Hombale Films has announced 'Mahavatar Parshuraam', a new installment in its planned seven-part Mahavatar Cinematic Universe, following 'Narsimha'. The film is slated for a theatrical release in December 2027....
Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming declined to provide specifics on MS Dhoni's fitness, saying only that Dhoni was 'progressing well' in his recovery. The question of whether Dhoni will play in IPL 2026 remai...
An elderly woman was found dead with her body partially eaten near the Sholayar dam area in Malakkappara, Kerala, in a suspected leopard attack. The incident has raised alarm among local residents over increasing wildlif...
South Korea's military reported that North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles in the latest of a series of weapons tests. The launches are in violation of United Nations sanctions....
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and former CM K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) held rallies on the same day, setting the stage for a political confrontation. Public attention is focused on whether KCR will directly targ...
Executive Council convenor Regina Ip has called on the Hong Kong government to use its proposed accountability system prudently when investigating department heads, warning against undermining civil service morale. She s...
Venture capitalist Jixun Foo of Granite Asia argues that Asia's supply chain and manufacturing capabilities position it well as AI development shifts toward physical applications such as robotics and industrial automatio...
A 61-year-old woman in Guangdong province underwent brain surgery in early April to remove an 8cm-long parasitic worm after suffering prolonged mystery health problems. Doctors linked the infection to a childhood inciden...
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po announced that Hong Kong will reveal a new group of "strategic enterprises" on Monday, with some firms carrying market capitalisations of up to HK$100 billion. The incoming companies s...
A single father known as Dicky Yau declined further public donations after a viral video showed him struggling to pay a mechanic following a motorcycle breakdown in Kuala Lumpur. The video prompted an outpouring of finan...
Three people in California have been convicted for staging fake bear attacks on luxury vehicles — including a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes — to fraudulently claim nearly US$142,000 in insurance payouts. The Californi...
Veteran ship mechanic David Chan, in his seventies, faces an uncertain future as a planned marina development threatens to displace the Po Chong Wan temporary industrial area where he has worked for decades. Chan represe...
Filipino girl group BINI became the first P-pop act from the Philippines and the first Southeast Asian girl group to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The eight-member group delivered a 45-minute s...
China has expanded humanitarian and agricultural aid to several African nations, including drought relief signed during Vice-President Han Zheng's Nairobi visit and food shipments to Somalia, Togo, Zimbabwe, and Zambia b...
Pope Leo, the first American pope, moved to downplay tensions with US President Donald Trump on Saturday, claiming media reporting on his earlier remarks had not been fully accurate. His comments in Cameroon about the wo...
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta criticised parties opposing the women's reservation bill, saying their arguments lacked substance and reflected an anti-women mindset. She expressed deep disappointment that the legislati...
Members of the Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation (APTF) staged a protest in Ongole, accusing the coalition government of failing to fulfil election promises to address long-pending employee and teacher issues two years ...
A resident of Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh flagged that India's Census 2027 self-enumeration portal displayed a Chinese place name for his hometown — a location beyond the Line of Actual Control. Officials said the is...
Residents are calling for the creation of a separate Arani district, arguing it would attract government infrastructure funding and improve civic amenities for the local population....
Iran has completely closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to a U.S. port blockade, with the Revolutionary Guard navy warning vessels in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman that approaching the strait will be treated as co...