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A 21-year-old collegian suffered burn injuries after his friend set him ablaze during his birthday revelry in the Kurla area of Mumbai on Tuesday, leading to the arrest of five…

Astronaut and Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Tuesday said Bengaluru looked the “brightest” and “most beautiful” when the International Space Station flew over India.

In a landmark ruling that expands the scope of victim rights in property offences, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to pay…

A school headmaster was assaulted for protesting the harassmentof girl students in West Bengal’s Malda district on Tuesday, police said.

The Bengaluru police on Tuesday announced that they have recovered the entire Rs 7.11 crore looted from a cash van by a gang in the city.

Heavy rain caused flooding in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, swamping the tents of thousands of homeless Palestinians facing the prospect of harsh winter storms without sturdy shelter.

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has urged travellers to dress formally, as it would make people behave better at airports.

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former president Jair Bolsonaro’s coup conviction was final, with no more appeals allowed, clearing the way for him to begin serving a 27-year…

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said a Ukraine-Russia deal is “very close,” but European leaders were skeptical and Russian missiles continued to rain down on Kyiv.

A row over the sale of controversial books took a violent turn on Tuesday, plunging Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur into chaos.

The Supreme Court came down on the Uttar Pradesh government for retaining the “colonial-era mindset” in governing cooperative societies and similar bodies where the spouses of bureaucrats like district magistrates…

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Elections are likely to be announced soon. While the elections cater to the Mumbai city and its suburbs, the politics, the money, the campaigns and the…

A Dalit bride’s traditional wedding procession was taken out under police protection in Madhya Pradesh’s Lakhma Khedi village after members of the Rajput community allegedly blocked the route and hurled…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India seeks peace but will never allow its borders or national security to be compromised.

Implementation of the new labour codes will boost consumption by Rs 75,000 crore and increase share of formal workforce by at least 15 per cent, economists at SBI said in…

Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army has commenced intensive unarmed combat drill ‘AMAR’ at altitudes exceeding 14,000 ft to enhance close-combat readiness in some of the most demanding operational zones…

A disciplinary action over an alleged AI-generated objectionable image has snowballed into a major protest at a school in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandla district.

Comedian Kunal Kamra kicked up a fresh controversy after he shared a photo on social media wearing a T-shirt that allegedly mocked the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), inviting strong reaction…

India on Tuesday issued one of its strongest recent statements against China after an Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh was harassed, detained for over 18 hours, and denied normal transit…

After accusing an American citizen who adopted her of physical and mental torture, a woman on Tuesday claimed that she had made false allegations against her US mother simply to…

A jilted lover was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly killing his “former partner” with a sickle for marrying someone else, police here said.

The political battle over Telangana’s Hyderabad Industrial Lands Transformation Policy (HILTP) intensified today, with Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka launching a powerful counterattack against the Bharat Rashtra Samithi or…

A senior IAS officer and two others died in a major road accident in Karnataka today.

The recent claim that uranium was detected in the breast milk of lactating mothers in Bihar sent shockwaves across media and public discourse.

A statue of Goddess Kali in a Mumbai temple was dressed to resemble Mother Mary, shocking devotees and drawing the ire of Hindu organisations.

A former MLA of Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction was hit from behind by a car while she was walking with her little grandchild and a woman in Maharashtra’s Nashik.

Twenty-eight Maoists, 22 of them collectively carrying a reward of Rs 89 lakh on their heads, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district.

Scores of people assembled at the India Gate in a show of support for the Delhi Police on Tuesday, two days after videos surfaced allegedly showing protesters raising slogans praising…

Mumbai witnessed a thick blanket of smog on Tuesday as citywide air-quality readings surged into poor and severe categories, prompting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to step up emergency measures.

The crisis for banana farmers in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, has reached a heartbreaking point they are now being forced to destroy their own harvest.

A horrific incident in which a mother strangled her fourth newborn daughter to death has been reported from the Belagavi district of Karnataka on Tuesday, officials said.

A 21-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly died after falling from a moving train near the Keshoraipatan railway station in Rajasthan’s Bundi district on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.

Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship firm of billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate, on Tuesday launched subscriptions for one of India’s largest rights issues, offering shares at Rs 1,800 apiece, a discount…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has clarified that they are working to ‘coordinate a new visit date’ to India amid reports of his visit being postponed due to security…

It will be 200 years in 10 years since the time British historian and politician Thomas Macaulay began a colonial campaign to uproot the cultural foundations of India, Prime Minister…

A Class 10 girl student jumped to her death from the fifth floor of a school building in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Pawan Thakur, a Dubai-based drug trafficker accused of orchestrating one of the country’s biggest cocaine seizures last year, is under the radar of the central probe agencies, officials said.

Denying meritorious Muslim students admission to educational institutions on religious grounds would push them towards radicalism, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah warned today.

BESCOM Managing Director Mahantesh Bilagi died after succumbing to injuries sustained in a major road accident that claimed the lives of two others.

French authorities Tuesday arrested four more people in the probe into last month’s spectacular daylight theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum, the top Paris prosecutor said.

An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

As the sun sets on the electoral battle in Bihar, the BJP – which appears to have perfected the art of anticipation – has started laying the groundwork for its…

The civil aviation ministry, along with the air traffic control India Meteorological Department (IMD), are closely monitoring the situation of ash plumes from the volcanic eruption in Ethiopia impacting flight…

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change cleared a Rs 136-crore luxury hotel proposal by Adani Airport Holdings Ltd within the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport premises.

Umar Un Nabi, the doctor-turned-suicide bomber who detonated a car bomb near Delhi’s Red Fort, used to call himself “emir” to tell the other white collar terrorists of his module…

The probe into alleged irregularities in the process of counting devotees’ offerings intensified as the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department issued a formal notice to former TTD Board chairman Bhoomana…

The Delhi Police has arrested three men accused of running a digital arrest and investment fraud racket that allegedly cheated people of more than Rs 88 lakh, officials said on…

A Pakistani man and his girlfriend eloped from their homes and made an arduous journey on foot to the India-Pakistan border in Gujarat’s Kutch district, only to be detained by…

The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Madhya Pradesh has taken a disturbing turn, with two more Booth Level Officers (BLOs) dying this week, bringing the total number of…

The government of Kerala has to establish lower and primary schools in areas that do not have any, the Supreme Court has said in a hearing about the need for…

Inoperable pistols gifted by Kash Patel to senior New Zealand security officials, who had to relinquish them for destruction because they were illegal to possess, were revolvers inspired by toy…

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the BJP of being involved in sabotage in the cancellation of her helicopter ride to Bongaon, warning the opposition party not…

Umar Un Nabi, the doctor who drove a car bomb and detonated it in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk killing 15, had a ‘mobile workstation’ to build his tools of terror and…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that an amended peace plan for Ukraine must reflect the “spirit and letter” of understandings reached between President Vladimir Putin and US…

Japan launched its own version of the US government’s infamous cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Tuesday in a bid to ease concerns over a $135-billion stimulus package.

Tahawwur Rana has confirmed his role in the attacks and told the agency that he had provided all support to David Headley during his visits to India to carry out…

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis injected virality using the name of a Prime Video thriller to an otherwise plain comment on infrastructure development plans for Mumbai.

Household spending patterns in India are witnessing a major shift from basic necessities towards asset-building expenditure, highlighted a survey report by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.

Warming at high elevations in mountains, including the Himalayas, could be about 50 per cent faster than the global average since 1950, which can have potentially devastating consequences for over…

Pregnancy or temporary reconciliation cannot erase the previous acts of cruelty and abusive conduct of the wife towards her husband, the Delhi High Court has said while granting a divorce…

From high-profile military, diplomatic and political visits, Bangladesh and Pakistan are moving briskly when it comes to ties despite Pakistan’s history of torture, rapes and atrocities on ordinary Bangladeshis during…

The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it is not inclined to either legislate or monitor every incident of hate speech across the country, as legislative measures, police stations, and…

Inoperable pistols gifted by Kash Patel to senior New Zealand security officials, who had to relinquish them for destruction because they were illegal to possess, were revolvers inspired by toy…

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that a daughter separated from her husband will not be entitled to share in the family pension of her maternal family in case the…

Celina Jaitly and Peter Haag, an Austrian entrepreneur and hotelier, got married in 2010.

Cracks appeared along Delhi’s Outer Ring Road near Badli Mor metro station on Monday evening, causing a heavy traffic jam that was resolved after hours.

Zubeen Garg died under mysterious circumstances while swimming in a sea in Singapore on September 19.

In a heart-stopping incident that could have turned catastrophic, a passenger bus ferrying 45 people from Gurugram to Panna in Madhya Pradesh, burst into flames late on Monday night on…

US President Donald Trump’s peace plan goes in the right direction but there are aspects that need improvement to make it acceptable for Ukraine and Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hoisted a saffron flag atop Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, marking a historic moment in the shrine’s inauguration. The ceremonial hoisting…

An elderly man, sitting outside his house, was shot dead by two attackers, who, in turn, were lynched by a violent mob in a village on the outskirts of Patna…

Indian astronaut and Gaganyatri Subhanshu Shukla on Tuesday called upon students to achieve the ambition of setting up a space station and landing on the moon.

OpenAI unveiled a free artificial intelligence-powered shopping research tool that it says can generate a personalised buyer’s guide for ChatGPT users during the holiday season.

With an emphasis on relationships that decentre prescribed notions of love and power, relationship anarchy is a compelling new approach to interpersonal and communal connection.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the country on the occasion of the grand flag hoisting ceremony at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya. The ceremony…

Both Trump and Mamdani seem to be offering an emotional appeal that targets the same problem: an unaffordable America that has alienated its large majority.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hoisted a saffron flag at Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir during a sacred ceremony called “Dhwaj Arohan” and said that “wounds and pain of centuries are…

Police in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district have arrested the principal of a private school after a 15-year-old student died by suicide on Sunday, leaving behind a note that alleged molestation and…

Long-loathed as itchy household pests, the blood-sucking insects have revealed a darker, more intriguing potential as Malaysian scientists have discovered they can be turned into unlikely crime-busting allies.

In the past week alone, DOGE terminated 78 contracts, saving taxpayers $335 million, and promised to resume its standard Friday update soon.

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galpagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has…

Prema Wangjom Thongdok — an Arunachal-born, Indian-origin UK resident– has claimed that she was detained and harassed by Chinese officials at Shanghai airport for nearly 18 hours after they refused…

In a significant crackdown on organised narcotics networks, the Crime Branch of Chandigarh Police has busted two major inter-state drug syndicates operating across the Tricity and neighbouring states.

The volcanic ash is eight to 15 kilometres above sea level and is travelling with wind speeds of 150 km/h – leaving no impact on the already ‘very poor’ air…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hoisted a saffron flag atop the Ram temple in Ayodhya during a sacred ceremony called “Dhwaj Arohan”, marking the formal completion of its construction.

The implementation of the government’s new labour reforms could significantly boost employment and formalisation in India’s labour market over the medium term, highlighted a report by the State Bank of…

The saffron-coloured flag bears the image of a radiant sun, with an ‘Om’ inscribed on it along with the image of a Kovidara tree.

India’seconomy likely grew 7.3% in the JulySeptember quarter, according to a Reuters poll of economists, underpinned by strong rural and government expenditure even as private capital spending remained subdued.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro danced to a remix of his “No War, Yes Peace” speech at a rally in Caracas on Sunday as the United States stepped up military, political,…

A new political turmoil gripped Bangladesh after a prominent ‘baul’ singer was arrested over charges of blasphemy and making derogatory remarks during a musical performance.

The Antarctic ozone layer is showing signs of recovery, reaching an annual maximum of 8.83 million square miles on September 9, scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

Erika Kirk, the widow of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, has lashed out at those questioning her emotional moment with US Vice President JD Vance, saying those attacking her “probably needed…

A major Indian defence public sector undertaking and a French firm on Monday joined hands for production of Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range (HAMMER) precision-guided weapon system in India,…

The goal of the Thirty Metre Telescope project is to peer deeper into the cosmos than ever before, studying black holes, distant galaxies, and, most intriguingly, searching for signs of…

In the heart of Maharashtra, where the golden crust of ‘puran poli’ carries the fragrance of home and tradition, memories of Dharmendra linger – rich and timeless, much like the…

A 34-year-old Bengaluru software engineer was cheated of Rs 6.43 lakh after she matched with a man pretending to be an NRI doctor on a matrimony app. What began as…

Two pandas at a zoo in central France are to return to China on Tuesday after the female was diagnosed with kidney failure, drawing hundreds of visitors for a final…

A 28-year-old man, who had been under treatment after being fatally hit with a metal rod on his head by his father for demanding a luxury car, has died, police…

A copy of the first Superman issue, unearthed by three brothers cleaning out their late mother’s attic, netted $9.12 million this month at a Texas auction house which says it…

Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a…