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Kabul mosque blast: Death toll rises to 21

A blast which ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in the Afghan capital killed at least 21 people and wounded more than two dozen others, police said Thursday. The number of bombings across Afghanistan has declined since the Taliban...

Punjabi fourth-most widely spoken language in Canadian homes

Punjabi is the fourth-most widely spoken language spoken at home in Canada while the number of those using other Indian tongues has risen steeply, according to new data released on Wednesday. Canada’s two official languages, English and French, remain the...

US announces trade talks with Taiwan, island drills military

The U.S. government on Thursday announced trade talks with Taiwan in a sign of support for the island democracy China claims as its own territory, prompting a warning by Beijing that it will take action if necessary to “safeguard...

Canadian parliamentary committee plans Taiwan visit amid tensions

A large Canadian parliamentary committee delegation is planning to visit the Chinese-claimed island of Taiwan in October, local media reported on Wednesday, a development that could further worsen relations between Ottawa and Beijing. The planned visit, if it happens, will...

‘Hope followers have increased’: Kieron Pollard calls out Aakash Chopra, later deletes tweet

Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard put out a tweet on Thursday tagging commentator and former India batter Aakash Chopra, asking the latter his “fan base and followers” have increased. Interestingly, Pollard went on to delete the tweet not...

Inside Kapoor family’s Raksha Bandhan celebrations: Kareena Kapoor, Riddhima Kapoor, Aadar Jain and others attend

The Kapoor family gathered together at Randhir Kapoor's house in Mumbai to celebrate the festival of Raksha Bandhan. The gathering included Randhir and Babita's daughter Kareena Kapoor, along with several other members of the Kapoor clan from across g. Riddhima Kapoor...

Forty-two Malian soldiers killed in suspected Islamist attack

Forty-two Malian soldiers were killed and 22 injured in an attack near the town of Tessit on Sunday, Mali's government said on Wednesday, blaming an Islamic State affiliate. It was one of the deadliest attacks in recent years for the...

Radio host Joti Mann assaulted outside Canada home

Local police is investigating an attack by three armed people on a Punjabi media host in his own driveway in a suburb of Toronto. The graphic video of the assault went viral in Canada, as the victim was identified as...

Sri Lanka’s ex-leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves Singapore: Report

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Singapore Thursday, the city-state's immigration office said, after his social visit pass expired. The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) confirms that Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Singapore on 11 August 2022," the office said...

China says it needs more time to assess US, India proposal to blacklist JeM chief’s brother at UNSC

China on Thursday said it needs more time to “assess” the India-US proposal to list Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) leader Abdul Rauf Azhar as a global terrorist at the UN Security Council, hours after blocking the joint effort. A day earlier,...

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Maruti starts production at 2nd Kharkhoda plant

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Monday announced the start of commercial production at the second plant of its Kharkhoda...