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US soldier Bowe Bergdahl held captive in Afghanistan freed after five years

June 01, 2014 10:44 am

Sgt Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to US special forces by the Taliban Saturday evening local time, in an area near the Pakistan border.

Afghan gun massacre families paid compensation

March 26, 2012 10:25 am

Families received around $50,000 for each person killed and about $10,000 for each wounded.

Briefly World

October 26, 2010 2:04 am

A Canadian accused of killing an American soldier as a teenage al-Qaeda militant pleaded guilty.

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Madhya Pradesh’s Urban Administration Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya

‘Complained for days, but no one listened’: Kailash Vijayvargiya confronted at ground zero of Indore water contamination

Updated: January 1, 2026 22:36 IST

For the BJP, the crisis has snowballed into a political minefield in one of its most secure urban bastions in Madhya Pradesh.

UPSC Key: Draft rules for labour codes, PRAGATI, and India’s thorium ambitions

Updated: January 1, 2026 22:32 IST

How is knowing about the PRAGATI platform relevant to the UPSC exam? What significance do topics like copper, labour codes, and India’s thorium ambitions have for both the Preliminary and Main examinations? You can learn more by reading the Indian Express UPSC Key for January 1, 2026.

China just made condoms more expensive to encourage people to have more children

China just made condoms more expensive. Here’s why

Updated: January 1, 2026 22:32 IST

Official figures show China’s population has shrunk for three consecutive years, with about 9.54 million babies born in 2024.

People of Kerala ‘ready for new dawn’: PM Modi in letter to first BJP mayor of Thiruvananthapuram

Updated: January 1, 2026 22:32 IST

‘Our vision to build a Viksit Thiruvananthapuram has resonated with the people across the city, from all sections of society’: PM

Ashes: Why the fifth Test between Australia and England is far from a dead rubber

Updated: January 1, 2026 22:32 IST

Though Australia have retained the Ashes and won the series, there are enough narrative threads to make the fifth Test fascinating and dramatic

Switzerland Blast Live Updates: Around 40 killed, 115 injured in Crans-Montana ski resort fire says police commander

Updated: January 1, 2026 22:48 IST

Switzerland's Crans Montana Resort Blast Today Live News Updates: The blast took place at 01:30 local time (00:30 GMT) in the Constellation Bar.

Nagpur’s renowned neurosurgeon, Dr Chandrashekhar Pakhmode. (Photo: Loksatta)

Nagpur neurosurgeon Dr Chandrashekhar Pakhmode dies of heart attack at 53, was fit, had clean ECG 3 days ago: Which cardiac risks are we missing?

Updated: January 1, 2026 22:32 IST

A cardiologist explains why we need to look at stress, burnout and sleep

Once upon a time in Dehradun, a Chinese man, an Indian wedding

Updated: January 1, 2026 22:31 IST

Anjel Chakma’s death exposes how decades of social change and political polarisation have altered who feels at home

Bangladeshi Hindu businessman in critical condition after miscreants stab, tried to set him on fire

Bangladeshi Hindu businessman in critical condition after miscreants stab, try to set him on fire

Updated: January 1, 2026 22:31 IST

The attack on Khokon Chandra Das is the fourth time in recent weeks that Hindus have come under assault in Bangladesh.

Between them, now serving as additional public prosecutors at Delhi’s Rohini Courts, lawyer couple Yogita and Vineet have secured more than 150 convictions, with 85 per cent of those being under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

They secured 150+ convictions: Meet Sonipat lawyer couple turning India’s darkest legal files into justice

Updated: January 1, 2026 22:31 IST

POCSO Act convictions in India: For Yogita and Vineet, justice isn't just a profession; it's a shared burden and a symbiotic mission. Whether they are navigating hostile witnesses or resisting the pressures of 'threats and bribes', their resolve remains unshaken.