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Several images of the charred ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ have surfaced after a massive fire raged through the nightclub in the early hours of Sunday, killing 25 people.

India on Sunday opened its new state-of-the-art Consulate building in Shanghai, marking its first relocation in 32 years in China’s main business hub.

Thailand has launched air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia, its military said, after both countries accused each other of breaching a ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump.

Socio-religious organisation Tehreek Muslim Shabban president Mushtaq Malik has sparked a political controversy with his announcement to construct a ‘Babri memorial’ along with welfare institutions in the Greater Hyderabad region.

The fire broke out at a famous nightclub, the Birch by Romeo Lane, in Arpora.

Police registered an FIR against two owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa, its manager, and event organisers after a devastating fire claimed 25 lives and detained the…

A multi-layered security with over 4,500 personnel and advanced technology is being deployed to ensure the safety of officials and international delegates at the Telangana Rising Global Summit 2025 on…

Turning the heat on Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration and Water Supplies Minister KN Nehru, the Enforcement Directorate sources claim to have written to the state government to file another FIR…

Former Chief Minister and People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has said the Centre’s policy on Jammu and Kashmir after the scrapping of Article 370 has failed and urged New…

Six persons were killed after a car fell into a 600-foot deep gorge in Saptashring Garh Ghat in Nashik’s Kalwan taluka on Sunday, a police official said.

The Kremlin on Sunday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s move to stop calling Russia a direct threat and said his new national security strategy, which portrays European powers as in…

US President Donald Trump commented Sunday on Netflix’s effort to acquire storied Hollywood studio Warner Bros., saying the streaming giant already has “a very large market share” and “it could…

A Thai soldier was killed and several others were wounded in fresh border clashes with Cambodia, Thailand’s army said Monday, with both sides trading blame for the latest eruption in…

Incidents of wild elephants straying into human settlements are on the rise in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district, raising concerns over growing human-wildlife conflict in the region.

A water leak in late November damaged several hundred works in the Louvre’s Egyptian department, the Paris museum told AFP on Sunday, weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised concerns…

Benin has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. The military takeover lasted several hours on Sunday before officials announced it was…

Two police officers were killed Sunday in northeast Colombia in an attack that authorities blamed on the National Liberation Army, a Marxist guerrilla force active since the 1960s.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he would not retire from politics if he receives a pardon from the country’s president in his years-long corruption trial.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he will meet President Donald Trump later this month, saying a second phase of the U.S. president’s Gaza plan was close.

IndiGo is on track to operate over 1,650 flights, up from 1,500 yesterday, the airline said in a status update this evening. It said 137 out of 138 destinations are…

On the eve of the winter session of Maharashtra Assembly, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi or MVA held a joint meeting and decided to boycott the state government’s traditional tea…

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has reaffirmed that IPL matches will not be shifted out of Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium, asserting that the pride of Karnataka must be upheld.

Entry restricted to the local and a strict cap on the number of participants are some of the conditions enforced by the Puducherry Police as Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief…

Geopolitical conflicts, the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI), and a rise in climate disasters like floods and cyclones – the year 2025 saw a lot of shifts globally, for…

The flight crisis appears to ease after nearly a week, with IndiGo operationalising routes between 137 out of 138 destinations, but luggage remains a big challenge for the ground staff.

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers on Sunday said the airline will be operating around 1,650 flights on Sunday and “step by step, we are getting back”.

With their village road damaged, children in a village in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district are now forced to walk nearly seven kilometres every day through dense forest to attend school, risking…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the armed forces “could have done much more” during Operation Sindoor in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, but deliberately opted for…

Former IAS officer and ex-District Collector of Bhuj, Pradeep Nirankarnath Sharma, has been convicted in two Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases. The judgment was delivered by a special court…

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, on Saturday,offered a candid reflection on the growing influence of artificial intelligence in global diplomacy during a conversation with NDTV’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Rahul Kanwal at…

A 55-year-old man and his 75-year-old mother were found dead on separate cots inside their house in Bara Haveli Khalsa village here on Sunday, police said.

Israel has urged India to formally designate Hamas as a terrorist organisation, citing that the group’s growing ties with Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other Iranian proxies pose a growing security…

The indelible images of passengers sleeping rough on cold terminal floors, captured and broadcast across every channel, will outlast a thousand corporate advertising campaigns by IndiGo. The urgent push for…

The police found the body of Krishnakant, a resident of Jharkhand, in his hostel in Greater Noida on Saturday.

Forgetting political differences, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut, Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, and NCP’s Supriya Sule took the stage atthe wedding festivities of Yashaswini Jindal, daughter of industrialist-politician Naveen Jindal

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s strong remarks on the INDIA opposition bloc, in which he said the alliance is on “life support, have raised a political storm

Weeks after Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal hinted at his newest offering, a brain blood flow monitoring device called ‘Temple’, he has shared a new update on the product’s…

Weeks after Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal hinted at his newest offering, a brain blood flow monitoring device called ‘Temple’, he has shared a new update on the product’s…

The general manager of a club in Goa, where a deadly fire broke out on Sunday, has been arrested, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told NDTV.

IndiGo now is a de-facto monopoly in India’s skies. And what comes with monopolies is conceit and extortion.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday denounced attempts to link India’s past economic slowdown with the Hindu faith, calling the “Hindu rate of growth” label a deliberate distortion.

When the deadly fire in Goa’s ‘Birch By Romeo Lane’ began last night, about 100 tourists were enjoying a much-publicised ‘Bollywood Banger Night’

The year 2025 has been a whirlwind of big events and controversies, with personalities from several departments taking the centre stage.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA T Harish Rao has written to the Telangana assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, alleging “several serious procedural lapses” that he claims have fundamentally undermined the legislature’s…

Military personnel in Benin on Sunday announced that they had ousted President Patrice Talon, although his entourage said he was safe and the army was regaining control.

Budget airline IndiGo appears to be limping back to normalcy with fewer flight disruptions on Sunday after their chaotic handling of the new pilot rest hour rules stranded lakhs of…

A Special Court designated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in Ahmedabad (Rural) has convicted former Bhuj (Kutch) District Collector Pradeep Nirankarnath Sharma for his involvement in…

A devastating fire ripped through the popular nightclub Birch by Romeo Lane late last night in Arpora, North Goa, resulting in the deaths of 25 people.

Arrested by Delhi Police in June this year on suspicion of being a Bangladeshi national and subsequently pushed to Bangladesh, Sunali, a migrant resident, was repatriated through the Malda border

The penalty is approved under US President Donald Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

In regions of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar once marked by fear and isolation due to Maoist violence, a visible shift on the ground is now unfolding. Mobile network arrived for the first…

Amid the political blame game over the IndiGo chaos, Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu has hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “monopoly model” charge.

For individuals and small businesses used to handling cash, the message is clear: document everything or risk financial ruin.

Over 70,000 women are serving in Ukraine’s armed forces in 2025, a 20 per cent increase since 2022, with more than 5,500 deployed directly to the front line.

A 24-year-old woman from Telangana’s Jangaon district died in a major fire accident at her house in the United States on Thursday. The victim, Sahaja Reddy Udumala, had moved to…

The bill says employees should not be compelled to respond to official communication after work hours or on holidays.

Navjot Kaur Sidhu said they do not have money to give to any party but can transform Punjab into a “golden state”.

ASTA described itself as a “victim of regulatory vacuum,” arguing that its role had been mischaracterized due to the absence of clear guidelines for financial training institutes.

A massive blaze tore through a popular nightclub in North Goa’s Arpora, harrowing eyewitness testimonies have begun to shed light on the chaotic moments surrounding the tragedy.

Suzlon is pushing ahead with ambitious capacity expansion. The company plans to add three AI-enabled “smart-blade” manufacturing units in Gujarat and Karnataka, with a third location yet to be finalised.

In yet another shocking case of humanwildlife conflict in the Anamalai hill region, a five-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Valparai of Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addressed the matter of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina’s status in India, suggesting that her continued stay is largely a personal decision influenced by the…

Ram Mohan Naidu told NDTV that all other airlines have faced no problems despite the new Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms coming into effect in November.

Adani University hosted its 2nd Convocation Ceremony on Saturday at the University Auditorium in Shantigram, celebrating the achievements of 87 graduating students, including three distinguished university medallists.

In the backdrop of the laying of the foundation stone of Babri Masjid in Murshidabad, BJP leader Sakharov Sarkar and his party wing on Saturday did Bhumi Puja for the…

Ghaziabad was the most polluted city in India in November, with a monthly average PM2.5 concentration of 224 microgram per cubic metre and air quality remaining above the national standards…

A protective shield at the Chornobyl nuclear plant in war-torn Ukraine, built to contain radioactive material from the 1986 disaster, can no longer perform its main safety function due to…

As disruptions across the IndiGo network continue, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) in Mumbai saw 146 cancellations until 8 pm on Saturday.

The Aravalli range, one of the world’s oldest mountain systems, stretches from Delhi in the north to Gujarat in the south, with nearly two-thirds of its expanse passing through 15…

A man allegedly poisoned his son and daughter before consuming poison himself following a dispute with his wife here on Saturday, police said, adding that all three died.

A 2024 National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report found that urban private unaided school fees have surged over 169% in the past decade, far outpacing both inflation and salary growth.

New Delhi: Two days after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta held a high-level review meeting, the Delhi government on Saturday formally notified the constitution of a new Expert Group on Air…

Elon Musk clapped back Saturday at the European Union after it hit the tech tycoon’s X social media platform with a major fine, telling his 230 million online followers that…

American singer Katy Perry and former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau are in a relationship. The announcement was officially made by Perry in a series of photographs on her Instagram…

A man from Bengaluru was allegedly cheated of Rs 80,50,000 after unidentified callers posing as police officials and RBI personnel threatened him with a fabricated money laundering case.

IndiGo’s disruptions were reduced at the Chennai airport on Saturday after the Centre relaxed some Flight Duty Time Limitations, but several passengers remained stranded following cancellations,

As the IndiGo crisis entered day five, passengers in Mumbai complained about poor communication and their baggage being lost.

A strict cap on the number of participants, demarcated enclosures and monitored entry are some of the conditions enforced by the Puducherry Police as TVK chief and actor Vijay is…

A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday.

An undergraduate female student suffered about 90 per cent burn injuries after allegedly attemptingself-immolation in Odishas Sundergarh district, police said on Saturday.

India’s stricter pilot fatigue management rules hit IndiGo hard this week as it had failed to plan for changes in its rosters, throwing operations of the country’s biggest airline into…

Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin claimed that it is because of US President Donald Trump’s “gross incompetence” that India and Russia are growing closer. Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed…

Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to go to the International Space Station, on Saturday said that the country is rapidly advancing in the field…

Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha today rebutted Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s claim on the issue of age relaxation for job aspirants, calling it misleading.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the 23rd edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, said that when the world is fragmented, India stands as a bridge builder.

A Pakistani woman has accused her husband of abandoning her in Karachi and secretly preparing for a second marriage in Delhi.

India is sending investigators to the US next week to go over data with the National Transportation Safety Board gathered so far on the deadly crash in June of an…

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had promised a froth-free Yamuna during the Chhath festival in October. She fulfilled that promise.

In an operation spanning multiple cities and three days, Delhi Police arrested five men accused of staging a fake police and Income Tax raid to steal more than a kilogram…

The government is planning to seek the removal of IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers, sources have said after the airline’s chaotic handling of the new flight duty rules led to mass…

A former UK doctor faces dozens of charges linked to alleged sexual offences against 38 patients who were in his care, including a child under 13, prosecutors have announced.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who lives in hiding in her country, has confirmed she will travel to Oslo to receive her Nobel Peace Prize.

London police said four people were arrested Saturday after food, purportedly apple crumble and custard, was thrown at a display case containing Britain’s priceless Crown Jewels in the Tower of…

Two years after Thai worker Sudthisak Rinthalak was killed by Hamas, his family in northeastern Thailand is preparing to welcome his remains home and hold a Buddhist ceremony they believe…

Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, the country’s disaster management agency said Saturday, with fears that starvation could send the death…

Gunmen stormed a hostel in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, on Saturday, killing 11 people, including a three-year-old child, at a site police said was illegally selling alcohol.

Pope Leo XIV told new ambassadors to the Holy See on Saturday that the Vatican would not be a “silent bystander” to human rights abuses around the world.

Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi highlighted something the world often forgets: India’s relationship with Russia is older, deeper and more structurally rooted than contemporary commentary allows. It has endured…

The Civil Aviation Ministry on Saturday announced capping of airfares to control the surge in airline ticket prices following the massive delay and cancellation of all domestic flights of IndiGo.

DK Shivakumar alleged harassment in the National Herald case investigation and claimed that attempts were being made to allegedly create confusion just to target Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and their…