A 45-year-old cleanliness worker employed with the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) died of electrocution while on duty in Kannagi Nagar early Saturday morning, sparking outrage and calls for accountability.

Eight people were killed and five others seriously injured after a truck collided with an auto-rickshaw in Bihar's Patna district on Saturday.

According to police, the incident occurred when a speeding truck hit an auto-rickshaw carrying devotees from Malama village in Nalanda district to Fatuha for bathing in the Ganga River around 6 a.m.

Bangladesh have named a 15-member squad for the upcoming 2025 ICC Women's ODI World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, with Nigar Sultana Joty appointed captain for the team's second appearance in the tournament. Joty, who also captained Bangladesh during their debut World Cup campaign in 2022, will once again spearhead the side.

In a major operation, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch has busted a Syrian gang that was collecting donations from local mosques by falsely claiming to be victims of the Gaza conflict. One of the gang members, Ali Meghat Alzahar (23), was arrested from a hotel.

An investigation team has been established by the Qinghai provincial government in China following a fatal bridge construction accident that occurred on Friday, according to the provincial emergency management bureau.

Highlighting the cultural ties between India and ASEAN countries, a special cultural event with a gathering of over 600 people, titled 'Celebrating India-ASEAN Cultural Harmony', featuring music and dance, including the dramatic retelling of Ramayan, was held in Kuala Lumpur.

Accusing the BJP of shifting from “vote theft” to “ration theft”, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday criticised the party for their anti-people stance aimed at depriving 55 lakh state residents of free food grains under the Public Distribution System (PDS).

The selection trials for the upcoming 4th Sub-Junior & Senior National Kyorugi and Poomsae Taekwondo Championship 2025, scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 2 at Cuttack, Odisha, were successfully conducted today at Law Bhawan, Sector 37, Chandigarh.

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar slammed the choice of selectors for leaving out Shreyas Iyer from India's squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, saying that his exclusion from the T20 multi-nation tournament is 'just shocking'.

Manjrekar was quite anguished with Iyer's snub for the continental tournament for which the squad was announced by chief selector Ajit Agarkar, in the presence of T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav, at the BCCI headquarters on Tuesday.

A son has been accused of brutally beating his mother, resulting in the death of the elderly woman in West Bengal's Beliaghata area of Kolkata, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on Saturday afternoon.