Agency Desk

No evidence of looming Chinese military action against Taiwan, U.S. official says

The United States has seen no evidence of looming Chinese military activity against Taiwan, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday...

Brazil reports first monkeypox death outside Africa in current outbreak

Brazil on Friday reported the first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent in the current outbreak, shortly before Spain confirmed Europe's first known death...

One held for attack on two journalists

One person has been arrested on Friday in connection with the attack on two local journalists in a market here, police said. The accused identified...

Flour docked in Lebanon not stolen from Ukraine, source at importing firm says

An official at a Turkey-based grains trading company denied on Friday that barley and flour aboard a ship docked in a Lebanese port had...

TMC leader gave assurance justice will be delivered: Agitating SSC job aspirants

Protesting School Service Commission (SSC) job aspirants in West Bengal on Friday said their meeting with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was ''fruitful'',...

MP: Cong protests `irregularities’ in Bhopal Panchayat polls; Digvijaya seen jostling with police

Congress on Friday alleged ''gross irregularities'' during the election for president and vice-president of Bhopal Janpad Panchayat as senior party leader Digvijaya Singh and...

MP: BJP claims to have won president post in 41 district panchayats, Cong puts its tally at 10

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said candidates supported by it have won the post of president in 41 district panchayats, while the...

PM Modi speaks with UN secy-gen; calls for speedy probe into attack on peacekeepers in Congo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres the recent attack on UN mission personnel in Congo, in which two...