEETUG 2026...
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Ensure peace, freedom of navigation, PM urges Iran
In the first toplevel meeting between Iran and India since the beginning of the Iran war in February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek and urged him to ensure peace and...
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All workers shifted to VBG RAM G; eKYC not mandatory, says Rural Development Ministry
The Union Rural Development Ministry on Sunday said that every worker registered under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), irrespective of whether eKYC of their job cards has been completed, has been migrated to...
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Rescue efforts on a war footing in Nepal as disaster toll hits 675
The death toll from Nepal’s devastating flash floods rose to 675 on Saturday, as authorities said rescue operations continued for a fourth day, though hindered by the remoteness of the region. The country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and...
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Nepal disaster toll rises to 579; nearly 2,000 missing
The death toll in the Nepal flash floods touched 579 on Friday, even as the search for nearly 2,000 missing people continued for the third day after the disaster struck. The Nepal Police said more than 4,500 people had been rescued. Of the 183 Indian...
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Nepal flood toll hits 359; rescue work in top gear
The death toll in the flash flood in Nepal’s Rasuwa district bordering Tibet touched 359 on Thursday, with 910 people still missing. The government issued a fresh flood alert after satellite imagery showed that a lake had formed upstream of the...
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95 killed in Nepal flash flood, hundreds missing
At least 95 people were killed and more than 400, including around 133 Indians, were reported missing or out of contact after a massive flash flood in Nepal’s Bhotekoshi River swept through villages in Rasuwa, a district bordering China’s Tibet region,...
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India, China discuss ways to push border delimitation
India and China on Tuesday said they had discussed advancing talks on delimiting parts of the disputed border, as National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Beijing. A statement from the Indian Embassy here said...
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Three newborns killed in Maharashtra hospital fire
Three newborns were killed and 36 were rescued after a fire broke out at the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the District Women’s Hospital in Amravati, Maharashtra, in the early hours of Monday. The police said the blaze started after a ventilator...
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U.S. MoU best way out of war, says Iran President
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday defended a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States as the best way out of a stalled war while also acknowledging that his country’s citizens face “many problems”. The MoU signed in midJune...
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Cong. alleges bulk voter purge bid in Uttarakhand
Congress leaders in Uttarakhand have alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is accepting and processing unverified bulk applications to delete voters’ names during the claims and objections period of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of...
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1978 ‘industry’ definition void under new code: SC
In a verdict in which judges varyingly differed on issues, a ninemember Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday held that a nearly halfcenturyold expansive interpretation of ‘industry’, which previously granted workers stronger labour rights and...
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NTA reforms should have meaningful continuity: SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday emphasised the need for institutionalising reforms within the National Testing Agency (NTA) while indicating that the government must not hop from one committee to the next in search of solutions. The court made it clear...
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Ready to drop FIRs against student protesters, says SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to use an exceptional power under Article 142 of the Constitution to quash first information reports (FIRs) registered against students who joined the nationwide protests against NEETUG paper leaks that led to the...
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Seven devotees killed in stampede at Bihar temple
At least seven devotees, all of them women, were killed and over a dozen injured in a stampede at the Ashok Dham temple in Lakhisarai district of Bihar on Monday. “The incident happened at 6.40 a.m. due to a heavy rush of devotees. A barricade broke...
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Bangladesh sets ‘conditions’ for Rahman’s visit to India
The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday that officials from New Delhi and Dhaka have been in talks for “several weeks” for a possible visit to India by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. It also said that the atmosphere of bilateral...
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India helps China evade tariffs, claims U.S. report
India is once again in U.S. crosshairs, this time for allegedly allowing China to evade U.S. tariffs by routing its exports through the country. The latest allegations are part of a new White House report called ‘The Great Transhipment Scam’. In...
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Goods exports surge 20% as India diversifies trade
Despite the ongoing turmoil in West Asia, India’s merchandise exports saw a growth of nearly 20% in July this year, faster than that of imports, official data released on Thursday show. Notably, exports to West Asia itself have recovered, with July’s...
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31-member parliamentary panel to review FCRA Bill
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday adopted a motion referring the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, to a Joint Parliamentary Committee ( JPC), amid a huge uproar by the Opposition which demanded that the Bill be withdrawn completely as it...
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Amid backlash, Centre set to refer FCRA Bill to JPC
Faced with demands to scrap the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, from different corners of the country on Tuesday — from a unanimous resolution passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly to mass protests in the streets of Mizoram’s...
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Protesters march to Jharkhand Assembly; 5 injured in clashes
Thousands of students and job aspirants from across Jharkhand marched towards the State Assembly in Ranchi on Monday, breaking through barbed barricades and reaching the Assembly gates as their indefinite strike over alleged irregularities in...
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Netanyahu rejects Trump’s 15-point proposal for Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a U.S.-led Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas, putting distance between himself and U.S. President Donald Trump as he tries to shore up his base ahead of coming elections. After more than a week of...
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Manipur CM reopens National Highways to allow free movement
More than a year after the Union government failed to clear the “economic blockades” by ethnic groups in Manipur, the State government on Saturday announced the immediate reopening of the National Highways (NH) for the free movement of people from all...
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye ink defence deal
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye on Friday signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca committing “collective defence” and “collective deterrence”, at a time when Saudi Arabia is under attack from Yemen’s Houthis and West Asia remains engulfed in the...
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DMK lays down conditions to support delimitation Bill
As the Narendra Modi government explores the possibility of bringing in a constitutional amendment Bill to carry out a fresh delimitation exercise, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) may consider extending support if the Centre revises the legislation...
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Rijiju meets Rahul in bid to end Parliament logjam
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday in an effort to break the deadlock in Parliament, with the two sides discussing the proposed delimitation Bill and the Foreign...
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Udhayanidhi Stalin held for ‘misogynist’ remarks
Tamil Nadu’s Leader of the Opposition and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday morning arrested by police following a complaint filed by a functionary of the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) who...
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Prashant Kishor breaches BJP’s fortress in Bankipur
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor scripted a major political upset in Bihar by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the Bankipur Assembly byelection, a constituency represented for five consecutive terms by the BJP’s national...
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Cauvery situation slightly better, says Karnataka CM
Stating that the water situation in the Cauvery is “slightly better” in view of the rain, Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Sunday reiterated his appeal to the Kannada organisations to withdraw their Statewide bandh plan for August...
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Eight killed as extremely heavy rain lashes Kerala
Eight people died in rainrelated incidents in Kerala as a spell of intense rain battered the State from Friday night into Saturday, triggering landslips, flashfloods, and widespread destruction, particularly in hilly regions. This comes barely a month...
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10 killed in building collapse at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra
At least 10 people lost their lives and three sustained injuries after a fourstorey residential building collapsed in Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra on Thursday. The structure had been declared dangerous by the civic body in September 2020...
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Pellet guns part of graded police response, says SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the use of pellet guns by the police in “exceptional circumstances” was part of a graded approach to break civilian protests. The court, however, did not expand on which “exceptional circumstances” justified the use...
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Prior environmental nod must for infra projects: SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed, with prospective effect, a 2021 Office Memorandum (OM) granting ex post facto environmental clearances to infrastructure projects, holding that the Union government cannot substantially alter protective...
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Artistes oppose bid to privatise Kolhapur’s Palace Theatre
Artistes associated with the Sangeetsurya Keshavrao Bhosale Natyagruha, popularly known as the Palace Theatre, staged a protest on Tuesday to oppose the proposal to privatise the historic building in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district. The artistes...
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CJP warns of fresh protests over govt.’s ‘promise breach’
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday warned of fresh protests, accusing the Centre of violating its assurance that no punitive action would be taken against protesters. “We are observing a complete breach of the agreement regarding no police...
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Nilekani to lead high-powered task force on exam reforms: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the constitution of a highpowered task force, to be headed by former UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani, to recommend steps to make the country’s examination system leakproof and technologydriven. The...
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Dharmendra Pradhan quits; CJP calls off stir
As the student protests over paper leaks spread across different States and snowballed into a major political crisis for the Narendra Modi government, Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as the Education Minister on Saturday, prompting the Cockroach Janta...
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SC agrees to hear pleas alleging police excesses at CJP’s march
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Monday two freshly instituted petitions alleging police excesses during the July 20 crackdown on student protesters in the national capital. The development came hours after Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya...
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Delhi protesters reject Centre’s outreach efforts
The Centre on Thursday made renewed efforts to reach out to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which has remained steadfast in demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET question paper leak. Union Minister...
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Delhi HC seeks govt. response on police actions during CJP march
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Delhi Police to respond to a batch of public interest litigation (PIL) petitions alleging that the police used excessive force against students and other protesters during the Parliament march...
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Congress leaders detained after dharna at PM’s house
he principal Opposition party, the Congress, on Tuesday took the leadership of the antigovernment agitation protesting the spate of paper leaks and seeking education reform, with the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, leading a...
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Several hurt in crackdown on CJP Parliament march
Several people were injured here on Monday when the police cracked down on a Parliament march called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan even as the government reached out to the...
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11 killed in J&K as heavy rain triggers flash floods
Eleven people were killed, and 10 went missing in flash floods triggered by torrential rain in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. Nine deaths were reported from Poonch and two from Rajouri. Initial assessment...
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Police move Wangchuk to hospital on Day 21 of fast
Activist Sonam Wangchuk was whisked away by police from the Jantar Mantar protest site on Saturday morning, in a setback for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest demanding resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Mr....
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SC opposes use of SIR data for non-poll tasks
The Supreme Court stated on Friday that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is only linked to elections as a petition said the West Bengal government is using SIR data to delete names from schemes ensuring food security, women’s welfare and Backward...
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Wangchuk weak, Delhi HC orders regular monitoring
With activist Sonam Wangchuk’s health condition worsening on the 19th day of his indenite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, the Delhi High Court ordered the Union and Delhi governments to ensure regular monitoring of his health. Doctors warned on...
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Iran threatens regional oil blockade over U.S. actions
Returning to war nearly a month after signing a memorandum of understanding towards peace in West Asia, the U.S. and Iran on Wednesday launched strikes on targets across the regions. While the U.S. Central Command said it launched “a wave of...
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SC weighs SOP for urgent cases a ecting life, liberty
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider framing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to allow citizens to knock on the doors of the courts any time, day or night, in cases aecting life and liberty, including illegal detentions, imminent...
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SC stays Madras HC order banning cow slaughter
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a May 27 order of the Madras High Court that directed the Tamil Nadu government to enforce a State-wide prohibition on the slaughter of cows and calves. A Bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was...
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Taliban seek to boost agricultural ties: India
The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has expressed desire to enhance agricultural cooperation with India, covering areas such as agricultural trade, infrastructure development, and irrigation, the External Aairs Ministry said on Sunday. In a...
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15 Indian tourists killed in Vietnam boat accident
ifteen Indian tourists were killed in Vietnam on Saturday when a sightseeing boat capsized o the coast of Phu Quoc, a major attraction known for its coral reefs and island-hopping excursions. The speedboat was leaving the Hon May Rut Ngoai, an island...
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HC halts bypolls in 5 T.N. Assembly constituencies
he Madras High Court on Friday restrained the Election Commission (EC) from notifying byelections to the Tiruchi East, Perundurai, Ambasamudram, Viralimalai, and Karur Assembly constituencies until July 31. The elected representatives have resigned,...
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India, Australia move to deepen cooperation in the Indo-Paci c
India and Australia on Thursday adopted a Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation, committing to signicantly deepen military engagement, strengthen defence industrial collaboration, and expand maritime security cooperation amid growing...
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Trump declares end to truce but says he will let talks go on
The ceasere between the United States and Iran is “over”, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, while leaving the door open for more talks, after the two sides exchanged re amid a dispute over the status of the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran said...
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3 dead, several missing in Wayanad debris slip
At least three people were killed and several reported missing when a massive heap of excavated mud swamped the portal of an under-construction tunnel road in Wayanad district in Kerala on Tuesday. Emergency responders have rescued nine people from the...
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From tribal heartlands to semiconductor manufacturing
For Poonam Kumari, Priyanka Dhanwar, and Shivani Uikey, working at a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Gujarat once seemed far removed from life in their tribal home towns. After studying at Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and undergoing...
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Govt. issues notice to Meta over ‘child abuse’ content
he Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has directed Meta, the parent body of several social media platforms, to disable advertisements and content promoting and facilitating access to child sexual exploitative and abuse material (CSEAM)...
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