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Roger Ver, an early investor in cryptocurrency known as “Bitcoin Jesus,” has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve US tax charges, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday directed a Christian-run private school in Kochi to allow a Muslim girl studying there to continue her education while wearing her religious…

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed on Monday that Washington expects support from its allies and friends, including India, over its attempt to counter China’s latest export controls on rare…

Barack Obama is entering the fight for U.S. House control by appearing in a 30-second ad urging California voters to approve a November ballot proposal that could add as many…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday updated the House of Commons on his two-day visit to Mumbai last week with the country’s biggest trade delegation to India, scoring deals…

Ashley J Tellis, a well-known US scholar on India who advised successive US administrations, has been arrested and charged with unlawfully retaining classified information and allegedly meeting Chinese officials.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president, KT Rama Rao, accused the ruling Congress of planning “massive electoral fraud” and “vote chori” in the upcoming Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election in Telangana.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released its second list of 48 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

Ashley J Tellis, a renowned foreign policy scholar and defence strategist of Indian origin, has been arrested and charged with unlawfully retaining classified national defence information, according to the US…

US President Donald Trump slammed China’s halt of American soybean purchases as an “economically hostile act,” warning Tuesday that his country could in turn stop buying cooking oil from the…

Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, former international spokesperson of the Israel Defense Forces, “does not expect Hamas to actually fulfill the agreement.”

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur has taken a suo motu cognizance of the shocking caste humiliation incident in Sataria village of Damoh district, where an OBC man was…

The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Pakistan on its loan program, which would allow the country to access $1.2 billion after approval…

Intense fighting broke out once again on Tuesday night between Pakistani security forces and the Afghan Taliban along the border between the two countries in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,…

“Jai Shri Ram, Jai Shri Ram” — the chant rang out loud in the heart of Gwalior this evening, as a heated confrontation unfolded between a police officer and a…

An Iranian court sentenced two French citizens to a combined 63 years in prison on espionage and national security charges, the country’s judiciary said Tuesday, likely further straining relations between…

US President Donald Trump hailed assassinated ally Charlie Kirk as a “martyr for truth and freedom” Tuesday as he posthumously awarded the right-wing activist America’s highest civilian honor.

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

AIADMK MP C Ve Shanmugam has triggered a political storm with his controversial comment targeting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.

A class 12 student, who was allegedly slapped by the principal in-charge of her school for coming to the institute wearing a slipper a month ago in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district,…

The Israeli military said the remains of four more hostages handed over by Hamas on Tuesday were brought into Israel from Gaza, as the identities of those transferred a day…

The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin over his ongoing war in Ukraine, saying it was “making him look very bad.”

Two more Assamese expats, who were present at the yacht party in Singapore during the final moments of legendary singer Zubeen Garg on September 19, appeared before the Assam Police’s…

OpenAI is partnering with Walmart to let shoppers make purchases directly within ChatGPT, furthering the artificial intelligence company’s push to turn its chatbot into a virtual merchant as it seeks…

US President Donald Trump slammed China’s halt of American soybean purchases as an “economically hostile act,” warning Tuesday that his country could in turn stop buying cooking oil from the…

India will resume all postal services to the United States from Wednesday after putting in place systems to collect duties upfront, the Department of Posts said.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “we will disarm” Hamas if the Palestinian militants refuse to do it themselves, as he called for the group to release the bodies…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened trade penalties, including tariffs, against Spain, saying he is unhappy with its refusal to raise defense spending to 5% and calling the move disrespectful…

A race is on between husbands and wives in Bihar for tickets in the coming assembly election. No holds are barred in this race.

At least 16 people were killed Tuesday when a fire tore through a chemical and garments factory in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, officials said.

A United Nations humanitarian convoy was hit by Russian drones while delivering aid to a front-line area in southern Ukraine, the UN’s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Ukraine…

The mother of a 12-year-old girl whose remains was found last week in a storage bin outside of an abandoned home in Connecticut has been charged in her death, along…

A US State Department employee has been accused of unlawfully removing classified documents from secure government locations and holding multiple meetings with Chinese officials dating back to 2023, Fox News…

Stocks slipped in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday as trade tensions escalated again with China.

As the Gaza war dragged on, a diminished Hamas faced growing internal challenges to its control of Gaza from long-standing rivals, many of them affiliated with powerful local clans.

The Indian Navy had sailed into the Arabian Sea and was ready for action when Pakistan reached out and called for a cessation of hostilities after four days of military…

The fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was tested as the slower-than-hoped return of dead hostages from Gaza prompted an Israeli military agency to declare a “violation” of the truce…

Sharjeel Imam, an accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, withdrew his plea before a court seeking a 14-day interim bail to file his nomination and campaign for the upcoming…

Buzz about the possible inclusion of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has been circulating in Maharashtra’s political circles, but the Congress party…

Pakistan is understood to have lost over 100 military personnel along the Line of Control during Operation Sindoor, Indian Army’s Director General Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai said on…

Former Israeli hostage Noa Argamani spoke out after her partner was released under the Gaza ceasefire deal, to describe the differences in their treatment in captivity in the Palestinian territory.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed six Palestinians in separate incidents Tuesday, while the military reported its troops had opened fire on suspects who approached their positions.

The Airbus A320 has overtaken the Boeing 737, the US aviation giant’s single-aisle legacy aircraft, in terms of all-time deliveries for the first time, according to figures released Tuesday.

UK Communities Secretary Steve Reed said Tuesday it was “absolutely unacceptable” for women to have been excluded from a charity running event in a London park organised by a mosque.

Police have registered a case against the woman principal of a private school in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district for allegedly beating a six-year-old boy studying in Class 1 with a…

India’s wild elephant population has been estimated at 22,446, lower than the 2017 figure of 27,312, according to the country’s first-ever DNA-based count.

A man shot dead his 45-year-old wife in front of their minor daughter on Tuesday after a heated argument in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, police said.

In Haryana IPS Officer’s Suicide Case, Another Suicide Reveals New Twist

Signalling the annual return of the dreaded pollution in the capital, the Commission of Air Quality Management, which is the Centre’s anti-pollution panel, has enforced curbs under GRAP-1 in Delhi…

Led by a Union Minister, Ambedkarite and Buddhist organisations staged a major protest in Mumbai on Tuesday, demanding exclusive Buddhist management of the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, one of…

In a rare show of unity, leaders from nearly all major Opposition parties in Maharashtra jointly petitioned state Chief Electoral Officer S Chokalingam on Tuesday, demanding greater transparency and accountability…

At least 15 people, including three children and four women, were injured when a bus en route to Jodhpur from Jaisalmer caught fire on Tuesday.

A speeding bus in Delhi rammed a bike, an e-rickshaw and then a school van in east Delhi on Tuesday, leaving three people injured and an eight-year-old with a broken…

Political strategist-turned Prashant Kishor put to rest speculation about his contest the Bihar assembly election from Raghopur, fielding a candidate from sitting MLA Tejashwi Yadav’s family turf.

Celebrated Maithili folk singer Maithili Thakur joined the BJP today. Sources said she is expected to contest the coming assembly election from Alinagar.

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war was holding even as complex issues remained ahead, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20…

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged sexual assault of a woman student inside the South Asian University (SAU) campus in Delhi.

The chief of Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department, Dr Ravi Shankar Ayyanar, arrived in Tirumala today to probe the sensational Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams theft case, following orders from the High…

A fake crime branch, pulling off robberies that seemed straight out of a Bollywood thriller, was busted by the real crime branch in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore this week.

An elite military unit that backed youth-led anti-government street protests said Tuesday it had taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina.

The investigation into Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s death by suicide has hit a roadblock: his laptop. While Chandigarh police insist that the officer’s laptop is necessary for the…

The BJP has released its first list of 71 candidates for the upcoming Bihar election. Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha have been fielded from Tarapur and…

How would you price the life of a child? How would you assess its worth? For the doctor who prescribed the cough syrup to most of the 23 children who…

Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani said the conglomerate’s return on assets (ROA) rose to 16.5 per cent in the financial year 2024-25 — placing it among the top performers in…

Changes in sperm caused by COVID-19 in a mouse could affect the offspring’s brain development and cause anxious behaviours, a study has found.

Each time an Indian leader visits Britain, the question resurfaces: will London ever say sorry? Each time, it sidesteps, offering instead the language of “regret”.

US President Donald Trump slammed the Time magazine over the photo of his printed on the cover in which his hair seems to have “disappeared”.

Five police personnel, including a senior woman officer, were arrested after Chief Minister Mohan Yadav took a tough stand.

The State Election Commission (SEC), in its letter dated September 9, stated that officials will be busy conducting the elections to local bodies.

DLF clarified that two of its malls – DLF Promenade and DLF Emporio – are fully functional, denying claims that they might face closure amid the festive season owing to…

In a major relief for Delhi residents, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday announced a complete waiver of water bill late payment surcharges running into over Rs 11,000 crore for…

Bharath Thammineni, a 36-year old mountaineer from Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, on Tuesday became the first Indian to summit all nine of the world’s 14 highest peaks.

The United Nations and Red Cross called for all crossings into Gaza to be opened to allow desperately needed aid into the war-torn Palestinian territory.

Subramanyam Vedam, a permanent US resident who came to the US from India as a nine-month-old baby, was convicted for the 1980 killing of 19-year-old Thomas Kinser in Pennsylvania.

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won’t be able to change their settings without a parent’s permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.

The male friend of second year medical student who had gone out of the campus on Friday night with the victim, and two of the accused were brought to the…

Google will invest USD 15 billion over the next five years in setting up an AI hub in India, which will include the country’s largest data centre in partnership with…

OP Singh, a native of Bihar’s Jamui district, is a 1992 batch IPS officer. He is the brother-in-law of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who died by suicide in 2020.

Google has said it would invest $15 billion in India over the next five years as it announced a giant data centre and artificial intelligence base in Visakhapatnam.

A man was arrested for murdering his newly married wife and making it appear like an accident to claim insurance money in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district, police said on Tuesday.

A 27-year-old woman in Hyderabad allegedly smothered her two-year-old twins to death before dying by suicide

She alleged that four individuals attempted to gang-rape her at a construction site on the campus on Sunday. She said they tore her clothes and touched her inappropriately.

This morning, Vikas asked Ruby for his passport, and this led to an argument between the gangster couple. In the heat of the moment, Vikas shot Ruby to death and…

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation’s Divya Gautam has been fielded from Bihar’s Digha for next month’s assembly elections.

A major portion of a road near a village in Madhya Pradesh collapsed on Monday afternoon, resulting in a 30-foot-deep crater.

China has reportedly developed a first-of-its-kind missile defence system with a worldwide reach.

In Nepal’s capital, young would-be voters line up enthusiastically to register for the first elections since deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government, the worst unrest in decades.

Nagging trade tensions will strengthen Xi’s resolve to not only build China’s own AI models, but power them with its own hardware.

Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu asserted that while he and his team had a good start with the Arattai, they still have a long way to go.

A team from the Food Department raided Rashi Restaurant, located opposite the Bundelkhand Medical College and Hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar. The team entered the stench-filled room and was left…

Withdrawals now fall under three categories: Essential Needs (illness, education, marriage), Housing Needs, and Special Circumstances.

US President Donald Trump visited Israel and Egypt this week to oversee the initial implementation of his Gaza peace agreement, which many hope will permanently end the two-year war in…

Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has once again drawn attention to Bengaluru’s poor infrastructure, this time quoting a visitor from China who questioned the state of the city’s roads and cleanliness.

Innovations such as chess, the concept of zero, and the idea that the Earth moved around the Sun all came from India, not Greece or Egypt, author William Dalrymple has…

Bipin Joshi was a 23-year-old Nepalese student of agriculture and an amateur rapper.

Amazon.com Inc. has terminated an employee who protested the e-commerce giant’s ties to the Israeli government.

President Nicolas Maduro will shut Venezuela’s embassy in Norway after opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, rebuffing Oslo’s move to recognize her fight for democracy…

Kartikey Hariyani, the founder and CEO of ChargeZone, is among the leaders attending the NDTV World Summit in New Delhi.

A lawyer and her 18-year-old son have been arrested in Kerala with three grams of MDMA drugs that they were trying to sell.