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At least nine people, including a child, were killed in a major fire at a hotel near Free School Street in Kolkata early Wednesday, according to local sources and ANI, citing Kolkata Fire Service. ANI reported that all nine victims were Bangladeshi nationals who had travelled to Kolkata for medical

Senior Indian government officials have said Bangladesh’s renewed request to extradite deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina will have to be placed before India’s judiciary, with the final decision resting with the courts rather than the government.

India has formally invited Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman for a bilateral visit, and also to attend the outreach session of the BRICS summit, Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at the regular weekly briefing in New Delhi on Friday. Responding to a journal

India is urgently seeking to arrange a visit to New Delhi by Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman by the end of this month or within the first week of September, as both sides discuss steps toward fully normalising bilateral relations, according to a report by The Hindu.

India has said the government had no role in the recent media interaction by ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi and does not support any of the remarks she made there, particularly those concerning Bangladesh’s legally constituted government. The statement was made on Friday

India plans to invest as much as ₹45,000 crore ($4.7 billion) into railway upgrades along its borders with China, Pakistan and Bangladesh, according to people familiar, marking one of its most significant strategic infrastructure pushes amid shifting regional dynamics. According to Bloomberg, the sp

India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after mass youth-led protests demanded his ouster in anger over a string of irregularities in potentially life-changing exams. "I have sent my resignation letter to the prime minister," Pradhan said in a statement posted on social me

Crowds of supporters of India's online "cockroach" movement grew on Wednesday at a New Delhi protest site, while their demands for accountability and reform following examination scandals echoed in rallies across the country. The protests, led by the social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) m

India is examining Bangladesh’s request to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina under its legal and judicial processes, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at the ministry’s regular weekly briefing in New Delhi on Friday. Responding to questions from journalists, Jai

India on Tuesday said its position on the possible extradition of former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina remains unchanged, stressing that any request for extradition or transfer would be dealt with entirely through legal process and within the existing judicial framework. The clarification