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Go on long leave: Calcutta HC to ex-RG Kar College head who was given new charge within hours of resignation | Bengal junior doctors continue ceasework in protest against RG Kar medical student's rape-murder | Students block ex-RG Kar College head Dr. Sandip Ghosh at Calcutta National Medical College, TMC MLAs face ire too | Victim's spectacles shattered, glass pierced into eyes: Autopsy report of Kolkata junior doctor | Monster is gone: Bangladesh caretaker govt head Muhammad Yunus on Sheikh Hasina's ouster | RG Kar rape-murder case: Accused Sanjoy Roy said 'Hang me if you want' on being arrested | Karnataka: Four districts on alert after Tungabhadra Dam gate collapse | Bengaluru cafe employee arrested for hiding phone in women's washroom dustbin to record videos | RG Kar Hospital: TMC pushes for new law, BJP corners Mamata govt over PGT doctor's suspected rape and murder | RG Kar lady doctor's death: Mamata Banerjee says 'Inhuman and deplorable crime, no objection to CBI probe'

Israeli tanks target hospital in southern Gaza, several injured

Jan 27, 2024, at 02:18 am

Jerusalem/IBNS/UNI: Israeli tanks have targeted Al-Amal hospital in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, resulting in several injuries, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said in a statement on Friday.

Adult film actress Jesse Jane, 43, found dead in Oklahoma home due to alleged drug overdose

Jan 27, 2024, at 12:40 am

Adult film actress Jesse Jane and her boyfriend Brett Hasenmueller were found dead at their home in Moore, Oklahoma, media reports said.

Japan to release 54,600 tons of Fukushima nuclear wastewater in 2024

Jan 26, 2024, at 11:41 pm

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has announced a plan to release around 54,600 tons of nuclear-contaminated water from the facility into the ocean in fiscal 2024.

Six heavily disguised people, who were boarding a train in Sydney, arrested amid National Day celebration

Jan 26, 2024, at 11:38 pm

Six among a group of approximately 61 heavily disguised people boarding a train in Sydney were arrested and taken to the police station following a police operation on Friday, said the Police Force in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW).

British-Indian student Aditya Verma, who was facing trial in Spain over his in-flight 'Taliban' remark, acquitted

Jan 26, 2024, at 11:20 pm

A Spanish court has acquitted an Indian-British man who landed himself in trouble after he joked to friends about blowing up a flight from London Gatwick to Menorca.

UN trade and development body warns Red Sea shipping crisis is having a ‘dramatic’ impact

Jan 26, 2024, at 03:45 pm

Attacks against shipping in the Red Sea by Houthis are devastating for global trade and supply chains, already reeling under the impacts of the war in Ukraine and climate change-linked conditions in the Panama Canal, said the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, on Thursday.

British-Indian student Aditya Verma facing trial in Spain over his in-flight 'Taliban' joke

Jan 26, 2024, at 03:22 pm

A British-Indian student is facing trial in Spain after he was accused of causing public disorder by sending a Snapchat message where he joked about blowing up a plane in which he was flying.

International Court of Justice to deliver ruling on Israel Genocide case tomorrow

Jan 26, 2024, at 05:32 am

Amsterdam: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will decide whether to issue an order for Israel to impose emergency measures in response to South Africa's claims that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-sponsored genocide.

Taiwan will never be a country, says Chinese Defense Spokesperson

Jan 26, 2024, at 04:25 am

Beijing: Taiwan will never be a country, and no separatist activities seeking "Taiwan independence" or attempts by foreign forces to split China will ever succeed, Chinese Defense Spokesperson Wu Qian said on Thursday.

Houthis order US-UK UN staff to leave Yemen

Jan 25, 2024, at 11:50 pm

Houthi authorities in Yemen on Wednesday (January 24, 2024) have ordered UN and other humanitarian staff holding US and UK passports to leave the country within a month.

Antonio Guterres says Africa is now a ‘global epicentre’ of terrorism

Jan 25, 2024, at 11:46 pm

In just a matter of years, Africa has become the “global epicentre of terrorism”, with groups such as Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates exploiting local conflicts and fragilities to serve their own ends, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, calling for violent extremism to be rooted out.

North Korea test-fires new strategic cruise missile, claims South Korea

Jan 25, 2024, at 07:29 pm

North Korea on Thursday (January 25, 2024) test-fired a new strategic cruise missile named 'Pulhwasal-3-31'.

Nine killed in direct hit on UNRWA shelter in Gaza amid ongoing conflict with Israel

Jan 25, 2024, at 07:23 pm

Nine people were killed and 75 injured on Wednesday in a direct hit on a training centre turned shelter in southern Gaza run by UNRWA, the UN agency that assists Palestinians, according to initial reports.

Attack in Pakistan's DI Khan leaves cop, two labourers dead

Jan 25, 2024, at 07:15 pm

A policeman and two labourers were killed during a terrorist attack on Abaa Shaheed police check post in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan on Tuesday.

Russia calls for emergency UNSC meeting after downing of plane carrying captured Ukrainian soldiers

Jan 25, 2024, at 04:24 pm

New York/UNI: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday the country has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after the downing of a Russian plane carrying captured Ukrainian soldiers.

Canada court rebukes Justin Trudeau for 'unjustified' emergency powers use to suppress 'freedom convoy' protests

Jan 25, 2024, at 05:53 am

The Federal Court of Canada has rebuked the Justin Trudeau government over the use of emergency powers to suppress the "freedom convoy" protests in 2022 and called it "unjustified and disproportionate".

US airstrikes kill Iraqi paramilitary soldier

Jan 25, 2024, at 05:39 am

Baghdad: A member of the Iraqi government-backed paramilitary forces of Hashd Shaabi was killed and two others were wounded by U.S. airstrikes near the Iraqi-Syrian border and the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Wednesday.

China: 39 killed in building fire in Jiangxi Province

Jan 25, 2024, at 04:34 am

Nanchang: The death toll from a building fire in the city of Xinyu in east China's Jiangxi Province on Wednesday afternoon has risen to 39, local authorities said.

Russian military plane crashes with 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war in Belgorod

Jan 24, 2024, at 10:08 pm

A Russian  Il-76 military plane crashed with suspected 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war in Belgorod Region of Russia on Wednesday (January 24, 2024), media reports said.

Former US school teacher pleads guilty of having sex with high school boy 20 to 30 times

Jan 24, 2024, at 09:53 pm

A former US school teacher in Arkansas has pleaded guilty to having sex with a high school boy 20 to 30 times, police said on Wednesday (January 24, 2024).

US carries out strikes on three facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Iraq

Jan 24, 2024, at 03:43 pm

The United States on Wednesday said it conducted strikes on three facilities used by 'Iran-backed' militias in Iraq.

Six die after small commuter plane crash near remote mine in Canada

Jan 24, 2024, at 03:16 pm

At least six passengers died after a small commuter plane which was carrying them to a remote mine in Canada's far north crashed shortly after takeoff on Tuesday.

Donald Trump clinches New Hampshire Republican primary

Jan 24, 2024, at 02:43 pm

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has defeated former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and strong contestant Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire Republican primary, multiple U.S. media organisations projected Tuesday night.

Houthi attacks: New Zealand to send defence team to secure Red Sea shipping

Jan 24, 2024, at 05:20 am

Wellington: The New Zealand government decided on Tuesday to send a small defence team to the Middle East to safeguard Red Sea shipping, but the country's opposition party said the deployment will further inflame tensions in the region.

Canada: Helicopter crash in British Columbia claims lives of 3

Jan 24, 2024, at 05:08 am

Three people have died in a private helicopter crash in Canada's British Columbia, the Northern Escape Heli Skiing company that owns the aircraft said in a statement provided by the CTV news broadcaster.

Afghanistan, Pashtun diaspora members demonstrate against Pakistan in Vienna

Jan 24, 2024, at 12:56 am

Afghan Cultural Association (AKIS) and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) demonstrated outside the Pakistan Embassy in Vienna recently.

Unseen atrocities against Sikhs during the 1947 partition

Jan 24, 2024, at 12:18 am

In the tumultuous landscape of 1947, as the Indian subcontinent was cleaved into two separate nations, the Sikhs found themselves at the epicenter of a storm of political unrest and communal violence.

Israeli military claims its soldiers encircled Gaza city of Khan Yunis, eliminated 'dozens of terrorists'

Jan 23, 2024, at 11:56 pm

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday it had managed to encircle the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strio and advance deep into the area as part of an "extensive" operation that resulted in the elimination of "dozens of terrorists."

Suspect wanted in killing 8 people in three different locations in Joliet dies due to self-inflicted gunshot in Texas

Jan 23, 2024, at 11:09 pm

A gunman suspected to have killed eight people in three different locations over the past two days in the US city of Joliet was found dead1,200 miles away Monday (January 22, 2024) night.

US, UK strike eight Houthi targets in Yemen

Jan 23, 2024, at 11:05 pm

The United States and the United Kingdom carried out additional strikes Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday (January 22, 2024), officials said.