Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) Bangladesh's interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has directed the country’s Election Commission to hold a referendum on the same day as the February 2026 elections, the EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said on Saturday, local media reported.
Johannesburg, Nov 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a series of interactions with several world leaders on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in South Africa's Johannesburg on Saturday.
Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) Bangladesh's rapid drift towards Islamisation is evident with Dhaka emerging as a hub for a range of terrorist and extremist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami, Ansarullah Bangla, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJI), local Islamic State units, and numerous lone-wolf extremists, a report said on Saturday.
Islamabad, Nov 22 (IANS) At least 85 women have faced violence daily over the past six months in Pakistan’s Punjab province, including nine cases of rape each day, according to a biannual report released by the Islamabad-based Sustainable Social Development Organisation (SSDO).
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) India, for nearly a decade, had been gradually shedding the rhetoric of strategic restraint, with its cycle of responses to major Pakistan-based terrorist attacks, including Uri in 2016, Balakot in 2019, and Pahalgam in 2025 revealing an unavoidable reality, renowned international analysts reckoned on Saturday.
Riyadh, Nov 22 (IANS) The last rites of Indian pilgrims killed in the tragic bus accident in Saudi Arabia were performed on Saturday in the Kingdom’s Medina city.
Quetta, Nov 22 (IANS) Several human rights organisations on Saturday condemned the enforced disappearance of a teenage Baloch girl during a raid by Pakistani forces in Balochistan.
Johannesburg, Nov 22 (IANS) The leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20), who have gathered in South Africa's Johannesburg for the historic first Summit on the African Continent under the South African G20 Presidency, on Saturday adopted a declaration that addressed major global challenges after discussing ways to promote solidarity, equality and sustainability as key pillars of inclusive growth.
Johannesburg, Nov 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India–France ties remain a force for global good as he met French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in South Africa's Johannesburg.
Johannesburg, Nov 22 (IANS) In what was their second meeting this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to deepen the strategic partnership between both countries as they met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in South Africa's Johannesburg.
