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Bollywood star sustained injuries during burglary attempt at his flat in Mumbai.

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India launches submarine, warships to guard against China in Indian Ocean

95 per cent of India’s trade moves in the Indian Ocean, amid a strong Chinese presence.

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India’s Navy Chief Dinesh Kumar Tripathi (left) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the deck of INS Nilgiri during its commissioning ceremony at a naval dockyard in Mumbai. Photo: AP

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Albino Trump lookalike in Punjab, Pakistan market a star

Sporting a blond quiff because of his albinism, pudding seller Saleem Bagga also sings to draw customers, who love taking selfies with him.

15 Jan 2025 - 2:45PM

Bangladesh demands return of billions stolen under Sheikh Hasina

Interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday that the people of Bangladesh had been robbed and its future disrupted by the theft.

15 Jan 2025 - 1:40PM

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UK anti-corruption minister resigns over ties to ousted Bangladesh PM

Siddiq’s aunt Sheikh Hasina, who had ruled Bangladesh since 2009, is being investigated there for alleged corruption and money laundering.

15 Jan 2025 - 3:55AMvideocam

British politician Tulip Siddiq stands outside 10 Downing Street in London in May 2022. Photo: PA via AP

‘More dangerous than Covid’: outrage over call for 7-day work week in India

The comments betray a traditional mindset that equates productivity with long hours of work and are ‘removed from reality’, experts say.

15 Jan 2025 - 12:12AM

44 men arrested in India for shocking rape of 18-year-old girl over five years

The victim, who reported the abuse after attending a gender awareness programme, alleges she was assaulted by 62 people.

14 Jan 2025 - 9:35PMvideocam

India loves its Kingfisher beer, but 1 state is running out

Officials are rationing supplies of Kingfisher beer in India’s biggest beer-consuming state to deter hoarding and tackle shortages.

14 Jan 2025 - 10:34AMvideocam

Kingfisher beer bottles are seen for sale at a liquor shop in India. Photo: Reuters

UK’s Starmer urged to fire minister hit by Bangladesh corruption investigation

UK anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has been dogged by claims about her links to Bangladesh’s ousted leader.

14 Jan 2025 - 10:38AM

British MP Tulip Siddiq. Photo: PA via AP

Is Kejriwal the next Modi? Delhi polls could shape future of Indian politics

Arvind Kejriwal, leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, appears set to win a third term as Delhi’s chief minister despite corruption allegations.

14 Jan 2025 - 3:13PMvideocam

India opens tunnel to China border, won’t reduce troops amid thaw in boundary row

The newly inaugurated Himalayan road tunnel gives India all-weather access to highly contested border zones with China and Pakistan.

13 Jan 2025 - 6:18PMvideocam

Update | First of 400 million pilgrims take dip in holy waters at Hindu festival

India’s Maha Kumbh Mela gets under way, with 15 million Hindu devotees lining up to bathe in the waters of river they regard as sacred.

14 Jan 2025 - 7:10PMvideocam

A Hindu devotee takes a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers with the mythical, invisible Saraswati river, at the start of the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India. Photo: Retuters

Sri Lanka’s children suffer amid climate change-fuelled floods and disease

Turbocharged monsoon floods are intensifying the spread of waterborne diseases in the Indian Ocean island nation.

13 Jan 2025 - 3:06PM

A Sri Lankan woman carries a child as she wades through a flooded street north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2021. Photo: AP

Malala Yousafzai urges Muslim leaders not to ‘legitimise’ Taliban

The Nobel laureate urged Muslim leaders to oppose the Afghan Taliban government’s curbs on women and girls’ education.

12 Jan 2025 - 6:59PM

Indian Hindus gather for Kumbh Mela, 400 million take a plunge for salvation

On the banks of the Ganges River, the largest gathering of people in the world began in India’s Prayagraj, in northern Uttar Pradesh state.

12 Jan 2025 - 4:46PM

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India’s growing rift with Bangladesh echoes its Pakistan tensions

As New Delhi voices concerns for Hindu rights in Bangladesh while sheltering the ousted Sheikh Hasina, accusations of meddling run rife.

12 Jan 2025 - 3:30PM

Hindu activists burn an effigy of Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh, in Amritsar, India, on December 27. Photo: AFP

Malala goes home while Taliban avoids Muslim girls’ education conference

The Nobel laureate said she was ‘overwhelmed’ to be back in her native Pakistan for a global summit on girls’ education in the Islamic world.

11 Jan 2025 - 4:40PM

India prepares for Kumbh Mela Hindu festival, world’s largest gathering

Over 6 weeks from January 13, 350-400 million Hindu pilgrims will converge on the Ganges. Many will bathe in its waters to achieve salvation.

11 Jan 2025 - 8:21AM

Indian nurse’s death sentence in Yemen spotlights migrant workers’ woes

Nimisha Priya’s claims of passport confiscation among ‘problematic practices’ experienced by migrant workers in the Middle East, analysts say.

10 Jan 2025 - 8:43PMvideocam

Nimisha Priya, who travelled to Yemen from Southern India’s Kerala in 2008 to look for a nursing job, was found guilty of murdering her business partner in a clinic, a Yemeni man named Talal Abdo Mahdi, in 2020. Photo: Handout

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