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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 | 'Will it be a big deal to wait for a few days?' Mamata Banerjee on Kolkata police chief's dismissal calls | Quit agitation, return to festival: Mamata Banerjee to RG Kar protesters after SC asks junior doctors to resume work | RG Kar case hearing: Supreme Court directs junior doctors to resume work by 5 pm tomorrow | Supreme Court asks CBI to file fresh status report on RG Kar rape-murder case | BJP will benefit in J&K elections if Congress-NC alliance fails: Ex-RAW chief Amarjit Singh Dulat | Bihar teen dies after fake doctor operates on him watching YouTube videos

Fire breaks out at nursing home in China, 3 die

Apr 04, 2024, at 09:00 pm

Three were killed and 10 others were injured in a fire that broke out at a nursing home in south China's Guangdong Province on Thursday, said local authorities.

World Bank says 40 percent of Pakistanis are currently living below the poverty line

Apr 04, 2024, at 08:58 pm

World Bank has said 40 percent of Pakistanis are currently living below the poverty line in the financially-hit nation.

Ontario likely to see non-tech teachers in new mandatory tech education classes

Apr 04, 2024, at 04:54 am

Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Ontario is likely to see non-tech teachers in new mandatory tech education classes, according to the province’s new proposal to allow teachers without technological credentials to teach certain courses for the next school year.

Six cops injured after unknown attackers target van in Pakistan

Apr 03, 2024, at 11:53 pm

At least six policemen were injured after unknown attackers attacked them in Township area of Pakistan's Bannu city on Tuesday.

Malaysia: Shop chain that sold ‘Allah socks’ targeted with Molotov cocktails

Apr 03, 2024, at 03:54 pm

Three stores belonging to a Malaysian minimart chain were targeted with Molotov cocktails recently after they allegedly sold socks carrying the word “Allah”.

Israel-Hamas conflict led to damage to critical infrastructure in Gaza worth $18.5 billion, World Bank-UN report

Apr 03, 2024, at 03:44 pm

The cost of damage to critical infrastructure in Gaza is estimated at around $18.5 billion according to a new report released on Tuesday (April 2, 2024) by the World Bank and the United Nations, with financial support of the European Union.

Twenty-nine die as fire breaks out at nightclub in Turkey

Apr 03, 2024, at 02:27 pm

At least 29 people died after a fire broke out at a nightclub located in a 16-storey building in Turkey's capital city Istanbul, media reports said.

al-Sisi sworn in as Egypt's president for 3rd term

Apr 03, 2024, at 08:01 am

Cairo: Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi took the constitutional oath on Tuesday as president of Egypt for a third consecutive term in office, serving until 2030, the state-run Nile TV reported.

29 killed as fire breaks out in Istanbul nightclub

Apr 03, 2024, at 02:41 am

Istanbul/IBNS: At least 29 people were killed as fire broke out at a 16-storey residential building that housed a nightclub in Istanbul on Tuesday, media reports said.

Pakistan's key opposition PTI to protest high power bills after Ramdan

Apr 03, 2024, at 01:15 am

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Central Punjab general secretary Hammad Azhar has indicated that the party leaders, workers and supporters will participate in street protests in the upcoming days following Ramadan to highlight high electricity bills and other public matters.

Hindu community traders protest abduction of girl from Sukkur, demand immediate release

Apr 03, 2024, at 01:02 am

The Hindu community and traders in Dera Murad Jamali in Pakistan recently protested to demand the immediate recovery of the abducted Hindu girl Priya Kumari.

Teachers protest in Quetta demanding salary

Apr 03, 2024, at 12:53 am

Hundreds of teachers, along with members of staff of the Balochistan University, demonstrated and staged a sit-in outside the  Balochistan Assembly, demanding salaries, media reports said.

Uyghur refugees of Pakistan faces deportation after Ramadan

Apr 02, 2024, at 11:52 pm

The World Uyghur Congress recently pointed out that Uyghur families are facing  possible forceful deportation from Pakistan to China or Afghanistan after Ramadan.

Shooting in Finland school one student dead, 12-year-old suspect arrested

Apr 02, 2024, at 11:38 pm

A child died and two others were injured in a shooting incident in a shooting incident in Finland's Vantaa city on Tuesday (April 2, 2024).

Armed men throw grenade close to intelligence agency in Pakistan's Kharan

Apr 02, 2024, at 08:07 pm

Armed men threw a hand grenade close to the office of an intelligence agency in Pakistan's Kharan town on Monday, media reports said.

Israel accused of striking Iran embassy annex in Syria, top IRGC commander killed

Apr 02, 2024, at 01:29 pm

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has blamed Israel for carrying out an airstrike which damaged the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Damascus on Monday.

US's Baltimore authorities to open alternative route for commercial vessels

Apr 02, 2024, at 04:22 am

Washington: Authorities in the US city of Baltimore are working to open a temporary alternative route for commercial vessels following the recent collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command said.

Drone cameras banned in Karachi following suicide attack on Chinese nationals

Apr 01, 2024, at 11:13 pm

Authorities in Pakistan's Karachi city have banned the use of drone cameras for two months in the District South of the port city following the attack on Chinese nationals last week.

Pakistan witnesses 432 violence-linked fatalities and 370 injuries in first quarter of 2024

Apr 01, 2024, at 10:53 pm

Pakistan witnessed 432 violence-linked fatalities and 370 injuries among civilians security personnel, and outlaws, during the first half of the year.

Two security personnel killed in Pakistan in gun attack

Apr 01, 2024, at 08:54 pm

At least two security personnel were killed and four others hurt after a bomb disposal squad of the Pakistani Army was targeted in Ankara Dam area on Sunday, media reports said.

UK PM Rishi Sunak likely to lose his own constituency in upcoming polls, says survey

Apr 01, 2024, at 08:51 pm

A poll released by a civil society campaign organisation indicates that the ruling Conservative Party might face defeat in the general polls likely to be held later this year.

Israel lost 600 soldiers since Hamas launched October 7 attack

Apr 01, 2024, at 08:48 pm

Two of the three people detained in Russia's Muslim-majority Dagestan Republic suspected of plotting to commit terrorist crimes are of Central Asian origin, a local law enforcement source told Sputnik on Monday.

Unexploded ordnance goes off in Afghanistan, nine children die

Apr 01, 2024, at 08:44 pm

At least nine children died after an unexploded ordnance left over from past wars went off in east Afghanistan's Ghazni province, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Monday.

Israel pulls out troops from Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital

Apr 01, 2024, at 08:36 pm

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday (April 1, 2024) said it has withdrawn its troops from Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, two weeks after it was raided.

Three injured in Palestinian stabbing attack in Israel, knifeman shot dead

Apr 01, 2024, at 03:10 pm

Jerusalem/UNI: A knife-wielding Palestinian teenager stabbed and seriously wounded three people in a shopping mall in Israel on Sunday before he was shot dead by police officers, said the Israeli police in a statement.

50 miscreants arrested for attacking KFC in Pakistan

Apr 01, 2024, at 04:39 am

Police have rounded up 50 suspected miscreants after they attacked an outlet of the American fast food chain KFC in Mirpur region of Pakistan recently.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to undergo hernia surgery

Apr 01, 2024, at 01:41 am

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a hernia surgery on Sunday after it was diagnosed during a routine checkup.

Eight Chinese migrants found dead on Mexico beach

Apr 01, 2024, at 12:39 am

Bodies of eight Chinese migrants were found on a beach in south Mexico after the boat in which they were travelling capsized, media reports said on Sunday.

One petroleum company employee dies in Pakistan blast

Mar 31, 2024, at 11:55 pm

A petroleum company employee died after a roadside blast occurred in Pakistan's Harnai district in Balochistan on Saturday.

Fire breaks out at Indonesian army ammunition depot brought under control, probe on to determine cause

Mar 31, 2024, at 08:46 pm

Firefighters fought for hours to bring the fire that broke out at an army ammunition depot near the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday evening under control, officials said on Sunday.