India was aware of anti-Hasina wave but could not interfere, says Jaishankar

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar highlighted the role of “external actors” in Bangladesh, and mentioned that China was “not an adversary but a competitor”. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India was aware of an anti-Sheikh Hasina wave building up in Bangladesh ahead of the violent overthrow of the former Prime Minister’s government on … Read more

Three killed, one injured in hand grenade explosion in Pakistan’s KP

“Three people were killed and one injured when a hand grenade exploded in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday (March 22, 2025),” police said. The police said the explosion occurred in an under-construction house in Parachinar city of Kurram district bordering Afghanistan. “Initial reports said an individual who possessed the hand grenade detonated it … Read more

RSS calls to stand in Solidarity with Hindu Society of Bangladesh

RSS volunteers during the inauguration of Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha. | Photo Credit: ANI The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday (March 22, 2025) expressed serious concern on the unabated and ‘planned’ violence, faced by the Hindu and other minority communities in the neighbouring Bangladesh. In a resolution passed at the annual meeting of Akhil … Read more

Pakistan detains leading Baloch rights activist, says police

Pakistan detained a leading female Baloch rights activist, Mahrang Baloch, on Saturday (March 22, 2025) | Photo Credit: Baloch Yakjehti Committee/X Pakistan detained a leading female Baloch rights activist on Saturday (March 22, 2025) for holding a sit-in in southwestern Balochistan at which three protesters were also killed, police said. Mahrang Baloch, one of Pakistan’s … Read more

Flights resume at London Heathrow after daylong closure sparked travel chaos around the world

Travellers arrive at Terminal 2 as Heathrow Airport slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport in London, on March 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP London Heathrow Airport said it was “fully operational” on Saturday (March 22, 2025), after an almost daylong closure sparked by an electrical substation fire. But … Read more

Donald Trump says he will pay astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore overtime out of his pocket

File picture of NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams on the International Space Station | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (March 21, 2025) said he would pay out of his pockets the overtime for astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who returned to Earth this week after spending nine months … Read more