New York: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has written a note for activist Umar Khalid, recalling his words on “bitterness” and the importance of not letting it consume one's self. The note was posted on X by Khalid's partner Banojyotsna Lahiri. “When prisons try...
Los Angeles: Will Smith has been sued by a tour violinist who is accusing the Hollywood star-rapper of sexual harassment, wrongful termination and retaliation In the suit, musician Brian King Joseph names Smith and Treyball Studios Management as defendants and accuses Smith of “predatory behavior”...
Nagpur: Hindu spiritual leader Jagadguru Rambhadracharya has slammed Hindi film superstar Shah Rukh Khan over the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), co-owned by him, signing a Bangladeshi cricketer amid atrocities on Hindus in the neighbouring country. Asked about the KKR signing Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur...
Crans-Montana (Switzerland): About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar's New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, police said. Authorities did not immediately have an...
Dhaka: India and Bangladesh Thursday began joint water measurement on the Padma and the Ganga rivers as the 30-year Ganges Water Sharing Treaty entered its final year. Water measurement began at a point 3,500 feet upstream of the Hardinge Bridge on the Padma River in...
New Delhi: In the financial year 2025-26, till the end of December, the defence ministry has signed capital contracts amounting to Rs 1.82 lakh crore for the modernisation of the armed forces, the government said Thursday. Also, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved capital...
New Delhi: Southern and central India are expected to witness good rainfall from January to March, while the northwest region comprising Punjab and Haryana is likely to get below-normal showers, the weather office said Thursday. However, the mixed rains forecast was unlikely to have an...
Moscow: Russian air defences have downed 250 drones over the past day, including 12 targeting the Moscow region overnight, Russia's Defence Ministry said Thursday. The air defences also shot down one guided aerial bomb and a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft, the ministry said. Russian forces have...
New Delhi: Continuing an over three-decade practice, India and Pakistan Thursday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral pact that prohibits the two sides from attacking each other's atomic facilities. The exchange of the list came even as the ties between the...
Sofia (Bulgaria): Bulgaria officially adopts the euro as of the first day of 2026 and becomes the 21st member of the eurozone. This happened exactly 19 years after the country joined the European Union. Until the end of January, the lev will remain a legal...
It was a moment of geopolitical déjà vu. On the same calendar day, separated by thirty-six years, United States forces...
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By Aakar Patel One of the more interesting things to look forward to in 2026 is the rivalry between the...
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By Dilip Cherian India-Bangladesh relations today feel like they’re running on muscle memory, while politics keeps tugging at the steering...
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After a protracted, bloody conflict in which over 100 people were killed and about half a million civilians in both...
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