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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel had his biggest audience in a decade when he returned to US TV screens a week after pressure from Donald Trump’s government saw him forced off…

Priya Sachdev Kapur, the third wife of industrialist Sunjay Kapur who died in June, has filed an application in the Delhi High Court seeking a non-disclosure agreement against revealing her…

Gaganpreet Kaur, accused in the Dhaula Kuan BMW case, on Wednesday claimed through her counsel that her car did not hit the motorbike and she rushed the victim to the…

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today joined women at a puja pandal in Kolkata in a few steps of Dandiya.

Former BJP MLA Raj Purohit has said that the Congress governments did not give any awards to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, but his party judges the actor purely on…

U.S. and Japanese officials are making arrangements for a trip by President Donald Trump to Japan next month, according to two government officials and another person briefed on the matter.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will probe the high-profile Bhutan car smuggling racket after a nudge from the Kerala High Court.

The Delhi government has unveiled a Drainage Master Plan that proposes the construction of ‘silt traps’ along major drains to prevent waterlogging.

China has thrown its weight behind the United Nations, stressing that the world body remains essential to global stability, in sharp contrast to US President Donald Trump’s attack on the…

The recent recognitions by some Western nations of a Palestinian state will not “bind Israel in any way,” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.

A man carrying jewellery worth around Rs 1 crore on his scooter was allegedly robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday by bike-borne assailants near Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, police said.

A 14-year-old girl who is in a live-in relationship with a boy two years older than her gave birth to a baby in Khunti district of Jharkhand, prompting the administration…

A 15-year-old class 10 student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the balcony of his 19th-floor house in Ramprastha City Society in Sector 37D, police said on Wednesday.

The Indian Railways will deploy one of the world’s most luxurious trains — the Maharajas’ Express — to carry President Droupadi Murmu from Safdarjung railway station in New Delhi to…

Argentine President Javier Milei on Wednesday praised key ally Donald Trump for saving the United States and the world from “catastrophe,” citing the US president’s migration and trade policies.

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).

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the long-awaited Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir, nearly four years after four seats in the Upper House fell vacant.

A 20-year-old was stabbed to death during a physical altercation over a Facebook post in Gujarat’s Rajkot. The victim, identified as Prince, was admitted to the hospital, where his condition…

In the politics of Bihar, caste is both compass and trap: it orients every voter, every party, every pledge, even as it binds them to inherited hierarchies

Caught off guard by ChatGPT and mocked for early blunders with its own generative artificial intelligence efforts, Google has pulled off a dramatic turnaround in just one year, becoming a…

The Trump administration’s plan to dramatically raise fees for H-1B visas is drawing concern from US healthcare groups who say the move could worsen staffing shortages as more than half…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked citizens to take part in an auction of gifts he had received. The proceeds from the auction will go towards the Namami Gange…

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused power utility CESC of negligence leading to electrocution deaths in Kolkata and nearby areas yesterday, the discom has disowned responsibility

President Zelensky expressed cautious optimism in India’s support for Ukraine in its ongoing conflict with Russia, stating that India is “mostly” aligned with Kyiv’s position, while acknowledging New Delhi’s position…

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi President Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is duty-bound to respond to allegations of “vote chori” (vote theft) made…

Anne Lenders said it was more or less by accident that she discovered that the barking dog in Rembrandt van Rijn’s famous “Night Watch” is a near-identical copy of one…

The Federation of Indian Pilots has formally urged the Civil Aviation Ministry to constitute a ‘Court of Inquiry’, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge into the June 12 crash…

Dulquer Salmaan’s Toyota Land Cruiser is registered in the name of another person, said sources, as the Malayalam superstar faces probe for luxury car tax evasion.

Amrutha Tamanam was in India last week on paid leave when her boss in the US messaged her about President Donald Trump’s new diktat of $100,000 H-1B visa fee.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that his administration is strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary. But his comments came under intense criticism from medical…

Nearly two weeks after right-wing commentator and activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Orem, Utah, he has been widely misquoted and his views misrepresented on social media.

A woman in Coimbatore has alleged that she was subjected to moral policing by flower vendors at a local market after being criticised for wearing a sleeveless outfit.

Global cancer deaths are expected to exceed 18 million by 2050, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Explosions shake the walls of the dim basement in Gaza City where Noor Abu Hassira and her three daughters are sheltering. They can’t see much through a small, raised window.

All states in the Himalayan region are facing a serious existential crisis, the top court said today and posed several questions to the Himachal Pradesh government on its policies to…

Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti who served the kingdom’s top religious figure over a quarter century that saw the ultraconservative Muslim nation socially liberalize, died Tuesday.…

After leaving deadly destruction in Taiwan and Philippines, Super Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest in years to hit East Asia, brought in waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong’s…

The Congress’s who’s who, from party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, to all Congress chief ministers, are meeting at Patna’s Sadaqat…

If the agreement eventually fructifies, then it gives us an indication into the thinking of Trump 2.0 with respect to economic security being a key element of national security.

A part of a road in Bangkok collapsed on Wednesday, leaving a large sinkhole that disrupted traffic, damaged infrastructure and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.

TV show host Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday launched a fiery attack on US President Donald Trump over the administration’s alleged “bullying” and efforts to curb free speech.

Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

A 19-year-old student from Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district died by suicide on the day he was scheduled to leave for admission to a medical college.

The Rapture is near – at least according to an apocalyptic prophecy by one South African man who says it will fall on September 23 or 24.

India expects to increase its trade with the US in energy products in the years to come, and the country’s energy security goals will have a significant element of US…

Congress leader and NSUI in-charge Kanhaiya Kumar took a dig at the double-engine government in Bihar while asserting that fighting against “vote theft” means saving democracy.

A real-life tragedy played out on a Ramlila stage in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba when a 70-year-old actor, who was playing King Dashrath, had a cardiac arrest during the performance and…

A 38-year-old nurse was injured in an alleged acid attack in the Lohia Nagar area here, officials said on Wednesday. Police have formed four teams to investigate the matter.

In a sharp response to a lawyer’s request for the urgent listing of a case, Supreme Court judge and next in line for Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant,…

Police have arrested a man for allegedly hiring a contract killer and getting his 70-year-old businessman father stabbed to death over a property dispute in Mumbai’s Kandivali area, officials said.

China will no longer claim the benefits available to developing nations at the World Trade Organization, removing a point of contention with the US that’s been a barrier to their…