- Monday, March 31, 2025
At least 17 Indian tea plantation workers have died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor after receiving their weekly wages, with more than 40 critically ill in hospital, a doctor said on Friday (22). The deaths come less than two weeks after more than 100 people died after drinking tainted alcohol…
India's Jammu and Kashmir state withdrew the security details for 18 separatist leaders and 155 other opposition figures on Wednesday (20) after an Islamist suicide bomber killed 40 paramilitary troopers last week. The separatist leaders had been allocated security personnel to protect them from militants after they entered talks with…
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Tuesday (19) called on India and Pakistan to take immediate steps to defuse tensions and offered to help broker a solution if both sides agree. The two countries have been locked in a diplomatic clash following a suicide attack on February 14 in Kashmir…
India's top military commander in Kashmir on Tuesday (19) told mothers to get their militant sons to surrender or see them dead, as security forces intensified a crackdown in the disputed region after a suicide bomber killed 40 paramilitary police. The Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant group claimed responsibility for Thursday's…
Several fans and a Mumbai cricket official have asked India to boycott their World Cup match against Pakistan in June this year after a suicide bomber killed 44 members of the Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir last week. A convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) last week was…
India's prime minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Friday (15) to expect a strong response to a car bomb attack on a military convoy in Kashmir that killed 44 paramilitary policemen, ratcheting up tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Coming just months ahead of a general election in India, the attack…
India's IndiGo Airlines, the country's largest domestic carrier, said on Wednesday (13) that it would cut the number of flights it operates by two per cent in February due to bad weather. The Interglobe Aviation-owned company will also reduce some flights in March as a "proactive measure", it said in…
Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to announce investments in energy and infrastructure during a visit to India and Pakistan in coming days as part of his efforts to wean the Saudi economy off oil exports. He is also expected to visit China, Malaysia, and Indonesia during…
Camps to protect children from human traffickers have been set up for the first time at the world's biggest religious festival, the Kumbh Mela in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state. During the event, as many as 150 million people are expected to visit the festival city of Prayagraj to bathe…
At least 99 people have died and scores have been hospitalised in northern India after drinking toxic alcohol, triggering a crackdown against bootleggers, officials said on Monday (11). News of the deaths in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand has trickled in over the past three days, with police…
