DHAKA, Bangladesh, November 21, 2025 (AP) A strong, 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook central Bangladesh on Friday, killing at least eight people and leaving more than 300 injured, authorities and local media said. Buildings in the countrys capital, Dhaka, swayed in the temblor, sending panicked residents into the streets. The quake hit at 10:38 a.m., with the epicenter in the Ghorashal area in Narsingdi district, about 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Dhaka. The U.S. Geological Survey said that it h

NEW DELHI, November 11, 2025 (AP) A car explosion near the historic Red Fort in Indias capital on Monday killed eight people and injured at least 19 others, police in New Delhi said. The blast, which triggered a fire that damaged several vehicles parked nearby, took place near one of the gates of the Red Fort metro station, the fire services said. The cause is being investigated. New Delhis international airport, metro stations and government buildings were placed on a high security alert after

New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) Congress leader KC Venugopal on Friday claimed that a former union minister has exposed a scam related to power purchases in Bihar and said the people are rejecting the NDA in the ongoing elections in the state as they know that the system is being remote controlled. In a post on X, Venugopal alleged that the Adani Group is receiving red carpet treatment in Bihar and asserted that corruption would be uncovered, with those responsible being held accountable. However, there

Queensland, Oct 15 (The Conversation) You look so great! Have you lost weight? Wow, youre looking so healthy now! Good for you. As fat people, weve heard comments like this for most of our lives. At the times when our bodies were smaller, these comments made us feel proud and accepted. We felt like we were finally good enough. But when we regained the weight, as happens for most people, we felt like our bodies were no longer good enough and that these well-intentioned comments were in fact harmf

NEW DELHI, October 15, 2025 (AP) A suspected short circuit sparked a fire on a passenger bus in Rajasthan on Tuesday, rapidly engulfing the vehicle in flames and burning at least 20 people to death, authorities said. The bus with 35 to 50 passengers aboard was minutes from starting its journey between the towns of Jaisalmer and Jodhpur when the fire broke out, local ruling party lawmaker Mahant Pratap Puri told The Associated Press. Passengers didnt get time to deboard the bus as the fire sprea

Lucknow, Sep 25 (PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the BJP government, accusing it of looting the public through GST collections, fuelling inflation and doing gimmicks instead of real work. The truth is, those who imposed GST and looted the treasury, collected it all, are today out doing Ganging to mislead people. Tell me, after nine years, they suddenly realised that milk has become expensive, curd has become expensive, food items have becom

Guwahati, Sept 12 (PTI) Taking a jibe at Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi said that people of Assam deserve better and they will receive better after the 2026 assembly elections. Gogoi also took a dig at Sarma for his latest flop show, referring to the Assam Polices investigation into alleged Pakistani links of the Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha, the probe report of which has not yet been disclosed. I feel sorry for a chief minister whose words have lost all

KATHMANDU, Nepal, September 9, 2025 (AP) Nepals government lifted its ban on social media platforms Tuesday a day after police killed opened fire on mass street protests against the ban, killing 19 people. The district administration ordered an indefinite curfew in the capital and schools were closed. A curfew was also imposed in two other cities. Several widely used social networks, including Facebook, X and YouTube were blocked in the Himalayan nation last week after failing to comply with a

Majuli (Assam) [India], August 28 (ANI): Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi expressed his partys enthusiasm for the INDIA blocs Vice-Presidential nominee, former Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy, stating that the people of India are warmly accepting him. Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, Gogoi said, We are very pleased that the people of India are accepting B Sudarshan Reddy, the INDIA Alliance candidate for the Vice Presidential election. He is already creating an impact, and we wish him all the best.

Patna, August 11, 2025 (BBC) A few days ago, Indias Election Commission released updated draft electoral rolls for Bihar state, where key elections are scheduled for November, following a month-long revision of the voters list. But opposition parties and election charities say the exercise was rushed through and many voters in Bihar have told the BBC that the draft rolls have wrong photos and include dead people. The Special Intensive Revision better known by its acronym SIR was held from 25