Exclusive

Publication

Byline

From Kabaddi to Courtroom: Three Indian-origin men sent to prison over violence during 2023 UK kabaddi event

India, Dec. 21 -- Three Indian-origin men have been arrested and jailed in the UK for their involvement in violent disorder during a kabaddi tournament in Derby in England's East Midlands region in 20... Read More


Obesity cannot be treated with shortcuts: Jitendra Singh

India, Dec. 21 -- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh, on... Read More


Burnt to death: 7-year-old girl killed as BNP leader's house set on fire in Bangladesh

India, Dec. 21 -- A seven-year-old girl was burnt to death and three others were injured after the house of a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader-allegedly locked from the outside-was set on fir... Read More


'Stricter punishment for insulting faiths': Revanth Reddy announces new law

India, Dec. 21 -- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday announced that the Congress-led state government is planning to introduce a new law to punish those who insult any religion, with a... Read More


Bengali singer Lagnajita Chakraborty alleges abuse, assault bid on stage, police arrest accused

India, Dec. 21 -- A man has been arrested after Bengali singer Lagnajita Chakraborty alleged that she was abused and nearly assaulted for not singing a "secular" song during a live concert in East Mid... Read More


Telangana to bring Karnataka-style hate speech law amid rising debate on communal rhetoric

Hyderabad/IBNS, Dec. 21 -- The Congress-ruled Telangana government has announced plans to introduce state legislation against hate speech, following Karnataka's recent passage of a similar law that se... Read More


No evidence of blasphemy by Hindu man lynched in Bangladesh: Probe

India, Dec. 21 -- Investigators probing the brutal lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old Hindu man killed in Bangladesh's Mymensingh district over alleged blasphemy, have found no evidence that ... Read More


US launches Operation Hawkeye Strike in Syria targeting ISIS after Americans killed

Washington DC/IBNS, Dec. 20 -- The United States has launched a military operation dubbed Operation Hawkeye Strike against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria to avenge a deadly attack in Palmyra that k... Read More


'Rom-coms are tough to crack': Kartik Aaryan ahead of Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri release

India, Dec. 20 -- Actor Kartik Aaryan opens up about returning to romantic comedies with Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri, his evolving chemistry with Ananya Panday, being labelled a marketing whiz... Read More


Horror on tracks: Rajdhani Express ploughs into elephant herd, eight killed in Assam

Guwahati/IBNS, Dec. 20 -- Eight elephants were killed and one calf was injured after a herd was hit by an express train in Assam's Hojai district in the early hours of Saturday, media reports said. T... Read More