On Wednesday, two minor Dalit sisters, ages 15 and 17, were discovered hanging from a tree in a village within the Nighasan police station limits in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. According to the deceased’s family, three young men from a nearby village kidnapped the girls. The bodies were recovered …

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid has denied that JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar is in Afghanistan, saying he is in Pakistan, according to Afghanistan’s local media outlet Tolo News. According to Bol News, Pakistan has written a letter to Afghanistan demanding the arrest of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar, citing sources …

Since 2014, Russia has secretly sent at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates in more than two dozen countries, according to a declassified US intelligence assessment. According to a senior administration official, “US intelligence believes that these are minimum figures and that Russia has likely transferred additional …

According to government sources, Indian and Chinese troops have completed their withdrawal from a critical standoff point in Ladakh. The process began on September 8th, following discussions between the two parties at the 16th round of corps commander level. Last week, India and China announced a “coordinated and planned” withdrawal …

Queen Elizabeth’s death prompted an outpouring of official condolences, sadness, and memories of her several visits to Africa during her seven decades on the throne, from Kenya and Nigeria to South Africa and Uganda. However, the death of the British king reignited a contentious discussion about Africa’s colonial past. Her …

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted authority to the competent authority to issue an “appropriate order of punishment” to a retired city police officer who allegedly failed to deploy adequate force, make preventive detentions, and take action to break up mobs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, observing that the …

Ukrainian forces continued to push north in the Kharkiv region and south and east, according to Ukraine’s Army chief on Sunday, a day after their rapid gains forced Russia to abandon its main bastion in the area. President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Ukraine’s advance in northeast Kharkiv province as a potential …

The seniormost court in Varanasi is expected to rule today on whether a case filed by five Hindu women seeking the right to worship inside the city’s Gyanvapi mosque, next to the famous Kashi Viswanath temple, is “maintainable.” District judge AK Vishvesha is expected to rule on whether the women’s …

Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), expressed discontent over the large police presence outside the Islamabad High Court during the hearing of a terrorism case brought against him on Thursday and warned him to become more dangerous if imprisoned. In response to Islamabad Saddar Magistrate Ali Javed’s …

A businessman’s properties in Kolkata were the target of a search operation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which resulted in the recovery of at least 17 crores. The ED has brought in cash-counting equipment to count the amount collected during the anti-money laundering agency’s raids at six locations in Kolkata, …