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India on Tuesday expelled a Pakistani official working at the Pakistan high commission for allegedly indulging in alleged espionage.

The three energy-rich Gulf Arab nations are leveraging their influence over Trump to secure tangible gains, having built personal ties with the president and pledged trillions in US investments.

As the dust settles after a series of Pakistani escalations and Indian military responses during Operation Sindoor, the focus now shifts to what really went down on the day the…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma on Tuesday said had former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi been alive, he would have questioned her about the strategic decisions she made during the 1971…

India struck multiple Pakistani air bases during ‘Operation Sindoor’, damaging runways, hangars, and buildings, causing a massive blow to Pakistan.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would remove all sanctions against Syria, saying they had served an important function, but it was now time for Syria to move…

Raising a child in the US is incredibly expensive. A middle-class family with dual incomes can expect to spend between $285,000 and $311,000 raising a child, not including college tuition.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called Iran the “most destructive force” in the Middle East, blaming Tehran for instability across the region and warning that the United States will…

Through an emergency filing, Trump’s administration has focused the Supreme Court’s attention on whether federal judges should have the power to issue broad orders that block challenged polices on a…

The US government on Tuesday announced fresh funding cuts to Harvard, a day after the elite school’s president said it shared “common ground” with the Trump administration on many issues.

US President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, reiterated the US’ role in brokering peace between India and Pakistan, saying he told the two sides to “not trade nuclear missiles (and) trade…

Remember the song Virat Kohli chose for his retirement post on Instagram? Frank Sinatra’s evergreen classic, ‘My way’. That’s the way he played his cricket, and that’s the way he…

A plane of a private airline was taken to the isolation bay at the Kolkata airport on Tuesday afternoon for a thorough security check after a passenger was suspected of…

A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, who was wounded in Pakistan shelling at the Jammu and Kashmir border, succumbed and his body is likely to reach his native village, Badharia…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi handled the conflict between India and Pakistan “extremely well”, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said, as he praised him for Operation Sindoor and sending a…

High court judges taking breaks “unnecessarily” and too often found a mention in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, which called for their performance audits.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has secured a sweeping victory in the 2025 Assam Panchayat elections, consolidating its political dominance in the state.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said a man’s extramarital affair does not amount to cruelty or abetment of suicide unless shown it harassed or tormented the wife.

A 44-year-old woman, with the help of her lover and two others, allegedly hacked her ex-army soldier husband into six pieces in a village here, police on Tuesday said.

In the armed forces’ briefing on Sunday, after the ceasefire was announced, one of the most important and articulate voices was that of Awadhesh Kumar Bharti, the Director General of…

For this Mumbai couple, the pizza was not enough, they also wanted the person delivering it to be able to speak to them in Marathi, a detail that they failed…

US President Donald Trump’s administration slashed cancer research funding by 31 per cent in the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to a…

The Supreme Court was apprised on Tuesday that the Union government has withdrawn its directive to block the YouTube channel 4PM News Network.

Five men were arrested and seven minors were detained in Tamil Nadu’s Pallavaram, near Chennai, for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl several times.

India’s firm “resolve” against Pakistan in recent days was a reflection of the “national unity” forged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya said on Tuesday.

Praising the armed forces for meeting the objectives of Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday once again highlighted to the world how Pakistan had used civilian flights as…

About 60 years ago, during the 1965 India-Pakistan war, the Sargodha airbase was at the centre of some legendary dogfights between the two air forces.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing soldiers at the Adampur Air Force base today, quoted some lines from a poem, which, he said, corresponds to modern-day weaponry.

The Election Commission has resolved the issue of voter cards having similar numbers and those with such cards have been issued fresh ones with new numbers, sources said Tuesday.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday flagged a fake X account created in the name of his daughter and called for an action against its handler.

The new rules will introduce tougher English language requirements for visa routes. Adult dependents who come with arriving workers or students will need to show basic English skills to get…

With fighter jets and mounted cavalry, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman gave Donald Trump a lavish royal welcome in Riyadh Tuesday, as the president kicked off a multi-day…

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian told a Paris court on Tuesday that she forgave the main defendant accused of holding her at gunpoint to steal $10 million of jewellery in…

I wasn’t there in Pahalgam. But I read several reports – stories that felt like a heavy burden I couldn’t shake off. The victims’ relatives said the terrorists asked names…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he wanted to negotiate an unconditional 30-day ceasefire face-to-face with Vladimir Putin at this week’s talks in Istanbul because only the Russian leader…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday travelled to the Adampur air base in Punjab and interacted with air force personnel, who have been in the thick of action during the…

One has heard of friends with benefits. But in India’s case, there are also antagonists with benefits: Azerbaijan and Turkey, two countries whose role in the latest conflict between India…

Virat Kohli was forged by his flaws, which continues as he calls it quits in Test cricket

As many as 17 people have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Punjab’s Amritsar district, police said on Tuesday.

The southwest monsoon advanced into parts of the south Bay of Bengal, south Andaman Sea, Nicobar Islands and some areas of the north Andaman Sea on Tuesday, the India Meteorological…

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday said a court is required to assess “both the plus and minus arguments” in a case before arriving at a conclusion.

Australia’s Liberal Party has elected Sussan Ley as its new leader. She is the first woman ever to helm the party in its 80-year history.

Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, can dance like a human, a new video shared by CEO Elon Musk shows.

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna bid farewell to his colleagues at the Supreme Court this morning as he passed on the baton to Justice BR Gavai.

Adampur was among the air force stations that Pakistan attempted to attack after India’s “Operation Sindoor”.

Six years after nine men were accused of sexually assaulting and blackmailing several women in Tamil Nadu’sPollachi, a court has pronounced them guilty. Sessions court Judge R Nandhini Devi found…

British retailer Marks and Spencer said on Tuesday some personal customer information was taken in the cyber attack that has crippled its online operation for more than three weeks.

A court in Paris on Tuesday found French actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison…

At least nine members of a Malaysian paramilitary force were killed on Tuesday when their transport truck collided with a lorry, emergency services and media said.

China has lifted a ban on domestic airlines accepting new Boeing aircraft, a report said Tuesday, after Beijing and Washington agreed to temporarily lower tariffs in a major de-escalation of…

For a day out with grandchildren, the former presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr chose Washington’s Rock Creek, despite enormous evidence of its water being contaminated with harmful bacteria.

“Rising temperatures induced by climate change and urbanisation pose a planetary threat to human sleep, and therefore health, performance, and wellbeing,” according to a 2024 review of scientific literature published…

Islamabad was left red-faced on foreign television as British TV host Piers Morgan schooled a Pakistani podcaster over his claim on state-sponsored terrorism and the circumstances surrounding the elimination of…

The past week saw India and Pakistan exchange heavy fire after New Delhi launched Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack. Artillery guns screamed on the borders and the…

NDTV has accessed new satellite images of the Indian strikes on Pakistani air bases during Operation Sindoor last week.

Three terrorists have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian.

The escort detailed multiple graphic encounters with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and singer Cassie Ventura, as part of the music mogul’s ongoing trial for sex trafficking and racketeering charges.

The responsibility of tackling the fentanyl issue in the United States lies within the US itself, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, rejecting the punitive tariffs Washington imposed on Beijing…

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for 71 “coordinated attacks” at more than 51 locations across Pakistan’s Balochistan province under its ongoing ‘Operation Herof’.

A video is going viral on social media showing two armed young boys, ages seven and nine, in a standoff with New Mexico police in the US.

At least four people have been arrested in Cote d’Ivoire for their alleged roles in a global sextortion and money laundering scam, which forced a 17-year-old boy to die by…

Bangladesh’s Election Commission has suspended the registration of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, effectively barring the party from contesting the next national elections.

Hamas freed the last living American citizen held hostage in Gaza, following talks between the US and the group ahead of a Middle East visit by President Donald Trump.

The UN aviation council on Monday ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014 with the deaths of 298 passengers and crew,…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured stunning images of dancing lights, called auroras, on Jupiter. Similar to the Northern Lights we see on Earth.

US President Donald Trump’s plans to receive a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar has triggered a massive political row and raised various concerns, even as he said he…

A vandal defaced Chan Chan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Peru, with obscene graffiti over the weekend, the Ministry of Culture said Monday.

A-list celebrity Kim Kardashian is to testify in a Paris court on Tuesday, an eagerly awaited appearance nearly a decade after masked men robbed her at gunpoint of millions of…

US President Donald Trump’s claim that ceasefire between India and Pakistan was achieved with the promise of trade, has been denied by government sources.

Virat Kohli, the former captain of Team India, announced on Monday that he was ending his 14-year-long Test journey.

In a significant nationwide outreach effort, the BJP will begin its 11-day-long Tiranga Yatra’ on Tuesday to honour the courage and sacrifice of India’s armed forces, particularly in light of…

At least 14 people have died in five villages in Punjab’s Amritsar after allegedly consuming spurious liquor, leading to the arrest of five accused, officials said on Tuesday.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday, alongside his ministers, after a landslide win at a national election he said had returned the…

While US President Donald Trump “thinks” of flying to Turkey this week for possible talks between Ukraine and Russia over the ongoing war, the European leaders are threatening Moscow with…

The strikes on Malir Cantonment near Karachi and the Navy’s forward-deployment in the Arabian Sea brought memories of the 1971 war, when the Indian Navy went on the offensive and…

Subbanna Ayyappan, 70, was an agriculture and fisheries (aquaculture) scientist, and was the first non-crop scientist to head the ICAR.

Indian equity markets crashed this morning, a day after witnessing a record rally due to major geopolitical developments, including India and Pakistan agreeing to a ceasefire and the US and…

The TTP and ISKP, which operate in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, often dominate headlines in Pakistan. However, they also serve as a distraction from the architecture that continues to benefit anti-India…

The defense laid out their argument that the state was prosecuting Sean Combs’ lawful sexual predilections and tumultuous romantic relationships after the government painted a different picture.

Think about how many things you have done online today. Paid a bill? Logged into your bank account? Used social media or spent time answering emails? Maybe you have used…

At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we’re doing it right. So we’re talking to road warriors to learn about their high-end hacks,…

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 55-year-old music mogul has pleaded not guilty to five charges – sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, transportation for prostitution, and racketeering conspiracy.

Donald Trump has taken credit for having “stopped a nuclear conflict – a bad one” in the brink of time. Both India and Pakistan have “lots of nuclear weapons”, said…

Air India on Tuesday announced the cancellation of two-way flight operations to and from Jammu, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot for Tuesday.

These airports are among those that were reopened for civilian flights on Monday after being temporarily shut amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan.

“The Buddha is smiling,” was the code message flashed to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi when India successfully detonated its first nuclear bomb at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan…

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing pharmaceutical companies to slash drug prices so they match those abroad.

Wall Street stocks finished solidly higher Monday, cheering an announcement that the United States and China sharply de-escalated a trade war that has rattled global markets.

Two Indian students have died in a road accident in Lancaster County, United States, last week. The victims, identified as 23-year-old Saurav Prabhakar and 20-year-old Manav Patel, were students at…

SkyStriker kamikaze drones, co-developed with Adani Group’s Alpha Design Technologies, were employed in Operation Sindoor, codename for military strikes against Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.

The United States announced new sanctions Monday against Iran over its nuclear program, despite ongoing negotiations between the two countries over the sensitive issue.

More than 350 figures from the cinema world including Hollywood stars Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon condemned “genocide” in Gaza in an open letter published Monday on the eve of…

India’s retaliation to Pakistani aggression following Operation Sindoor was a “clear-cut victory”, said Tom Cooper, an Austrian combat aviation analyst and author.

Following trade talks in Geneva, in which the United States and China agreed to withdraw reciprocal tariffs for an initial 90-day period, US President Donald Trump described the outcome as…

The US military has spent more than $21 million on flights to deport migrants from the United States during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to figures released Monday.

The West Bank has remained under Israeli military occupation after it was seized during the 1967 Six-Day War.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Operation Sindoor, outlining India’s policy towards Pakistan and terrorism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on ‘Operation Sindoor’ on Monday.

Underlining that India will not tolerate any “nuclear blackmail”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that Operation Sindoor against Pakistan has only been kept in abeyance and the future…

A complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was filed in a court here on Monday over his alleged remarks at a US university describing Lord Ram as a mythological and…