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The ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, renowned globally for hosting the annual Holi Festival, has come under attack in a suspected hate crime, with over…

Chief Minister MK Stalin has ordered that the case be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

A female student of class 7 was raped allegedly by a distant relative in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said.

A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh shot himself dead after killing his mother and four-year-old son.

Tamil Nadu Police arrested Abubacker Siddique, the state’s most wanted terrorist, from a remote hideout in Andhra Pradesh after nearly three decades on the run.

A self-proclaimed occultist (tantrik) was remanded to police custody in Jhalawar district after he allegedly abducted and raped a minor girl for over three days, police said.

Additional Commissioner of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has said that he was “brutally attacked” by five-six people while he was in his office and that an FIR has been lodged.

The victims and perpetrators of terrorism must never be equated and India has every right to defend its people against terror strikes, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.

Himachal Pradesh Cloudburst: Heavy and incessant rains in Himachal Pradesh over the past few days have resulted in multiple incidents of building collapse, landslides, as well as widespread road blockages…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and appreciated the “unwavering support” the US extended to India in its fight against terrorism.

BJP leaders in Bihar lashed out at Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge for threatening to “ban the RSS”, the party’s parent organisation, upon the Congress’ return to power at the Centre.

A man has been arrested for offering namaaz in a temple, where he had been working for close to 35 years, in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun, said the police.

A 32-year-old man was allegedly stoned to death by four persons after his motorcycle brushed past them on a street in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city.

A 27-year-old woman, who was married only about two and a half months ago, has died by suicide after holding her husband and in-laws responsible for her decision to end…

US President Donald Trump said that the New York City Democratic nominee for mayor is a “pure, true communist” and a “total nut job” and added that he will “have…

French President Emmanuel Macron urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine “as soon as possible” as the two held their first known phone…

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a phone call Tuesday that Moscow’s ally Iran has a “right” to develop a peaceful nuclear programme, the Kremlin…

Putting out one fire. Then another. Then yet another. That appears to be the case in the Karnataka Congress amid a renewed push for a leadership change. The party, however,…

The Delhi High Court would on July 2 decide the bail pleas of two accused persons in the December 2023 Parliament security breach case.

The bodies of three youngsters were retrieved from Brihaspati Kund waterfall, a popular picnic spot in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, where they had gone two days ago, an official…

Delhi is set to witness its first-ever cloud seeding flights starting this August after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation granted final approval for airborne trials.

The Kolkata rape survivor was not given an inhaler when she suffered a panic attack out of concern for her, but so she could recover and be brutalised, the public…

Baba Ramdev’s comments come against the backdrop of a debate over the consumption of anti-ageing medications after the untimely death of actor Shefali Jariwala.

The Republican-led US Senate approved Donald Trump’s flagship spending bill Tuesday after a marathon voting session on the deeply unpopular package, set to slash social welfare programs and add an…

The authorities of South Calcutta Law College terminated the services on the prime accused and expelled two other co-accused in the alleged gang rape of a 24-year-old student from the…

An Air India flight took off from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for Vienna on June 14. However, soon after takeoff, it lost altitude – the plane dropped 900…

The preliminary probe report on the Air India crash, in which at least 270 people were killed – including 241 on board the flight – is expected to be released…

In a state-wide crackdown, Assam Police have launched a coordinated operation against the illegal sale of beef, conducting simultaneous raids across multiple districts under the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021.

After billionaire Elon Musk slammed US President Donald Trump’s flagship spending bill, the latter said he could consider deporting Musk. “I don’t know. We’ll have to take a look,” Trump…

A weather station in Potsdam, Germany, one of the world’s oldest, has recorded the driest first half of a year since measurements began more than 130 years ago, according to…

Some 1,350 schools will be fully or partially closed due to the heat, up significantly from around 200 on Monday. The top floor of the Eiffel Tower will be closed…

The world will have to learn to live with heatwaves, the United Nations’ weather and climate agency said Tuesday, as much of Europe roasted in high summer temperatures.

Wall Street stocks retreated from records early Tuesday while Tesla sank as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut bill faced hurdles in Congress and renewed criticism from Elon Musk.

The Kerala High Court has held that the police cannot refuse to register a first information report (FIR) merely because a complaint was sent via email from abroad without a…

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said very heavy rainfall is expected in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan over some of the next six to…

Two men were arrested for allegedly duping a retired government employee of Rs 14 lakh by posing as cybercrime officials and threatening him with a fabricated digital arrest in north…

IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has undertaken a key experiment to decode muscle health in space — crucial for astronauts undertaking long space missions as well as for people with…

A voice-dubbed parody of a political sermon, even if clearly labelled as satire, could be construed under the bill as distorted or fabricated and made liable to prosecution.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday lashed out at a satirical magazine following allegations that it had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS on Tuesday issued a joint public invitation for a rally in Mumbai on July 5 to celebrate “Marathi Vijay Diwas”, following the state…

The United States is pushing for a truce in Gaza by “sometime next week,” US President Donald Trump said Tuesday.

Some 1,350 schools will be fully or partially closed due to the heat, up significantly from around 200 on Monday. The top floor of the Eiffel Tower will be closed…

Almost three quarters of the globe’s cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN’s cultural agency said on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access…

The Kremlin on Tuesday denied claims by U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine that Russia was stalling in peace talks, adding that Moscow had fulfilled all the agreements…

Legal teams from the US and the UK are preparing to file lawsuits against Boeing in the two countries over the Air India crash in Ahmedabad last month, in one…

More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of US foreign aid,…

King Charles has decided to scrap Britain’s royal train, a service dating back to Queen Victoria, because it is no longer cost-effective.

Amazon said Tuesday it “applauds” Canada’s decision to scrap its digital services tax in order to salvage trade talks with the United States, calling it a win for the online…

The Israeli army said Tuesday that it launched a review into a strike on a seafront Gaza cafe it says targeted militants, but which rescuers said killed 24 people. The…

The U.S. and India are nearing a deal to lower tariffs on American imports to the South Asian country and to help India avoid levies imposed by the Trump administration…

A 92-year-old British man was on Tuesday jailed for life for a 1967 rape and murder, in the UK’s oldest solved cold case.

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the construction of four-lane Paramakudi-Ramanathapuram Section of NH-87 in Tamil Nadu at a cost of Rs 1,853 crore.

India’s manufacturing activity accelerated to a 14-month high in June, driven by a substantial rise in international sales that boosted output and sparked record-breaking hiring, a business survey showed on…

Himachal Pradesh Police on Tuesday registered a case against state Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh Rana and six others on charges of assaulting a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)…

Saying ‘I love you’ is only an expression of feelings and does not in itself amount to “sexual intent”, the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench has said acquitting a 35-year-old…

India has dispatched a team of geologists to Zambia to explore copper and cobalt deposits, two Indian government sources said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to secure critical mineral…

A case has been registered against a 40-year-old man who allegedly sexually harassed a woman and threatened her at gunpoint in Navi Mumbai.

After three failed UPSC attempts, Neha Byadwal broke up with her mobile phone for three years.

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Research Development and Innovation Scheme with a corpus of Rs one lakh crore to spur private sector investment in research.

The Indian Navy contained a fire on board a Palau-flagged tanker in the North Arabian Sea and ensured safety of 14 of the vessel’s Indian crew members.

As Congress leaders in Karnataka openly discuss a possible change of CM, Mallikarjun Kharge has dropped a bombshell by stating that this is a matter for the leadership to decide,…

Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said Tuesday, as climate change prompts sweltering heat waves across the globe. Japan’s monthly average temperature was highest for June…

The Himalayan village of Samjung was perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal’s Upper Mustang, more than 13,000 feet above sea level.

Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations that a satirical magazine had published a cartoon of…

Israeli planes and tanks struck heavily in north and south Gaza on Tuesday, destroying clusters of homes, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s confidant was in Washington, expected to discuss…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he expects to travel to the United States next week for meetings with President Donald Trump, after a “great victory” in a…

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced a major restructuring of the company’s artificial intelligence group, including a commitment to developing AI “superintelligence,”.

Shefali Jariwala’s autopsy has been performed at Cooper Hospital in Mumbai, but the opinion about her cause of death has been “reserved” for now.

The Kerala government’s decision to introduce Zumba classes in state schools as a mental wellness initiative, faced severe backlash and criticism from Muslim organisations and cultural groups.

Such was the terror of Monojit ‘Mango’ Mishra on campus that women students of the Kolkata law college, where a 24-year-old was raped last week, considered skipping classes to stay…

During interrogation, Bilal confessed that he had stayed for a month at the campus last year, too, but no one noticed him.

The United States has mandated that all visa applicants, including Indians, set their social media accounts to public for enhanced screening of tourists and immigrants in view of “national security…

In an era of contemporary media, the collaboration will make NASA’s scientific and exploratory efforts even more accessible, enabling the agency to inspire and engage a global audience.

S Jaishankar was responding to a question on how much of the India-US relationship is defined by its stance on China.

Two brothers-in-law allegedly raped the wife of a BSF jawan on multiple occasions and blackmailed her using obscene videos, police said.

Deep funding cuts to the US Agency for International Development and its potential dismantling could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in…

The government on Tuesday approved an Employment Linked Incentive scheme with an outlay of Rs 1.07 lakh crore to support job generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors,…

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of…

Bryan Johnson launched Project Blueprint, a $2 million-a-year experiment to reverse ageing in every part of his body.

The central tribunal said RCB posted the victory celebrations invite on social media, which drew a massive crowd outside the stadium – leaving no time for the police to make…

On August 16 last year, days after a doctor’s rape-murder in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Monojit Mishra shared on Facebook a video of West Bengal Chief Minister…

Indian-origin author Danielle D’Souza Gill has distanced herself from traditional Indian eating habits after backlash over her husband, Congressman Brandon Gill’s remark mocking NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for eating…

A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend by slitting her throat in front of her father in Meghalaya’s Eastern West Khasi Hills district, police said on Tuesday.…

Right now, a severe storm likely to be the first significant east coast low in three years is developing off the coast of New South Wales.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday as it considers a petition filed by 36 senators seeking her dismissal.

US President Donald Trump has introduced his new line of perfumes and colognes – “Victory 45-47”, celebrating his historic win in the 2025 presidential election.

India is expected to remain the fastest-growing economy among all the countries covered by global investment firm Morgan Stanley, according to the latest report from its Global Investment Committee (GIC).

Quick commerce platforms Zepto, Blinkit, and Swiggy’s Instamart have started charging extra to customer orders over and above the existing platform and service fee, according to a report.

Authorities say two firefighters were killed and another was critically injured after they were shot while responding to a wildfire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Karnataka’s Hassan district is in the grip of a worrying surge in heart attack-related deaths, with four more lives lost on June 30, taking the number of deaths to 22…

Australian health authorities are urging around 1,200 children in the state of Victoria to be tested for infectious diseases after police charged a childcare worker with dozens of sexual abuse…

A major case of alleged financial misconduct surfaced in Bathinda after a complaint was received about the theft of hospital funds meant for ambulance fuel, Deputy Commissioner Showkat Ahmad Parray…

The Beldanga Police have issued summons to Maharaj and asked him to appear today for questioning in connection with rape allegations.

Over the past three decades there have been amazing advances in treating and preventing HIV.

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the country’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday, as it opened a probe into her conduct in a diplomatic spat with Cambodia.

The Yamunotri Highway is blocked near Silai Band and Ojari due to landslides and portions of the road being washed out, causing disruptions to travel along the route, Uttarkashi Police…

Nearly 17 per cent or one in six people worldwide is affected by loneliness, and the condition was linked to an estimated 100 deaths every hour — more than 8,71,000…

It has been seen earlier how the US is suspicious of governments in both Iran and Afghanistan. In both cases, there have been direct confrontations. Pakistan provides the ideal listening…

Oil marketing companies revised the prices of commercial LPG gas cylinders on Tuesday, reducing the cost of a 19 kg commercial cylinder by Rs 58.50. The new rates brought relief…