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The man identified as the principal killer in the Bihar hospital murder, 26-year-old Tauseef Badshah of Patna, is not an unknown entity

Social media giant Meta has apologised after its automatic translation tool erroneously declared Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dead while translating a condolence message posted by the Karnataka CMO in Kannada on…

Hours after a violent clash at the premises of the Maharashtra Assembly, a heated exchange took place between NCP (Sharad Pawar) faction leader Rohit Pawar and a cop after he,…

When Coldplay took to the stage for their Foxborough, Massachusetts, show on Wednesday, neither they nor two other people in the crowd thought some things were never going to be…

The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid

China on Friday called on regional countries to enhance counter terrorism cooperation to safeguard regional security, in a guarded reaction to the US designating The Resistance Front, a proxy of…

A family from Mumbai travelled to Agra in Uttar Pradesh to see the Taj Mahal. The temperature hovered around 30 degrees Celsius, but humidity was over 90 per cent yesterday.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, addressing the media at a press conference in Guwahati today, stated that swift action was taken by the Assam Police in response to the…

A case has been filed against Sharad Pawar’s party MLA, Jitendra Awhad, for obstructing public servants while staging a protest at the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan, said the police.

Vietnam chose wisely. It invited its old enemy to build factories, sign defence pacts and invest in peace. Tehran must decide: does it want to be the next Vietnam –…

Victoria Basu, the Russian woman who is missing with her four-year-old child, has not left India through legal channels, the Central government informed the Supreme Court on Friday.

At least eight Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured on Friday when a car was hit by a truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. So far, over 2.52 lakh pilgrims…

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said the empowerment of women is essential for the progress of any nation, and they should be freed from regressive customs and traditions.

US Universities have witnessed a steep drop in Indian student arrivals. Amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crisis with international students, education consultants in Hyderabad have noted that outbound traffic has…

A young woman was brutally beaten inside the Kyiv metro in Ukraine for allegedly shouting pro-Russian slogans.

Hailing Operation Sindoor in Bihar’s Motihari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the “new” India spares no effort in punishing its enemies.

Rains lashed several parts of Delhi on Friday, with the weather department issuing a ‘yellow alert’ for the national capital.

Two people were arrested here and a hunt is on for another after they allegedly assaulted their neighbour and cut his nose as the latter scolded the pet dog of…

A ceasefire went into effect late Wednesday, easing days of brutal clashes in Sweida. Members of its Druze community are returning to search for loved ones and count their losses,…

Members of the Hindu Raksha Dal on Friday forcefully downed the shutters of two popular eateries – KFC and Nazeer Foods – in Ghaziabad over the sale of meat during…

Researchers in the Amazon rainforest witnessed an incredible scene in which a group of pink river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) played with an unusual partner – a massive anaconda.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked members of his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to hold Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir accountable if anything happens to him or…

A police encounter in this district on Friday morning resulted in the death of a man, who was accused of kidnapping, rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl, officials said.

A local of Mumbai’s Bharat Nagar and witness of the chawl collapse that took place on Friday, leaving seven people trapped, stated that the reason for the blast was not…

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was seen embracing the company’s HR chief, Kristin Cabot at a Coldplay Concert. The pair hastily stepped apart and has since come under fire, facing allegations…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed US diplomats worldwide not to comment on the fairness or integrity of elections conducted by foreign countries.

Perplexity AI Inc., whose artificial intelligence-powered search engine competes with Google, has raised fresh capital in a deal that values the startup at $18 billion, according to a person familiar…

Days after it was revealed that Chhangur Baba, alias Jamaluddin, the mastermind of a religious conversion gang, had Rs 106 crore in foreign funding, a ‘red diary’ has emerged at…

Denial of physical relationship to husband and suspecting him of an extra-marital affair amounts to cruelty and is hence a ground for divorce, the Bombay High Court held while refusing…

The Astronomer CEO came under massive criticism and faced allegations of “cheating” after Coldplay’s Kiss cam segment exposed him.

The video went viral online, with many questioning Andy Byron’s behaviour considering his marital status.

A video of a monkey roaming around and being fed by Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma at his office has drawn attention online.

In the video, the 33-year-old stated that any system that guaranteed a home to everyone, even if it meant abolishing private property, would be better than the current situation, where…

Donald Trump slammed Rupert Murdoch over a Wall Street Journal story linking him to Jeffrey Epstein, calling it false and threatening legal action.

OpenAI is rolling out new options for chatbot ChatGPT to carry out a variety of increasingly complicated tasks on a user’s behalf, part of its push to bring so-called AI…

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, a key member of a parliamentary delegation to the United States, has underscored the “tremendous response” and overwhelming American support in the global fight against terrorism.

The clip, which emerged from a show at Gillette Stadium, captured Astronomer CEO Byron with his arms around the company’s HR chief, Kristin Cabot.

The State Department says its destruction of 500 metric tons of emergency food aid that was stored in a warehouse in the Middle East was required because it had expired…

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years – including one that…

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay trial court proceedings against former Bihar chief minister and RJD supremo Lalu Yadav in the CBI’s land-for-jobs case.

Mimi Yuliana Maeloa bought the house covering almost 767 square meters (8,256 square feet) on Chatsworth Avenue, according to a property filing in late June seen by Bloomberg News. The…

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that Kanwar Yatra pilgrims go through “media trials” and are labelled “terrorists”.

A former OpenAI employee has shed light on the inner workings of ChatGPT’s parent business, revealing a practically email-free workplace.

The debate over whether Coca-Cola should use high-fructose corn syrup or cane sugar in its signature soda obscures an important fact: Consumers are increasingly looking for Coke with no sugar…

Zahid Ahmad Banday, 25, was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon by a suspected thief who was impersonating a security personnel.

Build the trust through wealth, stage legal formalities and then vanish after collecting crores, this is how a 45-year-old Mangaluru man conned several businessmen and industrialists.

Elon Musk has questioned Donald Trump’s silence and approach to the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The woman, in the note written on her arm, legs, and stomach with a pen, expressed the pain she was going through due to the harassment by her husband, Kundan,…

US President Donald Trump on Friday called for the release of grand jury transcripts related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case, callling it a ‘scam’ allegedly perpetuated by the Democrats.

In a stern warning to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Friday said it would release the undertrials charged by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) if special courts with requisite…

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.

Ice dating back millions of years can be found deep inside Antarctica, close to the South Pole, buried under kilometres of fresher ice and snow.

The letter bearing Trump’s name featured several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has launched the first privately owned solar-electric passenger cruise boat in Mandovi river.

Varenya Borbora, popularly known online as Vivacious Varenya, is a social media personality and content creator from Jorhat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended warm birthday greetings to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday, praising his efforts in enhancing India’s progress in key sectors.

The US on Friday designated The Resistance Front (TRF), the group behind the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 tourists on April 22, as a terrorist organisation.

The incident took place on Thursday when the five men casually walked into the gangster’s room in the Paras Hospital in Patna, pumped bullets into him, and left.

In one of the most chilling displays of targeted violence in recent memory in Bihar, CCTV footage from inside Patna’s upscale Paras Hospital captured five men entering a corridor in…

Two spotted leopards are seen wandering beside the melanistic leopard, who is noticeably darker. It is very unusual for melanistic and non-melanistic species to wander in such unison.

A joint venture company has been established for the indigenous production of AK-203, named ‘Sher’ in India, in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi.

The Supreme Court has asked a private organisation, which is making efforts for the safe release of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, to approach the Centre to seek permission to travel…

The rise of the creator economy has subtly brutalised the psyche of the toppers, the achievers, the ones who did everything right. Their skills and knowledge are barely valued in…

The 22-year-old student in Odisha who set herself on fire, alleging sexual harassment by her college professor, had confided in her friends about what she was going through months before…

While in Delhi, 20 schools got ‘hoax’ bomb threats via email, 40 schools in Bengaluru were sent a similar message.

Haofa is an indigenous dog breed from the Manipur, valued for its sharp hunting instincts and loyalty. Two types of Haofa are commonly recognised: a smaller breed, and a larger…

In a significant ruling affirming the principle of equality, the Madras High Court has directed the Ariyalur Superintendent of Police (SP) to ensure that Scheduled Caste (SC) individuals are not…

Gold jewellery weighing over 1,340 grams has been stolen from a man, whose food was spiked by a friend he was staying with at a hotel in central Delhi’s Paharganj…

A 50-year-old woman was allegedly hacked to death by her stepson over a property dispute at Nayagaon village here, a police official said on Friday.

Megan Kerrigan, the wife of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, has dropped her surname from her Facebook profile after a video in which her husband appeared to get intimate with his…

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was caught on camera in what appeared to be an intimate position with the company’s Chief Public Officer at the Coldplay concert in Boston on Wednesday.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said if a person belonging a religion other than Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism has obtained a Scheduled Caste certificate fraudulently, it will be…

Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Varma, who is at the centre of a controversy over the alleged recovery of a huge amount of cash at his official bungalow, has…

The Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed 16 cases against 70 Indian nationals for housing foreign attendees of Tablighi Jamaat congregation in March 2020 allegedly in violation of COVID-19 norms.

A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma would be put in jail over alleged corruption, the latter was seen making a “thenga”…

The US designated The Resistance Front, an offshoot of the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a “foreign terrorist organisation” over the April 22 Pahalgam attack.

Videos of the two groups, BJP and NCP(SP), pummeling each other and having to be dragged back by security personnel have been doing the rounds on social media.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Bihar and West Bengal on Friday, where he will launch a range of developmental projects worth over Rs 12,000 crore.

More than 20 schools in Delhi have received bomb threats via emails, officials said on Friday. According to the police, the Richmond Global School in Delhi’s Paschim Vihar area has…

A batch of 7,908 pilgrims left for Kashmir from Jammu on Friday, a day after the Amarnath Yatra was suspended due to bad weather.

The United Kingdom has announced its plans to lower the voting age to 16, and the Labour Party-led government wants to do it before the next General Election.

An elderly man was found bound with a piece of cloth inside a locked car, seemingly abandoned by his family on Thursday at the Western Gate parking of the Taj…

Meta Platforms Inc. hired Mark Lee and Tom Gunter for its Superintelligence Labs team. Lee has started at Meta after leaving Apple in recent days, while Gunter will begin work…

Crime data in Bihar has apparently shown a curious trend — that it spikes in summer and drops once the monsoon hits. The state police have a curious explanation for…

In the six months since his return to the White House, Reporters Without Borders said Trump had used “lawfare” and economic pressure on newsrooms, dismantled public media and banned outlets…

Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to remove encroachments on forest lands, including the fruit-bearing trees, all across the state and not limit it to some areas.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday slammed Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on Latin America’s largest economy as “unacceptable blackmail.”

US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal after it published a story about an alleged off-color letter written by him to late disgraced financier…

An Indian-origin businessman and the police chiefs of three cities in the US have been charged with visa fraud, allegedly by exploiting a provision to help crime victims.

Maharashtra Minister of State for Home, Yogesh Kadam, in the state Assembly on Thursday announced that the government will launch a special campaign to ban cow slaughter in unauthorised slaughterhouses…

As India’s digital transformation accelerates, Chhattisgarh is emerging as one of its most alarming cautionary tales.

The Supreme Court has commuted a man’s death penalty in a minor’s rape and murder case to life in prison without remission.

The White House on Friday shunned media reports circling around US President Donald Trump’s visit to Pakistan, stating that there has been no such presidential travel plans.

Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Congress MP openly encouraged encroachers and “land jihadis” to take over government lands.

President Donald Trump will not recommend a special counsel in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, a White House spokeswoman said Thursday.

The first accused has been detained in Bihar’s hospital murder in which five men armed with guns walked into the Paras Hospital in Patna and shot a man who was…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday said that he would not take orders from a “gringo,” responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s letter slapping Brazil with 50%…

The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed three landmark cryptocurrency bills, fulfilling the Trump administration’s commitment to the once-controversial industry.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally at the industrial township of Durgapur in West Burdwan district on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a “common” vein condition after being evaluated by his doctor over swelling in his lower legs, the White House said on Thursday.