Dharmendra Pradhan quits in first major concession from PM Narendra Modi’s government after nationwide demonstrations. Published On 25 Jul 202625 Jul 2026 India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned, handing a big victory to youth protesters nationwide who had demanded that he quit to take responsibility for a series ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, India —She darted through a sprinting crowd, running from a cloud of tear gas just above her head. Her eyes stung so badly she could barely see, yet she filmed the chaos on her phone. “I saw policemen brutally beating up unarmed girls and peaceful children,” said AvanshikaContinue Reading
Published On 1 Jun 20261 Jun 2026 India says it will continue engaging with Myanmar After Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of the country’s military government, in New Delhi. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told reporters on Monday that India’s policy is “not intendedContinue Reading
India is hosting a meeting of foreign ministers from BRICS nations on May 14-15 in a precursor to the 18th BRICS summit, which New Delhi will host in September. The meeting, which starts on Thursday morning, coincides with United States President Donald Trump’s three-day visit to Beijing for a stateContinue Reading
A man from a tribal community in the eastern state of Odisha Indiadug up his deceased sister and moved her body to a bank branch to withdraw savings from her account after the bank denied him access to the funds. A man from a tribal community in the eastern stateContinue Reading
A Magnum Photos icon, Rai’s photographs preserved India’s memory through some of its pathbreaking events spanning decades. Published On 26 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 Internationally acclaimed photographer Raghu Rai, widely regarded as one of the foremost chroniclers of independent India, has died at the age of 83. The photographer’s familyContinue Reading
India’s Foreign Ministry says comments by US radio host Michael Savage, circulated by Trump, are ‘uninformed’. Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 Comments shared by United States President Donald Trump referring to India as a “hellhole” were “in poor taste” and at odds with the countries’ relationship, an IndianContinue Reading
Waving a big Catla fish in his hands, Sharadwat Mukherjee went door to door canvassing for votes before Thursday’s election to the state legislature in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Mukherjee is a candidate from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which rules nationally but hasContinue Reading
Dasht, Balochistan, Pakistan – Karim Baksh bends down to a narrow channel of water, guiding it with his hands through shallow mud channels towards a row of growing ripening watermelons. In Dasht, a remote village in the southern part of Balochistan, geographically Pakistan’s largest province, Baksh’s crops for years dependedContinue Reading
Nashik, India – As Sanjay Nerkar returns from his office in Nashik, a small town in India’s Maharashtra state, he waits almost instinctively for a phone call – one he knows will never come. For nearly a decade, while his son, Varad Nerker, lived away from home for studies, heContinue Reading
