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An estimated three lakh devotees visited the new Jagannath temple in Digha on the day of Rath Yatra and the preceding day, a senior ISKCON monk said.

Bill Gates and Paula Hurd were photographed at the exclusive pre-wedding event of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, which was held in Venice.

Images showed coffins draped in Iranian flags and bearing portraits of the killed commanders in uniform near Enghelab Square in central Tehran.

A Yamagata Airport employee in Higashine, Yamagata prefecture, first spotted the bear close to the runway.

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Saturday lauded grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, who became India’s top-ranked chess player in the live ratings after winning the UzChess Cup Masters 2025 a day…

The father of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder victim spoke out against the alleged gangrape case in Kolkata’s law college, expressing his frustration and disappointment…

A woman was killed after a man slit her throat with a knife in Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district on Friday afternoon, a police officer said.

A video went viral on June 25 in which two villagers, Gajraj Lodhi and Raghuraj Lodhi, accused another villager Vikas Yadav and his associates of assaulting them.

Varanasi Government Railway Police (GRP) have arrested a man for allegedly posing as a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) and duping passengers by selling fake tickets, officials said.

A Chinese domestic flight made an emergency landing on Friday after experiencing an “aircraft malfunction”, with passengers reporting loud noises and a foul smell in the plane.

According to Axiom Space, the crew members continued adjusting to life in microgravity, and the crew focused on integration with the resident Expedition 73 crew.

A mild scare unfolded at Chitteri Railway in Ranipet District of Tamil Nadu after the ArakkonamKatpadi Memu Passenger Train (No. 66057) derailed. There were no injuries or casualties reported in…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the negotiations with the United States “complex” when he responded to the announcement of US President Donald Trump to terminate all trade talks with…

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) on Friday said it will support the protest march scheduled for July 5 here against the “imposition” of Hindi in the school curriculum in Maharashtra…

A 26-year-old man allegedly shot dead his father in north Delhi’s Timarpur area after being denied the front seat in a tempo that the family had hired to shift to…

A mild scare unfolded at Chitteri Railway in Ranipet District of Tamil Nadu after the ArakkonamKatpadi Memu Passenger Train (No. 66057) derailed. There were no injuries or casualties reported in…

The Digital Services Tax requires foreign and domestic large businesses to pay revenue tax that is earned from engaging with online users in Canada.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned Saturday the “disrespectful and unacceptable” comments from US President Donald Trump, who claimed to have saved Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei from an “ugly…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reflected on threats to his life as he celebrated a court ruling that handed his administration sweeping power to pursue his policy agenda.

The transport ministry has made the anti-lock braking system mandatory for all new two-wheelers manufactured after January next year, irrespective of engine capacity, to enhance riders’ safety.

In an incident that has, once again, raised troubling questions about caste violence and land rights in rural India, a Dalit family has been brutally attacked with sticks while cultivating…

A 19-year-old man was brutally stabbed to death in the Rani Garden area in Shahdara district, police said on Saturday.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he will “get the conflict solved with North Korea.”

A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday granted a 10-day remand of the two accused who were arrested for harbouring Pakistani terrorists behind the deadly Pahalgam…

Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez tied the knot Friday at a sumptuous ceremony with the rich and famous on an island in Venice’s lagoon, out of the sight…

The Delhi government has extended its excise policy for the financial year 2025-26 even as work is underway to come up with a new regime to regulate liquor trade in…

The annual ‘Kang’ festival, Manipur’s own version of the Jagannath rath yatra, was celebrated with hundreds of people coming out to see the pulling of the chariot.

United Nations officials on Friday said a US- and Israeli-backed distribution system in Gaza was leading to mass killings of people seeking aid and urged Israel to let UN humanitarian…

President Donald Trump said on Friday he believes it is possible that a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict will be reached within a week.

State-run Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has decided to acquire a controlling stake in Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard PLC under a USD 52.96 million deal, a move that is expected…

The Indian government has initiated Operation Sindhu to evacuate Indian nationals from conflict zones in Iran and Israel amid escalating tensions in West Asia. The operation, which began on June…

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is calling off trade negotiations with Canada in retaliation for taxes impacting major US tech firms, adding that Ottawa will learn of their…

Wildfires are already burning in parts of Canada, and as they do, many communities are already facing the familiar thick haze as smoke drifts in.

Earlier this month, while speaking at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said that a trade deal between India and the United States could be…

Our oceans are in trouble. Catches from many of the world’s fisheries are declining, with some fishing practices destroying enormous areas of the sea bed.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is calling off trade negotiations with Canada immediately, citing its digital services tax and adding that Ottawa will learn of their…

Trump again repeated his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan, which he claimed could have turned nuclear, after he told the countries that Washington would not…

The goods under these curbs include jute products, flax tow and waste, jute and other bast fibres, jute, single flax yarn, single yarn of jute, multiple folded, woven fabrics or…

The head of Denmark’s Arctic command said the prospect of a US takeover of Greenland was not keeping him up at night after talks with a senior US general last…

The US president accused the Iranian leader of ingratitude after Khamenei said in a defiant message that reports of damage to its nuclear sites from US bombing were exaggerated, and…

Donald Trump’s second son fueled speculation that his family seeks to establish a multi-generational political dynasty, saying he and other relatives may run for public office.

NATO allies on Wednesday agreed to raise their collective spending goal to 5% of gross domestic product in the next 10 years, citing what they called the long-term threat posed…

India posted a current account surplus of USD 13.5 billion or 1.3 per cent of GDP in March quarter 2024-25 as compared with USD 4.6 billion in the year-ago period…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a five-nation tour beginning July 2 to participate in the BRICS Summit in Brazil and expand India’s ties with several key nations of…

Some people spend years waiting for a promotion, doing everything they can to be eligible for one: from working long hours to being extra nice to the boss. But here,…

CBI has filed charge sheets against two Indian nationals before a special court in New Delhi, in connection with two separate murder cases in the UAE and Bahrain, an official…

Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot is creating political ripples in Rajasthan with his recent comments on none other than Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.

Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday restrained the police from taking coercive action against YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy until July 1 over the death of a party supporter…

After the gang-rape of a law student in Kolkata triggered a political firestorm, the Trinamool Congress has admitted that the main accused is linked to the party but insisted that…

The Parliamentary Committee on Transport has summoned Boeing executives, Air India representatives, the Civil Aviation Secretary, and DGCA officials for a discussion on air safety issues related to the tragic…

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted seven accused, including three absconders, in the December 2024 case related to the grenade attack on Gurdaspur Police Station by Babbar Khalsa International…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday spoke to his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi and discussed the overall situation that emerged following the 12-day hostilities between Iran and Israel.

The EB-1 visa, colloquially known as the “Einstein Visa”, is reserved for people with extraordinary talent, applicants who are highly acclaimed in their field. According to the government, Pulitzer, Oscar,…

The US Supreme Courtupheld a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify visitors’ ages, rejecting arguments that this violates free speech and boosting efforts to protect children from online sexual…

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of parents seeking the right to opt their children out of lessons involving LGBTQ-themed books on religious grounds.

All hypotheses on how the Covid-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said, following an inconclusive four-year investigation that was hamstrung by crucial information being withheld.

India’s stash of rice is running at the highest for this time in at least two decades, raising the risk it will run out of room to store it all…

Billionaire Gautam Adani-led Adani Group on Friday started ‘Prasad Seva’ for the Lord Jagannath devotees in Puri, as they congregate in the holy town in large numbers for the nine-day…

Four senior employees of Air India’s airport gateway services provider AISATS have been told to resign after a video showing employees partying in the workplace went viral on social media.

When the officials reached the spot, they found many elderly people tied up in their clothes and locked in rooms.

The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a major victory by curbing the power of lone federal judges to block executive actions.

The Adani Group has emerged as the fastest-growing Indian brand this year, with its brand value up by 82 per cent, according to a new report.

The Assam government is considering empowering only district commissioners (DCs) to issue Aadhaar to adults in a bid to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining the unique biometric identity number.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez were set to exchange marriage vows at a ceremony in Venice on Friday, part of a three-day wedding extravaganza that has attracted…

Gabriel Shemirani blames his influencer mother’s belief in conspiracy theories about medicine for his sister’s death from cancer, after she rejected chemotherapy.

The Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to sources.

In a covert strike reminiscent of the infamous “Red Wedding” from Game of Thrones, Israeli military generals executed a meticulously planned operation on June 13th to eliminate Iran’s top military…

Japan used the death penalty for the first time in almost three years as it executed an individual known as the “Twitter killer,” who was found guilty of killing and…

Short of commanders, deprived of much of its tunnel network and unsure of support from its ally Iran, Hamas is battling to survive in Gaza in the face of rebellious…

Defence Minister Israel Katz told media that Israel would have killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the war between the two countries if the opportunity had presented itself.

Sri Lanka’s top court halted a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a blistering attack on the media, accusing journalists of rooting against President Donald Trump and deliberately undermining the success of America’s recent military strikes…

The 28-year-old son of Norway’s crown princess is suspected of three rapes and more than a dozen other offences, Norwegian police said as they announced the closure of an investigation…

Chile’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world’s largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of the cosmos, allowing astronomers to figure out how the solar system…

Italy’s health ministry warned residents and tourists of soaring temperatures across the country, issuing a red alert for 21 cities this weekend, including Rome and Venice, as temperatures could rise…

The Gujarat High Court on Friday extended the temporary bail granted to self-styled godman Asaram till July 7 in the 2013 rape case for which he is serving a life…

One person was injured on Friday during the Rath Yatra procession in Ahmedabad, when a male elephant, agitated by excessive noise, broke a barricade and rushed into a narrow lane,…

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday sought to quell speculation over internal strife within the ruling Congress government, urging everyone to ignore recent remarks by his party colleague, KN Rajanna.

A video of the incident went viral on social media, in which the guards and other staff can be seen hitting some residents with sticks.

The man, booked under the provisions of the state’s anti-conversion law, was granted bail by the top court on April 29 but released from Ghaziabad district jail only on June…

First she was raped by her father-in-law before being murdered and buried in a pit dug outside her marital home in Haryana’s Faridabad. Disturbing new details have emerged in the…

Former insurgents in eastern Jharkhand are trading guns for fishing nets under a central government scheme that has helped transform a once violence-torn region and contributed to its removal from…

Gujarat High Court Justice Nirzar S Desai was hearing a case through videoconferencing.

During a press conference, Donald Trump was asked about his reaction to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte referring to him as “Daddy.”

Scientists from China, Korea, and the Czech Republic have discovered a new method for writing and preserving messages: making patterns of air bubbles trapped in ice sheets.

The deep penetrating bombs that the U.S. dropped into two Iranian nuclear facilities were designed specifically for those sites and were the result of more than 15 years of intelligence…

Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began, did not wait or depend on external forces to engineer a change. It was implemented by Tunisians themselves. Any Iranian Spring, too, must begin…

Purported videos showed unidentified persons pelting police personnel with stones even as the latter brandished firearms in the air to warn the protesters on a narrow village road.

Search and rescue operation by joint teams of national and state disaster response forces, police and home guards to look for six missing people following cloudbursts and flash floods in…

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said ONGC has successfully capped the blowout of its crude oil well in Assam’s Sivasagar district after 16 days of gas leakage from…

The forest and police authorities have launched a search on Friday for the owner of the cow in connection with the death of a tigress and her four cubs in…

The shootout took place near Sanjay Gandhi Animal Hospital when the team tried to intercept the criminal, identified as Vinay alias Mota (36).

President Donald Trump’s call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to be thrown out has plunged the American leader into one of Israel’s most heated debates.

The Trump administration has been exploring a range of proposals to bring Iran back to the negotiating table, including easing sanctions, releasing frozen funds, and facilitating a multi-billion dollar investment…

How do you measure climate change? One way is by recording temperatures in different places over a long period of time. While this works well, natural variation can make it…

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor has set off a wave of memes across social media.

Zohran Mamdani has shaken up New York politics by winning the Democratic nomination for mayor. The 33-year-old Indian-origin assemblyman defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday.

After research work in Mashhad, an anthropologist reflects on 15 months in Iran, uncovering the diversity of opinions about the Islamic Republic.

Sharon Lane, 77, began daydreaming about life on board as soon as she learnt that a cruise line was conducting a global tour.

Fordow, located roughly half a mile inside a mountain, came to the attention of US intelligence agencies in 2009. Soon after, defence experts determined that no existing weapon in the…