Breaking News Live Updates: 128 journalists killed worldwide in 2025, Middle East among worst- affected nations
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At least 128 journalists and media workers have lost their lives, making it another horrifying year for journalism. The worst-affected regions include, Middle East and the Arab world. The list has been released by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
'No casualties reported in Dachhan fire incident': Union Minister Jitendra Singh
Union Minister Jitendra Singh tweets, "Just now spoke to DC Kishtwar, Shri Pankaj Sharma, after learning about the fire incident in the Dachhan area, in which a couple of houses were gutted. No loss of life has been reported. The administration and the Red Cross have immediately mobilised relief material to the spot. Meanwhile, financial assistance is also being arranged for the affected families..."
'People like Shah Rukh Khan are traitors': BJP leader Sangeet Singh Som
On Spiritual leader Devkinandan Thakur's statement, BJP leader Sangeet Singh Som says, "The way Hindus are being persecuted in Bangladesh, women and girls are being raped, their homes are being burned, and anti-India slogans are being chanted there. Despite all this, traitors like Shah Rukh Khan, I'm calling him a traitor because everything he has is given by India, given by the people of India, but where do they invest this money? They invest it in players from a country that is working against India. I want to tell people like Shah Rukh Khan that they will not succeed. At any cost, they will not be able to get Mustafizur Rahman to play here. Rahman won't be able to step outside the airport... People like Shah Rukh Khan are traitors, they eat in India and sing praises of Pakistan and Bangladesh..."
ED freezes Rs 192 crore assets possessed by ZO Games in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen worth around Rs 192 crores in the form of bank balances, Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs), and mutual funds possessed by ZO Games Pvt Ltd, a fully owned Indian subsidiary of Winzo Pvt Ltd, during a search operation in connection with a money laundering probe.
40 killed, 115 injured as massive Fire breaks out in Crans-Montana
About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar’s New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday (January 1, 2026), police said.
Balochistan: 1 killed, 5 injured in deadly blast
An explosion near Chenak Chowk in Balochistan’s Sibi district on Thursday killed one person and injured five others, according to a police official.
Station House Officer (SHO) Ghulam Ali Abro, posted in Sibi, told Dawn that the incident was a grenade attack which occurred at 7:05pm.