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Samik Bhattacharya recently took over as chief BJP West Bengal unit, months ahead of the 2026 assembly polls. Photo: X/@SamikBJP

South Asia

Voter revision needed in Bengal too, says state BJP chief, ‘else it’ll become West Bangladesh’

Speaking to ANI, the West Bengal BJP President raised concerns over alleged demographic and law and order issues, claiming that the situation in the Indian state is alarming

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. Credit: PTI Photo

South Asia

'Indian citizens pushed into Bangladesh at gunpoint': Owaisi

Representational image. Photo: UNB

South Asia

Pakistan arrests 11 suspects after viral video of couple shot dead in the name of 'honour'

Wreckage of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane sits on the open ground, outside Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, where it took off and crashed nearby shortly afterwards, in Ahmedabad, India July 12, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

South Asia

NTSB chair says media reports on Air India crash are speculative, premature

Indian security force personnel stand guard near the site of a fighter jet crash in Wuyan in India-administered Kashmir's Pulwama district May 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sharafat Ali/File Photo

USA

Trump says he thinks 5 jets were shot down in India-Pakistan hostilities

Gujarat police start combing through Muslim homes for remaining people ahead of demolitions on May 20 in Chandola Lake in Ahmedabad. Photo: Zishaan Latif/For The Washington Post

South Asia

In India's deportation drive, Muslim men recount being tossed into the sea

Wreckage of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane sits on the open ground, outside Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, where it took off and crashed nearby shortly afterwards, in Ahmedabad, India July 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

South Asia

Air India crash rekindles debate over cockpit video recorders

Media personnel take pictures and videos of the TESLA Model Y car at India's first Tesla showroom in Mumbai, India, July 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

South Asia

Tesla enters India with $70,000 Model Y as Musk yields to steep tariffs

Supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), carry a cutout of him, as they gather, to protest what they call a black day and a stolen mandate in last year's general election, during a rally in Swabi, Pakistan February 8, 2025. REUTERS/Salahuddin/File Photo

South Asia

Pakistan to create new paramilitary force ahead of more protests by Imran Khan's party

Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, is served food on his 90th birthday celebration at the Tsuglagkhang, also known as the Dalai Lama Temple complex, in the northern town of Dharamshala, India, July 6, 2025. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

China

China says Dalai Lama succession issue a 'thorn' in relations with India

A police officer stands in front of the wreckage of an Air India aircraft, bound for London's Gatwick Airport, which crashed during take-off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India June 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

South Asia

Amid Air India probe, US FAA, Boeing notify fuel switch locks are safe: document, sources

Seized species. Photo: Screengrab/X

South Asia

International wildlife trafficking gang busted in India

District Election Officer and District Magistrate Aman Sameer carries out a house-to-house visit in various panchayats under the Ekma Assembly Constituency to verify the work being done by Booth Level Officers (BLO). Photo: Hindustan Times

South Asia

Indian election officials says 'large number' of foreigners found during Bihar voter list revision