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UN Security Council’s Tough Questions For Pakistan Over Pahalgam Attack

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday voiced concern over tensions between India and Pakistan being at “at their highest in years” and called for “maximum restraint and stepping back from the…

The civil aviation ministry on Monday granted in-principle approval for greenfield airports in Rajasthan’s Kota and Puri in Odisha.

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Union government on a plea filed by journalist Sanjay Sharma challenging the directive to block the YouTube channel 4PM News…

India on Monday lodged a strong protest with Canada over the “threatening language” and “unacceptable imagery” targeting Indian leadership at a parade held in Toronto.

The Trump administration has locked horns with Harvard, threatening budgets, tax-exempt status and enrollment of foreign students.

India successfully conducted validation trials of an indigenously designed and developed multi-influence ground mine (MIGM) and an advanced underwater naval mine designed to operate against modern stealth ships and submarines.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered at least a 20 percent reduction in the number of active-duty four-star generals and admirals in the US military, a memo from the…

President Donald Trump’s education secretary said Monday that Harvard will no longer receive federal grants, escalating an ongoing battle with the prestigious university as it challenges the funding cuts in…

Hollywood reacted Monday with skepticism to US President Donald Trump’s announcement of 100 percent tariffs on foreign films, with movie insiders calling it a policy made up on the fly…

A 49-year-old auto driver jumped into the Yamuna River from a flyover here following an argument with his landlady whom he was ferrying, police said on Monday.

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped twice in a moving car here while she was on her way to school, police said Monday.

Coverage of the wars in Gaza and Sudan, and the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump, dominated the Pulitzer Prizes announced Monday at Columbia University in New York.

Syrian state television officially relaunched on Monday with a trial broadcast almost five months after the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad and following delays blamed on sanctions and dilapidated…

After assuming the charge of the party president ninth time in a row, BJD president and five-time Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik Monday revamped the regional party and brought back…

The police arrested a person from Bihar’s Araria district for his alleged involvement in duping medical aspirants ahead of the NEET-UG held on May four across the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a series of key meetings this evening as India calibrated its response to the massive terror strike in Kashmir’s Pahalgam. Russia has offered “full support”…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level review meeting over the implementation of three new criminal laws, in Delhi, at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the national…

A 22-year-old bride-to-be died of cardiac arrest a day before her wedding here, police said on Monday.

Israel has bombed Yemen’s Hodeidah port, a day after the Iran-aligned Houthis fired a missile that struck near Tel Aviv’s main airport.

Observing that systemic discrimination against persons with benchmark disabilities should be eliminated, the Supreme Court has directed the allocation of a seat to a candidate with disability who cleared the…

Two people were arrested in connection with an incident where a candidate was allegedly asked to remove “janivara” (sacred thread worn by Brahmins) before entering the exam hall to appear…

The BJP’s northeast in-charge Sambit Patra has reached Manipur and after a series of meetings, invited BJP MLAs for a meeting at the City hotel, sparking speculation about fresh efforts…

The Trump administration said Monday it will pay for the travel and give $1,000 to undocumented migrants who “self-deport” back to their home country.

The Bohemia Fire Department reached the house for investigation when they saw dozens of cats roaming freely, living in filthy and overcrowded conditions.

American investor Warren Buffett, 94, will remain as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway’s board of directors once he steps down as chief executive at the end of this year, the conglomerate…

Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma on Monday said that the government is close to adopting unified helpline number ‘311’ for registration of civic complaints related to NDMC, MCD, DDA, Jal…

A B Tech student at prestigious IIITDM Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh was detained by police on Monday for allegedly filming her senior roommate in the hostel’s bathroom, officials said.

A survey on SC sub-classification in the state has begun and will go on till May 17, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday.

Rahul Gandhi has arrived at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office for a meeting on the new CBI chief.

As tensions remains heightened between India and Pakistan following the deadly Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir, people remember the sacrifice of Poonam Singh, an Indian soldier who managed to…

The Punjab Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution, vowing not to spare even a single drop of water from its share to Haryana.

On the pretext of asking for an address, the man kidnapped a 13-year-old girl and allegedly took her to the hotel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and strongly condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, where 25 tourists and a Kashmiri were shot dead…

After heavy rains lashed Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district on Monday, the city’s Katghar area faced severe waterlogging.

A 21-year-old Indian-origin, who was just weeks away from graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, was paralysed from the waist down after falling from a balcony at a fraternity…

The deadline to get a REAL ID is fast approaching after years of postponements and delays. Starting May 7, your license or identification card will need to be REAL ID-compliant…

A 21-year-old Indian student has been arrested in the US after trying to scam a 78-year-old woman from North Carolina by posing as a law enforcement officer.

Prominent Hindu leader and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jot, Chinmoy Krishna Das, was shown arrested on charges of the murder of Chittagong court lawyer Saiful Islam Alif…

Four lives were lost in a tragic accident when a car collided with a bike near Pidoura village on the Etawah-Uttar Pradesh highway that passes through Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh,…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to visit India for the annual high-level meeting as the two leaders held a telephone conversation on Monday, the…

A 14-year-old boy was found hanging from a ceiling fan at a neighbour’s house in Noida, with his family alleging he was murdered by some local youths with whom he…

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the presence of five social media influencers, including “India’s Got Latent” host Samay Raina, on a plea of an NGO which alleged that they…

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who recently targeted the Supreme Court after its order on the powers of the President and Governors, has now taunted the petitioner who filed a contempt…

US Traveller Nick Maddock’s 15-hour train journey from Varanasi to New Jalpaiguri turned traumatic after he was hospitalised with a severe respiratory infection.

A seven-year-old girl who contracted rabies despite receiving vaccination after the dog bite, died at a state-run hospital on Monday, family sources said.

A bench of Justices AR Masoodi and Rajiv Singh said that as the central government is not able to give any time limit to resolve the petitioner’s complaint, there is…

The Pahalgam attack was a calculated conspiracy involving multiple elements within Pakistan, designed to achieve a variety of objectives.

Amid increasing tension between New Delhi and Islamabad following a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, several international airlines are avoiding Pakistani airspace, according to airlines’ statements and flight…

The White House has shared an AI-generated image of President Donald Trump as a muscular Jedi, in celebration of Star Wars Day, also known as “May, the 4th.”

Leading global airlines Air France and Lufthansa have stopped flying over Pakistani airspace to ensure safety of the flights amid rising tensions in the region, after the Pakistan-sponsored terror attack…

Ariana Rodriguez estimates that her finds could be worth anywhere between Rs 8 lakh and Rs 25 lakh

The Supreme Court-appointed three-judge panel has submitted its inquiry report to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on the cash discovery allegations against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma.

Moody’s Ratings on Monday said sustained escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan will not have any major economic disruption in the country, but will be a setback for Islamabad…

Meghan Markle posted a black-and-white photograph of Prince Harry and their children at their Montecito residence, a day after her husband’s request to restore his security in the United Kingdom…

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who discovered the Notorious B.I.G. and ran one of the genre’s most iconic record labels, is set to stand trial in New York in…

A US climber died attempting to scale the world’s fifth-highest mountain, Makalu, his expedition organiser said Monday, the second death of this climbing season.

With Skype closing, you can use alternatives like Google Meet, WhatsApp, Viber to stay connected.

The Pakistan military said on Monday it has conducted a missile test with a range of 120 kilometres, the second launch in two days as tensions with India have soared…

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just…

A clip of the web show House Arrest, hosted by Ajaz Khan, has gone viral, in which contestants were made to depict ‘sex positions’.

Not a while ago, immigrants saw a Green Card as a one-way ticket to their American dream and getting a permanent residency in the United States.

Politicians in New Delhi have correctly noted that solar and wind power meet three requirements they view as crucial.

US President Donald Trump has announced a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the country.

A reel posted by a senior BJP leader Ravinder Raina, in which he is seen running in the snow with security personnel, has drawn sharp responses from Opposition leaders

The new missile was shown after Tehran and Washington held Oman-mediated talks on Iran’s nuclear programme on three consecutive Saturdays from April 12.

Homophobic cuss words were written on the walls, machines were damaged and clothing samples were destroyed in the designer’s studio.

The Supreme Court on Monday said the pleas challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act’s constitutional validity will be taken up by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India-designate Justice BR…

Marriott International CEO and President Anthony Capuano received over 40,000 emails from employees worldwide after he publicly backed the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives even after political pushback…

Maharashtra BJP chief and state minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has purportedly urged party workers to empty the Congress by inducting its leaders, inviting the ire of the grand old party.

Authorities placed the jail under lockdown when they discovered a convicted murderer had disappeared from custody.

During the forthcoming conclave, cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis in a highly secretive process that could take several days, potentially longer.

Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain there for an unspecified amount of time.

The BJP had fought Mandal with kamandal,or Hindutva, and prevailed. But today, it seems to have decided to put Hindutva on the back burner for the moment and borrow a…

Will Trump pay attention to growing concerns and reconsider his tariff strategy? Perhaps – especially with warning signals flashing across key economic indicators.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday that the state will conduct a census of Scheduled Castes (SCs) from May 5 to 17, and will collect detailed population data of…

In one of the remote villages located in the Uri sector, just less than 2 kilometres away from the LoC, a family has built a tiny bunker – just enough…

Mohandas Pai revealed that India’s population above the age of 60 currently stands at 130 million and is expected to rise to 200 million in the near future.

The Supreme Court today pulled up the Enforcement Directorate (ED) while hearing a bail petition, saying it has “become a pattern” for the central agency to level allegations without evidence

The unofficial version of Signal used by Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has been hacked, tech site 404 Media said.

The threat that communists could influence or even obliterate the United States hovered over the country for decades and drove some of the country’s ugliest chapters.

One of Pope Francis’s popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for the children of Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of his final wishes: to be deployed once humanitarian…

US President Donald Trump has ordered the reopening and expansion of a notorious prison, which was shut down in 1963. Alcatraz is currently a tourist site.

Police arrested a domestic help here for allegedly sexually assaulting the house owner’s wife and minor daughter, an officer said.

A burst of powerful radiation observed in space has challenged traditional theories about the formation of some of the heavy metals such as gold and platinum.

The Punjab Legislative Assembly convened a special session to address the contentious issue of water sharing with Haryana, following the Bhakra Beas Management Board’s (BBMB) decision to release an additional…

Following its decision to suspend the Indus Water Treaty in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, India briefly stopped water flow through the Baglihar dam on the Chenab river

Balochistan continues to record cases of enforced disappearances with the latest being of a juvenile boy and an adult, as reported by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) in a post…

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed…

A 20-year-old mountaineer from Telangana scaled Manipur’s highest peak Mount Iso also known as Mount Tempu in Senapati district to spread the message against drug abuse and betting apps.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to travel to violence-hit Murshidabad district on a two-day visit on Monday, an official said.

The recent all-women spaceflight carried out on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin vehicle has raised discussion of who gets to be called an astronaut.

The name change came a day after Elon Musk revealed X would now integrate artificial intelligence to enhance user experience.

Sreekanth Kodanda Reddy allegedly harassed the woman while she was walking in Ecoworld in the Marathahalli area last Wednesday.

Glitter is festive and fun – a favourite for decorations, makeup and art projects. But while it may look harmless, beautiful even, glitter’s sparkle hides a darker side.

26 people, including one Nepali national, were killed and many others were injured as multiple terrorists descended on Baisaran Valley, known as “Mini Switzerland”.

Politicians in New Delhi have correctly noted that solar and wind power meet three requirements they view as crucial.

Indian scientists have made history by producing two new climate-smart rice varieties using a 21st century breeding technology called “genome editing”

A group of around 30 bikini-clad influencers decided to take a luxurious Lamborghini Tecnomar yacht – meant for five people – for a ride in Miami Beach.

Cardinals will gather on May 7 in a conclave in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel to elect a new Pope, days after Pope Francis death.