Fed up with having to speak last, or not at all, at meetings of Indian regional leaders, the chief minister of West Bengal wants to ditch the state's first name so that she can get her say.
Myanmar was struck by a magnitude 6.9 quake on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey reported, with tremors in India and China sending residents rushing out into the streets.
Indian leader Narendra Modi said a fatal flyover collapse in Kolkata was "an act of fraud" and accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of corruption at a state election rally.
Indian police have arrested three employees of the construction firm building a flyover which collapsed in the eastern city of Kolkata, as the death toll rose to 26, a senior officer said Saturday.
Indian police said on Friday they have detained five staff at the company building a flyover that collapsed, killing at least 25 people, as hopes of finding more survivors faded.
A flyover under construction in the bustling Indian city of Kolkata collapsed on to moving traffic below, killing at least 14 people with as many as 150 people feared trapped, police said.
India and Pakistan will grind to a halt Saturday as hundreds of millions of cricket fans gather to watch the World Twenty20 match between the two arch-rival nations in Kolkata.
Skipper Shahid Afridi starred with bat and ball as he powered Pakistan to a comprehensive 55-run victory against Bangladesh in his team's opening match of the World Twenty20 in Kolkata.
Pakistan said on Thursday its cricket team would not take part in the World Twenty20 tournament in India without a public guarantee from the host country over the safety of its players.
The Pakistan-India World Twenty20 cricket match has been switched away from the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala after Pakistan expressed concerns over security.
An Indian court convicted six men Thursday of gang-raping and murdering a student as she walked home after an exam in 2013, in a case that sparked outrage over women's safety.
