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Bangladesh is preparing for the first election since the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina, but supporters of her banned Awami League are struggling to decide whether to shift their allegiance.

Viral videos from northern India show rowdy behaviour during snowfall, including shirtless men and risky driving, leading to calls for stricter civic sense enforcement.

Top international airlines have cancelled flights to the Middle East amid rising geopolitical tensions.

Peace in the Middle East has always been a function of the role that external powers have wielded, most profoundly that of the US. Once again, the Gaza peace plan enforced by a Board of Peace (BoP) has the US writ large over it.

The Central Board of Secondary Education has made CTET 2026 city intimation slips available online. The exam will be held on February 8, 2026, with results expected by March end.

Allegations of a dummy namaz have cast a fresh shadow over what the administration is calling a rare and hard-won moment of communal calm in Dhar.

Recalling her first cancer diagnosis at age 18, Xia said she felt devastated and heartbroken.

The United States has once again turned its attention to Greenland, this time not through official statements but through a viral meme.

Americans stripped supermarket shelves Friday ahead of potentially catastrophic winter weather that threatened at least 160 million people across the country with transportation chaos, blackouts and life-threatening cold.

If a wife's actions or omissions contribute to her husband's incapacity to earn, she cannot claim maintenance from him, the Allahabad High Court has held.

A week later, Ye passed away. Huang respected her wishes and transferred her to the general ward, where she spent her final moments peacefully.

An attack on a young Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader snowballed into intense communal violence in Tarana town of Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district, leading to large-scale vandalism, arson and a heavy police crackdown over two days.

Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said India is on track to begin commercial semiconductor chip production in 2026, meeting the timeline set under India Semiconductor Mission launched in January 2022.

Iran never wanted to have nuclear weapons, because it is haram, Dr Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, Representative in India of Iran's Supreme Leader, has said, while stating that the country wants to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

A high-ranking Central Committee member of the CPI (Maoist), identified as Patiram Majhi alias Anal da, was shot on Thursday during a major joint anti-Naxal operation, Meghaburu.

The US Southern Command said on Friday it carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people.

A massive fire broke out at a gaming zone under the Sukher police station in Udaipur city on Friday afternoon, causing severe damage to the premises, though no loss of life was reported from the site.

At least five people were killed and ten injured in a suicide blast during wedding celebrations at the residence of a peace committee member in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday night.

Uttar Pradesh government will honour five distinguished luminaries, including Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla, who have brought laurels to the state at the national and international level.

More than 30,000 police personnel and over 70 companies of paramilitary forces will be deployed across the national capital to secure Republic Day celebrations, officials said on Friday.

Noting that the history of the relationship and collaboration between Iran and India dates back hundreds of years before the emergence of Islam, Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, Representative of Iran's Supreme Leader, said.

A half of Europeans surveyed in seven EU countries view US President Donald Trump as an enemy of Europe, according to a poll published Friday.

Troops sent to Greenland by Copenhagen were ordered to be combat ready in case the United States attacked the autonomous Danish territory, Danish public broadcaster DR reported on Friday.

A US-based rights group said Friday it has confirmed the deaths of more than 5,000 people during protests that swept Iran, adding that the vast majority were protesters targeted by security forces.

The United States unveiled sanctions Friday targeting Iran's shadow fleet said to be supporting the country's oil exports, as Washington steps up pressure over the government's crackdown on protesters.

Sunita Williams, retired astronaut, reveals surprising sights from space, including numerous satellites and rare lightning energy captured from the ISS.

Four people were killed following a head-on collision between a bus and a tourist vehicle in the district on Friday, police said.

They say love is blind. But in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, love almost cost the life of a young man who came to his girlfriend's place just seven houses away from where he lives.

A 10-year-old girl was raped by a 22-year-old man and a minor boy in Odisha's Nayagarh district on Thursday.

Mumbai actor Siddharth Bhardwaj forgave a delivery rider who crashed into his BMW after hearing about the rider's mother's cancer diagnosis.

Donald Trump took a dig at global warming fears amid forecasts of a winter storm for two-thirds of America. Taking to Truth Social, Trump questioned the reality of global warming in the wake of 40 US states being expected to be hit by a cold wave.

In a significant move to bolster ties between two of the world's largest democracies, the European Union (EU) and India are set to unveil a Security and Defence Strategic Partnership and are closing in on a landmark Free Trade Agreement.

Showcasing Andhra Pradesh's success under the Chandrababu Naidu government, IT minister Nara Lokesh has said 25% of all investments in India are flowing to the state, and underlined that this is just the beginning.

Amid tight security, thousands of Hindus performed puja to mark Basant Panchami and a handful of Muslim devotes offered namaz at separate locations within the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Friday.

Faculty have criticised the timing and implementation, citing disruption to teaching and academic planning, with some calling the mid-semester changes illegal and disruptive to students and staff.

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He dismissed the two-state solution as unrealistic. It's a non-starter, Barkat said, pointing to near-unanimous opposition in Israel's parliament

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will on Friday hold talks with her Greenlandic counterpart after a turbulent week that saw US President Donald Trump back down from his threats to seize the Arctic island and agree to talks.

Indian Armed Forces will showcase a tableau on Operation Sindoor with a motto of Victory through jointness, highlighting India's success and the coordination of the tri-services in the military operation against Pakistan's terror infrastructure.

Russia said it was not dropping its key demand that Ukraine pull out of its eastern Donbas region, ahead of three-way talks between Ukrainian, Russian and American officials in the UAE later on Friday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that the vital question of territory in Ukraine's war with Russia would be discussed at US-brokered trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on Friday and Saturday.

A Florida animal shelter reunited a 15-year-old dog named Buttercup with her family more than a decade after she went missing, made possible through microchip identification.

Two people died on the spot after their speeding motorcycle crashed into a roadside railing on the Greenfield National Highway. The accident took place in Lingala village of Kallur mandal in Telangana's Khammam district.

High ammonia levels in the Yamuna and reduced water supply from Haryana through the Munak Canal are set to cause significant disruption in water supply in parts of Delhi until February 4.

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A woman here was allegedly cheated of over Rs 15 lakh by a man who posed as a Canada-based businessman, promising to marry her after befriending her on a matrimonial website, police said on Friday.

The Chinese military has claimed rapid advances in drone warfare, showcasing test results that one soldier could handle 200 drones using AI technology.

A foreign content creator visiting India was warmly invited by locals for free chai and bread in a park, highlighting Indian hospitality.

As Maharashtra marks the centenary of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackerays birth anniversary, his nephew Raj Thackeray has dropped hints of a rift in the nascent alliance with his cousin, Uddhav Thackeray, an alliance that ended a nearly two decade feud

A Pakistani terrorist associated with the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was killed by security forces in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Friday.