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Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Tuesday alleged that an order was issued by a panel on the “directions of Lt Governor VK Saxena” for demolition of multiple Hindu and Buddhist religious…

The parents of Suchir Balaji, a former employee ChatGPT maker OpenAI, have alleged that his autopsy had shown signs of struggle such as a head injury. Twenty-six-year-old Balaji, who had…

A dog walker in the UK tragically fell 600 feet to his death from the peak of Helvellyn, one of the Lake District’s tallest mountains, according to a report in…

The Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi, is conducting a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls with the qualifying date set as January 1, 2025, a statement said on Tuesday, highlighting the…

Not all is well in the Indian team’s dressing room at the moment. With Australia leading 2-1 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with just one Test in Sydney to go, there’s…

The world welcomed the New Year 2025 with grand celebrations, cultural events, and hope on Tuesday night – after a year of global elections, political turmoil, and war. Hundreds and…

In a tragic turn of events, a man killed his mother and four sisters at a hotel in Lucknow today, police said, stating that the accused has been arrested. According…

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said “sorry” for the unfortunate developments in the northeastern state due to the ethnic clashes that started last year. The Chief Minister, however,…

The year 2024 ended on a strange note for the Indian cricket team, with a string of poor results hurting World Test Championship final qualification chances. First the home whitewash…

The Allahabad High Court has declined to accept a husband’s contention that non-observance of ‘parda’ (veil) by his wife would entitle him to obtain divorce on the grounds of mental…

The mother of Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national, has made an impassioned appeal for assistance to save her…

A Russian helicopter pilot panicked during a radio call after being hit by a Ukrainian missile. In a radio intercept obtained by Ukrainian intelligence operatives, the military intelligence destroyed a…

Remember the fabled tortoise and hare story. A bullock cart proved a winner when it pulled out a Ferrari stuck in sand at a beach in Alibaug near Mumbai, showed…

The talks around India captain Rohit Sharma‘s potential retirement from Test cricket have intensified with the team’s bitter defeat to Australia in the 4th Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground…

As the new year begins, many may wonder about the banking schedule for the first day of January 2025. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced closures in multiple…

Panic ensued along the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Highway after over 50 vehicles were punctured passed over an iron board that had fallen on the road. The incident occurred around 10 pm…

Delhi recorded 209 ‘good to moderate’ air quality days in 2024, the highest since 2018, barring 2020 which witnessed a sharp dip in pollution due to the COVID-19 lockdown, according…

The world ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic Donald Trump return and turmoil in the Middle…

Once muscular and strong, Palestinian bodybuilder Moazaz Obaiyat’s nine-month spell in Israeli custody left him unable to walk unaided upon his release in July. Then, in an October pre-dawn raid…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has ended the year with a threat over Taiwan, saying “no one can stop the reunification” with China. He said this while addressing the nation on…

Astronaut Sunita Williams, currently in space, will see 16 sunrises and sunsets on New Year as the International Space Station, where she is located, keeps on the move. A post…

A news video clip of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari is viral on social media, with the claim that he referred to Leader of Opposition Rahul…

As Delhi-NCR gears up for New Year’s Eve celebrations, authorities have enforced specific guidelines and traffic arrangements to ensure public safety and smooth movement. Here’s everything you need to know:…

A 46-year-old man from Gujarat’s Rajkot is on the run after he allegedly murdered his friend as part of a chilling plot to fake his death, apparently to claim an…

KT Rama Rao will not be arrested till a decision is taken on his petition, the Telangana High Court said today, providing the former state minister some relief in the…

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated a new glass bridge that connects the Vivekananda Memorial and Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari. The bridge, designed to offer a unique…

Delhi Police has arrested a burglar nicknamed ‘spider-man’ for his ability to scale walls and sneak into homes undetected from the Kabir Nagar area in northwest district, an official said…

The story of Mamata Banerjee is “no ordinary story”, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien said on Tuesday, after a report ranked her as the poorest chief minister in India. “The…

Global Artists In India: 2024

Picture this: the current interim government in Syria, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), gives way to an elected government. Under this fledgling democratic setup, a phoenix-like Syria rises from…

Rohit Sharma could be on the cusp of retirement from Test cricket but an exit might not be too far from Virat Kohli too. The duo’s performances in Australia have…

2024 was a year in which the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) skills in managing coalitions and addressing multiple challenges—some with finesse and others through subtle manipulation—clearly came to the forefront.…

A thief broke into a liquor shop in Telangana after carefully removing roof tiles, disabled CCTV cameras, collected cash from the drawers, and packed the loot. Everything was going according…

A debt-ridden hotelier in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district faked his death in a car accident to claim life insurance worth Rs 1.26 crore. The meticulous plan, however, was foiled by the…

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who is one of the most talked personalities in the world currently, has created a buzz on the internet again by changing his X (formerly…

Vivek Ramaswamy may just be the saviour Indians with an American Dream have been waiting for. Or is he the enfant terrible who’s going to ruin it for everyone? President-elect…

Only three countries in the world – United States, Russia, and China – have the ability to carry out docking of two spacecraft or satellites in outer space. India is…

Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar feels India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant for throwing away his wicket in the second innings of the 4th Test against Australia in Melbourne. For the second time…

Just days after the deadly plane crash in South Korea, a near-miss at Los Angeles International Airport left people in shock. Footage captured the tense moment a Delta Airlines flight…

Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday responded to the BJP’s criticism over the announcement of Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana, which is to be launched today, ahead of…

Empty desks and a calendar marking days off after Christmas sit in a South Korean office where five co-workers once planned a holiday to Thailand which ended in tragedy on…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that 2025 will be a defining year for the company with the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI). In a strategy meeting held in…

The IRCTC or Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation website and mobile app for booking train tickets was down today ahead of the New Year – the third such outage…

After over 80 cadets from the National Cadet Corps (NCC) were hospitalised after suspected food poisoning at a training camp in Kerala, a video has surfaced showing two men –…

The accused wife should not be allowed to use the child as a tool to get bail in the court, said Akash Jindal, counsel for Atul Subhash, an automobile company…

Nimisha Priya, the Indian nurse sentenced to death for the murder of a Yemeni national, still has legal options to save her life if the victim’s family pardons her and…

The year-end is a strange time. No matter what might have happened in the eleven-plus months before that, it never fails to infuse us with a sense of positivity and…

Soon after the President of Yemen approved Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya’s death sentence, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday said all possible help is being extended to her.…

The US Treasury Department said Monday that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach resulting in access to some of its workstations, according to a letter to Congress…

Nimisha Priya is a nurse from Kerala’s Palakkad district. After completing her nursing training program, she moved to Yemen in 2008 to support her daily-wage labourer parents. She worked in…

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, accompanied by his Cabinet Ministers D Sridhar Babu, Uttam Kumar Reddy, among others, met Microsoft President Satya Nadella in Hyderabad. Microsoft is one of the…

The skies over Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, were lit up at 10 pm Monday with the 62nd launch of the PSLV. The 25-hour countdown which started on Sunday, ended with the…

A 77-meter-long and 10-metre wide glass bridge connecting the Vivekananda Rock Memorial and the 133-feet high Thiruvalluvar statue off the coast of Kanyakumari was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister…

Yemen President Rashad al-Alimi has approved the death sentence for Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been serving a prison sentence since 2017 for the murder of a Yemeni national.…

The Centre Monday refuted a report that said passengers’ data from the Digi Yatra application was being used to crack down on tax evaders. “The recent media report concerning Digi…

The year 2024 was marred with a string of aviation disasters which left hundreds of people dead, casting a long shadow over global air travel safety. Two of the deadliest…

The 184-run victory over India at the Melbourne Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has improved the chances of the Pat Cummins-led Australian side of making it to the World Test…

Refusing to blame Telangana Police for the action against actor Allu Arjun in the theatre stampede case, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan said the law is equal for…

Balasore BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi on Monday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging that he behaved like a “bouncer” rather than the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok…

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s New Year greetings to Chief Minister Atishi, heavy in its criticism of her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal, has drawn a stinging response. In a two-page letter,…

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury verdict ordering President-elect Donald Trump to pay $5 million for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. A New York…

Heartbreaking scenes unfolded at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on Sunday after a Jeju Air flight crashed on the runway, killing 179 out of 181 people onboard. Only two people…

A motorcyclist died after he was hit by an SUV and dragged under it for some distance here, police said on Monday. An FIR has been registered against the SUV…

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is the richest chief minister in India with assets worth over Rs 931 crore, while West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee is the poorest with…

A Swiss International Air Lines cabin crew member on an aeroplane forced to make an emergency landing due to smoke inside the aircraft has died, the flag carrier said on…

Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma is all set to announce his retirement after the end of the ongoing five-match Test series against Australia, according to a report by Times…

(A scene from Baby John) A good year in the movies can mean multiple things. Studios sufficiently bankrolling films, independent projects finding their way to the mainstream, underdogs triumphing over…

India’s Ministry of Defence signed two significant deals to greatly enhance its submarine fleet. While one of the deals was signed with France’s Naval Group, the larger of the two…

Priyank Kharge, Karnataka minister and the son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, denied all allegations levelled by the BJP in connection with the suicide of a contractor in the state…

Nitesh Rane, Maharashtra minister and the son of former Union Minister Narayan Rane, has sparked another controversy calling Kerala a “mini Pakistan” during his attempts to target Congress’s Rahul Gandhi…

With India failing to prevent Australia from winning the Melbourne Test, former India cricketer Surinder Khanna took a dig at Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma over their poor form in…

Amid reports that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has travelled to Vietnam, the BJP has said the Leader of the Opposition had flown abroad to party on New Year while the…

Two spacecraft that would aid ISRO in demonstrating space docking, a critical technology for future space missions got separated successfully and were placed into the desired low earth orbit late…

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s season’s greetings to Chief Minister Atishi has packed in a punch directed at her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal. On this occasion, the LG said he was…

Germany’s government said Monday US billionaire tech baron Elon Musk is trying to sway February elections by praising the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), a move strongly rejected by major…

Adani Enterprises is set to exit a joint venture with Adani Wilmar and for that, it has signed an agreement with Wilmar International. Adani Enterprises on Monday informed stock exchanges…

As protests by Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants, demanding a re-examination of the 70th Combined Competitive Examination (CCE), escalated in Patna on Sunday, the police responded with a lathi…

A row has erupted over a pub in Pune allegedly sending condoms and ORS to invitees of the New Year’s Eve bash, prompting police to record statements of invitees. Maharashtra…

The legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Monday lashed out at senior players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for letting the team down and blamed the Indian top- order for losing the…

A man, his daughter and his niece were burnt to death after a high-tension electric cable fell on them in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur. The shocking incident, which took place yesterday…

A Thai social media influencer has died after he drank two bottles of whisky as part of a bet. Thanakarn Kanthee, more popularly known online as “Bank Leicester”, was offered…

Former India wicketkeeper-batter Surinder Khanna lashed out at India’s approach in the fourth Test against Australia and called for ‘fair play’ from the visiting side following their 184-run defeat at…

The Afghans are understandably furious. After more than two decades of unleashing terror on them from the mujahideen era through the Taliban times, Pakistan decided to bomb Afghan villages on…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday told US President Joe Biden the relationship between their two countries was “one of the most important” in the world, state media reported. “China…

A 17-year-old boy has been detained in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut for allegedly hammering his close friend to death. The teen has confessed and told police that his friend, Abhinav, had…

Jimmy Carter, the former US president who dealt with crises like the Iran hostage situation and brokered peace in the Middle East through the Camp David Accords, died on Sunday…

The Australian media targeted Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma over his reaction to Yashasvi Jaiswal dropping three catches during the fourth Test encounter in Melbourne. Earlier, a Perth-based tabloid…

The body of a 22-year-old Indian student missing since earlier this month has been found in a river in Scotland and her family has been informed while formal identification is…

A lack of safety measures during construction on the National Highway-8 in Gurugram has sparked a debate on the internet with users claiming it was a “perfect recipe for disaster”.…

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that there is a ‘shivling’ – a cylindrical idol that represents the Hindu god Shiva – under the official residence of Uttar Pradesh…

Two flight attendants were the lone survivors of the plane crash in South Korea that killed 179 out of 181 people on board. The Jeju Air flight had taken off…

Thirty-three years ago, India’s mild-mannered Finance Minister delivered a startlingly bold Budget to the nation with the memorable words, ‘No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has…

There is a traffic jam in space! It has forced the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to postpone the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) by two minutes.…