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US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was applying pressure on Russia to end the Ukraine war, insisting that Moscow agreeing not to take over the entire country was a…

India has taken seven steps against Pakistan following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26. The government yesterday announced five steps after discussing cross-border linkages of…

The Other Backward Classes or OBC community, despite comprising over half the population of Madhya Pradesh, remains entangled in a web of administrative delays and broken promises when it comes…

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will sit for an interview with the reporter who uncovered a major security lapse after being inadvertently added to a group chat in which…

The Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 civilians, mostly tourists, has sparked widespread outrage and condemnation.

A US judge ruled Thursday that Donald Trump cannot legally withhold federal funds from authorities offering limited protections to undocumented migrants, known as “sanctuary cities,” as the president presses his…

William Lyon Mackenzie King led the Liberal Party and served as prime minister for nearly 22 years.

On election day, polls will open across Canada at 9 am local time and close at 9:30 pm.

Adani Energy Solutions has ended January-March quarter and the entire financial year 2024-25 record high. The January-March quarter profit after tax rose 87 per cent to Rs 714 crore, as…

The Karnataka cabinet passed a resolution against the Pahalgam terror attack during their meeting in Chamarajanagar on Thursday. The information was given by Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah while he was speaking…

The massive terror attack in Pahalgam, while spreading shock and horror, also threw up hope, with multiple heroes stepping forward from among the locals.

India has ramped up its response to the Pahalgam terror attacks, revoking all visas issued to Pakistani nationals, including medical visas, and suspending visa services for Pakistanis.

With its back against the wall and no other options available, Pakistan’s top committee on security met today and after an hours-long discussion decided to mirror India’s actions in the…

The Enforcement Directorate Thursday arrested Congress leader and former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme, officials said.

The Indian Air Force is carrying out Exercise Aakraman (Attack) over a large area in the central sector involving its mainstream fighter aircraft fleets led by the Rafale combat aircraft.

The Opposition has fully backed the government for “any action”, condemning the Pahalgam massacre that has cost 26 lives and unleashed one of the worst face-offs with Pakistan.

International flights, especially from Delhi and other northern cities, will take a longer time to reach their destinations and fares are also likely to rise in the range of 8-12…

Immigration officials are issuing Requests for Evidence (RFEs) in H-1B visa cases, seeking personal data, including home addresses and biometrics. This move has sparked questions about the federal agency’s intentions.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday bashed Harvard as an “Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution,” as the prestigious university battles his administration’s funding freeze in court.

Indian Air Force Corporal Tage Hailyang, who was vacationing in Pahalgam with his wife, risked his life and guided tourists to safety, helping them escape before he fell to the…

The wife of Surat resident Shailesh Kalathiya, who lost his life in the terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, on Thursday said terrorists showed no remorse as they were seen laughing…

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has appealed to Muslims to wear black bands on their arms when they go for Friday prayers tomorrow to send a united message of condemnation on…

As Canada prepares for the 2025 federal elections, one name stands out in the country’s political history – Kim Campbell.

The Canadian electoral system was in place well before the creation of Elections Canada. After Confederation in 1867, federal elections were organised by government officials, with no independent body in…

With Canada preparing to go to polls next week, it is a fitting moment to look back at the country’s first-ever general election, held in 1867.

Currently, the 26% reciprocal tariff on India that the US imposed is on a 90-day suspension. The pause will expire on July 8th. However, India does face a 10% tariff…

India on Thursday announced that medical visas issued to all Pakistanis will be valid only till April 29, as it stepped up measures against the neighbouring country in the wake…

Till Tuesday morning, Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam was Kashmir’s ‘mini Switzerland’, a tourist hotspot known for jaw-dropping views of the Himalayas and the Valley’s signature pine forests

Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, today compared the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam to the October 7, 2023 Hamas strike on Israel, citing similarities in their targeting…

Buddhists flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged by authorities to stay away on Thursday after four people died and hundreds fell sick while in lengthy…

President Donald Trump turned his criticism on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday after Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight, saying “Vladimir, STOP!”

A student carried out a stabbing spree at a high school in northwestern France on Thursday, killing one classmate and wounding three others, a police source told AFP.

A 50-year-old labourer died after being allegedly beaten by Government Railway Police (GRP) constables in the general coach of the Gondwana Express.

The body of a 23-year-old NEET aspirant from Delhi was found near a railway track here early Thursday, police said.

A guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy today destroyed a sea-skimming target in a “precision cooperative engagement”.

Vikas Yadav, who serving a 25-year jail term in the 2002 murder case, is seeking interim bail to attend his ailing mother.

The Indian space agency is accelerating the launch of a special spy satellite that can help protect and keep a sharp eye on India’s borders in the wake of the…

China sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station on Thursday, in its 15th crewed spaceflight and the 20th overall in the Shenzhou program that started over three decades…

Bollywood movie ‘Abir Gulaal’, starring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, won’t release in India, sources in the Centre’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry have said. The decision comes amid the nationwide outrage…

In the wake of the devastating terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives, the Centre has convened an all-party meeting on Thursday to deliberate on the incident.

Two days after the Pahlagam terror attack, Arathi, an eye witness and daughter of a victim of the attack on Thursday gave details about the incident and mentioned that people…

Twenty-six tourists gunned down in Pahalgam; one Ahmadi man lynched in Karachi. Two different types of tragedies, hundreds of miles apart, but stitched together by the same playbook of hate.

Myanmar authorities have arrested a TikTok astrologer for spreading panic by predicting another strong earthquake in the aftermath of last month’s tremor, state media said Thursday.

As my plane descended on the runway at Srinagar, my memory took me back to 35 years ago when I had gone to cover Kashmir as a reporter. Kashmir then…

By targeting tourists – symbols of peace, progress, and India’s post-370 normalisation effort – terrorists were not merely aiming to instil fear. They sought to send a message: Kashmir is…

Terrorists attacked tourists at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on Tuesday, killing 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen while leaving several others injured.

Terrorists opened fire at a tourist location near Kashmir’s Pahalgam town on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people.

Nisa Unnirajan of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has cleared this year’s civil service examination on her seventh attempt.

“India Will Identify, Track And Punish Every Terrorist”: PM Modi On Pahalgam

A crowd of unsuspecting tourists, five to six killers, three focus spots and 10 minutes of heavy firing — investigation into the Pahalgam terror attack, which left 26 people murdered,…

Uncertainty over tariffs and an unpredictable trade war is weighing heavily on companies as they report their latest financial results and try to give investors financial forecasts.

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Bangladesh over the weekend, two days after the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which resulted in the…

Trump chided the Ukrainian leader for refusing to recognise Russia’s occupation of Crimea as part of a U.S. peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.

India’s closure of the Attari-Wagah border following the Pahalgam terror attack marks a major shift in cross-border engagement with Pakistan.

A special relief train ferried hundreds of tourists stranded in Jammu and Kashmir to New Delhi.

The Attari Integrated Check Post is strategically positioned as a critical checkpoint for cross-border trade.

A heatwave alert was issued for parts of Odisha on Thursday, with the mercury crossing 40 degrees Celsius in many places, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Within hours of the attack, the phrase “All Eyes on Pahalgam” began circulating rapidly across social media platforms like Instagram and X.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sent a stern message to terrorists and said India will “identify, track and punish” every terrorist and their “backers” who were behind the Pahalgam attack,…

There is no fixed term for the Prime Minister in Canada. He or she can hold the office as long as they have the confidence of the majority of the…

Shital Kalathiya, wife of Shailesh Kalathiya, one among the 26 victims, remembering the details of the incident said that they had just reached the top of Mini Switzerland and had…

Anjan Roy was studying with friends at Missouri State University when he got an email that turned his world upside down. His legal status as an international student had been…

The US has issued a ‘Do Not Travel’ advisory for Jammu and Kashmir owing to the “terror attacks” and possible “violent civilian unrest” in the Union Territory and also within…

An Army soldier has been killed in action after security forces and terrorists exchanged fire following a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday, officials said.

Massive protests have erupted outside the Pakistan High Commission in the national capital amid heightened tensions between Delhi and Islamabad over the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam,…

Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as Thumbelina splodges and splats with merry abandon, the one-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime.

Russia said Wednesday it will allow the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan to have an ambassador in Moscow, in a symbolic move days after it lifted a “terrorist” designation for the…

Long before the actions of BluSmart co-founders Anmol Jaggi and his brother Punit Jaggi came under scrutiny, a founder-CEO of a wellness platform called out the duo in a WhatsApp…

After US President Donald Trump signalled a potential U-turn on his tariff war with China, Beijing said its door was “wide open” for trade talks with Washington, but won’t proceed…

China will send a new team of astronauts to its space station, as the country marches towards its ambition of becoming a space power.

The meadows of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam became the site of a horrific terror attack on April 22, in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed.

Intel has seen its sales drop three years in a row and has trailed Nvidia when it comes to advancements in technology.

Police have arrested a 55-year-old man for allegedly killing his wife in Maharashtra’s Palghar district after suspecting her of having an affair with another man, officials said.

Bangladesh’s ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has condemned the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that left 26 people dead and several others injured.

Elon Musk says he will step back from his controversial White House role as the unofficial head of the cost-cutting “Department of Government Efficiency” to focus more on his troubled…

A resident of Indore, Sushil Nathaniel, who worked as a branch manager for LIC, was killed, with his daughter Akanksha sustaining bullet injuries in the terror attack in Jammu and…

French pastry chefs completed a 121.8 metre long strawberry cake which they have claimed is the world’s longest ever made.

Oasis fans wishing to see the reunited British band live in concert have lost more than $2.7 million from UK ticket scams, mostly on Facebook, Lloyds bank said.

A sprawling wildfire burning in New Jersey’s Pinelands near Atlantic Ocean beach towns could become the largest in the state in 20 years, having already consumed some 11,500 acres, officials…

As a mark of solidarity with the bereaved families, the Board has suspended its campaign against the “controversial amendments” to the Waqf Act for three days starting April 23, the…

As the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu & Kashmir’s Anantnag district triggered fears and caused panic exit among tourists, two women from Maharashtra on Wednesday refused to return…

Indian cricket head coach Gautam Gambhir and a former Member of Parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reportedly received a death threat from “ISIS Kashmir.”

Amid renewed calls for a ban on Pakistani artists working in India in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror strike that left 26 people dead, popular actor Fawad Khan has…

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided multiple premises in Delhi-NCR as part of its money laundering investigation against coaching institute FIITJEE, which recently shut its centres abruptly.

The Cabinet Committee on Security – India’s top-decision making body on national security has implemented some punishing measures against Pakistan over the “cross-border linkages” that surfaced in the investigation over…

Twenty-six people, mostly tourists, died in the Baisaran meadow bloodbath in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Tuesday.

Ex-Pentagon official Michael Rubin likened Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir to the late Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, while pinning Pakistan for its role in the Pahalgam terror attack that…

The official X (formerly Twitter) account of the government of Pakistan has been withheld in India amid heightened tensions between the two countries in light of the terror attack in…

An Indian journalist has expressed frustration after she had to pay a huge amount of money to use a hotel restroom in Rajasthan despite a family member’s health concerns.

Trump’s cabinet will likely move to limit the influence of DOGE employees and reassert control over budgets and staffing once Elon Musk steps back from DOGE, government sources said.

In a big relief, a court in the United States’ Georgia has temporarily reinstated the SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System) records for 133 international students, of whom the…

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don’t yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment we evolved in

Elon Musk says he will step back from his controversial White House role as the unofficial head of the cost-cutting “Department of Government Efficiency” to focus more on his troubled…

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Thursday amid profit-taking after a seven-day rally and muted trend in Asian markets.

Bodies of two tourists from Karnataka who were shot dead by the terrorists in the Pahalgam terror attack were brought to the Kempegowda International Airport here on Thursday.

India has summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat in Delhi, Saad Ahmad Warraich, and handed over the formal Persona Non Grata note for its military diplomats, according to sources.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to food delivery companies Swiggy and Zepto, as well as the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, over allegations that their…

Ex-Pentagon official Michael Rubin likened Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir to the late Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, while pinning Pakistan for its role in the Pahalgam terror attack that…

Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault retrial described how he ignored his victims’ pleas to stop and abused his position to make them “feel small.”

A court official delivered a summons to Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro in his hospital bed, giving him five days to submit his defense against coup charges.