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India needs institutional reform - now!

India, Aug. 27 -- India must reform its institutions before accumulated frustration turns into a crisis that will be far more difficult and costly to control. The time for complacency is over; the tim... Read More


Bengal's inclusive and plural identity

India, Aug. 27 -- The statement by Bengal BJP president and Member of Parliament Samik Bhattacharya that people of Rajasthani, Bhojpuri and Hindi-speaking backgrounds who have lived in Bengal for gene... Read More


Flash flood in Nepal leaves hundreds dead, missing

India, Aug. 27 -- Indian authorities joined Nepal's search for missing citizens as the preliminary list of unaccounted travellers stretched into the hundreds At least hundreds of people have been kil... Read More


Bihar, UP on flood alert

India, Aug. 27 -- Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are on high alert after several districts in neighbouring Nepal were devastated by flash floods in the Gandak River system. Authorities are initiating emergen... Read More


Xi orders swift rescue after flood unleashes border chaos

India, Aug. 27 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday ordered all-out efforts to search for and rescue people missing after devastating flash floods swept through villages and towns near the Chi... Read More


CJI steps into Rajasthan HC row, insists on due process

India, Aug. 27 -- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday said that Justice Sandeep Mehta's allegations against Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Sanjeev Prakash Sharma cannot be adj... Read More


US visa interviews delayed globally amid increased application scrutiny

India, Aug. 27 -- US embassies and consulates worldwide began postponing or rescheduling interview appointments on Wednesday, causing fresh uncertainty for immigrant visa applicants seeking to move pe... Read More


Nepal devastation puts China's giant dam under scrutiny : Why India is concerned

India, Aug. 27 -- More than 150 people have died in Nepal this week, and hundreds are still missing after flash floods swept through the Bhote Koshi valley. The disaster has brought an old concern bac... Read More


Iran Supreme Leader Motjaba Khamenei is still alive, says Trump

India, Aug. 27 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he believes Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Motjaba Khamenei is still alive, despite having been seriously wounded in US-Israeli strikes. ... Read More


Amid Marathi row, Shinde honours auto, taxi drivers who learnt Marathi

India, Aug. 27 -- Amid the ongoing row over Maharashtra's Marathi language requirement for autorickshaw and taxi drivers, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday distributed certificates to d... Read More