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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a CRPF personnel for allegedly spying for Pakistan, officials said on Monday.

A 21-year-old man was apprehended in Delhi for allegedly creating a fake social media account in the name of his ex-girlfriend to defame her, police said on Monday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that had Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray been alive, he would have hugged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the success of Operation…

A four-year-old girl died in a road mishap on Monday during a traffic police check sparking a public outrage.

The governor of Ukraine’s Sumy region on the Russian border said on Monday that Russian forces had captured four villages as part of an attempt to create a “buffer zone”…

North Korea’s foreign ministry has criticised the U.S. Golden Dome missile defense shield project as a “very dangerous threatening initiative”, state media said on Tuesday.

A funeral for a loved one in North Carolina descended into chaos after police arrived in search of a murder suspect in a 30-year-old murder.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday threatened to “throttle” Western firms remaining in Russia and acting against its interests, as part of Moscow’s effort to beef up domestic software development.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warmly greeted Pakistan’s new Field Marshal Asim Munir and congratulated him on his promotion in the wake of the religiously-motivated Pahalgam terror attack in which…

NITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani on Monday said India is set to become the fourth-largest economy in the world by the end of 2025, an assertion which came days after…

Pakistan carried out 413 drone attacks in Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, and Sri Ganganagar districts, but all of them were neutralised mid-air by India’s air defence system, Border Security Force Inspector…

The Directorate General of Shipping has been directed to monitor the situation arising out of the capsizing and sinking of a Liberian cargo ship off the Kerala coast, at every…

Mumbai Rain Live Updates: The southwest monsoon arrived in Maharashtra on Sunday, making it the earliest onset of the annual rainfall season over the state in 35 years, the weather…

Vowing not to sit for fresh recruitment tests, the protesting teachers on Monday announced plans to take their agitation beyond West Bengal to the national capital.

The Central government on Monday extended the tenure of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Samir V Kamat by one more year, till May 2026.

Aishwarya Rai, the estranged wife of Tej Pratap, has downplayed his expulsion from the Rashtriya Janata Dal and family by his father Lalu Prasad Yadav as a mere “drama” and…

Ahead of next year’s Assam assembly elections, the Congress on Monday appointed Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi as the new president of its state unit, replacing Bhupen Kumar Borah.

As the fifth round of nuclear talks with the United States concluded over the weekend, Iran has declared that it is capable to survive even if the negotiations fails –…

One of the world’s most active volcanoes spewed columns of lava exceeding 1,000 feet above Hawaii, according to US vulcanologists and spectacular footage released Sunday.

Union minister Smriti Irani, who visited Amethi today for the first time since the Lok Sabha election, shared that she is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree from University of California,…

French President Emmanuel Macron denied Monday having a domestic dispute with his wife Brigitte after a video appeared to show her shoving his face away when they touched down for…

Beleaguered edtech firm Byju’s learning app has been delisted from Google Playstore due to non-payment of dues to its vendor Amazon Web Services, according to sources.

Images of roads, railway tracks, and even recently inaugurated underground metro stations facing floods due to heavy rain in Mumbai are all over social media once again.

The Indian Army has released a booklet for its personnel on Operation Sindoor, which shows Army, Navy and Air Force chiefs in the ‘Operations Room’, monitoring the May 7 strikes…

A court here on Monday accepted a closure report of the Delhi Police, seeking to cancel a case filed by a wrestler accusing former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief…

Bangladesh’s National Consensus Commission, tasked by the caretaker government to lead critical democratic reforms after a mass uprising last year, said Monday that political parties had failed to reach agreement.

The FBI will launch new probes into the 2023 discovery of cocaine at the White House during President Joe Biden’s term and the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court’s draft…

Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman on Monday mocked a video of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron getting off a plane, which has gone viral on social media…

A woman was murdered, and gold jewellery and cash worth Rs 20 lakh – that she kept for her daughter’s wedding – were robbed from her home in Bengaluru this…

The Kolkata Metro on Monday said it will fine people who unnecessarily cross the ‘yellow’ safety line on platforms of the Dakshineswar-New Garia corridor from June 1.

India and Pakistan were nowhere close to a nuclear conflict during their recent military clash, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said, pointing to a narrative in the West that…

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s unique style once again grabbed attention during an appointment letter distribution ceremony held at the Lalit Narayan Mishra Institute in Patna on Monday.

Around 11 years after a man murdered his wife by setting her ablaze, a court here has sentenced him to life imprisonment, saying the aggravating circumstances in the case outweighed…

Two engineers – Vinit Kumar Dubey and Pramod Katiyar – died allegedly within 48 hours of a hair transplant surgery in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur. The accused doctor, Anushka Tiwari, who…

Amid an uptick in Covid cases in some parts of the country, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Rajiv Behl Monday said the severity of…

A court here on Monday remanded YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra to judicial custody after the end of her police remand in a case of alleged espionage.

For chest pain patients, the amount of time they spend sedentary afterward is linked to a greater risk for more heart problems and death within a year.

South Africa said Monday it plans to buy liquefied natural gas from the United States in a proposed deal worth around $1 billion a year, after a tense televised encounter…

The Supreme Court on Monday asked a couple engaged in divorce proceedings to go on a dinner tonight to iron out their grievances and settle the dispute amicably.

French weekly Charlie Hebdo said on Monday it had gone to court over fake covers of the satirical magazine, in an effort to defend its image and identify the authors…

Hamas has agreed to a proposal by US special envoy Steve Witkoff for a Gaza ceasefire, a Palestinian official close to the group told Reuters on Monday, paving the way…

Containers from a Liberian cargo ship that sank off the Kerala coast have started washing ashore, while the oil spill spreading from the vessel has prompted authorities to issue a…

The family of Colonel Sofiya Qureshi — the face of the armed forces during Operation Sindoor — were caught unawares about her briefing the media.

Abhijit Chakraborty, Founder Partner at Alphanumero Agency & Studio, said that people often figured out a “common way to communicate” in situations where they couldn’t understand each other.

The “white genocide” myth serves no one. It stokes fear among white South Africans, trivialises the pain of Black South Africans, and hands a loaded weapon to racists in America…

India on Monday unveiled a home-grown weather forecasting system with a spatial resolution of six km — the highest in the world — that would enable the weather office to…

Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh on Monday said Covid caused by the new variant has only shown symptoms of viral fever so far, and urged people not to panic.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar today set the record straight about when information on ‘Operation Sindoor’ reached Pakistan.

Calling it a “peak Bengaluru moment,” the X user shared a screenshot of a WhatsApp message in which she explained that she booked a cab, and the person behind the…

When the first rocket screamed over their roof, Sergei and Tatyana Voronkov’s peaceful life in rural Ukraine was shattered in an instant. The couple fled Russia years earlier, hoping to…

Ukraine has confirmed information that China is supplying a range of important products to Russian military plants, the chief of Ukrainian foreign intelligence was quoted on Monday as saying.

Russia fired its biggest ever drone barrage on Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said Monday, just hours after Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin “CRAZY” and warned Moscow risked new sanctions if it…

United States President Donald Trumps tariffs against most of the world tanked stock markets, disrupted the U.S. bond market and destabilized the global economy.

Actress Bindi Irwin shared a health update about her “healing” journey two weeks after undergoing emergency surgery for several ailments, due to which she had to miss a gala celebrating…

The French presidency found itself in the midst of some social media turbulence after a video showed the President’s face being shoved away in an abrupt gesture by his wife…

One of the cops managed to open the door of the car, dragged the accused outside the vehicle and arrested him.

The Supreme Court has refused to make public the findings of the court-appointed panel into the alleged cash recovery from the house of former Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant…

Actor Dino Morea appeared before the Mumbai Police today for questioning in a corruption case linked to a contract for cleaning Mithi river that runs through Mumbai.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday issued a stern warning against terrorism, vowing that any attempt to erase the “sindoor” of Indian sisters would be met with inevitable retribution.

That the Turkey-Pakistan brotherhood runs deep is a fact amply underlined by the Turkish response to the recent military tensions between India and Pakistan. But what makes this alliance so…

Over 100 new coronavirus cases have been found in Delhi amid a resurgence in the infectious disease that has claimed millions of lives across the world since 2020.

The Kremlin on Monday said that US President Donald Trump’s claim that Vladimir Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” might be due to emotional overload, but thanked the US leader for…

A woman, seeking menstrual leave at a Chinese university, was asked to pull down her pants and verify she was indeed on her period.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and all-party delegation member Abhishek Banerjee launched a sharp critique of Pakistan’s role in terrorism during a meeting with think tanks in Seoul.

Asked if the world has to thank the US for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has said he would thank the Indian forces…

China has reportedly blocked India’s proposal at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to ban five Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists and designate them as global terrorists.

Janney Hujic, a Singapore resident, claimed her freelance social media manager posted a picture with a man stranger, identifying him as former DBS Bank CEO Piyush Gupta, without her consent…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Vadodara on Monday morning upon his arrival in Gujarat for a two-day visit.

Lesser flamingos are currently considered near-threatened, rather than endangered, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

A 28-year-old German-American man has been charged with attempting to firebomb a US Embassy office in Tel Aviv. Joseph Neumeyer, from Colorado, approached the embassy carrying Molotov cocktails and posted…

According to officials, the tourists had climbed to the top of the waterfall in the Dakshina Kannada when the water level increased suddenly.

In the recent India-Pakistan military conflict, Turkiye stood steadfast in offering unambiguous support to Pakistan before and after the conflict.

India will no longer tolerate cross-border terrorism and retaliate to any future attacks, Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde hassaid. His remarks came in the wake of the April 22…

Heavy rain since last night has brought Mumbai to a standstill, leaving several areas waterlogged and disrupting transport, rail and flight services.

Nur Khan is central to Pakistan’s drone warfare strategy and hosts the country’s elite pilot training and VIP fleet, including the presidential aircraft.

AST SpaceMobile wants to establish a network to help people stay connected through their smartphones even in remote areas.

Six years ago, when Deng Youcai married Ye, who was suffering from glioma, a brain tumour with a high recurrence rate, he made one promise: “I will treat you in…

Antimicrobial resistance is a major health threat that kills more than a million people each year. But cancer a non-communicable disease poses a much bigger challenge to global public health…

The southwest monsoon made its onset over Mumbai on Monday, more than a fortnight before its normal date, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said.

Heavy rains in Mumbai has led to waterlogging and disruption in flight services. The weather department has predicted more heavy showers today.

The family of Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, the Indian Army officer who became the face of Operation Sindoor, attended the mega roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat’s Vadodara this…

Police stations across India have been receiving numerous parcels containing stolen mobile phones sent by their current users.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Vadodara on Monday morning upon his arrival in Gujarat for a two-day visit.

The Aadhaar card, issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), is a 12-digit unique identification number for Indian residents.

Sourav Ganguly’s sister-in-law, Arpita Ganguly, alleged that the boat was light due to a lesser capacity of passengers, leading to its overturning.

A bar brawl turned deadly in Hyderabad’s Medchal-Malkajgiri district, leaving one person dead after being attacked with a beer bottle.

The Worli underground metro station in Mumbai has been flooded with muddy water as the financial capital witnesses early onset of monsoon.

Several cases of the new COVID-19 variant– which has been linked to a large surge of viral infection in China– have been detected at US airports, according to Centers for…

The victim was threatened with police action, after which he deposited all his savings and fixed deposits, sold his wife’s jewellery, and transferred money to the alleged persons through Paytm…

You’ve probably heard the terms “abs” and “core” used in social media videos, Pilates classes, or even by physiotherapists.

Aspergillus species are “widespread environmental saprotrophs” that can cause severe infections in humans, livestock, and plants.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday asserted that the BJP government is committed to the development of the slums in the national capital and assured that no slums in…

Aadit Palicha, the CEO and Co-founder of quick delivery platform Zepto, has alleged that the chief financial officer (CFO) of a rival company is running a smear campaign against them…

The study suggests that, while moving forward, Pakistan should improve its domestic revenue mobilisation and public expenditure efficiency.

Images released from the event showed the painting, which was touted as a depiction of the so-called military operation over India.

Sergey Brin, 51, is the world’s 10th richest person with a net worth of $143 billion.

At least 24 Palestinians were killed in two separate Israeli air strikes on Gaza overnight, including one targeting a school sheltering displaced families, according to local authorities.

A Zomato delivery agent with partial paralysis went out of his way to return missing food items from a customer’s order and refused a Rs 20 tip for the trouble.

For almost two decades, a US doctor falsely diagnosed patients with chronic illnesses they didn’t have, gave them unnecessary, costly treatments and made money by filing false insurance claims.

A part of Mumbai’s Kemps Corner Road collapsed on Monday morning amid heavy rain in the financial capital.