Month: January 2026

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Wednesday to bid an emotional farewell to former Bangladeshi prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was laid to rest near the parliament building amid tight security.

Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people, including a toddler and two other children, officials said Wednesday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday handed over to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Tarique Rahman a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi as thousands of people bid farewell to former prime minister Khaleda Zia at her funeral.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed BJP public representatives to intensify grassroots outreach by spending at least four days a week in their constituencies and holding at least five street-corner meetings daily, as the party gears up for the upcoming state elections.