GALPATHA, Sri Lanka, June 5, 2026 (AP) — The site of the deadly fire at an unregistered nursing home for people with mental illnesses in Western Sri Lanka lay abandoned Friday as the death toll rose from 12 to 13 after one
New Delhi, Mar 18 (PTI) Rajya Sabha CPI member Sandosh Kumar P on Tuesday asked the finance minister to address the bank unions’ genuine demands, including filling up vacant posts in public sector banks, and five-day working. Raising the issue during Zero
Kolkata, Mar 17 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday congratulated Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak on being selected for the 2025 Holberg Prize, considered one of the most prestigious international awards in humanities and social sciences. Acknowledging Spivak’s significant contributions
QUETTA, Pakistan, March 12, 2025 (AP) — Pakistani security forces exchanged gunfire on Wednesday with hundreds of separatist militants as they sought to free about 300 hostages aboard a train in the country’s rugged southwest, officials said. Security forces were being cautious
New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said bureaucrats couldn’t be allowed to “frustrate grassroot democracy” and upheld a Bombay High Court order reinstating a woman as the sarpanch of a Maharashtra village. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and