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Four African nationals were arrested on charges of overstaying their visa and peddling drugs, and have been deported.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar launched a scathing attack on the Telangana government on Monday, questioning alleged special exemptions granted to AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi’s…

Trump has received multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations from supporters and loyal lawmakers over the years and has made no secret of his irritation at missing out on the prestigious…

US President Donald Trump reignited his trade war on Monday as he unveiled the first in a wave of promised letters that threaten to impose higher tariff rates on 15…

A 30-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife after she slapped him during a domestic row in the Rajendra Park area, police on Monday said.

A routine security check at Delhi’s Press Enclave Society turned into a dramatic chase on Monday afternoon, when guards identified and attempted to catch a repeat offender who had previously…

A fresh political face-off has erupted between the Delhi Assembly Speaker and the Congress over the alleged Rs 2.35 crore renovation of the Speaker’s official residence, including a reported Rs…

Making a strong political pitch ahead of the high-stakes Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu next year, AIADMK Chief Edappadi K Palaniswami kickstarted his statewide “election yatra” from the party’s western…

Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chandigarh Zonal Office has carried out search operations at the premises of three suspected shell companies located in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida and Lucknow, the central agency…

US President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will send additional weapons to Ukraine, after the White House announced a halt to some arms shipments for Kyiv the previous…

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Patna-based industrialist Gopal Khemka, including the man who had pulled the trigger, a senior police officer said on Monday.

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water.

Several leading medical groups filed suit against US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, accusing him of endangering public health with new Covid-19 vaccine recommendations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Brasilia on Monday evening (local time) for his State Visit to Brazil. Brazil’s Minister of Defence, Jose Mucio Monteiro Filho, received him at the…

US President Donald Trump voiced his confidence Monday that Hamas was willing to agree a truce with Israel, as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to push for…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, presenting the US president with a letter he sent to the prize committee.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has fact checked Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s post on the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, or voter list revision, being carried out in Bihar…

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said Rs 10,000 crore has been sanctioned in this year’s Union Budget for strengthening rail infrastructure in Bihar.

As part of deepening diplomatic ties, India has presented a series of culturally significant gifts to the top leadership of Argentina, and Trinidad & Tobago.

US-Brazil relations slid into crisis Monday after President Donald Trump criticized the high-profile coup trial of his right-wing ally, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.

Located around 16 kilometres from Srinagar, Sirobagad is an active landslide zone where fallen debris leads to road closures almost daily, and often leads to accidents too.

The Delhi BJP on Monday alleged large-scale corruption in the widow pension scheme during the tenure of the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.

India is set to test a homegrown mobile artillery gun that can be deployed anywhere, from Rajasthan’s desert to Siachen’s icy heights. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has…

A mini bus overturned near Sagran village of Hoshiarpur district on Monday, leaving nine people dead and 33 others injured, police said.

The former Chief Justice has now spoken exclusively with NDTV about his daughters Priyanka and Mahi, who are in his foster care,

Recounting her harrowing experience after a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader’s son rammed his car into hers and then abused and threatened her, nail artist Rajshree More has said the…

The distance between Mizoram’s Aizawl and West Bengal’s Kolkata will be shortened by 700 km by 2027, as India with the help of Myanmar will be able to operationalise the…

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has written to her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, urging immediate action to curb illegal sand mining along the Yamuna River near the Delhi-UP border.

From Nigeria to Japan, Pakistan to Spain, the month of June was the hottest ever recorded in 12 countries and was exceptionally warm in 26 other countries.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an interview that Israel, which last month fought a 12-day war with Iran, had attempted to assassinate him.

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR in a case of cruelty towards a minor and said such crimes against children affect the society’s conscience at large…

The Election Commission of India (ECI) continues to face criticism from Opposition leaders over its voter list revisions, an exercise which former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi had called the…

Amid instances of Raj Thackeray’s supporters thrashing non-Marathi speakers over the language controversy in Maharashtra, a video has surfaced online embarrassing the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi remained in the ‘satisfactory’ category for the 12th consecutive day on Monday, the cleanest spell recorded so far this year.

A portion of a service road in Sector 100, Noida collapsed on Monday morning after an underground water pipe burst, triggering panic among locals, and disrupting traffic movement in the…

US President Donald Trump said he was slapping 25 percent tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea, in his first letters to trading partners ahead of a deadline to…

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said he hopes a criminal investigation will be launched into the large stash of cash found at a judge’s official residence, comparing the incident to the…

A 12-year-old boy died after a mud house collapsed amid incessant rains in Jharkhand’s Ranchi district on Monday, an official said.

Russia said it captured its first village in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region after grinding towards the border for months, dealing a physchological blow for Kyiv as its worries mount.

Cambodia accused Thailand on Monday of a “malicious attempt” to smear its reputation with accusations it has launched cyber-attacks on the neighbouring nation, as a diplomatic feud festers.

A bear killed three men and wounded two others before the animal was beaten to death by angry local residents at a village near Sanjay Gandhi Tiger Reserve in Sidhi…

Russia’s former Transport Minister Roman Starovoit reportedly shot himself, hours after he was fired by President Vladimir Putin. Starovoit was appointed transport minister in May 2024.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India would redefine the BRICS grouping under its upcoming chairmanship by focusing on “Building Resilience and Innovation for Cooperation and Sustainability.”

When it comes to mountain rescues, St. Bernards may have met their match, with a Chihuahua being hailed for helping save a man who fell into a glacier crevasse in…

How long should it take before you can start tearing apart a road by hand? Centuries, you say? Well, in Maharashtra’s Nanded, all it took was a month.

Amid reports that China launched a misinformation campaign during Operation Sindoor to undermine Rafale sales, the BJP has launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of…

A massive 15-foot python became an unlikely toy for a group of children in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr. They were seen lifting the reptile with their hands, parading it through village…

The best viewing opportunities occur within a few hours before or after sunrise or sunset when the station is illuminated by the Sun but the sky is dark enough for…

A girl student in Assam’s Tinsukia district, who attempted suicide in June due to alleged sex assault repeatedly by her teacher, died by suicide on July 6, the police said.

A rather unique flashpoint has emerged in Bengal politics with the warring BJP and Trinamool claiming credit for a move that signifies the importance of the party over its leadership.

Fighting between two armed Chin groups in Myanmar has forced several civilians to flee into Mizoram’s Champhai. At least 2,845 people from Khawmawi and Rihkhawdar villages, which border Mizoram, have…

BJD president Naveen Patnaik was on Monday discharged from a private hospital in Mumbai, where he underwent a spine surgery for cervical arthritis, a party leader said.

The Karnataka government on Monday decided to treat sudden deaths as “notifiable disease” and conduct postmortem in such cases.

Since its announcement in February, President Donald Trump’s $5 million “Gold Card” has seen strong interest among overseas wealthy seeking an easy passage to US citizenship.

The recent overhaul of the UAE’s Golden Visa marks a significant shift in the country’s residency landscape, industry experts said on Monday.

A 35-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped in an empty coach of a stationary train here, police said on Monday.

Amid reports that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been appointed a member of an advisory council of Congress’s OBC department, the BJP has claimed this is the Congress’s attempt to…

A special court in Jammu on Monday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) 10 more days’ remand of the two accused arrested for allegedly harbouring Pakistani terrorists involved in the…

A woman and her lover killed her bedridden husband by smothering him with a pillow in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, and tried to make it look like a natural death.

China said on Monday it protested to India over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greetings to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday and the attendance of Indian officials at the…

Let’s not waste breath or bites any further on Prada and Dior ‘stealing’ from the Indian artisanal traditions: the Kolhapuri footwear and the Muqaish embroidery.

A two-month-old elephant calf that got separated from its herd in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park has finally been reunited with its mother.

Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land.

Every baby born in the US between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2028, will be seeded with a one-time $1,000 contribution from the government into an investment account.

US President Donald Trump’s former first buddy, billionaire Elon Musk, once again stirred the Jeffrey Epstein controversy, suggesting the Republican leader’s name is among the sex offender’s sealed files.

A man fell from a bridge into the strong currents of the Cauvery River during a picnic in Karnataka’s Mysuru.

Haridwar Police arrested a youth with a large consignment of illegal drugs worth around Rs 3 crore, days before the Kanwar Yatra begins.

Uddhav and Raj Thackeray shared a stage after nearly 20 years for the cause of the Marathi language and vowed to oppose the “imposition” of Hindi in Maharashtra.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be in Patna on Wednesday for a “chakka jam” against the new labour code and special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, leaders of…

The Bombay High Court on Monday wondered if it can prohibit slaughter of animals during the nine-day ‘Paryushan Parv’ of the Jain community and whether such an order would open…

Unidentified assailants shot at a man and killed his 12-year-old son while they were sleeping in the verandah of their house in the Mahalgonj area of Araria district, said police.

The killing of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker by then-Police Constable Zachary Rolfe in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu sparked protests and renewed scrutiny of Australia’s treatment of its First…

While the Trump administration in the United States is prepping to send letters to Washington’s trading partners, dictating new tariffs, confusion persists over when the pause on President Donald Trump’s…

Since June 21, the area has experienced as of early Monday what seismologists refer to as a swarm of 1,582 quakes.

Excess weight may increase the risk of developing breast cancer among postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease, according to a study by the World Health Organisation (WHO), published on Monday.

Donald Trump pressurised a further 10 percent tariff on countries aligning themselves with the emerging BRICS nations, accusing them of “anti-Americanism”.

Having a planned caesarean section during delivery could be related to an increased risk of leukaemia — a blood cancer — later in the child’s life, compared with an emergency…

Mother and son who kidnapped a child from Gurugram Sector 40, were arrested by anti-human trafficking branch of Gurugram Police, in Agra. The duo planned on selling the child to…

Two men have been arrested for allegedly harassing two minors and circulating a video with communal remarks on social media in Puttur town of Dakshina Kannada district, police said on…

Are you in the habit of sleeping with lights on during the night? Beware, a study led by an international team of researchers found that brighter night-time light exposure may…

The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday the challenge against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in poll-bound Bihar. The court accepted the petitioners’ request…

Sean “Diddy” Combs got a standing ovation from fellow inmates when the music mogul returned to jail after winning acquittals on potential life-in-prison charges

The search and rescue teams plodded through mud-laden riverbanks and flew aircraft over the flood-stricken landscape of central Texas in the United States for a fourth day on Monday, searching…

The equipment activist Lee Min-bok uses to send balloons laden with anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets across the border from South Korea unto the North has been gathering dust and cobwebs…

The first session of indirect Hamas-Israel ceasefire talks in Qatar ended inconclusively, adding that the Israeli delegation didn’t have a sufficient mandate to reach an agreement with Hamas.

The girl met Yogi Adityanath at a ‘Janta Darshan’ (a public grievance redressal program) in Gorakhpur on July 1 and appealed for financial support.

According to the girl’s uncle, they have received many calls in the past few days for the baby’s adoption. But, they refused to give her away.

Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the key conspirator in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks who was extradited to India after a long diplomatic battle, has revealed crucial details about the planning behind the…

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name “Hadean” comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat…

South Calcutta Law College reopened on Monday amid heavy security after remaining closed for over a week following the gang rape of a student on campus.

Siddaramaiah’s economic adviser, Basavaraj Raya Reddy, on Saturday told a public rally to choose between election guarantees and development.

Torrential rains in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Saturday brought life to a standstill and severely disrupted railway services, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded aboard the Vande Bharat Express for nearly…

Claiming that there was a “conspiracy” to thwart his foray into Bihar politics, Union minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday asserted that he would, nonetheless, contest the upcoming assembly polls in…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally welcomed Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto into the BRICS grouping as a full member during the 17th BRICS Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A man allegedly killed his wife here by clobbering her head with a brick after he heard her speaking to someone on the phone. Police Sunday said he has been…

During the assault, one of the attackers referred to the Renukaswamy murder case, threatening the victim with similar consequences.

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein didn’t keep a supposed “client list” to blackmail powerful figures, the US President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI reportedly concluded in a…

India’s thumping Test win at Edgbaston under new skipper Shubman Gill wasn’t the only headline-grabber this week. The Indian captain’s seemingly minor athleisure choice led to a major conversation online.

Coordination, harmony and love are vanishing due to the authoritarianism and dictatorship of superpowers and there is an atmosphere of conflict across the world, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on…

A young woman, Akanksha, was seen thrashing and dragging her mother-in-law down the staircase at their Ghaziabad home.