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Taniya Dutta

Taniya Dutta

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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Roads were completely submerged in Mumbai. Photo: Getty
At least four people killed as torrential rain brings Mumbai to a halt

Transport paralysed and schools closed as deluge strikes India's financial capital

AsiaSeptember 26, 2024
Voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station in Ganderbal. AFP
More than 2.5 million to vote in second phase of Kashmir election

The conflict-scarred region is holding elections for the first time in 10 years

AsiaSeptember 25, 2024
Anura Kumara Dissanayake waves as he leaves the election commission office after winning the Sri Lankan presidential election, in Colombo. AP
New President Dissanayake offers hope to Sri Lanka with economic reform plan

Marxist leader pledges 'to be part of collective effort to end this crisis'

AsiaSeptember 23, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, meets President Mahmoud Abbas in New York. Photo: @narendramodi / X
Modi calls for two-state solution in meeting with Abbas

Indian leader stresses on need for 'dialogue and diplomacy' in Gaza war during talks in New York

AsiaSeptember 23, 2024
Rinson Jose was linked to the pagers after his firm Norta Global was reported to have been involved in a deal to supply them to Hezbollah. Photo: Rinson Jose / Linkedin
Kerala-born businessman linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon

Norta Global allegedly enabled the sales of pagers to Hezbollah

AsiaSeptember 22, 2024
Jameela Khatoon, 70, was bitten by a cobra. She underwent treatment at a hospital in Purnea, a district in the Indian state of Bihar. Taniya Dutta / The National
Snake-bite deaths surge in eastern India as changing climate forces reptiles out of nests

Serpents displaced by changing habitats are increasingly coming into contact with locals, often with fatal consequences

AsiaSeptember 20, 2024
A security personnel stands guard outside a polling station in south Kashmir's Kokernag on September 18. Reuters
Indian-administered Kashmir goes to first regional elections in a decade

Vote is also the first since the region was stripped of its statehood in 2019

AsiaSeptember 18, 2024
From left, Atishi with outgoing chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi on Tuesday. Getty Images
Rhodes scholar Atishi to replace Kejriwal as Delhi chief minister

Liquor corruption scandal brought down Kejriwal

AsiaSeptember 17, 2024
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Muslims are suffering in countries including Indian and Myanmar. Reuters
Khamenei's remarks about India's treatment of Muslims 'unacceptable', New Delhi says

Ties may sour as New Delhi calls on Tehran to 'look at own record' regarding minorities

AsiaSeptember 17, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inaugural ceremony of the 4th Global Renewable Energy Investors Meet and Expo at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Reuters
Modi plans to merge national and regional elections

New legislation aims to save money and boost voter turnout with draft bill expected in December

AsiaSeptember 16, 2024
India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval meets Vladimir Putin and Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu. AFP
Indian National Security Adviser briefs Russia's Putin on Modi's visit to Ukraine

India has been positioning itself as a potential mediator to end the war in Ukraine

AsiaSeptember 13, 2024
Vijay Varma as captain Sharan Dev in IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. Photo: Netflix
Netflix adds real names of Pakistani flight hijackers to new series

The government claims the militants were intentionally given Hindu codenames

Film & TVSeptember 04, 2024
Junior doctors hold posters during a protest to demand the resignation of a city police commissioner and condemn the rape and murder of a medic, in Kolkata on September 2, 2024. AFP
India's West Bengal state proposes death penalty for rape after doctor's murder

Bill passed on Tuesday will be sent to the state governor and then to the President of India to be signed into law

AsiaSeptember 03, 2024
An Indian Coast Guard Advanced Light Helicopter. The same type of aircraft crashed into the Arabian Sea during a rescue mission off the coast of Gujarat. Getty Images
Three missing after Indian Coast Guard helicopter crashes

Search taking place for remaining crew members, after one was rescued when their aircraft got into difficulties during rescue operation

AsiaSeptember 03, 2024
An excavator demolishes a property owned by a local leader allegedly involved in violent protests in Allahabad in 2022. AFP
India's top court reprimands government over 'bulldozer justice'

Supreme Court says it will issue nationwide guidelines after homes of alleged criminals are razed

AsiaSeptember 03, 2024
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