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United States President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, Washington DC on Friday. His visit comes at a time when the US is pursuing a…
US President Donald Trump said Friday after his angry Oval Office argument with Volodymr Zelensky that the Ukrainian leader is uninterested in peace so long as he has US support…
Before we dive into the brouhaha that we are currently witnessing about Team India’s “unfair venue advantage” in Dubai for the Champions Trophy, let’s get one thing out of the…
Citigroup accidentally credited an account with $81 trillion instead of $280 as it meant to before catching the error, the Financial Times reported. The snafu, a “near miss” in banking…
A woman has been arrested in Ghaziabad for repeatedly levelling allegations of rape, gang-rape and kidnapping against her husband, who was earlier her live-in partner, and his friends. Police said…
Twenty-four Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers are still trapped after an avalanche hit Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, officials said today. The incident took place near the border village of Mana, about…
Signalling an end to the row over Thiruvanathapuram MP Shashi Tharoor’s ‘praise’ for the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front government in Kerala, the state Congress unit has dismissed reports of a…
Minutes into the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, a verbal clash broke out between the two leaders at the Oval Office. In a loud…
India’s first three clinics for the transgender community closed last month following a stop-work order from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) that funded them, disrupting services for nearly…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky met US President Donald Trump at the White House today, as both leaders discussed a minerals deal for the United States as part of the ongoing…
The Supreme Court on Friday called for a “robust mechanism to tackle” the issue of caste-based discrimination in higher educational institutions like IIMs and IITs. The court also lamented the…
The Himachal Pradesh government – battling a monetary crisis triggered, in large part, by a series of devastating landslides and flash floods over the past two years – has turned…
The BRICS+ nations have chosen to ignore Donald Trump’s threats and go ahead with exactly what it intends on doing – finding an alternative to the US dollar for global…
An avalanche hit snow-capped Mana at 7:17 am this morning, five kilometres from the Badrinath shrine in Uttarakhand, trapping 35 Border Roads Organisation workers. Twenty-two workers managed to run to…
India and the European Union have set a year-end deadline for a historic free trade agreement, which has been in the works for quite a few years. The announcement was…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel is considering involving the Ultimate Fighting Championship – a popular mixed martial arts company, to beef up the self-defence skills of the…
Russia on Friday named career diplomat Alexander Darchiev as the new ambassador to the United States, filling a role vacant since last year in another sign of easing tensions. US…
A 5-year-old girl is fighting for her life at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior after being raped by her teenaged neighbour. The incident, which occurred on February 22 in…
A review of the medical infrastructure in Delhi indicates under-utilisation of funds provided by the centre during the COVID crisis, a severe shortage of staff, and long waiting times for…
India’s economic growth decelerated to 6.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2024-25, mainly due to poor performance by the manufacturing and mining sectors. The Indian economy recorded a…
Days after billionaire Elon Musk sent an email to federal employees asking them to list the tasks they performed over the weekend, a woman compared the situation to “living in…
German elections this week have once again underlined that Europe’s political landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Friedrich Merz’s conservatives won, but the star of the election night was Alternative…
A request for food and water from a house led to the arrest of a 37-year-old man on the run after allegedly raping a woman inside a bus at Swargate…
Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE Updates, Champions Trophy 2025: Australia made two massive blunders as they didn’t take a review against Sediqullah Atal when the batter was caught plumb in front…
US President Donald Trump, pop icon Michael Jackson, actor Alec Baldwin, and film producer Harvey Weinstein were among the innumerable celebrities on the contact list of notorious sex offender Jeffery…
After days of desperate appeals, the US has finally granted an emergency visa to the family of an Indian student lying in a coma after a road accident in California,…
Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections due in October or November this year, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the state has expanded its cabinet to fill vacant positions.…
The Indian cricket team might just get a glimpse into the future in the Champions Trophy match against New Zealand, with vice-captain Shubman Gill likely to be given an opportunity…
Apple unveiled Thursday a series of initiatives aimed at enhancing safety for children and teens using its devices, as it fends off calls that it more directly check the age…
Chaos unfolded outside the Delhi Assembly today after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Leader of Opposition (LoP) Atishi’s car was stopped near its premises. The former Delhi chief minister has called…
One of the greatest cricketers the game has seen, Wasim Akram was asked the big question during a discussion at a Pakistan-based cricket analysis show amid the ongoing ICC Champions…
Amid a row over his visit to the Maha Shivaratri celebrations at Isha Foundation, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that it is his personal belief and Sadhguru, who…
Batting great Sunil Gavaskar has shared his views on the resumption of cricket bilateral ties between India and Pakistan. The two teams last played a bilateral series in 2012-13 when…
A day after the Centre dismissed Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s statement about an objectionable video being played during his webcast with “IIT Ranchi students,” Mr Pitroda made a similar claim…
After days of desperate appeals, the US has finally granted an emergency visa to the family of an Indian student lying in a coma after a road accident in California,…
The Supreme Court set aside the orders the dismissal of two women civil judges in Madhya Pradesh in 2023, terming the action as “punitive, arbitrary and illegal”. The case pertained…
Investors’ wealth tumbled by Rs 7.46 lakh crore in morning trade on Friday, in-tandem with a sharp decline in the domestic equity market, with the benchmark Sensex plunging over 1,000…
The Druze community, historically concentrated in southern Syria’s Suwayda and the surrounding areas of Jabal al-Druze, has long been wary of external threats. While small Druze communities exist near the…
Three teams still remain in the hunt as the Group B in the ICC Champions Trophy nears an enthralling conclusion. South Africa and Australia top the charts with three points…
People took matters in their own hands after they saw a gang of thieves with knives in their hands at Bengaluru’s popular MG Road. In a chase as thrilling as…
A sailor’s boat caught fire in a sea near Alibaug in Maharashtra. The accident reportedly happened in the early hours of Friday, between 3 and 4 am. At least 80…
A primary teacher in Bihar’s Jehanabad has been suspended after an expletive-laden video went viral in which she said she did not know what “mistake” she had made to be…
Another giant-killing performance from Afghanistan further strengthened their status as a fearsome side that can beat any team on the international stage. The Afghans stunned England in their Champions Trophy…
In a groundbreaking feat, photographer Josh Dury, 27, also known as the “Starman”, is believed to have captured the first-ever image of all seven planets, plus Earth, in a single…
Nilam Tanaji Shinde, a young woman from Maharashtra’s Satara district had gone to America for higher studies. She is a fourth-year student at California State University. Ms Shinde earned her…
The caretaker who first spotted the bodies of actor Gene Hackman and his wife inside their Santa Fe home called 911 and pleaded with authorities to send someone quickly to…
Pakistan’s winless campaign in the Champions Trophy continued with their match against Bangladesh being called off without a ball being bowled due to incessant rain here on Thursday. The match…
A serial offender, the Pune bus rape accused Dattatray Gade had often robbed passengers he took on his car that he operated as a taxi. The serial offender was detained…
With the Ministry of Education (MoE) refuting his claims, Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda on Thursday said he was invited to speak at an IIT-Roorkee event via a video…
Meta on Thursday said it had laid off 20 workers for leaking information to the media, as the social media giant faces pressure over the recent political shift of its…
Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs were apparently dead for some time before a maintenance worker discovered their bodies at the couple’s home in Santa Fe,…
Dattatraya Ramdas Gade, the man accused of allegedly raping a 26-year-old woman inside a bus at Pune’s Swargate bus station, has been arrested on Friday. Gade was arrested from the…
The next BJP chief could be announced as soon as within a fortnight, sources have indicated, citing that the organisational elections of the party have been completed in 12 states.…
The Centre on Thursday appointed Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey as chief of the country’s market regulator, replacing Madhabi Puri Buch, whose term ends this month. Mr Pandey has been…
At a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday (local time), US President Donald Trump interrupted as Starmer replied to a question from a journalist on…
Police in Prayagraj have arrested a man for allegedly recording videos of women bathing and changing clothes during the Maha Kumbh and uploading them on YouTube, officials said Thursday. A…
Claiming that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was “physically tired and mentally retired”, political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor on Thursday asserted that the JD(U) must not win even one…
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the US government to reverse mass firings that are part of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to slash the government’s workforce, media reported.…
India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel has rejoined the team after attending to a personal emergency back home and was part of the squad’s training session on Wednesday. Morkel had to…
A five-year-old in Madhya Pradesh is battling for her life after a horrific sexual assault. Doctors at Gwalior’s Kamala Raja Hospital said she needed 28 stitches in her private parts,…
Pop star Katy Perry is set to “shoot across the sky” this spring when she lifts off as part of a six-member, all-female crew on Blue Origin’s next space flight,…
Delhi recorded its warmest February night in 74 years, with the minimum temperature at Safdarjung reaching 19.5 degrees celsius on Thursday — the highest for the month in the period…
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Nepal in the early hours of Friday. The epicentre was in Sindhupalchowk District in the Central Region of the Himalayan nation.…
Donald Trump said he trusted Russia’s Vladimir Putin to stick to any Ukraine ceasefire Thursday, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to win security guarantees for Kyiv — with…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday issued a warning regarding the potential imposition of tariffs by the United States, stating that “Canada will have an immediate and extremely strong…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday voiced respect for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the eve of his visit, downplaying an earlier jibe that he was a “dictator.” “I think…
Taking a dip in the Ganga will not wash away the sin of betraying Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena (UBT) president said on Thursday attacking Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.…
Dattatraya Ramdas Gade, the Pune rape accused who is on the run, posed as a policeman for several months, sources have told NDTV. Rs 1 lakh will be given to…
The United States has dramatically cut the budgets of overseas development and aid programs, with multi-year contracts pared down by 92 percent, or $54 billion, the State Department said Wednesday.…
The Liberal Party of Canada has made a stunning comeback, surpassing the Conservative Party in polls for the first time in four years. According to a recent Ipsos survey, the…
An internal Israeli army probe into Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack released on Thursday acknowledged the military’s “complete failure” to prevent the assault, which killed hundreds of Israelis, a military…
The Pune rape case – a young woman was raped Tuesday morning, 100 metres from a police station and in a bus in the city’s bus Swargate Bus Stand –…
Elon Musk, the billionaire appointed by President Donald Trump to slash the size of the US government, suggested Thursday that members of the US Congress should get salary increases as…
It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy’s Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79…
Ms Shinde’s father has confirmed an appointment at the US consulate in Mumbai – for which he leave from his home in Satara district tonight. He told NDTV, “We got…
Setting the stage for next year’s 2026 assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday set an ambitious target of winning over 215 of the 294 assembly seats…
“Visa mil jaaye bus itna hi aur udhar jaa sake hum (We just hope to get the visa and go to America),” said an emotional Tanaji Shinde, whose daughter Nilam…
A quick fade-in reveals a fog-laden sky. Over it, an aerial shot of a mosque appears as the Azaan fills the air. The call to prayer is overtaken by the…
Star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah hit the nets for the first time in over a month. He has been out of action owing to a back injury which he suffered…
President Donald Trump is on the cusp of finalising a deal with Ukraine, granting the U.S. preferential access to the country’s vast raw material reserves. However, the true value of…
A vehicle rammed into pedestrians in northern Israel on Thursday in what police described as a “suspected terror attack”, leaving at least seven people wounded according to medics. “There is…
Amazon’s India unit has been ordered by the Delhi High Court to pay Rs 339.25 crore to luxury clothing brand Beverly Hills Polo Club in damages for infringing on its…
The sale of idli-sambar in beach shacks is causing a “decline” in international tourist footfall in Goa, claimed BJP MLA Michael Lobo on Thursday. Addressing a press conference at Calangute…
The Taliban’s police force uses 90,000 CCTV cameras to monitor the lives of 6 million people. From license plates to facial expressions, nothing beats their eyes. “We monitor the entire…
Legendary India cricketer and reputed commentator Sunil Gavaskar has taken a jibe at England batter Harry Brook following England’s exit from the Champions Trophy 2025. England were defeated by Afghanistan…
An alarm is rising over Washington’s potential withdrawal from global institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, with the no-show of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin ramped up pressure on the centre in the ‘Hindi imposition‘ row on Thursday, claiming forced adoption of the language in other states had “destroyed…
Will Abhishek Banerjee – the nephew of Trinamool boss and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and her right-hand man – join the BJP months before the 2026 Assembly election? Not…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised the Maha Kumbh and appreciated the efforts of the Centre, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government, and the residents of Prayagraj for…
Pakistan and Bangladesh’s last day in the Champions Trophy 2025 was symbolic of how their campaigns have been so far – zero impact. Their last match, between themselves, was washed…
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has strongly criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement that southern states will not lose any seat due to delimitation, calling the assurance “unreliable” and “misleading”.…
A breakthrough has proven elusive even as rescue operations at the partially collapsed Telangana’s Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel entered the sixth day on Thursday. Eight workers have been trapped…
A Michigan mother is charged with murdering her son on the eve of his 18th birthday, reportedly claiming to police that he desired to end his own life, the People…
Two police personnel have been suspended and action has been taken against two Home Guards and a driver after a video went viral showing them brutally thrashing a mentally challenged…
Pakistan vs Bangladesh LIVE Updates, Champions Trophy 2025: Toss has been delayed at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium with rain playing spoilsport once more. Dark clouds surrounded the ground, with hosts…
A Forbes report highlighting billionaire immigrants who started their American journey with H-1B visas features a limited number of Indian individuals. Notably, Raj Sardana, founder and CEO of Innova Solutions,…
A Thane resident allegedly bit off a part of his friend’s ear and even swallowed it after the two got into an argument at a party, an official said on…
Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, US. The couple reportedly died along with their…
Nilam Shinde, a 35-year-old Indian student from Maharashtra’s Satara district, is battling for her life at a hospital in the United States’ California after an accident earlier this month. According…
Reacting strongly to the rape of a 27-year-old woman in a bus in Pune, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that no one will be spared and people…