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Dashing keeper-batter Rishabh Pant has left Delhi Capitals and will be the hottest player in the IPL auction pool after the GMR-run franchise decided to release the India international. The…
Starbucks Corp. new Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol is seeking to end the mosh pit that forms at stores when guests pile in to retrieve their to-go orders. Right now,…
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the “Terminator” star and former Republican governor of California, endorsed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday as the only way to “turn the page” on Donald Trump’s divisiveness.…
Russia’s envoy to the United Nations on Wednesday questioned why its allies like North Korea could not help Moscow in its war against Ukraine given Western countries claim the right…
Making the second such arrest in quick succession, the Mumbai Police have arrested a man for threatening to kill actor Salman Khan. The Mumbai Traffic Police’s control room had received…
IPL 2025 Retention Live Updates: Lucknow Super Giants have not retained their captain and wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul, said PTI in a report. It added that Rahul’s ‘unacceptable’ strike rate over…
Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ramiz Raja on Tuesday reacted to Gary Kirsten‘s departure as white-ball head coach and said that it will be tough for Pakistan to hire…
Nawab Malik, now the official candidate of the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party, told NDTV today that the allegations now levelled at him were “irresponsible” and the…
The Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of Nepal, has awarded to a Chinese company the contract to print new 100-rupee notes featuring the revised political map of the country.…
Former US President Donald Trump’s net worth has grown exponentially this month, increasing from under $4 billion at the start of October to $8 billion Tuesday. According to Forbes‘ real-time…
England Test cricket captain Ben Stokes said Wednesday a masked gang had burgled his home when his family were inside while he was away in Pakistan for a recent tour.…
Donald Trump pulled an election stunt with a garbage truck Wednesday as the White House campaign was forced off-piste by muddled remarks from President Joe Biden about the Republican’s supporters…
The tussle between the Centre and the Delhi government over not implementing Ayushman Bharat escalated on Wednesday with Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena hitting out at AAP chief and former chief…
Tension erupted in a part of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district over lists of beneficiaries in the state’s housing scheme. The Trinamool Congress government has announced that it would…
Rishabh Pant, the country’s No.1 wicketkeeper-batter, is all set to enter the IPL 2025 auction, according to a report. Ahead of the IPL 2025 retention deadline day on October 31,…
Britain’s King Charles paid a private visit to Bengaluru where he stayed at a sprawling integrative medical facility here, sources said on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Queen Camilla. The…
White House rivals Donald Trump and Kamala Harris launched a frantic last week of election campaigning Wednesday, with the Democrat having to distance herself from comments by President Joe Biden…
A 33-year-old woman died and 20 others suffered food poisoning after eating momos served by a street vendor at different locations in Hyderabad’s Banjara Hills area, police have said. Reshma…
The Telangana government on Wednesday prohibited the production, storage and sale of Mayonnaise prepared from raw eggs for one year with immediate effect following complaints of it being a suspected…
Bhutan, considered one of the happiest countries in the world, is working on a mega project, one that has to potential to redefine not just how sustainable living can be…
In 2022, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan said that Taliban restrictions on the freedoms of women and girls could amount to a crime against humanity. Adding…
Of all the big names, that several reports have claimed will not be in the IPL 2025 retention list – KL Rahul is probably the most senior India player. KL…
An HR professional from Noida has shared screenshots of inappropriate messages she received from candidates who weren’t selected for a job. In a LinkedIn post, Harshita Mishra, a talent acquisition…
Gujarat Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani on Wednesday demanded the suspension of Mahisagar District Collector Neha Kumari, accusing her of making anti-Dalit comments, a charge the bureaucrat rejected. Mr Mevani’s demand…
A week after India announced that a patrolling agreement had been reached with China for the Demchok and Depsang regions of Eastern Ladakh, the Chinese ambassador to the country has…
Senior Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna will take oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India on November 11, but his parents wanted him to be a Charted Accountant.…
For those who live and breathe sport, or follow it closely, it’s a microcosm of life itself. Every single emotion that a human being is capable of experiencing can be…
Billionaire Gautam Adani is among those in discussions for infrastructure projects in Bhutan’s new ‘Gelephu Mindfulness City’ as the tiny Himalayan kingdom seeks investment to build a mega township along…
A week from now, America will know who their next President will be. The contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has been a bitter one, which has left much…
Days after a video showed cars “flying” due to a speed breaker on Gurugram’s Golf Course road, authorities swung into action and installed a cautionary signboard. A video went viral…
Mediators seeking a Gaza ceasefire are set to propose a truce of under a month to Palestinian operator Hamas, a source with knowledge of the talks told AFP on Wednesday.…
Gufran Khan, the 20-year-old arrested from Noida in connection with death threats to actor Salman Khan and MLA Zeeshan Siddique, has told police that he wanted to scare them and…
Sticking to the announced timeline, India and China have completed disengagement in the Depsang and Demchok regions of Eastern Ladakh and patrolling will begin soon, said Army sources, adding that…
Controversial British-American influencer Andrew Tate is once again in the eye of a storm for a racist comment he made on a video in which Punjabi rockstar Diljit Dosanjh was…
(October 2) The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as Chris Litchfield of Washington, DC, an activist with ‘Faithful America’, ties down a 15-foot golden calf balloon meant…
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has yet again surprised everyone with his dance performance during the Diwali celebrations at the US embassy in Delhi. Mr Garcetti, who has shown…
Mafia boss Lawrence Bishnoi‘s interview in September 2022 – to a private channel while in police custody – was red-flagged, again, by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday,…
A major development has emerged from the Indian Premier League (IPL), with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) set to re-appoint Virat Kohli as the franchise’s captain. Kohli, who captained the Bengaluru…
The Maha Vikas Aghadi has completed nominations for all 288 seats for next month’s Maharashtra election, Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said Wednesday amid speculation of confusion within the alliance over…
Canada’s opposition leader Pierre Poilievre has cancelled Diwali celebrations that were scheduled to take place at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, drawing severe backlash from the Indian community. The move comes…
Russia’s nuclear forces today began a special exercise after orders were received from President Vladimir Putin. The move comes at a critical point in the Ukraine war after senior officials…
Adding to the string of death threats against Salman Khan, an anonymous message to Mumbai traffic control today threatened that the actor would be killed unless he paid Rs 2…
A 19-year-old rising star of Italian downhill skiing has died after a fall during a training session, authorities in the country announced Tuesday. “Matilde Lorenzi has left us,” said the…
A 14-year-old girl and a 21-year-old woman were seriously injured after a car being driven allegedly by a teenager ran over them when they were making rangolis outside their homes…
Just a few months ago, Samsung Electronics Co. looked primed to benefit from the global AI boom: profits were surging and its stock was rising toward an all-time high. Now,…
The BJP today issued a scathing criticism of the candidature of Nawab Malik, one of the key leaders of the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party, who was…
Elon Musk, a billionaire, is planning an unconventional family situation in which he will bring all 11 children and their mothers under one roof. He has acquired a 14,400-square-foot mansion…
Kamala Harris’ lead over Donald Trump dwindled in the final stretch of the US presidential contest, with the Democrat ahead by a single percentage point over the Republican, 44% to…
A 33-year-old woman died and 15 others suffered food poisoning after consuming momos from a single vendor at different locations under Banjara Hills police station limits in Telangana’s Hyderabad, said…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) need a wicket-keeper batter after the retirement of Dinesh Karthik. With KL Rahul all but set to be released by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), the India…
The corporate sector has witnessed numerous workplace trends including great resignation, quiet quitting, moonlighting and rage applying. However, all of it is expected to be replaced by “silent firing”, a…
An MLA from Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has gone missing after the ticket for his seat, Palghar, was allotted to another. Before going missing, Shriniwas Vanga, had said he was…
After losing the first two matches of the series against New Zealand, Team India is keen to make a comeback when the two teams square off in the third and…
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday said that Hezbollah’s new chief, Naim Qassem, was a “temporary appointment” and that he won’t last “long”. His reaction came hours after the…
An electrician died in a massive fire that broke out at Lotus Grandeur Banquet Hall in Noida Sector-74. Fifteen fire tenders are currently engaged in extinguishing fire. The fire broke…
An elderly, visually challenged couple lived with the body of their 30-year-old son for four days, unaware that he was dead. The traumatic situation would probably have continued if the…
Actor Darshan Thoogudeepa was arrested with his friend and actor Pavithra Gowda and 15 others for the torture and murder of one of his fans, 33-year-old Renukaswamy, in Bengaluru in…
The deadline for filing nominations is over but there is no clarity on around 15 seats in Maharashtra. The ruling alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena of Eknath Shinde and…
Nawab Malik, former Maharashtra minister and a leader of NCP’s Ajit Pawar faction, filed two nomination forms for Mumbai’s Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly seat today, setting off high drama as…
Targeting the Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over not implementing the Ayushman Bharat scheme in West Bengal and Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the tendency to…
A Reddit post calling out Indians for their unruly behaviour on a plane is going viral on social media. In his post titled ‘From an Indian to an Indian’, a…
There has been a lot of chatter over Shreyas Iyer and his future with Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of IPL 2025 retentions. KKR clinched the IPL 2024 title under Shreyas’…
Several bodies have been recovered by emergency service workers in Spain’s eastern region of Valencia after torrential rains triggered flash floods, the head of the regional government said Wednesday. “We…
Israeli military chief Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said they would strike Iran “very, very hard” if it made the “mistake of launching another missile barrage at Israel”. “If Iran makes…
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has shared some touching anecdotes about industrialist-philanthropist Ratan Tata, who died on October 9. On an episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 16, featuring filmmaker Farah…
Three Chinese astronauts including the country’s only woman spaceflight engineer blasted off on a “dream” mission to the Tiangong space station in the early hours of Wednesday. The new Tiangong…
The US State Department has welcomed the ‘reduction in tensions’ along the India-China border following the recent disengagement of troops of the two countries, along the Line of Actual Control…
The Sikkim Assembly will continue to remain opposition-less with candidates from the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) withdrawing their nominations for bypolls for two Assembly seats a day after the nominations…
An Arctic seed vault on Norway’s Spitsbergen island received new samples last week from the largest number of depositors since 2020, reflecting fear about the threat of conflict and climate…
Elon Musk, the Tesla owner, showed up on Monday, at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in a strange cap. The official “Make America Great Again” or “MAGA” cap is…
Elon Musk, the Tesla owner, showed up on Monday, at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in a strange cap. The official “Make America Great Again” or “MAGA” cap is…
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday that his weekend rally in New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden, criticized for its speakers’ crass and racist rhetoric, was a “love…
Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause of infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World Health Organization report published on Tuesday, highlighting the challenges in the global…
The Election Commission on Tuesday criticised the Congress for making “baseless allegations… when faced with inconvenient electoral outcomes”. The sharp rebuke comes after the Congress’ repeated claims – between October…
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday that his weekend rally in New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden, criticized for its speakers’ crass and racist rhetoric, was a “love…
Only two days remain for the IPL 2024 retention deadline, and rumours are flying thick and strong. One team which will be under focus is five-time champions Chennai Super Kings.…
A journalist from Gujarat, in judicial custody in a case of alleged Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion, was charged in a separate case last week for allegedly possessing confidential…
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Bryan Johnson-who has reportedly invested over three million dollars in anti-ageing research- recently shared details of his diet. “I consume all my food within a…
B-Town actor Ananya Panday began her career in 2019 with a bang in Karan Johar’s Student of the Year 2, but her silver screen success has been somewhat uneven for…
The year was 2000, and in his final visit to Moscow as US President, Bill Clinton met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who was elected to office just three…
Lucknow Super Kings completed their first formal signing for IPL 2025 as West Indies wicket-keeper batter Nicholas Pooran was retained by the franchise for Rs 18 crore. According to Cricbuzz,…
Maruti Suzuki’s big launch for this year, the new-gen Dzire, has been spotted undisguised for the first time. It is set to launch on November 11 and will sport a…
It is hard to miss the irony. The idea for a new trans-border payment system and a new currency was apparently discussed at the recently concluded BRICS summit in Russia,…
The Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust, which manages the Ram Temple in the city, has decided not to use Chinese decorative items during Diwali to promote local craftsmanship, according…
Apple Inc.’s iPhone exports from India jumped by a third in the six months through September, underscoring its push to expand manufacturing in the country and reduce dependence on China.…
Indian and Chinese troops have “almost completed” disengagement in the Depsang and Demchok areas of eastern Ladakh, defence sources told news agency ANI Tuesday. Both sides are now cross-verifying removal…
BJP spokesperson Shaina NC has joined the Shiv Sena after the Eknath Shinde-led party fielded her from Mumbadevi in the November 20 Assembly election. She will file her nomination today.…
More than 150 people were injured, 10 of them seriously, in a fireworks accident at a temple in Kerala’s Kasaragod district late last night. Shocking visuals from the spot showed…
Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora – the Eknath Shinde faction’s pick to try and win back the Worli Assembly seat from Uddhav Thackeray’s Sena bloc – played down any talk…
Chaos broke out at Ghaziabad district court today after an argument between a judge and a lawyer. As more lawyers gathered in the judge’s chamber and created a ruckus, police…
Delhi seamer Harshit Rana’s promising domestic season took an exciting turn on Tuesday as he was called up to join India’s squad for the third Test against New Zealand at…
An assembly constituency in Mumbai saw the BJP workers protest against their own party after an “outsider” was fielded from there for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly election. Upset over the…
Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general Sheikh Naim Qassem, elected head of the Lebanese armed group on Tuesday, has been a senior figure in the Iran-backed movement for more than 30 years.…
Rajat Patidar led Madhya Pradesh’s fightback against Harayana on Day 4 of their Ranji Trophy 2024-25 match in Indore. Patidar slammed an unbeaten century to help MP recover after Harayana…
Trailing New Zealand 0-2, the Indian cricket team is gearing up for the third Test against the Kiwis at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, with nothing but a win in…
Following his second-place finish for the men’s Ballon d’Or award, Brazil and Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior broke his silence on being snubbed for the top award. Manchester City midfielder…
Jaypee Greens, a leading real estate developer in Noida, has unveiled an extraordinary offer to lure wealthy buyers, who have a passion for luxury living and exotic cars. For a…
Dr Thomas Shaknovsky, a surgeon in the US state of Florida, whose medical license was suspended last month after he accidentally operated on a patient’s liver, had a female patient…
Abhinav Arora, a 10-year-old preacher and spiritual content creator has garnered significant attention for his devotional videos and teachings. Known for his devotion to Lord Krishna and Radha, Abhinav has…
Police in Maharashtra’s Nagpur have identified a 35-year-old man from Gondia in the state as the person behind a spate of hoax bomb threats that triggered panic, caused flight delays…