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Return of BNP-Jamaat may normalise anti-minority violence in Bangladesh

India, Jan. 25 -- The seeds of communal violence against minorities in Bangladesh were sown long before the era of independent politics. In the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, the fundamentalist fo... Read More


Lao top leader's state visit reflects high level of bilateral political trust: diplomat

Hanoi, Jan. 25 -- The decision by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith to choose Vietnam as the first country... Read More


Amit Shah's 2027 poll pitch: Vote BJP back to power in UP, reject dynastic parties

LUCKNOW, Jan. 25 -- Setting the tone for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday appealed to people to vote for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), launch... Read More


"Won't allow even an inch of land to be taken": Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Bidadi Township issue

Ramanagara, Jan. 25 -- Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday said the Karnataka government would not be permitted to illegally acquire fertile agricultural land around Bidadi. The JD(S) MP was addr... Read More


Channa Jayasumana slams Parliament Deputy Secretary General's removal

SriLanka, Jan. 25 -- Former MP Prof. Channa Jayasumana voiced strong opposition to the removal of the Deputy Secretary General of Parliament, alleging that the action was taken without due process. D... Read More


"He reigns over hearts of youth, labourers, farmers": Mrityunjay Tiwari on RJD's new working president Tejashwi Yadav

Patna, Jan. 25 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari on Sunday welcomed the elavation of Tejashwi Yadav as the party's national working president, addressing the latter as a per... Read More


"Agreed on taking forward cooperative agenda": EAM Jaishankar meets European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas

New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday met and held "wide-ranging and productive conversation" with visiting European Commission High Representative for Foreign Affairs... Read More


"Talk to him": Tharoor on former Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad's "no internal democracy in Congress" remark

Kochi, Jan. 25 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor declined to comment on controversial remarks made by former Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad against the party leadership, saying it was not appropriate to di... Read More


Strong observer interest in Bangladesh polls: 500 foreign, 55,000 local

, Jan. 25 -- Some 500 foreign election observers, alongside over 55,000 local observers, from different countries and international organisations have expressed interest in monitoring Bangladesh's upc... Read More


'Cabinet's blessing led to Gaza board joining'Published on: January 25, 2026 2:56 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 25 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the federal cabinet had approved Pakistan joining the Board of Peace, which is led by US President Donald Trump. A group of le... Read More