US strikes on eastern Syria near the border with Iraq killed at least five Iran-backed militia fighters, a war monitor reported on Monday. "At least 5 Iran-backed Iraqi militia fighters were killed and several others were wounded in an attack by US warplanes" on the Syrian side of the frontier, said the Britain-based S | Read more|
India successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable Agni Prime ballistic missile - a more advanced version of the Agni class of missiles - from a location off the Odisha coast on Monday morning. | Read more|
A court in Cambodia has charged three environmental activists with plotting against the government and insulting the king. | Read more|
Jammu and Kashmir's Gupkar Alliance, led by veteran politician Farooq Abdullah, today said they will attend an all-party meeting this Thursday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Read more|
Three weeks after his retirement, the Centre has initiated major disciplinary proceedings against former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who now faces the prospect of losing his retirement benefits, either fully or partially. | Read more|
Angered by the country’s low vaccination rate, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he may jail people who refuse to get the shot against coronavirus. | Read more|
One more Supreme Court Judge has dropped out of a case involving West Bengal. Justice Aniruddha Bose, who is from Kolkata, today withdrew from a case involving Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's petition in the Narada bribery case, saying: "I do not want to hear this case." | Read more|
Prices of petrol and diesel were hiked on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, after a gap of one day, touching fresh record highs across the country. In the national capital, the petrol price rose 28 paise while that of diesel inched up 26 paise. | Read more|
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday that Washington had "wrong" expectations for dialogue with Pyongyang and was facing "greater disappointment", state media reported. | Read more|
The Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested two clerics from Delhi for allegedly converting more than a thousand people to Islam in the state by luring them with money, jobs and marriage, among other things. As per officers, the two targeted women as well as unemployed, poor and physically challenged peop | Read more|
The human rights organisation Amnesty International has said China is committing crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the north-western region that is home to the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. | Read more|
The US’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday rejected emergency use authorisation for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccine, instead recommending that the vaccine manufacturer’s US partner apply for biologics licence application (BLA), PTI reported. BLA is a “full approval” mechanism by the FDA for drugs a | Read more|
Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana has been named in a case of sedition and hate speech for her comments criticizing Administrator Praful Khoda Patel's Covid handling and alleging that the Centre had used a "bio-weapon". The FIR was filed on the complaint of the BJP's chief in the Union Territory. | Read more|
Days after Bokaro Police in Jharkhand arrested seven persons for ‘possessing and planning to sell mineral uranium’, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the ‘seized material was not uranium and not radioactive’. | Read more|
Days after two wanted drug smugglers from Punjab were gunned down in Kolkata in an encounter, details have emerged of their link to Pakistan with the recovery of some weapons, sources have said. | Read more|