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A video of a man driving recklessly on a busy Haryana road, allegedly hitting a motorcycle, and showing no remorse over the incident has gone viral. Shared by activist Deepika…

A newly-elected UK MP from the Labour Party, Jas Athwal, has landed in controversy after reports emerged of appalling conditions in rental properties he owns. According to the BBC, black…

A 21-year-old student from Nepal was shot dead allegedly by an Indian-origin man at her apartment in US during a robbery, police said on Saturday. The man, who has been…

A wife is succeeding her IAS officer husband as the Chief Secretary of Kerala, a first in the state’s history. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan pointed to this rare occurrence on…

Bollywood actor Rimi Sen has sued car company Land Rover for Rs 50 crore for allegedly facing issues with her car. Ms Sen purchased the car for Rs 92 lakh…

There has been comparisons between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam for quite some time now and it is one of the debates that still remain quite popular among the cricket…

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to dismiss a few hundred employees in the coming weeks as part of the firm’s annual cull of low-performing staff, according to people familiar with…

A Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s X social media network in Brazil, after months-long standoff over disinformation in South America’s largest nation. The judge,…

A Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s X social media network in Brazil after the billionaire failed to comply with an order to name a…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today apologised to Chhatrapati Shivaji and all those who were hurt by the collapse of the legendary ruler’s statue at Rajkot Fort, eight months after it…

Former IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar on Friday urged the Delhi High Court to disregard seven of her 12 acknowledged attempts to pass the uber-competitive Civil Services entrance exam. Specifically,…

The investigation into Telegram boss Pavel Durov that has fired a warning shot to global tech titans was started by a small cybercrime unit within the Paris prosecutor’s office, led…

A French retiree goes on trial Monday accused of recruiting dozens of strangers online to rape his wife after he drugged her into unconsciouness, in a case that has horrified…

Leader of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, on Friday alleged in Vidhan Sabha that his official residence here was under surveillance and said a drone took four…

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar today strongly condemned a purported statement made by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) headed by senior lawyer and MP Kapil Sibal on the rape and…

A Delhi court on Friday directed framing of charges, including murder and provocation with intent to cause riot, against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the killing…

India’s gross domestic product slowed to a quarter low of 6.7 per cent in April-June this fiscal against 8.2 per cent in the year-ago period, mainly due to poor showing…

The death of Indian-origin American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six others on February 1, 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia broke up and burnt as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere…

A video of a handful of foreign nationals standing on the metal scooper of a bulldozer in flood-hit Vadodara has gone viral, drawing mixed reactions from people. Some took a…

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has once again trashed reports that the flooding in some areas of Bangladesh were caused by the opening of a dam on the Gumti…

National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Friday said the pre-poll alliance with the Congress for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls was not an easy decision as the party…

The first-quarter GDP data shows financial, real estate and professional services grew by a healthy 7.1 per cent, the officials said. Exports recorded a strong growth of 8.7 per cent,…

A dramatic scene unfolded in Kolkata today as police entered the Karunamoyee metro station to catch leaders from the BJP women’s wing, protesting against the state’s inaction after the rape…

The former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Champai Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today, ending days of speculation. ‘Tiger’, as Soren is fondly…

Not just floods, Vadodara is also fighting crocodiles that have entered residential areas after the Vishwamitri river, which flows through the city, swelled following heavy rain in Gujarat. Several crocodiles,…

A woman student has alleged that she was sexually harassed inside a hostel room at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli last night. The shocking incident…

The Assam assembly has decided to scrap its decades-old rule of giving a two-hour namaz break for Muslim legislators on Fridays. The assembly rules committee today adopted a resolution today…

Vistara Airlines will cease to operate under its brand name on November 11. The airline’s operations will be fully integrated with Air India starting from November 12, marking the culmination…

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader today joined the BJP in Ranchi. Mr Soren along with a large number of his supporters joined the…

The incredible Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic gold medal with her victory in the women’s 10m air rifle (SH1) event here on Friday as…

Social media platform X has suspended the account of ‘Barry Stanton’ after a surge of backlash from Indian users. The account, known for its offensive and racist content targeting Indians…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India is adopting fintech with “unmatched speed and scale” which is unparalleled in the world. Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest 2024, he…

Actress-filmmaker Kangana Ranaut says the censor board has not given the certificate to her for the upcoming movie “Emergency” and hopes that it comes on time otherwise she is determined…

An Arizona Wells Fargo employee was found dead at her desk four days after clocking into work. Sixty-year-old Denise Prudhomme was last recorded entering her office building on the 1100…

Billionaire investor Jim Rogers has said that he gained a lot of insights about gold and silver from the women in India. Speaking to NDTV Profit, the Singapore-based commodity guru…

TATA SIA Airlines Limited, known by the brand name of Vistara announced its merger with Air India on Friday. The company said in a statement that customers will not be…

Cindy Rodriguez Singh, a woman with ties to India, is wanted for allegedly killing her 6-year-old son Noel, who has been missing since October 2022. The Federal Bureau of Investigation…

Princess Martha Louise of Norway will this weekend marry a self-proclaimed shaman, who claims to have “risen from the dead”. Ms Louise and her American fiance Durek Verrett will get…

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Friday “unconditionally” apologised over his remarks on BRS leader K Kavitha getting bail in a money-laundering case. The apology comes a day after the…

The Ministry of External Affairs is making efforts to push for an early return of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from Thane district, who has been in foster care in Germany for…

A consultant involved in the structural designing of the Chhatrapati Shivaji statue in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg, which collapsed recently, has been arrested. The arrest comes days after protests from Opposition leaders…

Another FIR has been registered against actor Jayasurya following the complaint of an actress. Kerala Police informed ANI, “Second FIR registered against actor Jayasurya under 354, 354A(A1)(I) 354D IPC. The…

A man convicted of murdering a college student and raping his sister while the siblings were on a camping trip was executed in the southern US state of Florida on…

Marathi filmmaker Swapna Waghmare Joshi recently experienced a shocking theft at her sixth-floor apartment in Mumbai. The accused, who was arrested in connection with the crime, revealed that he stole…

Paralympics 2024 Day 2 LIVE: Day 2 of the Paris Paralympics 2024 brings renewed hope for India to open their medal tally. Headlined by Tokyo gold medal-winning shooter Avani Lekhara’s…

A 24-year-old man, distributing milk in the early hours of Thursday, died after a speeding SUV driven by a teenage boy knocked down his two-wheeler in Goregaon area here, police…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Vadhvan Port project in Maharashtra’s Palghar today. Vadhvan Port is located near Dahanu town in Palghar district and will…

The Supreme Court on Thursday reprimanded Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy over comments claiming bail this week for BRS leader K Kavitha, in the alleged Delhi liquor policy case, was…

Republican Donald Trump on Friday slammed his rival Kamala Harris after the Democrat gave her first major interview since her dramatic entry into the US presidential election after Joe Biden’s…

A young police officer, who was dancing at a farewell party in Delhi, died after probably suffering a heart attack. Ravi Kumar, the head constable in Delhi police, was enjoying…

India’s schedule at Paris Paralympics 2024, August 30: The Indian contingent has a great chance to open its medal account at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Friday. Shooter Avani Lekhara,…

India’s financial capital Mumbai has emerged as the “billionaire capital of Asia,” having more billionaires than Beijing, the capital of China, according to the 2024 Hurun India Rich List. Mumbai…

A top leader of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party, Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, who had reportedly fled the country after her government collapsed, was found dead…

People across all age groups in India, both men and women, are consuming inadequate amounts of micronutrients critical for health, including iron, calcium and folate, as estimated in a study…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is offering a reward of up to USD 25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Cindy Rodriguez Singh, wanted for allegedly…

A Danish court said on Thursday it had rejected a request by India for the extradition of a Danish national wanted over a 1995 weapons smuggling case, citing the risk…

Kamala Harris on Friday described for the first time US President Joe Biden’s phone call informing her he was planning to quit the race to the White House. Speaking to…

Kamala Harris declared Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump and chart a new path for the country, in her first major interview since her…

Manipur BJP spokesperson and Thadou tribe leader T Michael Lamjathang Haokip has filed a police case after two dozen people, some of them armed, burned a portion of his house…

Tracking rising temperatures is becoming a better way of forecasting food inflation in India than the rain patterns economists have typically relied on, according to HSBC Holdings Plc. The link…

Facing financial headwinds, SpiceJet has decided to furlough 150 cabin crew members for three months. The budget carrier is operating with a reduced number of planes amid financial, legal and…

One of the five Delhi councillors who quit the Aam Aadmi Party earlier this week to join the BJP returned to the AAP fold on Thursday, saying it was a…

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza – which started after the deadly October 7 last year in which over 1,100 people were brutally killed – has entered its 10th month and…

India commissioned its second nuclear submarine INS Arighaat today in Visakhapatnam. The Arihant-class submarine will strengthen India’s nuclear triad, enhance nuclear deterrence, help in establishing strategic balance and peace in…

Ripples of the massive shake up in the Malayalam film industry over massive allegations of sexual exploitation, has reached neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Popular actor and television serial producer Kutti Padmini…

Kaivalya Vohra, co-founder of quick commerce app Zepto, is the youngest to feature on the list of richest Indians released by Hurun. The 21-year-old has a net worth of Rs…

In a rare case, doctors in Bengaluru removed a massive hairball — as large as a cricket ball — from the stomach of an 8-year-old girl, the hospital said on…

The Congress gave its leader Rahul Gandhi Rs 70 lakh each for fighting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad and Rae Bareli, the party has disclosed to the Election…

InterGlobe Aviation promoter Rakesh Gangwal’s family trust on Thursday sold a 5.24 per cent stake in the airline for Rs 9,549 crore through open market transactions. The share sale is…

In a big setback to the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP, two Rajya Sabha MPs have resigned from the party and their membership in the Upper House. Vice President and…

A woman has come forward with a disturbing account of alleged sexual harassment by a Zomato delivery agent. In a post on X, the woman said the incident happened when…

The University of Southampton has become the first UK university to receive approval from the Indian government to establish a comprehensive campus in the country. This move marks a significant…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today shared a video of him taking martial arts sessions, which he said were held during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra earlier this year. Taking to…

Amid the raging controversy over the collapse of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue at Rajkot Fort in Malvan, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said he was ready to…

A special investigation team (SIT) will look into rape allegations against Malayalam actor Siddique. A first information report (FIR) has also been filed against director VK Prakash as the #MeToo…

Abdul Ghafoor Noorani, eminent constitutional expert, lawyer and author, died today at the age of 93. A noted scholar on Jammu and Kashmir, his absence is being felt in the…

A recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Milan, Italy, has killed at least four people and hospitalised several dozen more, according to The Metro. The health authorities say that at…

The Karnataka High Court has said the Central Bureau of Investigation cannot continue investigating Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkaumar – roiled in a disproportionate assets case – since the state…

A 21-year-old man from Texas drowned shortly after being baptized while trying to save a teenage girl from his church group who was also drowning. Lincer Lopez had visited Lake…

The Modi government’s decision to introduce an assured pension for central government employees reflects political pragmatism over strict fiscal calculations. On August 24, the Union Cabinet approved the new Unified…

The son of a well-known Spanish actor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing and dismembering a man on the Thai island of Koh Phangan last year. Daniel Sancho…

The Karnataka High court has pointed out that Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot could be acting on his own initiative regarding the sanction to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the alleged…

Kangana Ranaut, for the second time in a week, met BJP Chief JP Nadda today, days after she was pulled up by the party for her provocative remarks on the…

There is limited internet connectivity over the Indian skies, since India allowed aircraft to have internet connectivity in flights only a couple of years ago. But this could soon change,…

A wolf involved in the killings of at least eight people in two months in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district has been caught, officials said today. At least eight people, including…

Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. Based on the…

Last week, I visited my favourite cafe in South London, known for its Illy coffee beans that I relish. As I savoured my coffee, a young man, wearing a sleeveless…

Former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, who has been accused of cheating and wrongly securing OBC (Other Backward Class) and disability quota benefits, has told the Delhi High Court that the…

With an estimated wealth of Rs 7,300 crore, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has made it to the 2024 Hurun Rich List. Mr Khan, 58, has built a business empire…

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and his ministers will defer salaries and allowances for two months to help battle a financial crisis inflamed by devastating landslides, flash floods,…

A day after the BJP accused her of threatening doctors protesting against a medico’s rape and murder of a Kolkata hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed a “malicious…

The online portal for passport applications will be shut for the next five days for a maintenance exercise, the government has said. No new appointments can be scheduled during this…

As Kolkata Police cracked down on protesters marching to state secretariat Nabanna over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, visuals of…

Amid a ‘#MeToo’ storm in the Malayalam film industry, actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar on Wednesday said the Kerala government-appointed Justice K Hema Committee was “much needed” to break the abuse faced…

The cases against Mukesh and Jayasurya are among nearly two dozen filed by the police since a flood of sexual assault claims against senior Malayalam actors. The allegations followed the…

A 25-year-old woman was choked to death, allegedly by her husband, at her home in Bengaluru late on Tuesday night. Police said Navyashree’s husband Kiran has been taken into custody…

An alert Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel at Maharashtra’s Jalgaon railway station saved a woman, who was hit by a train while trying to cross the railway tracks on Wednesday.…

In signs of rumblings within the ruling coalition in Maharashtra months before state polls, the NCP faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has condemned the collapse of a…

Three terrorists are believed to have been killed in two separate encounters between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said today. The encounters started after…

The national capital awoke this morning to severe waterlogging and massive traffic jams caused by heavy overnight rain. The downpour resulted in waterlogging on Mehrauli-Badarpur road, the Parade Road Underpass…