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After two days of brief relief, the national capital’s air quality slipped back into the ‘very poor’ category at 332, with several monitoring stations recording ‘severe’ pollution levels.

India and the United States continue to remain engaged to finalise a mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement (BTA), the government said on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the new policies are being framed with a focus on youth empowerment, placing young people at the center of nation-building.

The Delhi government is planning to revive its stalled real-time source apportionment study, nearly two years after it was discontinued, with a renewed focus on identifying contributors to PM10 pollution…

A massive crash in snowy weather killed one person and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan late on Friday as the country kicked off its end-of-the-year holiday season.

According to local reports, the concert was scheduled to take place at 9:00 pm on Friday to commemorate a local school’s anniversary.

In a significant move to bolster India’s fight against organised crime, terrorism, and extremism, the first-ever weapons database, the ‘Lost, Looted and Recovered Firearm’ database, was launched in India on…

US President Donald Trump said in an interview published Friday that deadly strikes he ordered on Nigerian jihadists he has accused of persecuting Christians “decimated” their camps.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that he plans to meet US President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday, as part of efforts to push forward a peace plan…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un highlighted on Saturday how his nation and Russia had shared “blood, life and death” in the Ukraine war, as he sent President Vladimir Putin…

Several powerful explosions rocked Kyiv on Saturday, according to an AFP journalist, as authorities warned that the Ukrainian capital was under threat of missile attack.

Christmas under Donald Trump brought air strikes abroad and political threats at home, as the US president used the holiday to project a vision of power rooted less in peace…

Airlines canceled more than 1,000 US flights during the peak Christmas travel period on Friday, with severe winter storm warnings and heavy snow forecast across parts of the Midwest and…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Russia was using ordinary apartment blocks on the territory of its ally Belarus to attack Ukrainian targets and circumvent Kyiv’s defences.

A video showing a man setting fire to a panchayat office in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district has gone viral on social media.

A Malaysian judge sentenced former prime minister Najib Razak to 15 more years in jail on Friday after convicting him of abuse of power and money laundering in a sovereign…

Israel on Friday formally recognised Somaliland as an “independent and sovereign state” and signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties, as the region’s leader hailed its first-ever official recognition.

Russia has boosted the production of arms and ammunition by 22 times during the course of the Ukraine conflict, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.

A fire broke out in a shop in north Delhi’s Chandni Chowk on Friday, prompting authorities to rush five fire tenders to the spot, an official of the Delhi Fire…

French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital’s end-of-year festivities were in full swing, prosecutors told AFP.

Municipal council elections in Maharashtra, which happened after almost a decade, mirrored the 2024 Vidhan Sabha elections.

A fresh political-religious confrontation has erupted in Chhattisgarh after former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and spiritual preacher Dhirendra Shastri or Bageshwar Baba traded sharp remarks over superstition and faith.

Taking organ donation and transplantation to a new high, a harvested heart from a brain-dead donor in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur was airlifted by a special chopper and successfully transplanted into…

After two Indian students in Toronto were killed in a span of one week, Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman has highlighted concerns over a culture of “anti-India sentiment” rising in the…

Beijing imposed sanctions on Friday against 20 US defence-related companies and 10 executives, a week after Washington announced large-scale arms sales to Taiwan.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar and his uncle Sharad Pawar could not come to an agreement today on whether they should contest the Pune Municipal Corporation election together,…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he would meet US President Donald Trump this weekend to discuss efforts to end Russia’s invasion.

A Palestinian from the Israeli-occupied West Bank killed a man and a woman in a stabbing and car-ramming attack in northern Israel before he was shot and wounded…

China on Friday opened to traffic a 22.13-km-long tunnel, which it claimed to be the “world’s longest”, in Xinjiang province.

A senior police officer sustained minor injuries on Friday after a vehicle in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s convoy accidentally hit him.

A 20-year-old man died and another person sustained injuries after a fire broke in a four-storey building in northeast Delhi’s Mustafabad area on Friday morning

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre why it cannot reduce the GST charged on air purifiers to make it affordable for the common man in view of…

Hoteliers’ associations in two districts of West Bengal, on Friday, have decided to close the doors of their hotels and lodges as a mark of protest against the recent lynching…

A writ petition has been filed before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking directions not to permit the ‘Kanthuri’ festival at a dargah located atop the Thiruparankundram…

Pyres burn on one side while, just a few meters away, children study in a school located within a crematorium in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Despite the surroundings, the students say they…

The people of India have given a strong and befitting reply to “Pakistan’s terrorist masters” through its security forces by carrying out a successful investigation of the Pahalgam terrorist attack,…

Abhishek Banerjee held a virtual meeting today with all district leaders and workers of the Trinamool Congress. Office bearers and employees from multiple districts attended the meeting, where Banerjee gave…

Responding tangentially to the taunt by Lalit Modi, who said he and Vijay Mallya were the “two biggest fugitives” of India, the MEA has said anyone wanted by the law…

The video of an overbridge inspection in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur has gone viral after a senior official was seen threatening to jump off the bridge if the contractor failed to…

The rumours about apower struggle within the Congress may just be that: rumours. For now, there is no vacancy in the Congress.

A forest department officer was injured after a wild boar attacked him during a rescue operation in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district on Friday.

He is 10 years old, but showed a big heart. Shravan Singh, amidst the risks associated with war during Operation Sindoor, regularly delivered water, milk, and lassi to the Indian…

This is not merely a contest between two films; it is a proxy battle for political space, symbolism, and supremacy.

This boy from Samastipur is simply asking Indian cricket to widen its imagination. Can it keep up?

A man killed his wife for secretly using a mobile phone and then buried her body in a pit behind their house in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur. The man misled the…

Hindus in Bangladesh’s troubled capital Dhaka in an exclusive conversation with NDTV’s Ankit Tyagi, who is at ground zero, narrated the horrors they faced and concerns they have as attacks…

An Israeli reservist soldier with a rifle slung on his back rammed an ATV into a Palestinian man who was praying on the side of a road in the occupied…

An explosion hit worshippers at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area of Syria’s Homs on Friday, state media said, killing at least eight in the latest attack on the…

For the first time in India’s history, the government has extended a Rs 1 lakh crore ($12 billion) interest-free loan to the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) to turbocharge private-sector…

Shivank Avasthi was found with a gunshot wound on Tuesday, in what the police said was Toronto’s 41st homicide case this year.

A ride on a highway turned traumatising for a man after bike-borne robbers snatched away his bag containing Rs 85 lakh in office cash. The incident, which took place on…

Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla was honoured as the ‘Science Icon of the Year’ at the NDTV Indian of the Year 2025 awards in Delhi, where he spoke about…

Four staff members of a private school here have been booked for alleged mental harassment an eight-year-old boy after accusing him of stealing a pen, police said on Friday.

Swimming is one of the best parts of summer. But long after you’ve cooled down and dried off, you might be left with a niggling feeling – there is still…

A protest was held outside the Delhi High Court here on Friday against the suspension of the sentence of Kuldeep Sengar, who was convicted in the Unnao rape case.

After weeks of suspense over his political future, former Pune mayor Prashant Jagtap on Wednesday joined the Congress, ending his 25-year association with the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar).

The women know that mutilating young girls by removing their clitoris and inner labia — framed as a rite of passage — is still an entrenched practice in some remote…

The people of Saudi Arabia woke up to a winter wonderland as snow covered parts of the kingdom for the first time in nearly three decades.

Fourteen people were hospitalised after a stabbing attack in a factory in central Japan, when an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, local media reported.

A massive international cyberfraud network that used ‘SIM box technology’ to rob people has been busted by the Andhra Pradesh cyber crime police.

Fresh anti-India protests have erupted in Dhaka as Bangladesh remains tense ahead of February general elections. Anti-India slogans were raised at a massive procession after the Friday prayers at Dhaka…

A suicide attempt at Masjid al-Haram in Makkah was prevented after a member of the mosque’s security forces stepped in, sustaining injuries while trying to stop the man from jumping…

A lawyer aligned with the pro-Pakistan Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh has issued a death threat to Tarique Rahman, just hours after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader landed in the country after 17…

In a drunken driving incident in Bengaluru, a motorcycle was dragged for half a kilometre by a car following a chain collision on Christmas Eve.

Numerous bills were passed around the world throughout 2025. However, some of them ignited fierce debates, with some citizens and opposition leaders expressing concerns over rights, security, and economics against…

Whether SHANTI is a sell-out dressed up as reform, or a lever for reliable power for industry and cities, and for turning rural power from a lottery into a utility,…

The three accused were detained on Wednesday and produced before a court – where they were remanded to four-day police custody.

Australia this month became the first country in the world to ban social media for children younger than 16.

Two days after a teacher was shot dead on the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus in Uttar Pradesh, CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced.

No law is perfect. Some provisions of the SHANTI Bill will warrant review, oversight, and refinement as implementation unfolds. But rejecting the Bill outright would mean accepting stagnation.

An 18-year-old man in Telangana died by suicide after he lost Rs 1 lakh through a betting app. The man, identified as Vikram, was a resident of the Kandukur area…

The complaint said that Santa Claus – a revered religious and cultural icon for Christians worldwide – was portrayed in a derogatory and mocking manner.

The signature motif of Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1, India’s second-biggest box-office success of 2025, is a primordial scream. It may as well be the sound of old Bollywood in…

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro released a handwritten letter on Thursday confirming that he was backing one of his sons for the 2026 presidential race.

Nigeria, which is battling multiple armed groups, said the US strikes were part of an exchange of intelligence and strategic coordination between the two countries.

A woman burnt to death after her husband allegedly set her on fire in front of their children in Hyderabad. He also pushed their daughter into the flames before fleeing.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement summoned Afghans residing in the US to present their documents during the holiday season, marking the latest effort by the Trump administration to crack down…

The nine-day-long Winter Carnival on the historic Ridge Ground in Shimla has attracted tourists from all parts of the country.

The opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hit out at Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena over the pollution crisis after he wrote a letter to AAP’s national convener and former…

A court here has convicted a businessman and directed him to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 for feeding pigeons in a public place, holding his act was “likely to…

Carol of the Bells, the iconic Christmas song from Home Alone, is in the spotlight, not for the festive cheer but for Russian forces destroying the Ukrainian city where its…

The US Embassy in India has issued an advisory against fraudulent messages and agents offering guaranteed visas or quick approvals.

Shivank Avasthi, a 20-year-old Indian student, was shot dead near the University of Toronto Scarborough campus in Canada.

Days after Prashant Sreekumar, a 44-year-old Indian-origin man, died of suspected cardiac arrest while waiting for treatment at Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Canada’s Edmonton, a video of his wife…

China on Thursday denounced a Pentagon report, which accused Beijing of leveraging reduced border tensions with India to undermine US-India ties while deepening defence ties with Pakistan as an attempt…

An 18-year-old graphic designer, who claimed to have lost his job due to AI (artificial intelligence), has been arrested with his doctor-aspirant woman friend for allegedly stealing jewellery worth Rs…

The national capital witnessed a marginal improvement in air quality on Friday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) falling into the ‘poor’ category and averaging 292, according to official data.

Laws in India, the world’s most populous nation, bar the movement of liquor across state borders without a special permit, effectively forcing companies to set up production in every state…

Several Indian celebrities have called for accountability over the mob lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, where tensions keep simmering amid large-scale violence in the run-up to the general…

In a significant breakthrough, the Haridwar Police have apprehended two suspects in connection with a violent assault on notorious gangster Vinay Tyagi near the Laksar flyover.

A 44-year-old Indian-origin man has died of suspected cardiac arrest after he reportedly did not receive any treatment for several hours at a hospital in Canada.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to the Sahibzades on the occasion of Veer Baal Diwas, remembering their sacrifice and courage.

A manager of a private IT company was allegedly gang-raped in a moving car in Rajasthan’s Udaipur on the pretext of dropping her home after a birthday party, the police…

From the Maha Kumbh in January-February to the launch of year-long celebrations of 150 years of “Vande Mataram” in November — it was a packed calendar for the Ministry of…

A video has gone viral showing residents carrying away the flowerpots, reportedly hours after PM Modi inaugurated the Rashtra Prerna Sthal in Lucknow.

Days after the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Mymensingh, another Hindu man has been beaten to death by a mob in Bangladesh, raising fresh concerns over the safety of…

Donald Trump said US forces conducted “powerful and deadly” strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria for killing Christians in the country.

A man, Pintu Barnwal, from Gopalganj district, Bihar, was arrested on charges of allegedly marrying three women over a span of three years, without divorcing any of his previous wives.

A 25-year-old woman was shot at inside a club in Gurugram after she allegedly refused a marriage proposal from a man, police said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Railways said the train fares were hiked with “the objective of balancing affordability for passengers and sustainability of operations”.