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The United States Embassy in Dhaka has issued a nationwide security alert for American citizens following Bangladesh’s announcement that its next parliamentary election and a national referendum will be held…
A nearly 40-metre-tall replica of the Statue of Liberty tumbled after a severe storm smashed the Brazilian city of Guaiba on Monday afternoon.
Since 2021, Project Utthan has been successfully run under a public-private partnership between BMC, Adani Foundation, and Adani Electricity.
A 32-year-old man from Hyderabad has lost Rs 75 lakh after falling prey to online betting fraud, not once, but twice. It all began with a WhatsApp message from an…
A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Delhi’s Prem Nagar area, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an official said on Tuesday.
Jordanian Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on Tuesday personally drove Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Jordan Museum here, in a special gesture reflecting the warmth of ties…
Cachar Police in Assam seized 90,000 Yaba tablets, estimated to be worth Rs 26 crore in the illicit market, and arrested two drug smugglers during a major anti-narcotics operation in…
Supriya Sule, an ally of the Congress-led INDIA bloc, made the remarks days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Centre over poll rigging – a charge the Opposition has…
President Donald Trump’s contentious relationship with news organizations has led to a host of disputes and legal battles, the latest a lawsuit accusing the BBC of defamation and deceptive and…
In fiery remarks targeting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in poll-bound West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked women of the state to be prepared with kitchen…
The figures were disclosed in a written reply by Agriculture Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy to a question raised by BJP MLA Aravind Bellad.
Government authorities have not done enough to stamp out hatred of Jews in Australia, which has allowed it to fester in the aftermath of October 7, said the daughter of…
Cyclone Ditwah unleashed unprecedented flooding across Sri Lanka, crippling terrestrial networks and isolating communities.
Police have registered a case against four Mumbai-based traders for allegedly cheating a textile businessman from Maharashtra’s Thane district of Rs 35 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jordan, the first in nearly four decades, coincides with 75 years of bilateral ties.
While the YSRCP launched protests across the state and collected 1 crore signatures against the PPP move, TDP MP raised strong counterarguments in Parliament on Monday.
IT major Cognizant has issued a safety advisory for its employees in Pune after reports of increased leopard movement in several parts of the city and surrounding areas, asking staff…
A 60-year-old Indian origin woman was detained in the United States by immigration officers during the last round of her green card interview.
Hungover Russian drivers and other unforeseen hurdles nearly disrupted Ukraine’s audacious drone strike on Moscow, but Operation Spiders Web ultimately succeeded.
The move may also reflect President Donald Trump’s approach of prioritizing bilateral engagement over increasingly complex multilateral gatherings.
The rupee plunged 36 paise to breach the 91-mark against the US dollar for the first time in intra-day trade on Tuesday, weighed down by sustained FII outflows and a…
A station house officer in eastern Uttar Pradesh has been transferred after she allegedly stopped a girl and her brother at a temple park in Mau district and advised her…
Growth over the last decade has been “broad-based” and the consumption gap among the rich and poor in both urban and rural India is rapidly shrinking, Union finance minister Nirmala…
The National Capital Delhi continued to reel under hazardous air conditions on Tuesday as the city’s overall AQI stood at 378 at around 8 am, placing it in the ‘very…
Hollywood icon Rob Reiner’s drug-addicted son Nick Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, had a massive blow-up at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party Saturday, according to US media reports.
France’s first lady Brigitte Macron apologised on Monday for using a slur against activists that sparked a feminist backlash, trying to quell an incident that generated a social media trend…
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, called out Islamabad’s “obsessive focus on harming India and its people.”
US President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the…
Federal authorities said Monday that they foiled a plot to bomb multiple sites of two US companies on New Year’s Eve in Southern California after arresting members of an extremist…
The 32-year-old son of legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner is “responsible” for the deaths of his parents, according to Los Angeles police.
Unidentified bike-borne assailants on Monday looted Rs 85 lakh from an accountant of a Noida-based trader after knocking him off his motorcycle on the Delhi-Lucknow highway in Hapur district, police…
Elon Musk on Monday became the first person ever worth $600 billion, Forbes said, on the heels of reports that his SpaceX startup was likely to go public at a…
A small plane crashed in central Mexico while trying to make an emergency landing Monday, killing at least seven people, Mexico State Civil Protection Coordinator Adrin Hernndez said.
Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, a move that dramatically expands the US government’s authority to fight the synthetic opioid blamed for tens…
Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram, the father-son duo who killed 15 people on Sydney’s Bondi Beach during a mass shooting, appeared to be driven by “Islamic State ideology” when they…
Officials released three new videos of the man they believe carried out Saturday’s attack that show him wearing a mask and a dark two-tone jacket.
The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday it had authorized US military aircraft to use its airports, amid growing fears Washington may be preparing an attack on nearby…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said a world-class ‘Central Park’ will be developed over a total area of 295 acres, combining the open land of Mahalaxmi Racecourse…
The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), saying “someone has to be held accountable” for…
The Election Commission is set to publish the draft electoral rolls for West Bengal on Tuesday, following the completion of the statewide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ahead of the 2026…
Pets and birds are increasingly showing signs of respiratory distress, eye infections, and stomach ailments with rising pollution in Delhi, the city’s veterinary doctors have said.
Leading Jewish groups in the US are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events including restrictions on access following the deadly mass shooting that targeted…
US President Donald Trump on Monday said he would be imminently filing a lawsuit against the BBC over editing of his 2021 speech to supporters before their assault on the…
US President Donald Trump said Monday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction.
In the dead of winter nights, groups of women step out of their cosy homes in Leghat village of Bilaspur district here, holding torches and wielding sticks, to patrol the…
The newly-appointed national working president of the BJP, Nitin Nabin, took charge of his new responsibility, with top leaders saying his organisational skills will provide a new direction to the…
A personnel from the Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police has been killed in action during an encounter with terrorists in Udhampur.
The European Union adopted fresh sanctions against Russian oil interests on Monday, targeting traders Murtaza Lakhani and Etibar Eyyub for helping Moscow to circumvent Western sanctions on crude exports that…
US President Donald Trump said Monday that a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine was closer than ever, after he spoke to Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and a host…
The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, terminated the services of 103 firemen in the Fire and Emergency Service Department today after a probe found massive irregularities in the…
Ukrainian underwater drones struck and disabled a Russian Kilo-class attack submarine in the Russian navy’s most important remaining Black Sea base, in the first operation of its kind, Ukrainian officials…
The new head of Britain’s armed forces warned on Monday that “more” Britons will need to be ready to fight for their country due to an increasingly dangerous world.
He murdered a hapless hitchhiker to fake his own death and even let his family grieve over him, only to be undone by a series of messages to his girlfriend
Assets worth Rs 79.93 crore belonging to a Punjab-based company has been seized by the Enforcement Directorate as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an environmental crime involving…
Bangladeshi journalist Anis Alamgir has been arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a case filed under the country’s Anti-Terrorism law.
Donald Trump faced a storm of condemnation Monday after posting what critics described as “perverse” and “sick” remarks suggesting Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered because of the celebrated…
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado suffered a vertebra fracture during her secret journey out of hiding in Venezuela to Norway last week, her spokesperson…
The political battle over the renaming of the flagship MNREGA to “G Ram G” is “unfortunate”, said senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, in a deviation from his party line that…
A thick toxic haze blanketed Delhi today morning, reducing visibility and disrupting flights and train schedules as the capital battled hazardous air quality.
Students from nursery to Class 5 will have to study in virtual mode compulsorily due to rising air pollution, the Delhi government said today.
The reign of terror unleashed by the sand mafia in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district surfaced once again on Monday, exposing the extent to which illegal miners have grown fearless of…
Opening himself up to more questions about his mental health a month after taking oath as the Bihar chief minister for the 10th time, Nitish Kumar has pulled a hijab…
Pakistan’s involvement in the Pahalgam terror attack has been exposed, with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) naming Sajid Saifullah Jutt, a Pakistani national, as the main conspirator behind the terror…
India rejected on Monday US accusations that it is “dumping” rice in the United States, saying its rice exports are primarily premium-grade basmati, which typically commands higher prices than non-basmati…
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth approximately Rs 5.41 crore in connection with an illegal immigration racket where people were sent illegally to the US through the hazardous…
Tamil Nadu should engage the Centre on its demand for the retention of its two-language policy and not air its views on media, the Supreme Court said today while hearing…
As the Centre moves to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), states are still owed over Rs 9,700 crore under it.
Panic and outrage gripped Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Rewa after the partially burnt body of a newborn was discovered during the cleaning of the operation theatre (OT) in the gynaecology…
The menace of rats in government hospitals across Madhya Pradesh is fast turning into a public health nightmare. After shocking incidents from Indore’s Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital and Netaji Subhash Chandra…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his visit to Jordan will boost bilateral linkages between the two nations, as he arrived in Amman on the first leg of his…
A shooting incident occurred at the Bedwan Sports Club’s four-day kabaddi match in Mohali, leaving promoter Rana BalaChouria seriously injured.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said India is a preferred destination for data centres as the country has no dearth of electricity and its 500GW national grid can take…
The Maharashtra police’s Anti-Narcotics Cell has unearthed an MD drug manufacturing factory in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, and seized the contraband, chemicals and equipment valued at around Rs 100 crore, officials said…
The strategic Cho La and Dok La passes at the India-China border were opened under the battlefield tourism initiative on Monday.
A Rapido bike taxi rider was arrested in Kalyan in Thane district for allegedly molesting a 26-year-old woman passenger and stealing Rs 1000 from her, a police official said on…
Setting the stage for a political face-off during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, the Centre has introduced a Bill that will replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee…
Police on Monday arrested three men for allegedly killing their brother-in-law and dumping his body in a sack in a dry canal in Kaushambi district, officials said.
As Delhi vanishes behind a dense-grey curtain and toxic air continues to choke the NCR, a new survey has found that 82 per cent of Delhi-NCR residents have one or…
Ganesh Chavan, a resident of Ausa Tanda, was allegedly stuffed inside the sack, made to sit in his car and the vehicle was set on fire by unknown assailants.
Officials of the Civil Aviation ministry visited Delhi airport’s Operations Control Centre today as fog hit the city in a big way.
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed unhappiness over the practice of allowing people to do ‘special pujas’ in temples after paying money, disrupting the “resting time” of deity
On the day the election commission in Maharashtra announced long-pending municipal corporation elections, after a delay of more than three years, posters surfaced across parts of Mumbai, carrying messages appealing…
Former Yes Bank CEO Rana Kapoor appeared before investigators at the Enforcement Directorate’s headquarters on Monday in connection with the ongoing probe into alleged financial irregularities involving industrialist Anil Ambani.
A group of students took refuge inside a Brown University building during the tense moments following a deadly shooting on campus that left two students dead and nine others injured.
When two gunmen opened fire on people at a Jewish festival on Sydney’s popular Bondi Beach, killing 15 of them, there was one person who exemplified courage.
The bystander who lunged at a gunman and disarmed him during Sunday’s Bondi Beach attack is fighting for his life in hospital. Ahmed Al Ahmed, 43, now says he would…
Popular twin pandas at a Tokyo zoo are set to return to their homeland in China in late January, officials said Monday, leaving Japan without a panda for the first…
A rabbi, who recently helped organise a memorial for the Chabad emissaries killed in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was among the 15 victims of an antisemitic terror attack at Bondi…
In the hours after one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern Australian history, the footage that travelled fastest across social media was of a man lunging from behind, wrapping…
An unarmed civilian’s split-second courage helped prevent further bloodshed during the deadly shooting on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
The police visited the hotel after getting complaints of disturbance by nearby residents.
Tragedy struck the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway early Monday morning as the season’s first dense fog led to a deadly multi-vehicle collision involving approximately 20 vehicles.
A 16-year-old boy was killed after a classmate allegedly attacked him with a knife inside a classroom at a coaching centre in Pune district on Monday, police said.
China will cover all out-of-pocket expenses related to childbirth next year, said the country’s national healthcare security administration, as authorities try to incentivise more young couples to have children.
Kim Aris said he has not heard from his 80-year-old mother in years, and has received only sporadic, secondhand details about her heart, bone and gum problems since a 2021…
A person detained over the shooting that killed two students at Brown University was to be released, US officials said on Sunday, adding the manhunt had resumed for a suspect.
In Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus valley, the first urban settlements were built around irrigated farmland. Flooded terrace fields for rice, corn and quinoa accompanied the spread of civilization in…
A Sydney man said he had received death threats and was “terrified” to leave his home Monday after his photo was widely shared online as the gunman responsible for the…
Officials said Amarnath asked his five children to stand on a trunk while putting ropes around their necks.
In a landmark moment, the Super Car Rally under the Ranbhoomi Darshan initiative, titled “Sikkim – The Silk Route Drive,” reached the strategically significant Cho La Pass at an altitude…