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Bangladesh unrest Bangladesh has seen a sharp rise in violence against its minority Hindu community, with six Hindus killed in the past 18 days. The incidents have triggered serious concerns over law and order and the safety of minorities.The latest incident occurred on Monday night, when Sarat Chakraborty Mani (40), a Hindu grocery shop owner,...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake early Tuesday struck the coast of western Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, with no tsunami warning issued.The tremor was recorded at 10:18 am (0118 GMT) in Shimane prefecture, according to the agency.There were no immediate reports of damage, and the US Geological Survey gave a slightly lower reading of 5.8.The quake...

NEW DELHI: Holding that delay in trial and long incarceration cannot be a “trump card” to get bail in UAPA offences and that a court cannot treat liberty of an accused as the sole criterion and societal security as peripheral, Supreme Court Monday rejected bail pleas of student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in...

Gunfire was heard near Venezuela’s Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Monday night, just days after former president Nicolás Maduro was captured and brought to the United States. CNN obtained videos showed what appeared to be lights from drones and anti-aircraft fire across the night sky.On Monday morning, Maduro, handcuffed and flanked by armed federal...

NEW DELHI: Observing that a fearless judge is the bedrock of an independent judiciary, Supreme Court on Monday held that disciplinary proceedings can’t be initiated against a judge for an error of judgment on their part. It also expressed concern over frivolous complaints being filed against members of judiciary, which lead to trial court judges...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala University’s Centre for Latin American Studies is paying the price for what could be the costliest ‘typo’ in its financial history — a careless bank clerk swapping ‘ ₹’ with ‘$’ while transferring funds to a Brazilbased journalist as remuneration for four online lectures he delivered in 2023.The difference between the intended fee...

After an extraordinary five-week run at the Indian box office, ‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna, has recorded its first significant slowdown in collections. The Aditya Dhar-directed spy thriller, which had consistently delivered double-digit daily figures, finally slipped into single digits on its fifth Monday. ‘Dhurandhar’ box office collection Day 32 As per early...

In its fifth day of release, Agastya Nanda’s inaugural film ‘Ikkis’, a stirring biopic about Arun Khetarpal, has encountered a stark decline at the box office, raking in only Rs 1.35 crore. Being the only major release has not shielded it from disappointing results, with an overall collection of THIS amount. Agastya Nanda‘s ‘Ikkis’ became...

NEW DELHI: Sparks flew in SC as Telangana opposed Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram-Nallamala Sagar Project (PNSP) with A Revanth Reddy-led govt accusing AP of attempting to misappropriate its share of Godavari water and N Chandrababu Naidu-led govt charging Telangana of attempting to stall farmer-friendly projects even after taking erstwhile capital city Hyderabad.Telangana through senior advocate A...