At least 60 feared dead as monsoon lashes north India

TORRENTIAL rains have triggered flash floods and landslides in northern India, leaving at least 60 people feared dead and thousands stranded after the monsoon covered the country ahead of schedule, officials said on Tuesday (June 18).   Authorities have called in military helicopters

Congress readies for polls amid opposition split

INDIA’S embattled ruling Congress party geared up on Monday (June 17) for next year’s elections with ...

India’s opposition alliance splits ahead of polls

INDIA’S main opposition alliance split on Sunday (June 16), with the second-biggest party in the coalition ...

Four stabbed in mosque attack

  FOUR men including a police officer were in hospital on Sunday (June 16) after being stabbed during a ...

Gujarat minister jailed in limestone mining case

A SENIOR minister in the Narendra Modi government was on Saturday (June 15) sentenced to three  year ...

Britain lobbies for nuclear export group to admit India

BRITAIN has stepped up efforts to let India join an influential global body controlling nuclear exports, a move ...

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