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Dhaka: A Muslim spiritual leader was hacked to death for allegedly insulting Islam while shops and households owned by Hindus were vandalised in two separate mob attacks in western Kushtia and northwestern Rangpur in Bangladesh Saturday. An irate mob attacked several Hindu households and businesses...

Katihar: Ten people were killed and 25 others injured following a collision involving a bus, a truck, and a pickup van in Bihar's Katihar district Saturday evening, a police officer said. The accident took place at 6:30 pm NH-31 in Kodha block of Katihar, Superintendent...

Mumbai: Legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle has been admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai after she suffered a cardiac arrest Saturday. The 92-year-old singer is currently undergoing treatment in the Emergency Medical Services unit. Breach Candy Docter Pratit Samdani has shared a statement...

New Delhi: The combined voters' list of nine states and three Union territories has been pruned by 10.2 per cent following the SIR exercise carried out by the Election Commission, with over 60 lakh dead voters removed, data shared by the poll authority and its...

New Delhi: All user fee payments at National Highway toll plazas across the country are being processed exclusively through digital modes with FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI) from Saturday, according to an official statement. The move is a significant step towards strengthening efficiency and...

Washington: US President posted on social media that Iran's military has been destroyed and that America is beginning to open up the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway chokepoint used by Iran to restrict the shipping of 20 per cent of the world's oil supplies. It...

New Delhi: An India-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker, Jag Vikram, has crossed the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first such transit by an Indian vessel since a temporary two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced, according to ship-tracking data. The tanker...

Kabul: Pakistan’s commitment under the bilateral defence pact with Saudi Arabia appears to be largely symbolic, with Islamabad's response to Iranian strikes in the Kingdom proving hollow, a report has mentioned. According to Afghan Diaspora Network, Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, addressing the Senate...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Saturday said that another 312 Indian fishermen were safely evacuated from Iran to India through Armenia. He further thanked the government of Armenia for making it possible. EAM S. Jaishankar took to social media 'X' and said, "Another...

Kyiv: Russian drone strikes killed at least two people in the Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight into Saturday, local authorities reported, ahead of a proposed ceasefire for Orthodox Easter. A further two people were wounded in the attack on the Black Sea port city, when...