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Immigration lawyers are urging their foreign clients who work in tech and are in the US on visas to return to the country before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next…

A legend of the game in Test cricket, Ravichandran Ashwin didn’t quite earn a similar reputation in white-ball cricket despite playing over 100 ODIs and 65 T20Is for India. As…

India’s cricketing icon Virat Kohli, who has often been a subject of debate on social media over spending a lot of time in the United Kingdom, is reportedly set to…

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an urgent warning on arthritis medication Librela, which is commonly being used to treat osteoarthritis in dogs. This injectable drug has been…

Days ahead of his oath-taking ceremony, a photo of Donald Trump sharing a kiss with his wife, Melania Trump, has gone viral on social media. The President-elect could be seen…

From an anonymous office in a New Delhi mall, matrimonial detective Bhavna Paliwal runs the rule over prospective husbands and wives — a booming industry in India, where younger generations…

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has expressed concern over the resurgence of several temple-mosque disputes and said certain individuals, after the construction of Ayodhya Ram temple, seem to believe they can…

The Australian cricket team has made multiple changes in its squad for the 4th and the 5th Test against India – in Melbourne and Sydney respectively. One of the casualties…

After 288 matches and more than 750 wickets, ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin decided to call it quits as far as international cricket is concerned. He signed off with a staggering…

One of India’s finest cricketers of this generation, Ravichandran Ashwin stunned the sporting world with his abrupt retirement announcement after the end of the third Test against Australia in Brisbane.…

Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Thursday he had “agreed to strengthen relations” with Pakistan, a move likely to further test his country’s frosty relations with India. Pakistan and Bangladesh…

Parliament’s winter session – its final week roiled by mud-slinging and protests by MPs over Amit Shah’s “Ambedkar is the fashion” remark and disruptions and fractious debates over the ‘one…

The Adani Group plans to invest Rs 20,000 crore to set up a thermal power plant in Bihar, said Adani Enterprises Director Pranav Adani on Friday. Sharing the conglomerate’s investment…

Tata Consumer Products has denied recent speculations about Starbucks exiting the Indian market, calling the reports “baseless.” The clarification comes after a media report suggested that the coffee chain might…

A woman in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district was shocked on receiving a parcel containing the body of an unidentified person. The horrific incident was reported from Yendagandi village in…

A teenager in the UK who did not know how to swim, drowned in a reservoir as his friends thought he was “joking” when he started waving for help, according…

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed concerns about the widespread global popularity of pornographic content, calling for the development of more engaging alternatives to capture people’s attention. During his annual ‘Direct…

In Pakistan’s largest city, cars inch forward in bumper-to-bumper traffic. But some seamlessly carve through the jam: SUVs flanked by Toyota Hilux pickup trucks. The Hilux has become a symbol…

Breon Peace, the attorney behind the fraud US indictment charge against the Adani Group, has announced his resignation effective January 10. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Peace, 50, described…

Mumbai’s Colaba Police have written to the Indian Navy and the Maharashtra Maritime Board, seeking detailed information about the accident in the Arabian Sea between a ferry and a naval…

Congress MPs – led by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra – are protesting in the parliament complex again over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Ambedkar remarks. BJP MPs have also taken out…

The man accused of gunning down a US insurance executive in Manhattan — a killing that tapped into widespread anger with the American health care system — appeared in a…

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat died in a Mi-17 V5 helicopter crash on December 8, 2021. A total of 12 people died in the crash, including General Rawat’s…

A senior White House official on Thursday said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it…

Elon Musk’s role in wrecking a bipartisan Congress deal to avert a US government shutdown has underlined his extraordinary influence over the Republican Party and the incoming administration of Donald…

The ongoing session will come to a close with the ruling and opposition sides clashing over Union Home minister Amit Shah’s remark over the mention of Dr BR Ambedkar in…

A police case has been registered against Congress’s Rahul Gandhi following a complaint by the BJP, holding him responsible for injuries to two MPs of the party. Pratap Sarangi and…

A group of thieves drilled a large hole into a wall of an Union Bank of India (UBI) branch in Surat, broke six lockers and stole cash, jewellery and other…

The United States government has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, to avoid his extradition to…

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the West Bengal government why it had created supernumerary posts of teachers and non-teaching staff instead of weeding out persons who were allegedly appointed…

Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal Zia Ur Rehman Barq, accused of electricity theft at his residence, has been issued a staggering fine of Rs 1.91 crore. The fine was issued…

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that strict laws designed for women’s welfare are not meant to be tools to “chastise, threaten, domineer or extort” their husbands. Justices BV Nagarathna…

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said he and his deputies Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde would work 24/7 in shifts. “Ajit Pawar will work in the morning since…

At $129 billion, India’s remittances alone is nearly as much as the annual budgets of Pakistan ($67 billion) and Bangladesh ($68 billion) combined. It is also nearly double that of…

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued strict instructions to ensure no MP is allowed to hold protests at any of the gates in Parliament House, sources have said. The…

In a major development, the police in Karnataka took Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC CT Ravi into custody on Thursday evening from the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here for allegedly making…

Every year the Pentagon prepares a detailed special report about China’s rapidly-growing military and sends it to the US Congress which then examines it thoroughly. The Pentagon keeps a very…

A group of activists demanding justice for techie Atul Subhash chased Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s cavalcade on Delhi streets to draw his attention to the issue. The Leader of the…

CAT 2024 Result: The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta announced the result of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024 results on Thursday evening. Aspiring management students can access their scorecards…

Amid the political row over the injury to BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi during mega protests in Parliament today, the BJP and the Congress have shared videos to support their…

Protest, counterprotests and brawls, and an attempt to murder police complaint against Rahul Gandhi – over Amit Shah’s “Ambedkar is the fashion” remark – all roiled Parliament Thursday, with the…

Gisele Pelicot’s ex-husband was jailed on Thursday for 20 years over her drugging and mass rape by strangers recruited online, in a case that shocked France and resonated around the…

James Gunn’s much-awaited Superman’s teaser-trailer is out now. The relatively new Superman David Corenswet will inhabit a world full of DC Comics characters. The teaser introduces the Superman, lying on…

The confusion surrounding the venue of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is over. After months of delay, the International Cricket Council (ICC) finally officially declared the venues for the elite…

Few could have foreseen Bashar al-Assad’s dramatic ouster as 2024 drew to a close. For years, Syria’s battle lines had been frozen under a fragile ceasefire brokered by Russia and…

Dominique Pelicot, the former husband of France’s mass rape case victim Gisele Pelicot, was found guilty by a court on Thursday of repeatedly drugging and raping her for almost a…

Nations, like people, often reflect behavioural patterns. They have a reputation, depict habitual traits, and usually find the essence of their identity in their nature. So is the case with…

Ravichandran Ashwin has broken his silence on a big comment made by his father – Ravichandran – a day after the spin great abruptly retired from international cricket. With two…

Ravichandran Ashwin‘s retirement announcement might have sent shockwaves across the cricketing fraternity but it isn’t a decision that Ashwin made in an instant. His recent performances, status in the team,…

A US man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing the president of the company where he was employed. According to Fox 17, 32-year-old Nathan Mahoney from Michigan has been charged…

The plot behind Ravichandran Ashwin‘s international retirement thickens as the India all-rounder returned home from Australia on Thursday. Ashwin, who quickly flew out of Australia after leaving the cricket world…

Jose “El Chabelo” Isabel, a notorious leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in Manzanillo, Mexico, was killed in a shootout with police following a violent incident at a local cockfight. The…

A New York man has pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the Chinese government and operating an undeclared police station in lower Manhattan. This comes over a year…

Omar Abdullah, Congress ally and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, defended Rahul Gandhi today after a BJP MP alleged that senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was responsible for his…

KT Rama Rao, former Telangana minister and senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader, has written an open letter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, questioning the party’s “double standards” on the…

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra waded into the chaos and throwdown – complete with parliamentarians screaming at each other, brawls, and injuries to at least three MPs – outside the…

Five terrorists were killed in an encounter in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday. The operation started after security forces launched a search operation in the Kadder area following inputs…

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi deserves praise for her entitled debut in Parliament. Occasional similarities to her sibling’s headline-grabbing nature aside, her tone seemed less bitter. An analysis of her speech…

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Department has filed an FIR against Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal Zia Ur Rehman Barq for alleged electricity theft. This morning, the state electricity department arrived…

Union minister Nitin Gadkari said live-in relationships are wrong and against the rules of society, while adding that same-sex marriages would lead to the collapse of social structure. In a…

Indian cricket stalwart Virat Kohli was involved in a heated exchange with a few media persons at the airport, after the conclusion of the third Test against Australia in Brisbane.…

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has defended her friendship with billionaire Elon Musk. During her address in a parliamentary session ahead of this week’s European Union summit in Brussels, Ms…

There was the mandatory shower of flower petals, lots of smiles and a live band too as Ravichandran Ashwin returned home on Thursday after his shock international retirement in the…

Ravichandran Ashwin‘s sudden mid-series retirement shocked the entire cricket world on Wednesday. As India and Australia toiled hard on Day 5 of the Brisbane Test, it was a hug exchanged…

We may all have been hoping against hope for happier tidings, but it was no surprise at all that Laapataa Ladies fell short of the shortlist of 15 titles that…

When Vaishali Adkane and her seven family members boarded the Neelkamal ferry at Gateway of India last afternoon, they had no clue they were about to have a near-death experience.…

Under fire for Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar, the BJP today tried to step up its George Soros offensive in an attempt to turn…

A couple and their child died in the Mumbai ferry accident on Wednesday that has claimed 13 lives so far and injured around 100 others. Rakesh Nana Aher, a resident…

Ukraine has developed an advanced laser weapon, ‘Tryzub’, and claimed it can neutralise aerial targets over a mile away. Vadym Sukharevskyi, Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems,…

The 15-year-old student, who opened fire at a Wisconsin school and killed two people, was in therapy due to her troubled family life, marked by parents’ repeated divorces, according to…

Parliament Winter Session Live Updates: Protest vs protest, BJP vs Congress, and a major political slugfest. The Congress is holding a major protest in the Parliament against Union Home Minister…

Home Minister Amit Shah – at the centre of a ferocious Congress-led maelstrom following his “Ambedkar is the fashion” quip in Parliament last night – counterattacked Wednesday evening by accusing…

A video of Indian Navy and Coast Guard personnel rescuing passengers of a ferry that sank near Mumbai after colliding with a naval speedboat shows people shouting for help as…

Indian national Kirtan Patel (24) has pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, a US attorney said on Wednesday. Patel, who lives in Florida,…

As the US Supreme Court considers whether to uphold a law that could get TikTok banned in the United States, here is a look at the rise of the video-snippet…

Efforts to strike a Gaza truce and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas have repeatedly failed over key stumbling blocks, but recent negotiations have raised hope of an agreement.…

The mood in the Indian camp was of absolute content as the players fought hard to pull off a draw against Australia in the Brisbane Test. However, Ravichandran Ashwin‘s sudden…

A betting app racket being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is owned by a Pakistan national, sources have said. This is for the first time the ED discovered a…

BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Anil Baluni, and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be part of the new Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that will look into the ‘One Nation…

US President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday it would be “a great idea” for Canada to become the 51st US state, teasing on social media that “many Canadians” welcome the idea,…

An Indian Navy speedboat that was undergoing engine trials lost control and collided with a passenger ferry off the Mumbai coast today. The navy in a statement said 13 people…

Ravichandran Ashwin‘s sudden retirement from international cricket, midway through the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, has come as a shock to fellow players, former cricketers and fans. Following the conclusion of the third…

A 48-year-old Indian-origin man who attacked his 76-year-old mother in their family home in Leicester, eastern England, has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Sindeep Singh…

Ravichandran Ashwin abruptly announced his retirement from international cricket on Wednesday, with two more Tests still left in the India vs Australia Border Gavaskar Trophy. Out of the three Tests…

A 10-year-old girl was kidnapped near her house and raped by a 36-year-old man in Gujarat’s Bharuch, the police said. The accused, a native of Jharkhand, was arrested. The incident…

A must-have download for disoriented travellers, Google Maps has guided Spanish investigators to resolve a year-long murder mystery by capturing the moment a person stowed a suspected corpse into a…

India and China agreed on six points to resolve the border issue as National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi. Both sides agreed on the need…

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates by a quarter point and signaled a slower pace of cuts ahead, triggering a sharp sell-off in the financial markets. Policymakers…

An Instagram content creator found himself behind bars after his video of ‘Money Hunt’ on Hyderabad’s Outer Ring Road (ORR) went viral. The accused, identified as Bhanuchander, alias Anchor Chandu,…

Amid the massive row over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar, the Trinamool Congress has moved a privilege notice against him and said he had…

It isn’t unthinkable that the world’s richest person can pull more than just a few strings with top politicians, but Elon Musk seems to be investing himself in the political…

Mukadma (case), Mulzim (accused), Ilzam (allegation), Ittila (information), Chashmdeed (eyewitness) and many such terms may not be a part of policing vocabulary in Rajasthan for long, with the BJP government…

The US Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to hear a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance to block a law intended to force the sale of the…

A quarrel between two children at a residential complex in Greater Noida snowballed into a major altercation between their mothers after one of the women slapped the other’s six-year-old child.…

India and China agreed on six points to resolve the border issue as National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi. Both sides agreed on the need…

India are sitting third on the World Test Championship (WTC) table after Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep’s spirited tenth-wicket partnership helped India salvage a crucial draw against Australia in the…

France’s highest appeals court has made history by upholding a corruption conviction against former President Nicolas Sarkozy, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year. This landmark decision…