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A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, a law enforcement said

Violent protests broke out in several cities in Bangladesh overnight after the death of radical leader Sharif Osman Hadi.

Bangladesh Unrest LIVE Updates: Bangladesh has been rocked by violent protests since late Thursday after the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, with concerns of further unrest ahead of…

The US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration…

ByteDance’s TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors, according to a memo from TikTok CEO seen by Reuters.

One of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ‘s appointees has resigned over social media posts she made more than a decade ago that featured antisemitic tropes, Mamdani’s office said…

The air quality in many cities of Uttarakhand, often seen as a refuge by those looking to briefly escape the poor to severe AQI in Delhi-NCR and surrounding regions, has…

The government on Thursday introduced the VB-G RAM G Bill in the Rajya Sabha that seeks to replace the 20-year-old MGNREG Act amid protests from non-NDA parties demanding parliamentary committee…

Delhi’s ‘No PUC, No Fuel’ directive came into force across the national capital on Thursday amid claims of strict enforcement

Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s house was searched by income tax officials today in a case linked to her restaurant, Bastian, sources said on Thursday. Her lawyer insisted that no searches…

Argentinian football legend Lionel Messi’s G.O.A.T India Tour ended on a high note in Delhi’s Arun Jaitley stadium on Monday after a chaotic beginning in Kolkata.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to send a signal to the United States and European powers on Friday over his appetite for peace or more war in Ukraine when…

A business jet crash in North Carolina killed all seven aboard Thursday, reportedly including a former racing car driver, authorities said.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he believes talks toward ending the war in Ukraine are “getting close to something” ahead of a US meeting with Russian officials this…

With polls to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) nearing, political manoeuvring in the city has entered a critical phase, marked by both progress and fresh contention within the ruling Mahayuti…

A 40-year-old man died after setting himself on fire in Madurai this evening in an incident the police suspect is suicide linked to the ongoing controversy over the lighting of…

US House Democrats published a fresh batch of photographs from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, stepping up pressure on Donald Trump’s administration on the eve of its deadline to release federal files…

Donald Trump has been stamping his mark on Washington ever since his return to power. Now in an extraordinary step for a living president, the US capital’s top arts venue…

Nationalist Congress Party minister Manikrao Kokate has resigned from the Maharashtra Cabinet following a court verdict upholding his conviction and two-year jail term in a 1995 cheating and forgery case.

Assam authorities on Thursday asked 15 ‘declared foreigners’ to leave the state within 24 hours, invoking the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declined Pakistan’s request to immediately scrap the 18 per cent General Sales Tax (GST) on contraceptives, dealing a blow to the government’s push to…

A leader of Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising who was wounded in an assassination attempt and flown to Singapore for treatment has died in the city-state, officials said on Friday.

A blanket of haze enveloped Delhi on Thursday, reducing visibility across the city as air pollution worsened, with the 24-hour average AQI in the ‘very poor’ category with a reading…

A Delhi court on Thursday remanded Yasir Ahmad Dar, the ninth accused arrested in a case related to the Red Fort blast, to NIA custody till December 26.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, speaking on the hijab row in Bihar and the BJP’s reaction to it, said today that one can expect no better from the…

A Kochibased man accused of running an international kidney racket allegedly trafficked poor Indians not just to Iran, but also to Tajikistan for illegal transplants, latest National Investigation Agency (NIA)…

A YouTuber who made a huge amount of money from online betting and gambling apps lived lavishly, with a garage full of high-end sports cars. Anurag Dwivedi, who also runs…

A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli, who killed his wife over not wearing the burqa and two daughters, did not let her apply for an Aadhaar because he did not…

India on Thursday signed a trade pact — Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) — with Oman, its 17th deal so far as the country aims to boost bilateral trade and…

A case was registered here on Thursday against management of a mall and the event organisers after actress Nidhhi Agerwal was allegedly mobbed by a crowd following the launch of…

Parliament on Thursday passed the nuclear energy bill, with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod to the legislation that seeks to open the tightly-controlled civil nuclear sector for private participation.

In an interview with NDTV, Yousuf Al-Balushi, Chairman of the Muscat Policy Council underlined that the trade pact marks the start of a new phase in India-Oman ties.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have tightened scrutiny on Pakistani nationals amid growing concerns over organised begging and criminal activity abroad, a trend Pakistani authorities say is harming…

Naveed Akram, the younger of the two shooters who killed 15 people on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, took training at a shooting club in “firearms safety” and “how to hunt”.

Amid an ongoing political storm over the renaming of the MGNREGA scheme for rural jobs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her government will bring a bill in the…

Just weeks after Madhya Pradesh became a grim symbol of state failure with the deaths of more than 20 children due to poisoned cough syrup, another chilling incident has surfaced,…

The number of people killed in road accidents in India is more than casualties in a war or the Covid pandemic, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said…

The Bengaluru South District police arrested 3 men including two students on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 19-year-old college student for two months. According to police, the incident dates back…

By framing the upcoming election as a battle between good and evil, Vijay is deliberately reviving memories of the Jayalalithaa-Karunanidhi rivalry – an intense, deeply personal feud that defined Tamil…

Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday lodged a police complaint against the head of Kolkata-based ‘Argentina football fan club’, alleging that the individual made objectionable remarks against him,…

Some US Army troops posted along the southern border as part of the Trump administration’s heightened immigration enforcement efforts are living under substandard conditions in Texas and New Mexico, according…

G Ram G Clears Lok Sabha Amid Uproar, Opposition Tears Copy Of Bill

The Muslim ummah needs to confront the anger, denial and victimhood narratives that create the environment in which extremists begin to believe their violence is righteous.

Union minister Giriraj Singh, who has emerged as the newest champion of Nitish Kumar in the hijab row, today had a message for the woman who refused to show her…

A case was registered against the second accused in the 2017 actress assault case in Kerala for allegedly defaming the survivor on social media, police said on Thursday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, among the first to critcise his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar over the hijab row, has hit his political rival Mehbooba Mufti with a…

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have tightened scrutiny on Pakistani nationals amid growing concerns over organised begging and criminal activity abroad, a trend Pakistani authorities say is harming…

Amid an ongoing investigation regarding the Bondi Beach attack in Australia, police carried out an operation in a Sydney suburb with heavily armed officers ramming a car and detaining 7…

A farmer from Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, who had claimed that he was forced to sell his kidney to clear a part of his loan, has only one kidney, police have…

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) swept the zila parishad polls and was also leading in the majority of zones of panchayat samiti in Punjab, according to results declared so…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Thursday conferred with the Order of Oman, the Sultanate’s uniquely distinct civilian honour, by Sultan Haitham bin Tarik for his contributions to strengthening bilateral…

An elderly couple has approached the Supreme Court with a petition seeking passive euthanasia for their 31-year-old son, who has been in a vegetative state for the past 12 years…

A five-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Thursday.

YSRCP chief and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called the proposed privatisation of medical colleges the “mother of all scams” and said the fight would continue…

Two people, including a truck driver, were killed and three others injured after a truck rammed into a tea shop amid dense fog conditions in the Lambhua area here on…

Think twice before speeding on the highway, especially between two toll plazas.

An Indian-origin cab driver has been accused of raping an unconscious passenger in California, United States. Simranjit Singh Sekhon, 35, was arrested following an investigation into the sexual assault of…

Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts…

Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Thursday urged the Centre to reconsider its definition of the Aravallis, warning that any damage to the mountain range posed a serious threat to the…

A day after an India-South Africa T20 match in Lucknow had to be cancelled due to dense fog, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said the Board of Cricket Control in…

In a rare acknowledgment of instances of judicial corruption, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday said that there is a growing trend of judges passing a series of…

The selection of the Jammu and Kashmir team is under scrutiny and a probe has been ordered to investigate the selection process of players.

The double murder of Hollywood actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, in their Los Angeles home and the subsequent arrest of their son Nick Reiner for the…

A couple have been arrested in Ghaziabad near Delhi for allegedly murdering their landlady when she asked them to pay rent dues.

The father-and-son duo alleged to have gunned down 15 people on Australia’s Bondi Beach holed themselves up in a Philippines hotel for weeks and left a tip on their way…

Donald Trump ordered a blockade of “sanctioned oil tankers” into and out of Venezuela, US forces seized an oil tanker off the country’s coast and the military attacked three more…

The solstices mark the times when the Earth’s tilt toward or away from the sun is at its maximum. This means the hemispheres are getting very different amounts of sunlight…

A British woman accused of murdering her 84-year-old husband wrote “bye bye” accompanied by two kisses and a heart on a calendar entry for the day he died, a court…

After Dhaka, India has closed two more visa application centres in Bangladesh’s Rajshahi and Khulna amid a worsening security situation in the country.

A Bengaluru High Court advocate was killed after a speeding car rammed into him while he was crossing a road in the city.

The Vantor sourced image produced in this report is dated December 16 and shows a large red tarpaulin covering the building located adjacent to a large complex where Pakistan operates…

Shares of Ola Electric Mobility Limited slipped further on Thursday after founder and promoter Bhavish Aggarwal sold another chunk of his personal shareholding through open market transactions.

In a recent crackdown, the Delhi Police have apprehended a fraudster involved in cheating people on the pretext of providing job opportunities.

An Air India Express flight from Jeddah to Kozhikode with 160 passengers carried out an emergency landing at the Cochin International Airport here on Thursday due to issues involving its…

A US girl, who was abducted as a toddler at the age of three, has been found after 42 years. Michelle Marie Newton went missing in 1983 and was living…

At least 40 flights were delayed, and more than 22 trains are running late, as Delhi has been hit by a dense fog since the early hours of Thursday.

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping prescription drug price cuts under a “Most Favoured Nation” policy has put India’s pharmaceutical industry in focus.

A personal security officer (PSO) of a wine shop owner has been arrested for allegedly absconding with Rs 50 lakh that he was entrusted to deliver in Delhi, police said…

Hundreds of people across Japan will sue the central government Thursday seeking damages for “unconstitutional” inaction on climate change, the country’s first such litigation.

Wang Kun won eight consecutive titles at the Chinese Bodybuilding Association (CBBA) National Bodybuilding Championships.

The second single from Vijay’s last film Jana Nayagan (People’s Leader), a political drama which is set for release on January 9, is dropping this evening much to the delight…

After the airline faced intense scrutiny over the cancellation of hundreds of flights earlier this month, IndiGo Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers has reassured employees that “the worst is behind…

A 19 year old Rohingya man was stabbed to death allegedly by another Rohingya following a drunken brawl here, police said on Thursday.

The BJP has seized on the revelation to mount an attack against the ruling Congress, accusing it of bankrupting the Road Transport Corporations (RTCs) and endangering public transport infrastructure.

In the rainforests of New Guinea lives a bird unlike any other – the Hooded Pitohui, known as the world’s only toxic bird. While most birds are harmless to humans,…

When airlines strain against duty hour limits, when safety oversight suffers from understaffing, when passenger protection exists only on paper, the aviation system functions dangerously, accumulating risks that eventually manifest…

Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) has significantly scaled up the segregation of low-value plastic (LVP) as part of its efforts to improve waste management and reduce landfill dependency in…

Despite a ban by Islamabad, the Indian espionage thriller Dhurandhar seems to be riding the wave of popularity in Pakistan.

Humayun Kabir, who was recently suspended by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after repeated clashes with the party’s leadership, has decided to float his own political party ahead of the high-stakes…

A thick layer of toxic smog enveloped the Delhi-Noida border at the DND Flyway on this hazy Thursday morning, with air quality plunging into the ‘hazardous’ category at the nearby…

In 2025, extreme weather events battered India, leaving behind a trail of destruction-from flash floods and landslides in the hills to devastating floods in the plains. Official data reveals the…

Vehicles that do not have BS-VI engines are not being allowed to enter the national capital from today as part of rigorous anti-pollution measures adopted by the Delhi government. Fuel…

Delhi Air Pollution Live Updates: Amid mounting concern over toxic air quality in the national capital, the Delhi government has announced a fresh set of steps to rein in pollution…

Delhi Air Pollution Live Updates: Amid mounting concern over toxic air quality in the national capital, the Delhi government has announced a fresh set of steps to rein in pollution…

Investors say the current regime penalizes long-term equity investing. Gurmeet Chadha, in a post on X, flagged a telling data point: only 30% of systematic investment plans (SIPs) cross the…

Investors say the current regime penalizes long-term equity investing. Gurmeet Chadha, in a post on X, flagged a telling data point: only 30% of systematic investment plans (SIPs) cross the…

The White House has installed new plaques along President Donald Trump’s “Presidential Walk of Fame”, offering descriptions beneath portraits of former presidents that reflect the Republican leader’s own views.

The White House has installed new plaques along President Donald Trump’s “Presidential Walk of Fame”, offering descriptions beneath portraits of former presidents that reflect the Republican leader’s own views.

A trade deal with the US is possible provided India handles it a certain way, since President Donald Trump, though transactional, also wants to announce a deal, Indian-origin US journalist…

A trade deal with the US is possible provided India handles it a certain way, since President Donald Trump, though transactional, also wants to announce a deal, Indian-origin US journalist…