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Covid-19: India brings back mask mandate in national capital
The sudden surge in COVID-19 cases has forced India's national capital, New Delhi, to bring back the mask mandate, weeks after the government made wearing masks voluntary.
WHO estimates massive under-reporting in India's Covid death toll
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accused India of stalling the health agency's efforts to revise the global Covid death toll after it reportedly pegged India's death toll at 4 million as against the official figure of 520,000
Self-styled priest arrested for publicly threatening Muslim women with rape
An Indian man who was seen in a viral video publicly threatening to kidnap and rape Muslim women has been arrested by the police in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Ukrainian mother writes contact details on toddler's back as they escape war zone
A Ukrainian mother fleeing war was left with no option but to scribble her family's contact details on her two-year-old daughter Vera's back.
500-tonne steel bridge gets stolen in India
A group of thieves posed as government officials to dismantle and steal parts of a 60-feet-long abandoned iron bridge in an Indian village near Bihar's Sasaram.
Delhi mayor's Navratri 'meat ban' attracts criticism from opposition parties
A recent order by the civic officials in India's capital New Delhi, ordering the closing down of meat shops in the city during the Hindu festival of Navratri, has sparked outrage in the country.
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri jumps into Karnataka's hijab row
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in a rare video appearance has praised Muskan Khan, the student who had become the face of defiance against the hijab ban in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Police officer hailed as hero after saving child amid fires, communal violence
A police officer did not think twice before risking his own life to save a child when communal violence broke out in the Karauli area of the Indian state of Rajasthan on Saturday.
Textbook explaining 'merits of dowry' especially for 'ugly women' sparks outrage in India
A Sociology textbook elaborating the "merits and advantages" of the dowry system has sparked a row in India with legislators, activists and social media users asking for its removal.
Indian forest officials shocked to find kangaroos in West Bengal
Kangaroos, a species native to Australia , was found in the Indian state of West Bengal, leaving officials in shock. The forest officials have called it a case of smuggling and have initiated a probe into the incident.
Giant 'mysterious' stone jars found in India
Massive stone jars that may have been used for ancient human burial practices thousands of years ago have been discovered in the Indian state of Assam.
Indian techie hacks airline website to locate lost luggage
An Indian techie named Nandan Kumar hacked an airline's website to locate his luggage after he accidentally switched it with a co-passenger's luggage on March 27.
Indian restaurant shuts down after manager denies entry to woman wearing hijab
Authorities in Bahrain shut down an Indian restaurant after its manager allegedly denied entry to a woman wearing hijab. The incident occurred at Bahrain Lanterns, a restaurant in the Adliya area of the country's capital Manama last week on Thursday.
Hotel chain delists property that denied room to Muslim man
Indian hotel aggregator has delisted the hotel in Delhi which had denied accommodation to a Kashmiri man despite having valid identification cards. The development came after a video of the man being refused accommodation went viral on social media.
'Rape is rape, even if man is the husband,' says Indian court in landmark ruling
In a landmark ruling, an Indian court on Friday refused to dismiss rape charges filed against a man by his wife stating that "a rape is a rape," and that marriage does not grant "special license to unleash a beast."
2-month-old girl found dead inside microwave in India
A two-month-old baby was found dead in an out-of-order microwave oven in India's capital New Delhi. The incident took place on Tuesday in the Chirag Delhi area of the city.
Eight people burnt alive after death of village leader in West Bengal, India
At least eight people were burnt alive following the death of a village leader in Rampurhat village of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India.
Sri Lanka cancels school exams due to shortage of printing paper, ink
The economic crisis faced by Sri Lanka is only worsening with each passing day, the country has now cancelled school exams for millions of students as it has run out of printing paper and ink
Maria Sharapova and Michael Schumacher accused of fraud
Former Tennis star Maria Sharapova and legendary F1 racer Michael Schumacher have been booked for fraud and criminal conspiracy on the basis of a complaint filed by a woman in India's Gurugram.
Indian labourer-turned-Youtuber now makes £600 a month
Isak Munda, a daily wage labourer from the Indian state of Odisha who was struggling to earn a living during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, has now become a YouTube star. He had uploaded his first video on the platform in March and now has almost 800,000 subscribers.
Indian court upholds hijab ban in schools, ruling challenged in Supreme Court
An Indian court has upheld the ban imposed on wearing hijab to schools and colleges in the southern state of Karnataka. The court dismissed as many as five petitions filed by students against the ban.
Park ranger mauled to death by tiger, torn apart in front of horrified colleagues
The ranger is reportedly the third victim that was mauled by the same tiger
Man 'rises from the dead' after hours in the freezer
The man was struck by a speeding motorcycle and declared dead in the hospital after showing no signs of life.
Infant suffocates to death after grandmother stuffs wrapper into his mouth for crying
Many Indian children still experience violence at the hands of their own guardians.
Pregnant woman's severed body parts found buried in field, husband accused of murder
The National Crime Bureau of India, as recently as 2017, recorded nearly 7,000 dowry linked deaths a year.
Baby born with inverted legs abandoned by parents for having rare deformity
A doctor said such deformities occur in one in a million babies
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, slashes workforce in India
The Beijing-based tech company has not yet revealed how many of its 2,000 employees in India will be laid off.
7-year-old's liver extracted after rape and murder during occult ritual in India
It is believed that a childless couple paid two men to extract the child's liver to perform an occult ritual in hopes of conceiving a child.
Fans outraged over Virat Kohli's paternity leave during Border-Gavaskar tournament
The current captain's actions are being compared to those of the former captain who did not take paternity leave during the 2015 World Cup for his first-born's birth.
Arnab Goswami arrest: Editor-in-chief of Republic TV arrested for abetting suicide
The news anchor's arrest has drawn criticism towards the ruling party of the state of Maharashtra, India.