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The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), an autonomous organization under the Education Ministry, announced that it has prepared 15 courses on "Indian knowledge tradition." Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal presented the new curricula last week, lauding India as a "knowledge superpower" in topics including Veda (ancient religious text), yoga, science, Sanskrit language, ...

Military leaders in India and Pakistan have announced an agreement to stop cross-border firing on the disputed Line of Control in Kashmir. Exchange of gunfire has become more prevalent in recent months and the military operational heads of the two countries spoke by phone on Thursday, seeking to calm the situation. The ...

The Foreign Ministries of India and Afghanistan issued statements on Sunday denying Pakistan's allegations that New Delhi was funding militants and training them on Afghan soil. Pakistan's foreign minister and the military announced in a press conference on Saturday that Islamabad had gathered "irrefutable" evidence of Indian involvement in ...

Indian authorities on Tuesday released the last major Kashmiri leader from detention more than a year after New Delhi withdrew the troubled region's special status. When the Indian government took away the state's autonomy in August 2019 it also arrested thousands of politicians and activists, among them Mehbooba Mufti, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir.  But now ...

Indian anti-terrorism investigators said they arrested nine suspected al-Qaeda militants on Saturday who were allegedly planning attacks in several locations, including India's capital, New Delhi. Three of the militants were arrested following early morning raids in Ernakulum, in the southern state of Kerala, and three were arrested in Murshidabad, ...

After months of aggression at the border, India and China have agreed to "quickly disengage" troops to ease ongoing tensions. The foreign ministers of the two countries issued a statement on Friday, after meeting each other on the sidelines of an event in Moscow. In the statement, India's foreign minister S. Jaishankar and ...

After months of aggression at the border, India and China have agreed to "quickly disengage" troops to ease ongoing tensions. The foreign ministers of the two countries issued a statement on Friday, after meeting each other on the sidelines of an event in Moscow. In the statement, India's foreign minister S. Jaishankar and ...

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut arrived in Mumbai Wednesday, after being granted Y-category security by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs. Y-category security is granted to VIPs, and the security detail includes 11 commandos. Ranaut is also expected to be guarded by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), India’s central police ...

China said on Tuesday that Indian forces committed a "serious military provocation" and violated bilateral agreements by crossing into territory China holds along the pair's disputed border and firing warning shots into the air.  Chinese border guards took what were described as "countermeasures" to stabilize the situation, according to ...

Police in the Indian metropolitan area of Delhi should be investigated for alleged human rights abuses committed during riots that followed protests against a new citizenship law at the end of February, Amnesty International (AI) said on Friday. More than 50 people, most of them Muslims, died in the riots in the ...