Highlights: At least 17 killed, over 100 injured in explosion in Bangladesh

At least 17 people were killed and more than 100 injured after an explosion struck an office building in the Bangladeshi capital's commercial district on Tuesday, police and medics said, reports AFP.

A worker at a petrol pump here died after he was allegedly beaten up by three men in the early hours of Tuesday following an argument over payment after filling fuel in their car, police said, reports PTI.

A carcass of a leopard was found on the engine of a goods train in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district on Tuesday, a senior forest official said. The carcass was discovered by railway officials on the train that arrived at a railway siding in Ghugus town under Chandrapur forest range, the official said, PTI reported.

The Biden administration sued on Tuesday to block JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines, saying the deal would reduce competition and drive up air fares for consumers, reports AP.

At least 15 people were killed and more than 100 were injured in Bangladesh's capital Tuesday, officials said, after an explosion inside an office building in a bustling commercial district, reports AFP.

President Joe Biden will host South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for the second state visit of his administration, the White House announced on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that as part of a campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make India tuberculosis-free by 2025, Haryana has set a target to become the first state in the country to be free of the disease, reported PTI.

A man and a woman were injured after they were shot at allegedly by two men in central Delhi's GB Road on Tuesday afternoon, police said, reported PTI.

After getting information, a police team reached the spot and found the man and the woman with bullet injuries following which they were shifted to the LNJP hospital, they said.

Eleven people were killed and dozens more injured in Bangladesh's capital after an explosion inside an office building in a bustling commercial district, police said, reported AFP.

A 20-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly shooting at a minor girl in northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri, police said. The incident took place Monday evening, reported PTI.

UN chief Antonio Guterres was traveling to Ukraine Tuesday to meet in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his third trip since Russia's full-scale invasion, his spokesman said. AFP reports.

A section of Delhi Metro's Yellow Line will remain closed till the end of operational hours on March 8 for scheduled maintenance work, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said on Tuesday, reports PTI.

At least 7 people killed, over 70 people injured in an explosion at a building in Bangladesh's Dhaka, reports ANI citing local media reports.

CBI has today video-recorded the questioning of RJD chief Lalu Yadav in connection with the land-for-job case, in Delhi, reports ANI citing sources.

A car ploughed into a group of migrant labourers in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on Tuesday, killing five and injuring four, police said, reports PTI.

The accident occurred near Dharampur on the Shimla-Kalka national highway around 9:20 am when they were walking to work, according to police.

Iran's deputy interior minister on Tuesday announced the first arrests in a spate of mystery poisonings of schoolgirls that has gripped the country for the past several months, reports AFP.

Amid rising number of child deaths in West Bengal, primarily due to acute respiratory infection (ARI), the state’s health department has cancelled leaves of all its staffers, an official said on Tuesday, reports PTI.

The BJP will hold a demonstration at the Punjab assembly when the Budget Session begins on March 9 against the "deteriorating" law and order situation in the state, party leader Ashwani Sharma said on Tuesday and cited the recent seige of the Ajnala police station by supporters of a radical preacher, PTI reported.

The influential sister of North Korea’s leader warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take “quick, overwhelming action” against the United States and South Korea, a day after the U.S. flew a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber in a demonstration of strength against the North, Reuters reported.

The Union ministry of defence on Tuesday signed two separate contracts with state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Larsen & Toubro for 70 Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) basic trainer aircraft and three cadet training ships, respectively, at a cumulative cost of ₹9,900 crore. Read more

The defence ministry on Tuesday sealed a deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to procure 70 HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft at a cost of over ₹6,800 crore for the Indian Air Force, reports PTI.

The ministry also finalised a contract with the Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) for acquisition of three cadet training ships worth over ₹3,100 crore.

Damage caused by a devastating earthquake in Turkey will exceed $100 billion, a U.N. Development Programme official told a press briefing on Tuesday ahead of a major donor conference next week, reports Reuters. Read more

President appoints Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj as ministers in the Delhi cabinet on the advice of Delhi CM, with effect from the date they are sworn in, Ministry of Home Affairs in its notification said, reported ANI. 

Morbi bridge collapse: Oreva group MD Jaysukh Patel denied interim bail by District & sessions court in Morbi, reports ANI. 

The President is pleased to accept, on the advice of the Chief Minister of Delhi, the resignation of Manish Sisodia, a Minister in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, with immediate effect: Ministry of Home Affairs notification