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Bengaluru stampede: Siddaramaiah govt ignored police's advice to hold RCB's IPL bash on Sunday, says report | 'Eight lakh people showed up': Karnataka Home Minister on fatal Bengaluru stampede | Karnataka High Court takes suo moto cognizance of Bengaluru stampede case, hearing today | Karnataka High Court takes suo moto cognizance of Bengaluru stampede case, hearing today | Three dead in stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB's IPL victory celebrations | 'Religious structure already functioning, let it be': SC rejects Delhi Waqf Board's claim on 'Gurdwara' land | 'I have so much to speak as a Tamil': Kamal Haasan amid language row ahead of Thug Life release | 'I have so much to speak as a Tamil': Kamal Haasan amid language row ahead of Thug Life release | Top JeM commander, who threatened to break India, mysteriously found dead in Pakistan's Bahawalpur | 'Lacks maturity of a Leader of Opposition': BJP slams Rahul Gandhi over 'Narender, surrender' remark

Pakistan: BLA claims it took control over Surab city

Jun 01, 2025, at 11:14 pm

The Balochistan Liberation Army has taken complete control over Surab city in Pakistan's Balochistan province, targeting major state installations in the area.

Ukrainian drones hit multiple Russian airbases, 40 warplanes damaged

Jun 01, 2025, at 08:05 pm

Ukraine has launched a massive drone attack on Russian aviation on Sunday, damaging 40 warplanes across several military airfields, media reports said.

Rising cases of forced religious conversion of minority girls in Pakistan is now a matter of concern

Jun 01, 2025, at 06:26 pm

History bears witness that during the Mughal era, Hindu girls were often abducted by force. Sikh warriors would then confront the Mughals, rescue the girls from captivity, and safely return them to their families.

Hamas commander Khalil Abd al-Nasser Muhammad Khatib eliminated: IDF

Jun 01, 2025, at 05:37 pm

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday announced that Hamas commander Khalil Abd al-Nasser Muhammad Khatib has been eliminated.

Gaza: Israeli tank shelling close to aid centre leaves 26 dead

Jun 01, 2025, at 05:01 pm

At least 26 people died and 150 others were injured after an Israeli tank shelling and gunfire in close to an aid distribution unit in Rafah city in Gaza on Sunday, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Supreme Court restores Islamist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami's registration

Jun 01, 2025, at 04:06 pm

The Bangladeshi Supreme Court on Sunday ordered the reinstatement of the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami's registration as a political party, clearing all hurdles for it to participate in the general polls.

Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's trial begins, charged with crimes against humanity

Jun 01, 2025, at 02:52 pm

The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday formally charged ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over crimes against humanity that were committed during the July-August Uprising.

Two Russian bridges collapse, seven die

Jun 01, 2025, at 01:58 pm

At least seven people died and multiple others were injured after two bridges collapsed in separate incidents in Russia's western region, bordering Ukraine.

‘Created unnecessary danger’: Canada’s spy watchdog slams sudden halt to CSIS overseas operation

May 31, 2025, at 10:11 pm

Ottawa: A new report by Canada’s spy watchdog has sharply criticised a mid-operation suspension of an overseas Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) mission, calling it an act that “created unnecessary danger for the CSIS team” and undermined Canada’s global standing, according to a CBC report.

China's colonial boarding schools are eroding Tibetan identity: TAI report

May 31, 2025, at 06:36 pm

The Tibet Action Institute (TAI) has released a report where it accused Tibetan children are face abuse, neglect, indoctrination, and identity erasure in the Chinese government’s network of colonial boarding schools and preschools in Tibet.

New York: Grand Indian baraat brings Wall Street to a standstill

May 31, 2025, at 04:30 pm

New York's busy Wall Street witnessed the colourful taste of a grand Indian wedding when Varun Navani and Amanda Soll stopped traffic on the busy area in the city with their extravagant 'baraat' (marriage procession).

UN calls Gaza as the ‘hungriest place on earth'

May 31, 2025, at 01:08 pm

Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.

'We stopped potential India-Pakistan nuclear war with trade': Donald Trump reiterates 'ceasefire' claim

May 31, 2025, at 11:14 am

Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has once again said he stopped a potential nuclear war between hostile Asian neighbours India and Pakistan with trade despite New Delhi's repeated rejections of such claims made by Washington in the past.

Australia: Stabbing attack in Sydney leaves three injured

May 31, 2025, at 09:29 am

At least three men were injured and rushed to the hospital in a stabbing attack in Australia's northwest Sydney on Saturday, media reports said.

Donald Trump gives Elon Musk an Oval Office farewell, says their friendship is 'truly special'

May 31, 2025, at 01:00 am

Elon Musk, who stepped down as the chief of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), meant to save "trillions" of American taxpayer dollars, has said that he will continue to remain a friend and adviser to President Donald Trump as the latter gave the Tesla CEO a ceremonial farewell at his Oval Office.

Pakistan upgrades ties with Afghanistan after China's push, says it will send ambassador to Kabul

May 31, 2025, at 12:14 am

Days after a China-convened meeting pushed for strengthening Pakistan-Afghanistan ties, Islamabad has announced that it will be sending an ambassador to Kabul soon. 

US to revoke visas of Chinese students, announces Marco Rubio

May 30, 2025, at 07:02 pm

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday announced that student visas of Chinese students will be revoked.

Pakistan: Cop shot dead in South Waziristan

May 30, 2025, at 06:06 pm

Unidentified gunmen shot dead a police sub-inspector in Pakistan's Lower South Waziristan district on Thursday, media reports said.

India's BrahMos strike on May 9-10 foiled Pakistan's planned offensive, admits PM Sharif

May 30, 2025, at 10:45 am

Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif has publicly admitted that Indian ballistic missiles hit inside the territory on the intervening night of May 9 and 10, which left the Army caught off-guard.

UK announces investing $1.4 billion to equip armed forces with 'pioneering' battlefield system

May 30, 2025, at 09:57 am

The British government announced it will invest more than £1 billion ($1.4 billion) to equip the UK Armed Forces with a pioneering battlefield system.

Russian military veteran Zaur Gurtsiev dies in explosion

May 30, 2025, at 09:24 am

A Russian deputy mayor and prominent veteran of Moscow’s war in Ukraine died in an explosion in Stavropol city, media reports said on Friday.

US Judge extends order blocking Trump ban on foreign students' enrolment in Harvard

May 30, 2025, at 12:38 am

US District Judge Allison Burroughs extended an order blocking the Donald Trump administration from barring Harvard University from enrolling international students.

US court blocks Trump’s global tariffs; dismisses 'India-Pak ceasefire' arguments

May 29, 2025, at 11:22 pm

New York: In a sharp rebuke to former President Donald Trump’s expansive trade strategy, a US federal court has blocked his administration’s global tariff regime, ruling that the emergency powers he cited do not grant authority to impose such broad levies, BBC reported.

Shehbaz Sharif admits Pakistan was caught off guard by Indian BrahMos strike on military bases

May 29, 2025, at 10:12 pm

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has publicly acknowledged that the country’s military was caught off guard during India’s BrahMos missile strike on the night of May 9–10, according to an India Today report.

Elon Musk expresses 'disappointment' over Trump's 'big, beautiful bill', says it will 'increase budget deficit'

May 29, 2025, at 12:40 am

Billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he was "disappointed" with US President Donald Trump's bill that pushes for a massive spending package, including multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks, stating that doing so will only "increase the budget deficit".

'We eliminated Hamas' Gaza chief Muhammad Sinwar': Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

May 28, 2025, at 09:23 pm

Tel Aviv/IBNS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced that the country's army has killed Hamas' Gaza chief Muhammad Sinwar, media reports said.

BNP demands general polls should be held in Bangladesh by December

May 28, 2025, at 07:31 pm

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said the general polls should be held by December.

New judge from Jordan elected to the International Court of Justice

May 28, 2025, at 05:31 pm

A seasoned diplomat and legal scholar from Jordan was elected on Tuesday to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ principal judicial body.

Sri Lanka: UK woman arrested for deadly drug smuggling

May 28, 2025, at 03:40 pm

A former British flight attendant is facing up to 25 years in prison after she was arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly smuggling over 101lbs(46kg) pounds of a dangerous synthetic drug called "kush."

Bangladeshi SC acquits Islamist leader ATM Azharul Islam facing death sentence for 1971 war crimes

May 28, 2025, at 09:29 am

The Bangladeshi Supreme Court has acquitted Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who was facing a death sentence for a war crimes case related to the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.