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A woman and her teen boyfriend were arrested on Monday in connection with the rape and murder of her two-and-half-year-old daughter, a Mumbai police official said.

It is better to be safe than sorry, the Delhi high court remarked on Monday, as it heard a petition by Turkey-based company Celebi Airport Services India Pvt Ltd against…

A 43-year-old man in Bengaluru has served a legal notice, seeking a compensation of Rs 50 Lakh from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for the “physical agony and emotional…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday (local time) voiced his uncertainty about Russia’s readiness to commit to a ceasefire, citing a lack of trust in Moscow’s intentions.

A woman allegedly consumed poison and died at a village here on Sunday, police said. She was rushed to a community health centre, and then taken to the district hospital…

The leaders of Britain, France, and Canada on Monday threatened action against Israel if it does not stop a renewed military offensive in Gaza and lift aid restrictions, piling further…

The Trump administration has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of a woman shot dead by a police officer during the January 6, 2021, attack on the…

Russian ballet maestro Yuri Grigorovich, considered one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, has died at the age of 98, the Bolshoi Theatre said on Monday.

Two wild elephants killed three persons in separate incidents in Beohari forest range of Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district on Monday, an official said.

An elderly man and a minor died of electric shock inside an inundated basement in an apartment complex in Bengaluru. The tragic incident capped a rainy day in Bengaluru that…

Italian designer Pierpaolo Piccioli has been named creative director at fashion house Balenciaga, taking over from Georgian designer Demna, parent company Kering said Monday.

Minutes after his two-hour-long phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump declared on his Truth Social platform that Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations towards…

Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone for more than two hours on Monday, brainstorming, and possibly negotiating, what it would take for Moscow and Kyiv to…

Cinema has long been a tool of soft power for both the United States and China. However, despite its cultural value, filmmaking remains a business – and an expensive one…

Maharashtra recently reported two deaths, which, according to doctors, are not COVID-19 deaths, but both patients were found to be COVID-19 positive.

Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has said her party will skip the all-party international delegation on Operation Sindoor, since the Centre had not consulted her party.

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday echoed Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and said adherence to protocol was fundamental, as he lamented the absence of the vice-president’s portrait next to…

Parliament’s Standing Committee on External Affairs unanimously condemned the trolling of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and praised his professional conduct, sources said on Monday.

The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, a religious pilgrimage undertaken by the Hindus to Mount Kailash and Mansarovar Lake in the Tibetan autonomous region of China, will resume through the Nathu La…

An eight-year-old girl who fell into a drain in Mumbai was rescued by a 28-year-old man, who later drowned as he was stuck inside, police said.

A Russian court has fined US tech giant Apple 7.5 million roubles ($93,500) for three separate breaches of Russian rules on what Moscow calls LGBT propaganda, the Moscow courts’ press…

US President Donald Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over a phone call on Monday to discuss an agreeable solution to the war in Ukraine.

The US Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to strip about 350,000 Venezuelans living in the United States of a temporary protected status given under his predecessor Joe…

Doubling down on his attack on External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today reiterated his earlier claim that the Centre informed Pakistan “at the start”…

Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday announced that former BJP MP Uday Singh has been unanimously chosen as its first national president.

For its sheer optics, Trump’s Gulf tour was quite over the top, with his three hydrocarbon-rich hosts going overboard in offering him mega-deals.

The camel is said to have bent its head into the open tank, in an attempt to quench its thirst.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on Monday to provide a comprehensive briefing on the Operation Sindoor and recent tensions between India and…

Former England football captain Gary Lineker will leave the BBC at the end of the season, it was announced on Monday, days after he shared a social media post that…

India is not a dharamshala (free shelter) that can entertain refugees from all over the world, the Supreme Court said today, refusing a Sri Lankan national’s plea for refuge

The authorities in the United States tossed out at least 15 shipments of mangoes from India, citing errors in the documentation process. They instructed the exporters to either send the…

A 35-year-old woman was killed when a rain-soaked wall fell on her in the city on Monday, police said.

China’s BeiDou satellite system is now powering billions of location checks daily and backing a growing chunk of the country’s tech-driven economy, new data shows.

As the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai predicted an increase in rainfall across the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has instructed to ensure the Emergency control room…

In a world of increasing fragmentation and polarisation, the 78th World Health Assembly, starting Monday, will present itself as a beacon of hope with the adoption of the Pandemic Agreement.

Visuals showed people wading through knee-deep water as Bengaluru’s drainage system failed to cope with the sudden downpour.

Pope Leo XIV received US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican Monday, ahead of a US-led push to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

In 2019, Netflix released The Spy, a limited series dramatising Eli Cohen’s years-long undercover operation in Syria

The French government “at the highest level” covered up a scandal over the treatment of mineral water by food giant Nestle, including the iconic Perrier brand, a Senate investigation said…

Pop singer Dawn Richard was set to return to the witness stand in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial on Monday, after telling a jury last week that she saw…

Britain agreed the most significant reset of defence and trade ties with the European Union since Brexit on Monday after US President Donald Trump’s upending of the global order forced…

Russia’s prosecutor general said on Monday it had banned human rights group Amnesty International as an “undesirable organisation”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished a quick and full recovery to former US President Joe Biden, who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Navankur Chaudhary, a doctor-turned-YouTuber popularly known as Yatri Doctor, has denied any involvement in espionage following the arrest of his acquaintance Jyoti Malhotra on charges of spying for Pakistan.

A video of a zookeeper sitting astride a large crocodile, with guests gathered around the fence, has gone viral, but for all the wrong reasons.

Kamala Harris’s team, meanwhile, denied rumours that she paid pop megastar Beyonce $10 million to appear at a rally.

Mumbai’s streets, gasping for space, can no longer double as graveyards for abandoned vehicles, the Bombay High Court told all police stations for strict implementation of the traffic police’s directives…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to virtually inaugurate five newly redeveloped railway stations under the Western Railways Vadodara division on May 22.

The US House Budget Committee voted late on Sunday night to advance President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, which would make sending money back home more expensive for…

More than two hundred guests, biggest buyers of $TRUMP, on Thursday will make their way to a ritzy country club just up the Potomac River from Washington, ready for a…

In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Monday held all high court judges, including additional judges, will be entitled to full pension and retirement benefits.

The Centre had named Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan to be part of the seven delegations that will travel to different countries to convey India’s message of zero-tolerance against terrorism.

Operation Sindoor and its aftermath have stirred the hornet’s nest for the Congress. No one has openly spoken out against the leadership, but the actions of some individual leaders and…

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra on Monday said that the delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde will leave on May 21 and will…

Congress General Secretary in charge of Communications, Jairam Ramesh, on Monday criticised the Central government, describing the decision to send a delegation to key partner countries as a ‘damage control’…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday his country would keep enriching uranium “with or without a deal” with world powers, despite ongoing negotiations over its nuclear programme.

The Joint Commissioner of Police (Intelligence) will report to the Commissioner of Police and will be responsible for overseeing intelligence gathering, including keeping track of sleeper cells.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Raghav Chadha has been invited to serve as a keynote speaker at the Asian Leadership Conference (ALC) 2025, scheduled to be held for two days,…

Artificial intelligence (AI) might not have been created to enable new forms of sexual violence such as deepfake pornography. But that has been an unfortunate byproduct of the rapidly advancing…

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the pleas of telecom majors Vodafone, Airtel and Tata Teleservices seeking the waiver of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues.

Nusrat Faria was arrested on Sunday at Dhaka’s Shahjahanlal International Airport in an alleged attempted murder case.

With one foot braced on the helicopter’s landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear.

Trump has repeatedly stressed that he wants to see an end to the conflict, and has recently backed calls for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire.

Prostate cancer is a disease that develops in the prostate gland, a small, walnut-shaped organ located below the bladder and in front of the rectum in men.

Locals who heard the gunshot rushed to the spot and found Dharmendra Singh Chauhan lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has arrested former UCO Bank CMD Subodh Kumar Goel on money laundering charges in an alleged bank loan fraud case of more…

Jyoti Malhotra’s journey from being a travel YouTuber to a Pakistani spy has revealed a new battleground of modern warfare, where intelligence agencies lure influencers from another country and use…

Queen Elizabeth II had to step in after she heard Meghan yelling at one of the staff members.

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in federal custody, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has said, adding there is no evidence of foul play despite speculations stating otherwise.

Travel vlogger and actress Shenaz Treasury has shared a video tour of a beautiful villa in Bali and compared it to her tiny apartment in Mumbai.

A Russian presence in Bangladesh, instead of resurrecting Cold War alignments, might just enable multipolarity in the Bay of Bengal region, balancing out the presence of extra-regional actors here.

Oklahoma cardiologist Dr TJ Trad was on his way from Uganda when a teammate informed him that a patient needed medical attention.

Romania’s centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the country’s presidential election on Sunday in a shock upset over a hard-right, nationalist rival who had pledged to put Romania on a…

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the tourist island of Flores erupted, sending an ash cloud 1.2 kilometres (0.7 miles) above its peak.

The 82-year-old former president Joe Biden’s presidency ends with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer diagnosis, marking a difficult personal and political chapters as he exits.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has arrested former UCO Bank CMD Subodh Kumar Goel on money laundering charges in an alleged bank loan fraud case of more…

The heated February Oval Office exchange between JD Vance and Volodymyr Zelensky began when the former stressed the need for diplomacy to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war.

The academic halls of Harvard Kennedy School in Massachusetts welcomed a new face in 2024 – not just another high-achieving student but a future monarch.

At least five people were killed when a car in which they were travelling lost control and plunged into the Jagbudi River in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district on Monday.

It’s nearly impossible to use the internet without being asked about cookies. A typical pop-up will offer to either “accept all” or “reject all”. Sometimes, there may be a third…

Wishes for a speedy recovery poured in for former US President Joe Biden after his office on Sunday announced that he has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” prostate cancer.

This is the first time in the history of the state’s only zoo, which was set up in 1972, that tiger cubs have been born here

At least six people, including two children, were hospitalised with asphyxiation symptoms following a fire that broke out in the ground floor of their building, where an e-rickshaw was being…

With the onset of southwest monsoon rain in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is set to chair a high-level review meeting on Monday to assess the state’s preparedness and…

The domestic benchmark indices opened flat on Monday amid mixed global cues, as selling was seen in the IT sector in the early trade.

More Australians than ever are being prescribed medicinal cannabis.

The Western Command of the Indian Army shared a new video of Operation Sindoor, showing how the enemy missing were neutralised.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Afghanistan on Monday morning, said the National Center of Seismology.

A man posing as a personnel of the Indian Air Force was arrested in Pune in a joint operation by the Southern Command Military Intelligence and the police, officials said…

China has a four-tier weather warning system with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

Japan’s farm minister Taku Eto apologised on Monday after saying he has “never had to buy rice” thanks to gifts from supporters, angering consumers grappling with sky-high prices of the…

A key terrorist of Lashkar E Taiba — — Rajullah Nizamani alias Abu Saifullah – has been shot dead in Pakistan’s Sindh. Saifullah — said to be involved in the…

Enmity between two families in Mumbai’s Ganpat Patil Nagar escalated this evening, leading to violent clashes that ended in the death of three persons and injury to four others.

Nearly two weeks after the body of a 25-year-old engineer was found in Agara Lake, allegations have surfaced on Reddit and media reports quoting unnamed employees that the engineer died…

The police have recovered explosive materials, including ammonia, sulphur, and aluminium powder, from the suspects’ premises, officials added.

In a joint operation, the Indian Army’s 34 Rashtriya Rifles, Special Operations Group (SOG) Shopian, and CRPF 178 Battalion apprehended two terrorist associates in the DK Pora area of Shopian…

Laura Loomer, a close ally of US President Donald Trump and a MAGA (Make America Great Again) influencer, on Monday claimed former President Joe Biden could “die in the next…

Allahabad High Court has observed that though the Indian Constitution gives every citizen the right to freely follow and spread their religion, it does not support forced or fraudulent conversions.

Neurodevelopmental disorders are a diverse group of conditions that affect the brain from early development. They include attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, and learning disabilities, such as dyslexia.