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Taniya Dutta

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Taniya Dutta is a journalist based in New Delhi who covers Indian politics, culture, social issues and gender equality. In her decade-long journalistic career, she has covered India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh and has written for The Washington Post, TRT World, The Mirror and The Scottish Sun among other British publications.

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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has allegedly received death threats and been subjected to extortion. Photo: Yash Raj Films
Shah Rukh Khan death threat: Mumbai police arrest Indian lawyer

Several Bollywood stars including Salman Khan have faced similar warnings

AsiaNovember 12, 2024
Indian soldiers stand guard in the Imphal Valley after a curfew was announced across the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur. AP
Curfew in India's Manipur state after police kill 10 militants in gunfight

Tension between majority Meiti Hindus and minority Christian Kukis has fuelled unrest for more than a year

AsiaNovember 12, 2024
A jogger wears a mask in a bid to minimise exposure to pollution while on a morning run along Rajpath, New Delhi, after Diwali celebrations. EPA
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Toxic smoke covers Delhi after Diwali fireworks celebrations

Residents in India's capital defied a ban by setting off millions of firecrackers to mark the festival of lights

AsiaNovember 01, 2024
An Indian man has been arrested for issuing a fake bomb threat to Air Arabia flight flying from Kozhikode in India's southern Kerala state to Abu Dhabi.
Indian man arrested for making bomb threat to Abu Dhabi bound flight

The passenger did not want to fly due to financial issues

AsiaOctober 31, 2024
Amit Shah, Indian Home Minister and a senior figure in India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, has been accused by Canada of plotting against Sikh separatists in Canada. Reuters
Canada accuses India's Home Minister Amit Shah of targeting Sikh separatists

New Delhi has rejected the claims and accused Canada of making wild accusations

AsiaOctober 30, 2024
People wear masks while walking amid heavy smog in Rajpath, New Delhi. EPA
Toxic smog reported in Delhi as Diwali nears

Air pollution has worsened due to fireworks and smoke from farm fires

AsiaOctober 30, 2024
A police officer scans the scene of an explosion that occurred on Monday night when a fireworks storage facility caught fire, injuring dozens at Veerarkavu Hindu temple in Kasargod district of Kerala state in southern India. AP
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Scores injured in fireworks explosion at southern Indian temple

Investigation under way as police say safety procedures were ignored

AsiaOctober 29, 2024
Residents of Jhulasan in India's Gujarat state hold a photo of Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams, whose father grew up in the village, and a lamp that is kept burning for her safe return from the International Space Station. Supplied by Sanjay Patel
Postcard from JhulasanAstronaut Sunita Williams' ancestral Indian village prays for her safe return

She and her colleague Barry Wilmore have been marooned on the International Space Station after technical glitches hit their spacecraft

AsiaOctober 25, 2024
Children carrying a loudspeaker. The children of Patna Rahika are Musahar Dalits. They do not study as there is no school in the village. Taniya Dutta for The National
India's Musahars: Rat-eating poorest of poor still dwell on society's fringe 75 years after caste system's end

Dalit community may have officially shed its lowest caste label but stigma and discrimination remain a reality

AsiaOctober 25, 2024
A wrecked stall on a beach in Balasore, Odisha state, in eastern India, as Cyclone Dana approaches. AFP
Cyclone Dana tracker: One dead as severe storm hits eastern India

More than half a million people were evacuated from their homes in vulnerable areas

AsiaOctober 25, 2024
Sri Lankan security forces have increased patrols in Arugam Bay due to a suspected terrorist plot. AP
Sri Lanka arrests three suspected of plot to attack Israeli tourists

Israel urges citizens to leave over threat of attack in Arugam Bay area

AsiaOctober 24, 2024
Dark clouds loom off the coast of Digha, West Bengal, on Thursday as Cyclone Dana approaches. AFP
More than a million to evacuate as cyclone nears eastern India

Residents move to safety before fierce weather makes landfall in Odisha state

AsiaOctober 24, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday. AP
China's Xi and India's Modi promise to resolve border differences at Brics

Leaders met for the first time in five years as New Delhi and Beijing complete disengagement process along disputed Himalayan frontier

AsiaOctober 23, 2024
Heavy rain in Kolkata, West Bengal. Cyclone Dana is predicted to make landfall late on October 24 or early on October 25. EPA
Cyclone Dana: Homes evacuated on India's east coast before storm's landfall

Authorities ramp up precautions in Odisha and West Bengal states

AsiaOctober 23, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kazan on Tuesday. EPA
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Modi reaffirms support for Ukraine-Russia peace in meeting with Putin

The two leaders meet for talks in Kazan ahead of the Brics summit

AsiaOctober 22, 2024
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