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13 alleged Bangladesh nationals arrested in Tripura

Acting on a tip-off, Indian police conducted a raid in a rented accommodation near Tripura Medical College and Hospital at Hapania on Tuesday night and apprehended thirteen people

Shona Banu was allegedly picked up by the police last month and sent to Bangladesh; she was sent back to India four days later. Photo: Pritam Roy/BBC

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'I was pushed across the border into Bangladesh at gunpoint'

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, attends the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of The International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) in Hong Kong, China 30 May 2025. Photo: Reuters

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Pakistan open, 'not desperate' for talks with arch-rival India, says foreign minister

People gather to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first Indian Premier League (IPL) title win, outside a cricket stadium in Bengaluru, India, 4 June 2025. Photo: Reuters

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Seven dead in stampede outside India's Bengaluru cricket stadium, TV channels say

Members of media are seen through a broken glass window inside the premises of the district Malir jail after dozens of prisoners escaped from the jail on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

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Over 200 prisoners break out of Pakistani jail after earthquake panic: official

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Over 2,000 illegal immigrants in India 'pushed back' into Bangladesh since Operation Sindoor

People carry a patient on a stretcher as they wait for a rescue boat to evacuate him from the flood-affected Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, following heavy rains in Imphal East, Manipur, India June 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

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At least 34 dead in India's northeast after heavy floods

An Air India passenger plane flies near houses as it makes its landing approach to Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain, January 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

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Air India in talks for major new narrow-body jet order: sources

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Rail, waterways trade between India and Bangladesh sees sharp contraction in FY25

Women travel by cycle rickshaws through a waterlogged street in Guwahati, Assam, on May 31, 2025, after heavy monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides. Photo: AFP via Hindustan Times

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30 die in landslides, flash floods in India

Indian Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan shares insights on how Operation Sindoor represents future wars at Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, 31 May 2025. Photo: ANI via Hindustan Times

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India confirms losing fighter jets in recent conflict with Pakistan: Bloomberg

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'My husband is Indian. We know justice will prevail': Wife of Assam man deported to Bangladesh

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Photo: Collected

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Declared foreigners are being pushed back to Bangladesh as per SC directives: Indian minister