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'Reservations can't be abolished as long as BJP is in power': Amit Shah slams Rahul Gandhi's quota remark in the US | Congress MP from Inner Manipur writes to Amit Shah appealing for 'corrective measures' as the northeastern state crisis boils | Another senior Haryana BJP leader quits party after being denied poll ticket, says party 'sidelining loyalists' | IAF woman flying officer accuses Wing Commander of rape in Srinagar, says was forced into oral sex | Rahul Gandhi's Sikh rights remarks in the US draws BJP ire, reminds him of Congress-led 1984 riots | RG Kar: Junior doctors march to Swasthya Bhavan with demands after Supreme Court's deadline to resume work | CCTV captures Audi owned by Maharashtra BJP chief's son ramming several vehicles in Nagpur, 2 arrested | Kate Middleton finishes chemotherapy course for her cancer treatment, expresses eagerness to resume work | Massive protest erupts after 21-year-old IIT Guwahati student found dead in hostel room | "Do you like it?" Arrested RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh was jailed in Hong Kong in 2017 on charges of molesting male nurse

Fire in Myanamr's Ayeyarwady region leaves 26 houses destroyed

Mar 26, 2024, at 11:47 pm

A fire engulfed 26 houses in southern Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region, an official from the Labutta Township Fire Station told Xinhua on Tuesday.

Five Chinese nationals were among six killed after their convoy targeted in Pakistan

Mar 26, 2024, at 11:44 pm

At least six Chinese nationals and a Pakistani were killed after their convoy was attacked in Bisham region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla region on Tuesday.

Russian authorities detain three more suspects in Moscow concert hall attack

Mar 26, 2024, at 11:39 pm

 The Moscow Basman District Court on Monday approved the detention of three more people involved in Friday's terrorist attack at a concert hall in the suburbs of Moscow.

Baltimore bridge collapses in US after hit by ship, search to recover seven people ongoing

Mar 26, 2024, at 08:13 pm

Rescue crews are currently searching for seven people in Patapsco River after multiple vehicles collapsed in it following the collapse of the  Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Two robbers killed during 'encounter' in Pakistan, relatives stage protest

Mar 26, 2024, at 03:30 pm

Security officials of Pakistan's Korangi region killed two suspected robbers in an alleged encounter on Sunday.

French law enforcement officers say they prevent terrorist attacks almost every month

Mar 26, 2024, at 03:21 pm

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that France has a very efficient intelligence system that allows law enforcement agencies to prevent terrorist attacks in the country almost every month.

Pakistani security forces foil attack at Turbat naval base 

Mar 26, 2024, at 03:04 pm

Pakistani security forces have claimed they have foiled an armed terrorist attack at a naval base in Turbat on Monday, media reports said.

US Treasury sanctions China-linked hackers for targeting American critical infrastructure

Mar 26, 2024, at 02:46 pm

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company, Limited (Wuhan XRZ), a Wuhan, China-based Ministry of State Security (MSS) front company that has served as cover for multiple malicious cyber operations.

Israel cancels delegation to Washington for discussing alternatives to Rafah attack

Mar 26, 2024, at 06:09 am

Jerusalem/IBNS/UNI: Israel Monday canceled a scheduled delegation's trip to Washington  D.C., citing the U.S. decision not to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as the reason.

UN Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza during Ramadan

Mar 26, 2024, at 04:36 am

The UN Security Council on Monday (March 25, 2024) passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and "the urgent need to expand the flow" of aid into Gaza.

UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding ceasefire in Gaza for first time

Mar 26, 2024, at 04:32 am

The United Nations Security Council Monday adopted a resolution that demands an immediate cease-fire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan.

Upcoming Paris Olympics could become 'premium terrorist target', says NGO

Mar 25, 2024, at 11:42 pm

The Paris Summer Olympics could become a "premium terrorist target" after Friday's terrorist attack at a concert venue in the Moscow Region, a senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project international non-government organization, Edmund Fitton-Brown, said on Monday.

Three coal miners kidnapped in Pakistan

Mar 25, 2024, at 11:32 pm

Armed men kidnapped three coal miners in Duki coal field area of Balochistan on Friday, media reports said.

Human traffickers torture immigrants who tried to reach Europe via Iran

Mar 25, 2024, at 11:17 pm

Human traffickers and notorious smugglers are trying to cruelly treat immigrants who illegally attempt to reach Europe via Iran by holding them for ransom.

BU teachers, staff protest for salaries in Pakistan

Mar 25, 2024, at 10:46 pm

Leaders of the joint action committee, including Prof Dr Kaleemullah Barech, Shah Ali Bugti, Nazir Ahmed Lehri, Fareed Khan Achakzai, and others, on Sunday said despite passage of 24 days in March, professors and employees of the University of Balochistan (UoB) have not received salaries and pensions for the last three months.

Counter-narcotics police destroy poppy farms in north Afghanistan

Mar 25, 2024, at 10:27 pm

Afghan counter-narcotics police have smashed poppy farms on 200 acres of land in north Afghanistan's Balkh province over the past two months, provincial police chief Abdul Razaq Rashed said on Monday.

Baloch National Movement members protest against Pakistani occupation of Balochistan in Berlin

Mar 25, 2024, at 10:03 pm

Baloch National Movement’s Germany Chapter staged a protest in Berlin recently, observing March as the black day when the Pakistan Army marched on March 27, 1948, and forcibly annexed Balochistan.

Experts, intellectuals hold Pakistan accountable for Bangladesh war crimes in 1971

Mar 25, 2024, at 09:55 pm

International geopolitics experts and intellectuals held Pakistan accountable for the war crimes of 1971 in Bangladesh.

Simon Harris to become Ireland's youngest PM

Mar 25, 2024, at 09:39 pm

Ireland’s governing party Fine Gael named Simon Harris as its new leader which will make him the youngest Taoiseach in the history of the country.

Taiwan's Ministry of Defence detects 7 Chinese naval ships, 5 military aircraft around nation

Mar 25, 2024, at 08:54 pm

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence recently tracked seven Chinese naval vessels and five military aircraft around Taiwan between Sunday and Monday, media reports said.

Pakistan's farmers' body urges government to declare agriculture emergency

Mar 25, 2024, at 04:29 pm

Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, a body dedicated to farmers of the financially-hit South Asian nation, has urged the government to declare an agriculture emergency in the country, media reports said.

Israeli authorities tell UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza

Mar 25, 2024, at 04:18 pm

Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza.

French authorities raise national security after Moscow terror attack

Mar 25, 2024, at 03:04 pm

French authorities have decided to raise the national security alert system Vigipirate to its highest level to deal with potential threats to the country after the recent terror attack in Moscow which left over 100 people dead.

Shooting in Indiana leaves one person dead

Mar 25, 2024, at 02:33 am

One person was killed, and five others, including a police officer, were wounded in an early morning shooting on Sunday in Indianapolis, U.S. state of Indiana.

2 dead, 34 injured in road crashes in Philippines over weekend

Mar 25, 2024, at 01:49 am

Manila: Two people died and 34 others were hurt in two separate road crashes in the Philippines over the weekend, local authorities said Sunday.

China blocks use of America-made AMD, Intel processors in government computers

Mar 25, 2024, at 12:28 am

China has issued fresh guidelines where the country blocked using US microprocessors from Intel and AMD from government PCs and servers, media reports said.

Pregnant woman dies in Pakistan's Karaci after treated by 'fake doctor

Mar 25, 2024, at 12:15 am

A Pakistani pregnant woman died after she was treated by an alleged fake doctor in Karachi city, media reports said,

DNA found in chewing gum leads to cracking a murder case in 1980, key accused arrested and convicted

Mar 24, 2024, at 09:58 pm

The DNA found in chewing gum led to the arrest and then conviction of a suspect in a murder case which took place in 1980 in US state of Oregon.

Russian President Vladimir Putin claims gunmen who attacked Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine, Kyiv denies charges

Mar 24, 2024, at 07:35 pm

Indicating Ukraine's hand in the Moscow concert hall attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday (March 23, 2024) said all four gunmen involved in the incident were arrested before they could cross the border.

US strongly condemns deadly terrorist attack in Russia, sends deepest condolences

Mar 24, 2024, at 02:15 pm

Washington/IBNS/UNI: The United States strongly condemned the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow, expressing its condolences to the victims and their families, and said it stands in solidarity with the Russians in the face of this tragedy, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday.