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As Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 celebrations begin and Durga Puja approaches, the Delhi government is preparing to manage one of the city’s biggest environmental challenges: idol immersion.
The Meteorological Department has forecast spells of rain in Kolkata and several districts of south Bengal in the run-up to Durga Puja, the state’s biggest festival.
The BRS was rocked by a major internal storm today as MLC K Kavitha, daughter of former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, publicly accused senior party leader and her cousin…
Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro on Monday said he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has…
A mob burnt a woman to death in central Nigeria over the weekend after accusing her of blasphemy against Islam, police said Monday.
The devastating floods in Punjab have claimed 29 lives so far, the maximum in Pathankot district, besides impacting the lives of more than 2.56 lakh people, officials said on Monday.
Swiss food giant Nestle on Monday dismissed Laurent Freixe as chief executive with immediate effect over an “undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate”.
A 22-year-old man was allegedly lured by his friends, murdered, and decapitated before his body was disposed of in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur.
A man who had climbed the roof of a two-story building tried to jump off today – creating a massive commotion outside the Ghanapuram mandal centre in Telangana’s Wanaparthy district.
With cars queuing almost bumper-to-bumper, the traffic jam on the Delhi-Jaipur highway stretched up to 7-8 kilometres and people were stuck for over 3 hours after heavy rain hit Gurugram…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departed Pyongyang for Beijing on Monday afternoon to attend a military parade marking the end of World War II, a rare overseas visit that…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday appointed economist and former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik as his chief economic adviser.
The wave of violent protests that have swept across Indonesia and left seven people dead is being seen as a major test for President Prabowo Subianto.
Pupils were returning to schools in Ukraine on Monday for the start of the new academic year in the hope of being able to study safely under the shadow of…
Nine former leaders of the top US health body sounded the alarm Monday about the Trump administration’s evisceration of the agency and warned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr…
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide…
President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Mysuru today produced a lighthearted exchange between her and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the Maharashtra government will follow the Bombay High Court order asking the authorities to clear roads occupied by protesters by 4 pm on Tuesday.
Afghan migrants in Delhi spent a sleepless night, waiting for the news from the country where an earthquake killed more than 600 people.
The Delhi Metro witnessed its third technical snag within a week, causing delays on the Yellow and Blue lines and leading to overcrowding at several stations.
At least two workers were killed and 20 others were injured after an explosion triggered a fire at a textile processing unit in the Surat district of Gujarat on Monday,…
A District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed SpiceJet to pay Rs 55,000 to a passenger after observing that a “single burger and fries” were “inadequate arrangement” for a 14-hour…
As Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange continued his hunger strike at Azad Maidan for the fourth day, his supporters turned the nearby CSMT train station premises into a sporting arena,…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s special aircraft, en route from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi, was diverted to Jaipur on Monday evening due to bad weather conditions in the national…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu completes 30 years of taking oath today — on September 1, 1995, he was sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister of United Andhra…
Indore’s legendary Sarafa Bazaar’s night food market will stay put in its original place, retaining its distinctive character and heritage.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav today launched a counter to the Opposition’s allegations of “vote theft” in elections and took direct aim at three key faces of the INDIA…
Himachal Pradesh has witnessed its wettest August in 76 years, recording 431.3 mm of rain in the month, the most since 1949.
In a bizarre case, a small confectioner in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district has been served an Income Tax notice of Rs 141 crore, leaving his family shocked and distressed.
Karnataka’s opposition BJP is pushing ahead with its demand for a Central investigation into the huge controversy over allegations of murder and burial of young girls in pilgrim town Dharamsthala.
Two people who had gone to a dhaba (roadside eatery) for a meal here found a dead rat in their dish, an official said on Monday.
Researchers at IIT-Guwahati have developed nanosenor from milk protein and thymine for instant detection of cancer-causing water pollutants, the institute said on Monday.
As US politics under Trump drives out young researchers, India has an opportunity to lure its brightest scientific minds back. Tamil Nadu is leading the way, but a national strategy…
The Delhi government has directed authorities to suspend traffic and public movement over the Delhi Railway Bridge from Tuesday, in view of the alarming rise in water levels of Yamuna.
John Hutton, a North Carolina art history professor who draws in his spare time, outlined his four-step technique in a new book, “How to Draw the Presidents & First Ladies,”…
US President Donald Trump claimed Monday that India has offered to reduce its tariffs on US goods to zero, underlining that New Delhi should have done it years ago.
A row has broken out after the Army dismantled a Trinamool Congress demonstration stage in Kolkata’s Maidan area. The stage was put up to protest the alleged harassment of Bengali…
He got married, had a child with his wife and then disappeared for years until being spotted on a random Instagram reel with another woman.
Crisis-hit realty firm Supertech Ltd, which is facing insolvency proceedings, has given possession of 6,121 apartments to its customers over the last three years across various housing projects, according to…
Police have registered a case against seven people for allegedly hoisting a Palestinian flag on a government school building in Lakhimpur Kheri district.
The rupee depreciated 10 paise to close at an all-time low of 88.19 (provisional) against the US dollar amid Indo-US trade deal uncertainties and higher dollar demand from importers.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday declared in the state assembly that the hill state has been declared disaster-hit due to the extensive damage caused by cloudburst,…
A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by radar jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gestures at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit were as clear as his words in defining friends and foes.
An army helicopter crashed in northern Pakistan on Monday, killing all five people on board, the military said.
In the early hours of September 1, 1985, grainy black-and-white images of a metal cylinder flickered onto the monitors in the command centre of the research vessel Knorr. The team…
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China would accelerate the creation of an SCO development bank on Monday at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tianjin, as he seeks…
A French streamer whose colleague died during a live broadcast denied responsibility on Monday, in a case that has pitted the government against the Kick platform and spotlighted extreme online…
More than 800 people were killed and thousands more injured as a major earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan late on Sunday, one of the worst such disasters in the country in…
Though Trump, with his laser focus on tariffs, has put almost every US relationship under strain, countries like Israel, China, and even Pakistan have weathered the storm. How?
Trust Deficit Between Poll Body, Political Parties Unfortunate: Supreme Court
Hundreds of Maratha community members seeking quota gathered at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and other areas in south Mumbai on Monday, causing traffic congestion and inconvenience to commuters.
In a heartwarming gesture, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured a young girl, Mayra, of admission to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor during a Janata Darshan on…
The Delhi government has issued a flood alert as the water level of the Yamuna River is expected to exceed the danger level after the release of 29,313 cusecs of…
A key member of US President Donald Trump’s team has termed New Delhi-Washington DC ties a “defining relationship of the 21st century”.
India ranks highest in great places to work in Asia, with 48 out of the top 100 organisations operating in India, a report said on Monday.
Two people, including a three-month-old infant, have died from amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal brain infection, while undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, health officials said on…
The Endorcement Directorate (ED) during search operations on Sunday, seized 10 luxury vehicles and 3 super bikes from a Odisha-based businessman’s home.
Activist Shabnam Hashmi has come out in support of legendary poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar after a cultural event he was invited to was postponed due to objections by Muslim outfit Jamiat…
The Aurus Senat accelerates from 0 to 100 kmph in approximately 9 seconds.
Britain’s Queen Camilla fought off a would-be attacker on a train when she was a teenager by hitting him with her shoe, according to a new book about the royal…
Skull base tumours are abnormal growths located at the bottom of the skull, an area that houses critical structures such as the brainstem, cranial nerves, and major blood vessels.
Plastic soy sauce bottles shaped like fish are tiny, cute and beloved by many sushi eaters. But in the state of South Australia, the decorative containers swam into a growing…
PM Modi and Putin met for the first time after the US imposed 50 per cent tariffs on India over its Russian crude oil imports.
ChatGPT parent OpenAI is scouting local partners to set up a data center in India with at least 1 gigawatt capacity, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources.
The Indian Army troops on Monday scuttled an infiltration bid by terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar Sector of Poonch district, officials said.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday, while addressing a program addressed by the Akhil Bhartiya Mahanubhav Parishad, urged people to live with honesty and dedication.
The accused, Vital, a cab driver, had been married three times previously. Vanajakshi, too, had been married twice before entering a live-in relationship with him nearly four years ago.
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday.
Shubhanshu Shukla has given space fans a glimpse into the extreme physical challenges of astronaut training.
A landslide on the Kedarnath national highway left two people dead and six others injured on Monday, an official said.
During World War II, Boeing B-29 was the most sophisticated bomber and also the most expensive weapon, costing more to design and build than the atomic bombs it dropped on…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to visit China this week, a rare step beyond his country’s borders, for prospective meetings with President Xi Jinping and his Russian…
Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire in which he was a passenger, a spokesperson for the former New…
About 622 people were killed and more than 1,500 injured in an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to safety from rubble…
On X, MAGA-aligned users called to “cancel Netflix” and vowed to drop subscriptions.
India hopes that the forthcoming elections in Myanmar will be held in a fair and inclusive manner involving all stakeholders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the head of Myanmar’s military…
The shark’s teeth painted on their planes were more of a threat than a decoration. In 1941, the Flying Tigers, Americans hired to fight in China, proved it in combat…
Prosecutors claimed that Kayvon Warren’s motives for the alleged murder were driven by his relationship with another woman and financial struggles.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO summit in China on Monday. PM Modi told the Russian leader that…
Oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Sunday said that the price of commercial LPG gas cylinders will be reduced by Rs 51.50, effective September 1.
With Maratha protesters led by Manoj Jarange occupying Azad Maidan and various areas in south Mumbai, police have cautioned motorists about occasional disruptions in traffic movement towards south Mumbai on…
Six people lost their lives in two separate tragic accidents that occurred during Ganesh immersion programmes across Andhra Pradesh. Following this, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu expressed grief over the…
In a significant development, the Meghalaya High Court has requested the Supreme Court to allow it to retain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the stray dogs menace.
PM Modi addressed the SCO Summit’s plenary session which included the participation of more than 20 foreign leaders and 10 heads of international organisations.
PM Modi Raises Cross-Border Terrorism At SCO Summit, Calls It A “Challenge”
After Congress party said that they submitted close to 89 lakh complaints to the election commission regarding the voter lists in Bihar, the state’s Chief Election Officer (CEO) responded by…
The Congress’ 14-day, 1,300-km-long ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ will conclude in Bihar’s capital Patna on Monday, with several INDIA bloc leaders scheduled to join Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha,…
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy announced on Sunday that the Telangana Assembly has decided to hand over the Justice PC Ghose Commission report to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
Chaya Nayak worked at Meta for almost nine years, during which she held various influential roles, according to her LinkedIn profile.
A strong earthquake in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border has killed at least 250 people and injured at least 500 others, officials said.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has arrested the complainant in the Dharmasthala multiple murders, rapes and burials case, has recovered “crucial evidence” when they escorted him to Bengaluru as…
The month-long period to demand inclusion or deletion of names from the electoral rolls of Bihar ends on Monday, with more than 33,000 electors filing pleas to add their names…
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping has “failed” to answer the critical questions that Indians were looking for.
Hundreds were feared dead and injured in a earthquake of magnitude 6 that struck Afghanistan’s rugged northeastern province of Kunar, authorities said on Monday, as rescuers combed the rubble of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using China’s Hongqi L5 limousine during his two-day visit to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.
In one of the videos going viral from the summit, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was seen looking on with a grim expression as Prime Minister Modi engaged in an…
The Congress’ ongoing ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar will conclude in Patna on Monday with a symbolic padyatra (foot march) at Gandhi Maidan, marking the final leg of its campaign…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended the official reception for Heads of State and Heads of Government at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, China, where he…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has approached the Allahabad High Court against an order of a special MP-MLA court of Varanasi that had directed a subordinate court to hear afresh an…