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Forces can 'crush' aggressors: Sharif's big warning amid Pak-Afghan flareup

India, Feb. 27 -- As tensions rise between Afghanistan and Pakistan over fresh cross-border airstrikes, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif issued a big warning saying that the forces can 'crush' a... Read More


Crisis point: The men who ace it and their methods

India, Feb. 27 -- Just a day after India won the ODI World Cup in 2011, I interviewed Paddy Upton, the team's mental conditioning coach, and asked him who were the men for a crisis in the squad; the p... Read More


Life After 65: India's Next Development Frontier

India, Feb. 27 -- India may well become old before it becomes rich. That is simply a demographic, and economic, reality. Fertility has fallen rapidly, child survival has improved dramatically, and the... Read More


Body of 13-year-old boy retrieved from Singapore's Kallang River after falling while fishing

SINGAPORE, Feb. 27 -- The body of a 13-year-old boy was recovered from the Kallang River near Kallang MRT station on the night of February 26, more than 24 hours after he went missing while fishing, a... Read More


Thadayam web series review: Samuthirakani is a solid protagonist in preachy crime drama with no payoffs

India, Feb. 27 -- In 1996, a year after the murder of a counsellor, a series of killings take place in the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border. The waist chain of the murdered men, and wedding chains of ... Read More


Pocso case against seer after KSCPCR takes note of video

BENGALURU, Feb. 27 -- A self-styled seer in Yadgir district has been booked under the Pocso Act after a video purportedly showing him inappropriately touching a seven-year-old girl at his shrine was c... Read More


Lawmaker dismisses claims linking Okpebholo to attack on Obi, other opposition leaders

Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- Billy Osawaru, the lawmaker representing Orhionmwon/Uhunmwode Federal Constituency of Edo State, has dismissed allegations linking the state governor, Monday Okpebholo, to the rece... Read More


Katherine Short 'found dead behind locked bedroom door with suicide note and gun nearby'

United Kingdom, Feb. 27 -- Katherine Short was reportedly found dead behind a locked bedroom door with a suicide note and a gun nearby. According to law enforcement sources, the 42-year-old daughter o... Read More


Duke and Duchess of Sussex make surprise virtual appearance at NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors

United Kingdom, Feb. 27 -- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made a surprise virtual appearance at the NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors. Hours after concluding a two-day humanitarian visit to Jor... Read More


5.4 magnitude earthquake jolts Bangladesh; tremors felt in Kolkata, surrounding areas

Kolkata, Feb. 27 -- Tremors were felt in Kolkata and adjacent districts of West Bengal on Friday afternoon, after an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted parts of Bangladesh, offici... Read More