Month: September 2025

The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that when a woman marries under the Hindu Law, her “gotra” also changes.

Ladakh Lt Governor Kavinder Gupta on Wednesday said curfew has been imposed across the Leh district of the Union Territory after violent clashes in the cold desert that has left…

The Election Commission has rolled out an e-verification procedure to ensure that the provision to seek deletion of names from the voters’ list is not misused.

A counter-campaign has emerged in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi after weeks of controversy around posters proclaiming “I Love Muhammad”. Religious leaders took to the streets on Tuesday with placards reading “I…

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rejected any compromise over his country’s nuclear programme this week, vowing not to yield to pressure to give up uranium enrichment.

A man was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly made “derogatory remarks” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a video that surfaced on social media,…

A special court in Bahraich on Wednesday sentenced a 32-year-old man to life imprisonment for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl, officials said.

Assam entrepreneur Sanjive Narain on Wednesday strongly refuted allegations linking him to the death of singer Zubeen Garg, terming the claims a “conspiracy” by “a section of portal journalists.”

A fight that broke out between two groups over overtaking and who would play louder music saw one man getting stabbed in a central Delhi area, police said Wednesday.

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan’s tenure has been extended up to May next year, the government said on Wednesday.

Kolkata, which received over 250 mm of rain on Tuesday leading to severe waterlogging, is likely to receive light to moderate showers with thunderstorms in the run up to Durga…

The government blamed activist Sonam Wangchuk for clashes in Ladakh today that killed four and injured many others.

TV host Jimmy Kimmel defended free speech when he returned to US screens on Tuesday, calling government pressure on his late-night talk show “anti-American” as critics decried his suspension as…

Drying of the Ganga river basin seen in recent decades could be severe and unprecedented, threatening water and food security for millions, an analysis of trends spanning 1,300 years suggests.

As many as 71 Maoists, 30 of them carrying a collective bounty of Rs 64 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Wednesday, a police official said.

A professor of a private university was briefly arrested for allegedly stealing a replica of the iconic Mohenjo-Daro Dancing Girl statue from the National Museum in Delhi.

Shortly after a protest to demand statehood for Ladakh turned violent in Leh, activist Sonam Wangchuk called off his fast and said his “message of peaceful path failed”

India-US talks are happening at different levels covering both trade and non-trade issues, an official said.

Russia on Wednesday rejected the comments by US President Donald Trump and said that it was economically stable despite sanctions and that it was not a “paper tiger” but a…

Four people were killed and many injured in intense clashes between protesters and security personnel in Leh town of Ladakh on Wednesday, reported news agency Press Trust of India, quoting…

An FIR has been filed against an administrative officer here after a woman filed a complaint alleging that he forced her into having physical relations with him after proposing marriage,…

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel from New York to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump on Thursday, as the two sides made a renewed push to reset…

An escalator at the United Nations headquarters in New York abruptly stalled on Tuesday morning just as President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump stepped onto it.

The Kolkata downpour has left a trail of damage at Asia’s largest secondhand books market in College Street. Thousands of books damaged by rainwater have been dumped into garbage bins…

A Pakistani court on Wednesday sentenced a teenager to a 100-year jail term for killing his mother, a brother, and two sisters in a fit of rage over the issue…

Even as the outrage over the death of two newborn girls after a rat attack at a hospital in Indore has barely subsided, a passenger has claimed he was bitten…

The legendary Russian-origin MiG-21 fighter jets, which have been the backbone of the Indian Air Force’s combat fleet for over six decades, are finally set to retire from the IAF…

Security forces have arrested the prime accused in the September 19 ambush on Assam Rifles personnel in Nambol that left two soldiers dead and five others injured.

India is preparing to welcome a new batch of 8-10 African cheetahs by December under its ambitious Cheetah Reintroduction Project, with advanced talks underway with Namibia, Botswana and Kenya.

The BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur will be inaugurated on Thursday. The temple is envisioned as a sanctuary of devotion, peace, and cultural pride.

Generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable HIV-prevention drug should be available for $40 or Rs 3,548 a year in more than 100 countries from 2027, Unitaid and the Gates Foundation…

Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto sent a navy frigate Wednesday to assist a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, after organisers said several of their boats had been targeted by drones off Greece.

Ryan Routh, convicted of plotting to assassinate US President Donald Trump, attempted to stab himself in the neck with a pen in court.

The rift between Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya and her brother Tejashwi Yadav appears to be heading for a crisis, with her supporters rallying around her.…

Fierce winds, pounding rain and rough seas battered southern China on Wednesday as powerful Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in Guangdong province after killing at least 17 in Taiwan.

Eleven new confirmed cases of Ebola were reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the World Health Organisation’s last update on September 15, showing a decreasing trend of cases…

Three people were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday at a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas, local media reported.

US President Donald Trump on the issue of the Ukraine war, said that he thought it would be the easiest to solve because of his relationship with Russian President Vladimir…

Folk singer Saroj Sargam was arrested here along with her husband for allegedly uploading a song containing derogatory remarks against Goddess Durga on her YouTube channel, a police official said…

The director of a well-known ashram in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area has been accused of sexual harassment by over a dozen students, said police.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi kickstarted his campaign for the Bihar assembly elections in the state’s Seemanchal region, on his own, amid no clarity over his party’s tie-up with the Indian…

A video has gone viral showing the headmaster of a school in Uttar Pradesh pulling out his belt and attacking an education officer after an argument over a complaint against…

For years, Riyadh has financially backed clerical groups and madrassas promoting the Salafi and Wahhabi schools of thought in Pakistan. If the new deal expands such patronage, it may solidify…

The Supreme Court today asked the Union Home Ministry to consider bringing in a dedicated online portal to deal with cases of Kidnapping and child trafficking from across the country.

Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) on Wednesday said that all its operational sites and corporate headquarter have been certified ‘Zero-Waste-to-Landfill’ (ZWL) by Intertek, a leading global total quality assurance provider.

The Karnataka High Court today rejected a petition by Elon Musk’s X Corp, which challenged the authority of government officials to issue information blocking orders.

Israeli forces pushed towards the heart of Gaza City on Wednesday, risking the lives of Palestinians who had stayed put in hopes that growing pressure on Israel for a ceasefire…

A 12-foot bronze statue of US President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein holding hands to celebrate Friendship Month has been installed on the National Mall in Washington,…

Several people were injured after a fight broke out over the bill at a pub in Hyderabad, the police said.

The Madras High Court has ordered transfer of the investigation into the murder of Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Tamil Nadu chief K Armstrong to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).