San Francisco,  The possibility of the US following India in banning TikTok became stronger after a proposal to bar the downloading of the short video-sharing platform on government-issued devices got the backing of the US House of Representatives.

Republican Ken Buck offered the proposal to bar TikTok from f

Kabul, At least seven Afghan security forces were killed in a Taliban attack in the southern province of Kandahar, police chief Tadin Khan confirmed on Wednesday.

The clashes started in Takhta Pul district of the province on Tuesday when the Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints, kiling seven security fo

Islamabad, The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday slammed police for the kidnapping of journalist Matiullah Jan, saying that the entire state was responsible for the incident.

The IHC was conducting the hearing of a petition regarding the journalist's abduction. Jan was kidnapped from outside his wife'

Dhaka, The COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh have touched 213,254 with 2,744 new infections, health officials said on Wednesday.

The country has registered 42 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total fatalities to 2,751, the officials added.

Senior Health Ministry official Nasima Sultana said in a b

Colombo, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the wildlife department to probe the incidents of the deaths of leopards killed in snares in recent weeks.

The Prime Minister directed Wildlife Director General M.G.C Sooriyabandara to conduct a prompt investigation and initiate legal action again

Lucknow, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Gopamau in Hardoi, Shyam Prakash, has once again embarrassed his own party by accusing bureaucrats of being corrupt.

"Maine apne rajnaitik jeevan mein itna bhrashtachar nahin dekha. Jisse shikayat karo wo khud wasooli kar leta hai (I have never seen this level of corru

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to advocate Prashant Bhushan over the alleged contemptuous remarks made on Twitter. The court also asked the Attorney General to assist it in the case.

A Bench, comprising Justices Arun Mishra, B.R. Gavai and Krishna Murari, asked Bhushan and Twitter to file

New Delhi, A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Wednesday sentenced 11 policemen, including the then Deputy Superintendent of Police, to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to the murder of royal Raja Man Singh in 1985.

District Judge Sadhana Rani Thakur announced the life imprisonment sentence a day

Amaravati,  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, here on Wednesday, expanded his cabinet by inducting two Ministers.

C. Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna and Seediri Appalaraju took oath at a ceremony in Raj Bhavan. Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan administered the oath at 1.29 p.m.

New Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the Indian Air Force's operational capabilities and deployments at forward locations on Wednesday amid the tense border situation with China. Singh also urged the IAF to stand ready to handle any eventuality on the border with China.

Singh addressed the inaugu