Sikh student's turban removed, tortured in Pakistan school

IANS | March 22, 2026 4:26 PM

Faisalabad (Pakistan), March 22 (IANS) An Amritdhari Sikh girl’s turban was allegedly removed by force and she was brutally beaten at a Christian school in Faisalabad district (formerly Lyallpur), of Pakistan, according to a report in Khalsa Vox.

Nearly 200 people injured in Iranian strikes in Israel's Dimona, Arad

IANS | March 22, 2026 2:14 PM

Jerusalem, March 22 (IANS) Nearly 200 people were injured in Iranian strikes in Israel's Dimona and Arad, with 11 of them seriously injured, according to medics, after Israeli air defences did not intercept at least two ballistic missiles, local media reported on Sunday.

12 dead after train crashes into bus in Bangladesh's Comilla

IANS | March 22, 2026 1:14 PM

Dhaka, March 22 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 20 others injured early Sunday when a mail train ploughed into a bus at the Padua Bazar level crossing in Comilla, in one of the deadliest rail-road collisions in recent times, according to The Dhaka Tribune.

Robert Mueller remembered for boosting India–US counterterror ties

IANS | March 22, 2026 9:30 AM

Washington, March 22 (IANS) Robert S. Mueller III, the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation whose career came to define America’s post-9/11 security architecture and later its political divisions, is being remembered in India for a quieter but enduring legacy — his role in shaping modern India-US counter-terror cooperation.

Trump threatens Iran over Hormuz strait (Ld)

IANS | March 22, 2026 9:16 AM

Washington, March 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump threatened to “hit and obliterate” Iran’s power plants within 48 hours if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, even as he said Washington was close to meeting its military objectives in the conflict.