Pakistan's press freedom crisis deepens as YouTuber alleges torture, coercion in cybercrime custody: Report

IANS | December 14, 2025 7:12 PM

Kabul, Dec 14 (IANS) Pakistan's press freedom crisis has deepened as YouTuber Saadur Rehman, popularly known as Ducky Bhai, has alleged physical and verbal abuse in the custody of Pakistan's National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA). In the video uploaded on his YouTube channel, he revealed that he was beaten, verbally abused and coerced into transferring cryptocurrency assets to personal accounts of officials, a report has said.

'Scenes in Bondi shocking and distressing': Australian PM Albanese on Sydney shooting

IANS | December 14, 2025 4:23 PM

Canberra, Dec 14 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, on Sunday, expressed shock after 10 people, including one of the shooters, were killed in mass shooting near a Jewish gathering at Bondi Beach in Sydney, terming the scenes there "shocking and distressing".

Kolkata's image takes hit in international media after chaos at Messi event

IANS | December 14, 2025 11:57 AM

Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) After the chaos at Yuva Bharati Krirangan, also known as Salt Lake Stadium, in Kolkata during Lionel Messi's event, the image of Kolkata has taken a beating on the international stage as the vandalism made headlines in major newspapers and media houses across the world.

CBI dismantles major transnational cyber fraud network; charge sheet filed against 17 accused, 58 companies

IANS | December 14, 2025 10:35 AM

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has dismantled a large and well-organised transnational cyber fraud network and filed a charge sheet against 17 accused persons, including four foreign nationals, and 58 companies, officials said on Sunday.

From Red corridors to rehabilitation: Bastar’s mass surrenders signal fading grip of Naxalism

IANS | December 13, 2025 2:48 PM

Dubai, Dec 13 (IANS) In early October, images emerging from the dense forests of Bastar in Chhattisgarh marked a moment of quiet but significant change in India’s long-running battle against Left Wing Extremism.

Bangladesh: Activist-turned-politician critically injured in Dhaka shooting

IANS | December 12, 2025 6:57 PM

Dhaka, Dec 12 (IANS) In yet another shocking incident highlighting the worsening law and order situation in Bangladesh under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, spokesperson of a July protest platform and a potential independent candidate for Dhaka-8 constituency in the upcoming February elections was shot in the head in full public view on a Dhaka street, Friday afternoon.

Bihar: Robbers posing as police steal goats purchased under CM’s scheme

IANS | December 12, 2025 5:07 PM

Patna, Dec 12 (IANS) A shocking incident has emerged from Samastipur’s Vidyapati police station area, where four men posing as police personnel stole goats purchased under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Women’s Employment Scheme.

Punjab Congress MP urges HM Amit Shah to help stop extortion, gang wars

IANS | December 11, 2025 4:16 PM

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Congress Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana, on Thursday sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s intervention to check extortion and improve the law-and-order situation in Punjab.

Bangladesh: One dead, several injured as BNP factions clash in Chittagong

IANS | December 11, 2025 3:01 PM

Dhaka, Dec 11 (IANS) In an escalating internal conflict within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), one worker of the party's student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) died and five others were injured after a violent clash broke out between two factions of the party in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong district, local media reported on Thursday.

Swift Intel, quicker action: How India and Thai agencies tracked down Luthra brothers across borders

Vicky Nanjappa | December 11, 2025 1:07 PM

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) A swift multi-agency operation, which stretched across two countries, eventually led to the detention in Thailand of Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, owners of Goa’s Birch By Romeo Lane nightclub. A total of 25 people died in the blaze at the nightclub, following which the Luthra brothers fled the country.

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Pakistan's press freedom crisis deepens as YouTuber alleges torture, coercion in cybercrime custody: Report

'Scenes in Bondi shocking and distressing': Australian PM Albanese on Sydney shooting

Kolkata's image takes hit in international media after chaos at Messi event

CBI dismantles major transnational cyber fraud network; charge sheet filed against 17 accused, 58 companies

From Red corridors to rehabilitation: Bastar’s mass surrenders signal fading grip of Naxalism

Bangladesh: Activist-turned-politician critically injured in Dhaka shooting

Bihar: Robbers posing as police steal goats purchased under CM’s scheme

Punjab Congress MP urges HM Amit Shah to help stop extortion, gang wars

Bangladesh: One dead, several injured as BNP factions clash in Chittagong

Swift Intel, quicker action: How India and Thai agencies tracked down Luthra brothers across borders

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