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US sanctions Iranian firms over Strait of Hormuz 'insurance' scheme accepting Bitcoin

India, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two Iranian firms for allegedly forcing commercial vessels to purchase mandatory maritime ... Read More


As Taslima Nasreen returns to Kolkata, a look at her controversial books that changed her life journey

Kolkata/IBNS, Aug. 1 -- "I feel extremely happy to be back here," exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen said after landing in Kolkata on Friday, marking her first visit to the city since she was f... Read More


As Taslima Nasreen returns to Kolkata, a look at the controversial books that changed her life

Kolkata/IBNS, Aug. 1 -- "I feel extremely happy to be back here," exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen said after landing in Kolkata on Friday, marking her first visit to the city since she was f... Read More


'Should there be no show of fairness?': Supreme Court questions Centre over CJI's exclusion from CEC selection panel

New Delhi/IBNS, Aug. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre over the exclusion of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from the three-member committee responsible for appointing the Chie... Read More


Kulgam terror attack turns deadlier: Second Chhattisgarh worker succumbs to bullet injuries

Srinagar/IBNS, Aug. 1 -- The death toll in the targeted terror attack on non-local workers in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam rose to two on Saturday after another injured worker succumbed to his bullet wo... Read More


Migrant worker killed, another critical in terror attack in J&K's Kulgam

India, Aug. 1 -- A migrant worker was killed and another critically injured after terrorists opened fire on two non-local labourers in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Friday evening, officials ... Read More


'Abuses never solve anything': PM Modi urges forgiveness after Jantar Mantar protest slogans

India, Aug. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for restraint and compassion after abusive slogans directed at him during student protests over alleged paper leaks led to a police case ... Read More


'I'm ashamed': Girl who abused PM Modi during NEET protests issues apology

New Delhi/IBNS, Aug. 1 -- The girl who abused Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the NEET paper-leak protests at Delhi's Jantar Mantar has issued a public apology to the Prime Minister and the countr... Read More


Shehzad Poonawalla quits BJP, drops party name from X bio-big political twist

New Delhi/IBNS, July 31 -- Shehzad Poonawalla, who served the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a national spokesperson for years, has quit the party, media reports said. Poonawalla sparked speculation... Read More


41 dead as Morocco-Ceuta migrant crisis spirals; Spain rushes troops, EU sounds alarm

India, July 31 -- A humanitarian crisis unfolded at Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta after at least 41 migrants died while attempting to cross from Morocco, prompting the Spanish government to d... Read More