At least 23 people -- all women and children -- were killed in a stampede in Bangladesh's Mymensingh district, about 120 km north of capital Dhaka, as they crowded outside a donor's house early on Friday morning to receive zakat clothes, distributed during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, police said. ...
Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the opposition BJP have won two seats each on Friday as counting of votes cast for the biennial elections to 24 legislative council seats was underway, officials said....
The Ufa BRICS declaration reiterated the five members strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. ...
audi Arabia’s former minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, the world's longest-serving foreign minister, died on Thursday at the age of 75, two months after he was replaced following 40 years in the job, a media report said....
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed a historic bill that will remove the Confederate battle flag from the state Capitol grounds, where it has been a source of friction for more than half a century, LA Times reported....
SpiceJet on Thursday announced it has launched a new paid extra cabin luggage carrying feature, 'Carry More Onboard', in flights for passengers exceeding luggage beyond the freely allowed 7 kg limit. ...
In an embarrassment to the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, party legislator Manoj Kumar was arrested on Thursday on charges of cheating and forgery. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday proposed a slew of steps, including a film festival, a trade fair and a football event, to boost cooperation among the five BRICS countries....
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Delhi's AAP government said on Thursday that it will provide help to Pakistani Hindus in the capital after they told Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that they were leading a miserable existence....
