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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference at Nabanna in Howrah on Aug. 20, 2016.

West Bengal name change: There is no valid argument against it

The state Assembly on Monday, Aug. 29, passed a resolution to name it "Bangla" in Bengali, "Bengal" in English, "Bangal" in Hindi.

Aug 30, 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Myanmar President Htin Kyaw addresses a joint media briefing at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Aug. 29, 2016.

India, Myanmar strengthen bilateral ties, sign 4 deals

This was Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw's first visit to India.

Aug 30, 2016

Kashmir: Centre does not rule out pellet guns; panel suggests pepperballs to control crowds

Senior officials said that the option of firing pellet guns will remain but it will be used only in the rarest of rare cases.

Aug 29, 2016

France: Two Muslim women thrown out of restaurant by manager for wearing hijabs

One of the women videoed a restaurateur verbally abusing them and calling them terrorists.The video has been uploaded to Facebook by Karima AbdelRahman Bint Mohammed who claims to have been sent the video by a friend who is not on Facebook. She said that she wanted to post it to support her friend, and so that the action would not go unnoticed.

Aug 29, 2016

Indian defence minister to visit Boeing's Chinook facility during his U.S. visit

India has cleared buying of 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters from U.S.

Aug 29, 2016

No country for journalists? No conviction in 27 murders since 1992, says report highlighting perils

The Committee to Protect Journalists, in a report, said no one has been convicted in the 27 cases of reporters that were murdered in India for their work since since 1992.

Aug 29, 2016

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh set to make a film on surgical strikes

Haryana ministers donate funds to Dera Sacha Sauda to train sportspersons for future Olympics

Haryana ministers donated funds to the Dera Sacha Sauda to train sports-persons to qualify for the Olympics and win medals

Aug 29, 2016

Police complaints against Vishal Dadlani over 'naked monk' remark on Jain Muni Tarun Sagar

The singer had a day ago quit politics after facing Twitter backlash for his statements on a Digambar Jain religious leader.

Aug 29, 2016

China concerned over India's BrahMos missile near Arunachal Pradesh border

BrahMos are supersonic missiles born out of an Indo-Russian collaboration.

Aug 29, 2016

Arranged marriage for frogs: How to appease rain gods in India

Villagers in Assam participated in a traditional ritual of marrying wild frogs to please the rain god.

Aug 29, 2016

Woman set ablaze by jilted lover in Delhi

The man had allegedly trying to force the woman to accept his wedding proposal for months, but she never accepted the overtures.

Aug 29, 2016

Italian towns cook up pasta allAmatriciana in support of quake victims

Residents of the Umbrian town of Perugia gathered on Sunday 28 August evening in the main square to eat pasta allAmatriciana in support of the earthquake victims from neighbouring communities. Towns all over Italy have taken part in the event collecting money for the victims of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake which hit the regions of Lazio and Le Marche bordering Umbria on Wednesday 24 August. At least 290 people have died.

Aug 29, 2016