Kolkata: Former West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) chairman and current Trinamool MLA Manik Bhattacharya was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after a marathon questioning session on monetary kickbacks allegedly received for...

Former Punjab minister Sunder Sham Arora, who joined the BJP in June, was arrested by the State Vigilance Bureau for allegedly offering a bribe to its AIG-rank officer for “favourably settling” an inquiry against him.

An eight-year-old girl became a victim of suspected human sacrifice in a village of Bengal’s Malda district, hours after she was last seen alive in the company of a local priest known to be involved in occult practices.

A Korean student, who allegedly stabbed his Indian-origin roommate to death in their dormitory at Purdue University has been charged with murder, according to US media reports. Ji Min Sha, cybersecurity major from Seoul ruthlessly attacked Varun...

Dhaka: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) says fake cases were being slapped on supporters of the party and accused authorities of targeting opposition political parties.

Washington: Pakistan’s new finance minister Ishaq Dar stated that he will seek rescheduling of some $27 billion worth of non-Paris Club debt largely owed to China, but will not pursue haircuts as part of any restructuring.

Islamabad: Azam Swati, a senior legislator from former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for a “highly obnoxious and intimidating” tweet against the chief...

Islamabad: In a further setback to the Shehbaz Sharif administration, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, led by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, won the important by-elections, capturing two out of three provincial assembly seats in Punjab...

Paris: Despite internet outages, angry protesters returned to the streets once more across Iran as the uprising prompted by Mahsa Amini's death in detention entered its fifth week.