You moved. The news did not stop.
Keeping up with India from Belgium usually means one of two bad options: a home-country news app that pushes forty notifications a day on a timezone that is not yours, or drifting out of touch and finding out about things a week late from a family WhatsApp group.
shortnews.be gives India its own tab. The same 60-word treatment the Belgian feed gets — the essential facts, no padding, no click-bait — applied to Indian headlines, in English, and sitting one swipe away from the Belgian stories you also need. You read both in the time it takes to finish a coffee.
It is not a replacement for reading a newspaper properly. It is the answer to "what happened at home today" when you have four minutes between the commute and the front door, and it is deliberately short enough that you actually finish it.
AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami has questioned actor-politician Vijay’s silence over the arrest of a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) functionary in a narcotics seizure. Palaniswami high…
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has asked President Droupadi Murmu to intervene and seek withdrawal of amendments to the Census Rules. M.A. Baby questioned whether an expanded pool of…
The Karnataka State Scheduled Caste Right Communities Federation has condemned Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s alleged derogatory remarks about Home Minister Priyank Kharge. The Dalit orga…
More than 30 people have died in sewer or septic-tank incidents across India so far in 2026, data from the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis shows. Compensation has been paid in nine…
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has questioned the government’s refusal to convene an all-party meeting on delimitation. He asked whether ministers have a new proposal to place before Oppositi…
Nainar Nagenthran has criticised the TVK-led government over the death of an undertrial in Tirunelveli. He called for stringent action against the police personnel involved in the incident. …
A trader has been held in Vellore over selling gutka, a chewing tobacco product. The case concerns commercial distribution of the product in the Tamil Nadu city. The trader’s detention bring…
A gang has been taken into custody in Ranipet over the killing of a labourer. The detention links the group to a fatal incident involving a worker in Ranipet district. The case now moves int…
Applications are being invited for VITEEE 2027, the entrance examination associated with VIT. The announcement signals the start of the application process for candidates seeking to take par…
Indian scientists have identified terrestrial sites that can serve as analogues for Martian environments, supporting research into the planet’s geology and mineral composition. They say such…
Two persons were arrested in Tiruvannamalai after a woman sub-inspector was slapped in an incident involving a serving police officer. Police detained both individuals over the reported assa…
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar said farmers, sugar factory owners and government representatives must cooperate to address sugarcane growers’ problems. He said a meeting br…
Pick India as your home country in Settings and its headlines get their own tab. Belgium stays exactly as it is. Free, and no account needed.
Download on the App Store Get it on Google PlayNews is one thing. The rest of moving to Belgium — the commune appointment, the rental hunt, the bank account, bringing parents over — is the part nobody warns you about.
namaste.community is our sister site and covers exactly that, written by people who did it: first-hand accounts in Experiences, including your first week here, banking for Indian expats, finding a rental and bringing parents to Belgium. Udaan runs longer profiles of people from the community here — the ones who took a while to get going and then took flight.
It also carries a news section that some of our own reporting crosses into. Two sites, one audience, different jobs.