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Apple is expected to release its latest line of iPhones on Monday that will feature generative AI capabilities as the tech behemoth looks to bolster sales of its iconic device.…
Thousands of members of the Indian community were protesting in more than 130 cities across 25 countries on Sunday, organisers said, to demand justice after last month’s rape and murder…
The men’s javelin F41 final in the Paris Paralympics concluded on a controversial note after initial gold medal winner Sadegh Beit Sayah was disqualified over the display of a controversial…
Prominent Indian-American community leader Ajay Bhutoria has released a Hindi campaign song titled “Nacho Nacho” for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Inspired by the Oscar-winning track “Naatu Naatu” from the film…
Influential pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the self-proclaimed “owner of the universe” and “appointed son of god” who was wanted on charges of child sex trafficking, was arrested in the Philippines on…
Trinamool MP Jawhar Sircar has threatened to resign over the Mamata Banerjee government’s handling of the wave of protests against the rape-murder at a hospital that has shocked the entire…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has made another admission of his “mistake” in splitting the party and family — this time to stop a party leader’s daughter from crossing…
A car was zooming across a flooded street on a near deserted stretch in Uttarakhand with the rain coming down in sheets. The vehicle, carrying a family of four, kept…
An Akasa Air passenger has complained that the airline allegedly served expired food packets to passengers onboard a Gorakhpur-Bengaluru flight on Saturday, following which the airline said it is undertaking…
Bengali filmmaker Arindam Sil, who was suspended by the Directors’ Association of Eastern India (DAEI) following a complaint of alleged sexual harassment by an actor, has denied the charges and…
The BJP has asked former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to take care not to create any row with comments at wrestlers, sources have said.…
There is a “desire, wish and hope for an alliance” on both sides, underscored Raghav Chadha amid a constant back-and-forth over seat-sharing talks between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi…
In the wake of the people’s uproar demanding justice for the deceased woman doctor, West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Sunday directed CM Mamata Banerjee to hold an…
Olympic wrestler Bajrang Punia, who joined the Congress, has received a threat message over WhatsApp warning him with dire consequences, police said on Sunday. Bajrang Punia has filed a complaint…
US Open 2024 Men’s Singles Final, Jannik Sinner vs Taylor Fritz Live: World no.1 Jannik Sinner leads 5-3 against Taylor Fritz in the first set of the US Open 2024…
Chhattisgarh’s tribal-dominated Bastar region has often made headlines for kangaroo courts in which Maoists mete out punishments. But Bastar has another court that meets once a year and even Gods…
The legendary Rahul Dravid on Sunday said that Indian cricket has evolved into an “extremely powerful” force, thanks to the growing talent pool that now extends to even the remotest…
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will be travelling to Moscow this week to hold discussions aimed at resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict, sources have said. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi began his three-day visit to the US, arriving in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday, where he was warmly welcomed by members of the Indian diaspora and the…
Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) chief Pashupati Kumar Paras on Sunday ruled out any possibility of a reconciliation with his nephew and Union minister Chirag Paswan, saying it’s too late…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said India is ready to start dialogue with Pakistan if the neighbouring country stops sponsoring terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Mr Singh made the comment…
Meet Chang Hsu, the Taiwanese math teacher who has revolutionised online education with an unorthodox approach. In a bold move to make himself stand out in the crowded online tutoring…
A 15-year-old has died in Bihar’s Saran after a fake doctor allegedly relied on YouTube videos and performed an operation to remove a stone from his gall bladder. As the…
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are the new parents in town. The couple announced the birth of their first child – a baby girl on Sunday through a social media…
Kolkata — City-of-Joy-turned to a city of anger and protests — has come out on the streets again to seek justice for the rape-murder of a young doctor that took…
In a significant development in strife-torn Manipur, the N Biren Singh-led BJP government has demanded control of the Unified Command that oversees security operations in the Northeastern state, sources have…
The 14-year-old student who shot dead two students and two teachers at his school in US’ Georgia had sent an apology text to his mother before he opened fire, his…
The Paris Paralympic Games 2024 concluded for India on Sunday, with Pooja Ojha the final athlete in action. Ojha failed to qualify for the women’s kayak 200m final and bowed…
Noting that society doesn’t like rifts in families, NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he had already admitted his mistake, an apparent reference to the electoral…
Bengali filmmaker and actor Arindam Sil has been suspended by the Directors Association of Eastern India (DAEI) over allegations of sexual harassment on the sets of one of his films.…
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to Ukraine, India finds itself in a position to play peacemaker in the years-long Russia-Ukraine war. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will…
Prince Harry is reportedly set to receive millions from the late Queen Mother on his 40th birthday next week, according to The Independent. The media outlet states that the Duke…
Actors Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh become parents to a baby girl
Amid the sound of gunfire and explosions that reverberated in the valley in Manipur, Ngangbam Surbala Devi lived a happy life centred around the love for and well-being of her…
A 58-year-old Chinese man experienced an entomophobe’s worst nightmare after discovering a cockroach had lodged itself in his trachea. The incident began one night while the man was asleep. He…
Prince Harry, who has been estranged from several members of the British royal family, including his brother Prince William and father King Charles, is reportedly still in close contact with…
All new applicants for Aadhaar cards in Assam need to submit their NRC application receipt number (ARN), Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. A detailed standard operating procedure…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday said that countries like India and China can play a role in resolving the conflict in Ukraine. Giorgia Meloni’s remarks, made at the…
US President Joe Biden has spent a significant amount of time on vacation during his term in office, revealed a recent analysis by the Republican National Committee. According to the…
Israeli troops shot and killed a Turkish-American woman who had been taking part in a protest against settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian and Turkish officials…
Six people were killed in fresh violence this morning in Manipur’s Jiribam district, the police said. Suspected Kuki insurgents attacked Nungchappi village in the district 229 km from the state…
The Centre has discharged Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with immediate effect, a month after the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) cancelled her selection in one of…
A giant python was seen coiled on the fencing of a power house in Lucknow on Saturday, triggering a panic among residents. The nonvenomous snake slithered into the high-voltage area…
From Gerald Ford’s catastrophic Soviet gaffe to Ronald Reagan’s witty remark about his age and Joe Biden’s infamous implosion, US presidential debates have featured jaw-dropping moments. Here are some of…
Fearful of being scolded after they failed a test, two students ran away from a Noida school after their parents were called in to discuss their poor grades. Police found…
The death count in the building collapse in Lucknow climbed to eight with rescuers pulling out three more bodies from the debris, officials said on Sunday. Twenty-eight people were injured…
India’s Navdeep Singh’s silver medal was upgraded to gold after initial winner Iran’s Sadegh Beit Sayah was disqualified for repeatedly displaying an objectionable flag following a dramatic men’s javelin throw…
There is no plan to change the national anthem of Bangladesh, the country’s Religious Affairs Advisor AFM Khalid Hossain said on Saturday. “The interim government will not do anything to…
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has alleged that several prominent right-wing social media influencers were unknowingly part of a Russian operation designed to sway the 2024 US presidential elections,…
A woman was found running on a metro track near the Rajendra Nagar Metro Station, police said on Saturday. The act was captured on the mobile phone of a commuter,…
Security forces today gave a demonstration of an anti-drone system at work in violence-hit Manipur, days after a man was killed in weaponised drone attacks launched by suspected Kuki insurgents…
A 20-year-old Pakistani citizen, residing in Canada, has been arrested and charged by the US for planning a terror attack targeting Jews in New York City around the October 7…
CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov has spoken for the first time since his arrest last month. The Russian-born CEO was arrested in Paris on charges of publishing extremist and illegal…
Kentucky police reported an “active shooter situation” on Saturday evening near Interstate-75 in London, Kentucky, where “numerous persons” have been shot in traffic. The incident began just before 6 pm…
A plaque of an educational institute with former Union Minister late Ram Vilas Paswan’s name on it is being used to cover a drain in Bihar’s Hajipur – a constituency…
Maharashtra Minister of Food and Drug Administration and senior NCP leader Dharmaraobaba Atram has urged the voters of Aheri Assembly constituency to throw his daughter Bhagyashree and son-in-law Rituraj Halgekar…
As it spreads quickly throughout Europe, a recently discovered Covid-19 subvariant called XEC is drawing the attention of health authorities globally. XEC was first discovered in Germany, but reports of…
A 22-year-old has been brutally assaulted and then stabbed in the heart after being dragged off a running motorcycle in a busy market area in Punjab’s Patiala. Police said the…
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah’s recent statement that the execution of Afzal Guru, convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack, did not serve any purpose has drawn a…
The rebellion and discontent faced by the BJP after it released its list of candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls have now come to haunt the Congress, with a senior…
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) aim to deepen ties and enhance their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed…
The prison authorities have provided a television to jailed Kannada superstar Darshan on the occasion of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Darshan, along with his partner Pavithra Gowda and 15 others…
The head of the CIA, who is also the chief U.S. negotiator seeking an end to the Gaza war and release of hostages held by Hamas, said a more detailed…
A spiritual orator’s controversial statement at a government school in Chennai that disabilities and deformities are the result of misdeeds committed in past lives has sparked a controversy and led…
In what is being seen as a first-of-its kind confession by the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir has admitted Pakistani military’s…
They befriended strangers and offered them drinks which were mixed with cyanide to steal gold, cash and other valuables in Andhra Pradesh’s Tenali district. Three women, the “serial killers” of…
A drunk driver left a trail of wreckage at a hotel in Pune after he was allegedly denied food on Friday night. In a video recorded by a few men…
Former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has claimed that Vinesh Phogat joining the Congress and getting a ticket to contest the Haryana Assembly elections is proof that the sexual…
Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, shed light on the difficult decisions faced by his father, Farooq Abdullah, during the 1999 IC814 hijacking incident. He highlighted the…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been putting in all efforts to work for the relief of flood-ravaged people in the state, which also included surveying a swollen…
Fire rained on Russian-held positions in the occupied Kharkiv region when Ukrainian drones dropped thermite incendiary bombs, burning trees and reportedly some Russian military vehicles. Footages of fire-spewing ‘Dragon Drone’…
Paralympics 2024 September 7 LIVE Updates: Sitting in 17th spot in the Paralympics medal tally – with 6 golds and 27 total medals – India will make their final push…
Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, the iconic screenwriters of Hindi cinema revolutionised the film industry in the 1970s. However, after years of working together, the duo split ways. In an…
Prince Hisahito, the son of Crown Prince Akishino, turned 18 on Friday and joined the Imperial family as an adult. With this, Hisahito became the first male member of the…
The beluga whale, found dead in a bay on the southwestern coast of Norway, was killed by gunfire and had “multiple bullet wounds,” animal rights groups have said. It rose…
A woman, with her head shaved and hands and legs tied, is sitting on a log of wood with her husband hitting her repeatedly on her thighs and back with…
The Indian Army is actively engaged in its Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijaywada after the Budameru rivulet breached leading to floods in the city.…
Vinesh Phogat has been given a ticket by the Congress to contest Haryana polls from Julana, marking a new beginning in the life of the famous sportstar whose Olympic disqualification…
Javed Akhtar appeared as a guest on NDTV’s special show India Through the Eyes of Its Icons. The legendary poet-screenplay writer mused over the concepts of destiny and circumstances in…
An advertisement warning that the US was ready to deploy its F-16 fighter jets to protect its allies in the face of Iranian threats appeared on the dating app Tinder…
Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) without astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry E Wilmore. The gumdrop-shaped capsule landed gently at the White Sands Space…
With construction slated to begin on Sunday, India’s ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan approached the Kerala High Court with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the failure of the state government…
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini today made it clear there will be no change in the candidates’ list announced by the BJP for the assembly election scheduled on October…
Radical jailed separatist leader Sarjan Ahmad Wagay is set to take on former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah from the Ganderbal constituency in…
A Pakistani national residing in Canada was arrested after being charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a statement…
Salim-Javed – the name is enough. The superhit screenplay writers of the 70s, who had written the new rules of Hindi cinema, captured the public sentiment in its purest form…
Landmine blast survivor Indian shot-putter Hokato Sema came up with his career-best throw of 14.65 metres to secure a bronze medal for the country in the men’s F57 category final…
A Turkish-American woman was shot dead Friday while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank town of Beita, where the army acknowledged opening fire. Turkey identified the woman…
The 14-year-old Georgia boy who opened fire at a classroom in his school, killing two students and two teachers, was raised in a troubled home, family and neighbours have said.…
The Pakistan cricket team slumped to a shocking Test series loss against Bangladesh and their performance has resulted in a lot of criticism from both fans as well as experts.…
The Central Bureau of Investigation has ruled out gangrape in the death of a Kolkata doctor last month as the available evidence indicates only Sanjay Roy – arrested by the…
An elderly man who was offering prayers was killed in a rocket-propelled bomb attack by Kuki insurgents in Manipur’s Moirang town today, the police said. Five others including a 13-year-old…
Three children who were sleeping together in fear of elephant attacks, died of snakebite in a village in Jharkhand’s Garwah district, police said on Friday. The incident happened in Chapkali…
Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia quit their posts in the Northern Railways hours before joining the Congress on Friday, but sources in the railways have told NDTV that the…
An elderly man, out on his evening walk, was tossed into air by a bull, showed a disturbing video from Uttar Pradesh. The incident, which was captured on CCTV, was…
In a covert upgrade, Telegram deleted an earlier guarantee that it wouldn’t assist law enforcement in obtaining user data. The Verge revealed this modification on September 5, which raises questions…
Three members of a family were brutally bludgeoned to death with a hammer, their bodies kept inside a box and locked in the bathroom of their home in the Palghar…
While the Uttar Pradesh government is concerned over attacks by wolves in some districts including Bahraich, state minister Baby Rani Maurya has given a bizarre explanation over why it is…
Unveiling the manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Home Minister Amit Shah has ruled out the restoration of Article 370, which granted special status to the…
It was around 8:30 or 9 in the evening on the last day of 1999. I was in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and was visiting a fellow Bihari friend,…