China's military has blasted a dam to release floodwaters threatening one of its most heavily populated provinces, as the death toll in widespread flooding rose to at least 25.
Beijing: At least 12 people were killed while about 100,000 have been relocated to safe places in China's central Henan province which received the highest daily rainfall since the weather record began, state media reported on Wednesday.
Actor Prakash Raj casts his vote, encourages voter participation in B'luru during LS polls 2024
Cong will win majority of 14 seats facing elections in Karnataka, says Minister Parameshwara
Over 22 per cent polling in 14 LS seats in Karnataka till 11 am
107-year-old Munivenkatappa votes in Basavanatta village of Kolar
BJP candidate K Sudhakar booked as flying squad seizes Rs 4.8 cr cash
NCBC summons Karnataka Chief Secretary over Muslim quota inclusion
Frustration driving CM Siddaramaiah to speak against PM: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje
Karnataka High Court upholds tender process for Sharavathi hydroelectric project
WhatsApp says it will exit India if forced to compromise with privacy, Delhi High Court informed
Altercation erupts between BJP workers, police, and media at Mangaluru polling booth
Nirmala Sitharaman, Narayana Murthy, Rahul Dravid among early voters in Bengaluru
EVM technical glitch delays voting in Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency
Bamako (Mali): Mali's interim President Assimi Goita said he was unharmed after a man tried to stab him Tuesday at the Grand Mosque in the capital amid celebrations for the Muslim holiday of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha.
Beijing: China on Tuesday rolled out a high-speed maglev train with a designed top speed of 600 kms per hour, stated to be the world's fastest ground vehicle, according to the official media.
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday reiterated the police's claim that the daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador was not kidnapped even as he urged her to come forward and join the probe, in a case that has further soured relations between the two neighbours.
Paris: The Paris prosecutor's office is investigating the suspected widespread use of spyware made by Israel-based NSO Group to target journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents.
Washington: The US has lowered its travel advisory for India from the highest Level 4, meaning no travel, to Level 3, which urges citizens to reconsider it, amidst a drop in the number of COVID-19 deaths and infections in the country.
Washington: The Biden administration has urged a federal court in Los Angeles to extradite Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana to India where he is sought for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
Kathmandu: Nepal's new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday comfortably won a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, ensuring continuity of the twice dissolved lower house of Parliament for the remaining duration.
Prominent global media watchdogs and a rights group have condemned the death of Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan, demanding a thorough probe into his killing and urging the authorities to do more to protect members of the press.