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Diwali Fireworks Send New Delhi's Air Quality Past 350 as Smog Blankets City
Residents set off firecrackers despite court restrictions, adding to crop-fire smoke and stagnant winter air in a metropolitan region of more than 30 million.
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Top NewsFBI Warns Sikh Separatist Pannun of an 'Imminent' Threat Ahead of Canada Referendum
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the target of a foiled 2023 murder-for-hire plot, says agents visited his New York home Thursday. The threat is tied to potential travel to Edmonton for a vote on an independent Khalistan.
WorldContainer Ship Sinks and Tanker Is Hit in Hormuz as Attacks on Shipping Hit a Record
An Indian-crewed crude tanker was struck by a projectile Friday, a day after the Singapore-flagged GFS Pride caught fire and went down in the strait.
WorldIndia Detains More Than 2,000 as Youth 'Cockroach' Movement Marches on Voter-Roll Changes
Delhi shut metro stations and cut mobile internet before the protest; three leaders were freed Sunday on a condition that they commit 'no breach of peace for one year.'
WorldXi Landed in New Delhi for the First Time in Seven Years
India pushed a consensus text through an 11-member bloc that includes both Iran and the UAE, then sat down with China's president for the first bilateral on Indian soil since the 2020 Galwan clash. Putin arrived a night earlier and denounced 'ugly' Western trade tactics.
WorldOxford Is Sending 39 Naga Ancestors Home. Its Museum Still Holds More Than 6,000 of Their Objects
The Pitt Rivers Museum approved the repatriation after a request from the Forum for Naga Reconciliation. One set of remains was left out because its provenance as Naga could not be established.
WorldA Judge Threw Out the Adani Bribery Case — Then Spent 47 Pages Taking the Justice Department Apart
Nicholas Garaufis dismissed the charges against India's richest industrialist because prosecutors asked him to. He also wrote that a single political appointee had overridden the judgment of officials across four federal offices.
WorldIndia's Education Minister Quits as 'Cockroach' Protesters Win Every Demand
Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on X as police fired tear gas at Jantar Mantar, ending weeks of Gen Z-led protests over exam paper leaks — the biggest concession Narendra Modi's government has made to street pressure in years.
WorldBrahmaputra Floods Kill at Least 50 in India's Assam State and Drive 700,000 From Their Homes
Nearly 900 villages are submerged and about 300,000 people have crowded into government relief camps after days of monsoon rain pushed one of Asia's largest rivers over its banks.
ScienceFossil Hunters in India Unearth Ceratocaudia, a Pint-Sized Jurassic Cousin of the Giant Sauropods
The 23-foot dinosaur, pieced together from more than 180 bone fragments in Gujarat, pushes the origins of a lineage that later produced titans like Brachiosaurus back by tens of millions of years.
WorldLadakh Activist Sonam Wangchuk Ends 26-Day Hunger Strike Over Himalayan Statehood
The engineer and climate campaigner who inspired a character in '3 Idiots' broke his fast after government intervention but vowed to keep fighting for constitutional protections.
WorldRussian Missile Kills Indian Sailors on a Grain Ship Leaving Ukraine's Odesa Port
Three cruise missiles hit the Guinea-Bissau-flagged MV Golden Leo as it departed Odesa carrying corn, killing at least 10 people, including four Indian nationals, Ukrainian and Indian officials said.
ScienceIndia Clears Its First Dengue Vaccine, Opening a New Front Against a Mosquito-Borne Scourge
Regulators approved Takeda's Qdenga for people aged 4 to 60 with no need for pre-vaccination testing, as the country moves to blunt one of the world's heaviest dengue burdens.
WorldHackers Dump 858,000 Files From India's Largest Nuclear Plant on the Dark Web
A ransomware group called World Leaks posted blueprints and internal records tied to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant after a breach at a Reliance Group contractor, prompting a national security investigation.
WorldIndia Clears Rs 2.19 Lakh Crore Package Anchored by a Rs 1.27 Lakh Crore 'Semicon 2.0' Chip Mission
The Union Cabinet approved seven major projects on Wednesday — led by a vastly expanded semiconductor push and a Rs 62,500 crore mobile-phone manufacturing scheme — in a sweeping bid to make India a global electronics hub.
WorldSpeedboat Carrying Indian Tourists Capsizes Off Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island, Killing 15
The boat, packed with 32 Indian tourists and four crew, overturned less than half a kilometer from shore shortly after leaving an island near the popular resort destination.
WorldIndia's Supreme Court Throws Out 'Foreigner' Rulings Against 27 Assam Residents, Demanding a Fair Process
A bench led by Justice Vikram Nath set aside Gauhati High Court orders and sent the citizenship cases back to tribunals, holding that declaring someone a foreigner must follow a 'fair, lawful and reasonable' process.
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Condemned Ex-Leader Sheikh Hasina Says She Will Return to Bangladesh in December to Surrender
Sentenced to death in absentia, the former prime minister told Reuters she and senior Awami League colleagues plan to come back from exile in India and face the courts. 'They may arrest me. They may even kill me,' she said.
WorldOne Year After Air India Flight 171 Killed 260, Families Still Wait for Answers
Relatives gathered at the Ahmedabad crash site to mark the anniversary of the Boeing 787 disaster as investigators prepare an interim report but stop short of naming a cause.
WorldIndia Deports Nearly 5,000 Bangladeshis From West Bengal After BJP's Sweeping Win
The state's new government says it has expelled 4,800 alleged undocumented migrants and detained hundreds more, fulfilling a campaign vow that rights groups warn is sweeping up Bengali-speaking citizens.
WorldBulldozers Come for One of the World's Most Isolated Islands as India Pushes a $9 Billion Megaport
The plan to remake remote Great Nicobar with a transshipment port, an airport and a city for a million tourists is billed as a strategic counter to China — but critics warn it could fell a million trees and imperil two Indigenous tribes.
WorldIndia's $9 Billion Megaport Brings Bulldozers to One of Earth's Most Isolated Islands
New Delhi calls Great Nicobar a strategic chokepoint against China. Genocide scholars warn the project is a 'death sentence' for the few hundred Shompen who live in its forests.
WorldViral Gen-Z Protest Movement Draws Thousands to India's Capital
The Cockroach Janta Party started as a joke but quickly became a way for many Indians to express frustration with the political system.
WorldFire Tears Through New Delhi Hotel, Killing at Least 21 as Trapped Guests Leap From Windows
The blaze ripped through the Flourish Stay guesthouse in Malviya Nagar early Wednesday; investigators found the property had no valid fire-safety certificate and was running far more rooms than licensed.
WorldIndia's Hindu Nationalists Embrace 17th-Century Warrior King as New Symbol
Statues of Shivaji are rising across India as the Maratha empire founder becomes a powerful icon for Hindu right-wing movements reshaping the country.
PoliticsRubio Attempts to Repair U.S.-India Relations Despite Trump Immigration Crackdown
Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to New Delhi to explain President Trump's aggressive trade and immigration policies affecting Indians in the United States.
WorldModi Urges Indians to Buy Less Gold and Skip Foreign Trips as Iran War Strains Economy
Politically emboldened after recent electoral victories, Prime Minister Modi asks India's 1.4 billion people to make sacrifices amid economic fallout from Middle East conflict.
WorldPakistan Vows 'Greater Strength' as Operation Sindoor Anniversary Reignites Nuclear Standoff With India
Both armies hold dueling press conferences a year after the four-day clash, with each side claiming the upper hand and warning of escalation if tested again.
WorldModi's West Bengal Victory Brings India Closer to Opposition-Free Rule
Prime Minister's triumph in state elections marks significant step toward his long-held goal of eliminating political opposition across India.
WorldModi's West Bengal Victory Moves India Closer to Opposition-Free Rule
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's triumph in state elections eliminates another major opposition stronghold, advancing his vision of unchallenged governance.
WorldIndia's State Elections Set to Reshape National Political Balance After Modi's Parliamentary Setback
Vote counting begins Monday for 154 million voters across four states, with results determining upper chamber control and BJP expansion limits.
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India's State Elections Set to Reshape National Political Landscape
Over 154 million voters participated in contests across four states that could determine the balance of power in Parliament's upper chamber ahead of 2029 national elections.
ScienceMassive 50-Foot Ancient Snake Discovered in India May Rival Legendary Titanoboa
Vasuki indicus lived 47 million years ago and could have stretched up to 49 feet long, making it one of the largest snakes ever discovered.
WorldTwo Ships Fired Upon as Iran Reimpose 'Strict Control' of Strait of Hormuz
Container ship reports being hit by unknown projectile while tanker says Iranian gunships fired at it, as India summons Tehran's ambassador over shooting incidents.
WorldLegendary Bollywood Singer Asha Bhosle Dies at 92, Leaving Musical Legacy
One of India's most beloved playback singers, whose distinctive voice provided the soundtrack for generations of films, passes away.
ScienceIndia's Fast Breeder Reactor Achieves First Criticality at Kalpakkam, Opening Second Stage of Country's Nuclear Program
After more than two decades of construction and a 15-year delay, India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor in Tamil Nadu reached a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction on April 6, putting the country on a path toward energy independence powered by the world's largest thorium reserves.
WorldAs the US Raises Tariff Walls, the Rest of the World Signs Trade Deals Without America
The EU finalized free trade agreements with both Mercosur and India while Canada reached a landmark deal with China, accelerating a structural realignment of global commerce that analysts say will take decades to reverse.
ScienceIndia's Robot Astronaut Vyommitra Is Heading to Orbit — Here's What's at Stake
ISRO's Gaganyaan-1 mission will test whether India can become the world's fourth nation to independently launch humans to space, with a half-humanoid robot making the maiden voyage.
WorldIran War Devastates India's Economy as Gulf Trade Routes Collapse, Workers Flee
Generations of Indian workers and businesses built vital economic ties with Gulf states now disrupted by ongoing Middle East conflict.
