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Jitan Ram Manjhi belongs to the Musahar community, part of the Mahadalits who have faced severe socio-economic discrimination.

Years before he entered politics, Tejashwi Yadav, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, was a budding cricketer who plied his trade for Jharkhand in domestic cricket and Delhi Daredevils…

The Delhi Police and central investigating agencies have pieced together the final 48 hours of Dr Umar Nabi’s movements before the deadly explosion outside Delhi’s Red Fort on Monday evening.

In a big revelation, investigators probing the Jaish-e-Mohammed link in the Delhi blast and Faridabad explosives haul have found that Dr Shaheen Saeed was in touch with Afirah Bibi, the…

Over a decade after he scripted a memorable victory in the 2014 general elections for the BJP and Narendra Modi, Prashant Kishor is back in the game.

In a move that is likely to see opposition in Bangladesh, the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, has announced a referendum along with elections in…

The Rajasthan Police has issued an urgent warning about a new cyber fraud tactic where criminals impersonate police officers and threaten citizens using the pretext of a serious criminal incident.

A former Larsen & Toubro (L&T) officer and retired lawyer from Mumbai has been defrauded of Rs 9.94 crore in a cyber scam run under the guise of a reputed…

An 18-year-old college student was allegedly sexually harassed by an unidentified man in Bengaluru on November 10. A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against an unknown person.

Two wings of the Faridabad-based Al-Falah University, which has come into focus after doctors working there were found to be allegedly involved in terrorist activities, have received a show-cause notice…

The government has ordered an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into the funding of the Al Falah University in Faridabad where the Delhi blast was allegedly planned, said sources.

A car collided head-on with a camel in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, trapping the animal within it for several hours. The accident occurred near Kolu Pabuji on the Phalodi-Dechu road early Wednesday…

The serial murders in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida in 2006 shocked the entire country. Following acquittal of both the accused men- Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Surinder Koli- the silence…

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday praised Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s willingness to question established science and embrace nontraditional voices in the health care space, saying that often…

At least $50 million for the freedom of an Emirati sheikh: that is the king’s ransom paid two weeks ago to jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda who are pushing to topple…

India’s carbon dioxide emissions were projected to rise by 1.4 per cent in 2025, marking a slower increase than in previous years, according to a report published on Thursday by…

A US jury in the first civil trial over a fatal Boeing 737 MAX crash determined Wednesday that the aircraft manufacturing giant owes $28.45 million to the family of a…

CCTV footage dated 11 November, the day of Delhi blast, shows Umar near Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque in Old Delhi.

In a decision aimed at empowering working women, the Uttar Pradesh government has allowed women employees to undertake night shifts after submitting written consent.

The air quality in the national capital continues to deteriorate with the Air Quality Index level recorded above 400 in the ‘severe’ category in multiple stations at 8 am, despite…

Many Indians dream of settling in the United States for a better life and opportunities, but they often overlook the fact that it comes with a share of cultural differences…

Monday evening’s explosion near the Red Fort, Delhi, killed nine people and injured 20 others. The explosion, which happened at 6.52 pm, was so intense that the severed arm of…

Investigators probing the blast near Delhi’s iconic Red Fort have unearthed a chilling plan: the suspected terror module involving doctors allegedly linked to Jaish-e-Mohammad had planned blasts at six locations…

The Jaish-e-Mohammed poster is an open call to people to ‘come back to the fold’ or face strict action.

A loud blast-like sound in southwest Delhi’s Mahipalpur this morning sparked panic among local residents, with police later clarifying that the source of the sound was a bus tyre burst.

Two diaries filled with code words and encrypted messages have been found at the university in Faridabad where the suspects worked, said sources, in connection with the November 10 blast…

The Al Falah University in Faridabad, about 45 km from Delhi, has emerged as the epicentre of the planning for the blast that ripped through the heart of the national…

Reacting to an activist’s demand for resignation in the wake of a dubious land deal involving his son’s firm, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said he will…

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a new Aadhaar mobile app to make carrying and sharing your Aadhaar identity easier and safer. It acts like a digital…

With China and Russia already rushing to modernise their nuclear arsenals, the US move to resume nuclear testing pushes the concepts of deterrence and stability to its limits.

The Hyundai i20 that exploded near Red Fort was purchased from a Haryana-based car dealer for Rs 1.70 lakh, for Dr Umar Mohammad to carry out the terror attack earlier…

The Muhammad Yunus regime in Bangladesh is not happy with New Delhi permitting the former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, to freely interact with the media.

The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team investigating the car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort has recovered two live cartridges and samples of two different types of explosives on Tuesday, sources…

The white Hyundai i20 car that exploded near Delhi’s Red Fort, killing nine people, was first seen at Connaught Place and Mayur Vihar hours before the blast.

Mohsin, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, was killed in Monday’s car bomb blast near Red Fort, Delhi. An argument broke out over the place of his burial.

Delhi Car Blast Highlights: The anti-terror agency, NIA, has taken over the probe and started investigations at the scene.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi and Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck held extensive discussions covering a wide spectrum of cooperation, including energy, capacity building, connectivity, technology, defence, and security.

In a warning to perpetrators of the Delhi terror blast, government sources reiterated that any terror operation on Indian soil will be considered an act of war.

Adani Cement and Finnish company Coolbrook on Wednesday announced to deploy world’s first commercial RotoDynamic Heater’ to advance cement decarbonisation at the Boyareddypalli Integrated Cement Plant in Andhra Pradesh.

At least eleven people were killed and 20 were injured in one of the most horrific train accidents in recent memory when the Gevra-Bilaspur MEMU passenger train rammed a stationary…

Video footage of the bomb blast that ripped through near Delhi’s Red Fort surfaced today, amid an ongoing investigation into the terror attack that claimed nine lives earlier this week.

New angles are emerging in Monday’s explosion near Red Fort, Delhi, as the investigation into the case intensifies. The explosion at 6.52 pm Monday killed nine people and injured 20…

Not just ammonium nitrate, high-grade explosives were also used in the blast that occurred near the Red Fort in Delhi, an official from the Forensic Science Laboratory said.

The probe agency on Tuesday questioned the former chief of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) in connection with the alleged Tirumala ghee adulteration case.

A major security lapse was reported at Kerala’s newly inaugurated Puthur Zoological Park in Thrissur, where at least 10 deer were killed by stray dogs.

US President Donald Trump appears to have softened his stance on his administration’s aggressive immigration reforms, saying America needs to bring in foreign talent for certain fields.

In a major U-turn on his immigration agenda, US President Donald Trump has advocated for allowing foreign students to study in American universities.

Legislation moving through Congress that would end the government shutdown in the US would also allow eight Republican senators to seek hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for the…

The dotted lines illustrating the border between Western Sahara and Morocco, indicating the former’s disputed territory status, have never been visible to people using Google Maps in the latter, the…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was a matter of “deep regret” that the identity of the actual perpetrator of the heinous Nithari killings was not established despite a…

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday hailed the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections as “historic”, highlighting the unprecedented participation of over 7.5 crore voters in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)…

A 21-year-old woman from Mysuru, who allegedly extorted Rs 20.5 lakh from a man by staging a fake “digital arrest”, has been taken into custody by the Alappuzha Cyber Crime…

The Lal Quila Metro Station will remain closed on Wednesday as a precautionary measure following the high-intensity blast near the Red Fort on Monday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday directed the NIA to submit its investigation report at the earliest.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday instructed the security agencies to hunt down each and every culprit behind the Delhi blast that claimed 12 lives.

A man and two of his neighbours suffered severe injuries when an autorickshaw driver and his friends, some of whom were waving machetes, stormed his house after a minor argument…

Maharashtra’s opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi held a key coordination meeting in Mumbai on Monday, focusing on strengthening district-level planning and streamlining decision-making across alliance partners.

With US President Donald Trump skipping the UN’s climate summit in the Amazon, California Governor Gavin Newsom grabbed the spotlight Tuesday and unleashed a barrage of attacks on the fossil…

India on Tuesday reaffirmed its firm commitment to multilateralism and equity in global climate action, and said that developed nations must fulfil their legal obligations on finance, technology transfer and…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers Meet in Canada.

India on Tuesday unequivocally rejected as baseless Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s allegations linking a terror attack in Islamabad to New Delhi.

Former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee, one of the key accused in the cash-for-school jobs scam, was released on bail on Tuesday.

Maharashtra’s opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi held a key coordination meeting in Mumbai on Monday, focusing on strengthening district-level planning and streamlining decision-making across alliance partners.

Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday accused a key ally of President Volodymyr Zelensky of orchestrating a $100 million corruption scheme, as a major standoff over graft in the war-torn country escalates.

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Tuesday said he looks forward to taking up his new assignment in New Delhi and thanked President Donald Trump for the opportunity to…

Hundreds of people staged a demonstration in Belgrade on Tuesday against the planned demolition of a former army headquarters to make way for a luxury hotel complex that US President…

An Indonesian student suspected in last week’s bomb attack on a high school mosque had assembled small-scale explosive devices at home and wanted to copy extremists he found online but…

Under the ongoing ‘Operation Trackdown,’ Gurugram police has arrested two active members of the Rohit Godara gang, officials said on Tuesday.

His party may not be coming to power in Bihar but RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is the most popular chief ministerial face in the state, an exit poll has revealed.

What started as a simple splash of water at a gol gappa stall Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri turned into a full-blown street fight.

Several properties were raided in Lucknow on Tuesday in connection with the recovery of explosives from Faridabad and the Delhi suicide blast, including a house that belongs to the brother…

Shaheen Saeed, a doctor, till recently would have passed as just another professional, going about doing her work. But no one who worked with her had the faintest idea who…

A retired school principal has been detained in Assam’s Cachar district for allegedly posting a controversial comment on social media regarding the blast near Delhi’s Red Fort on Monday.

An investigation by the district administration into the alleged religious conversion of children from different states of the country in St Joseph School in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district found the…

Phase 2 of assembly polls in Bihar today saw the highest ever turnout, with over 67% voting till 6 pm. Voting is being held on 122 seats, from where a…

The mastermind behind the terror module in Haryana’s Faridabad which the police and security agencies have smashed has been identified as Imam Irfan Ahmad. He is a resident of Jammu…

In the chaos that followed the Red Fort blast, tattoos, torn shirts and jackets were all that was left for families to identify the loved ones they lost in the…

ISRO made an orange-and-white rangoli in the skies over Babina in Uttar Pradesh, the heartland of India, as the nation’s ambitious human spaceflight program, Gaganyaan, crossed another critical milestone.

The BBC’s outgoing boss urged staff to “fight” for its journalism Tuesday as the broadcaster grappled with how to respond to Donald Trump’s threat of a lawsuit over a misleading…

The Pakistan government’s 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill grants sweeping powers to the country’s army chief, Asim Munir. Under the constitutional changes passed by the upper house of parliament, Munir will…

Palestinian mother Hanan al-Joujou, 31, has to feed her three children in the dark with a flashlight as there is no electricity in Gaza even after last month’s Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today filed three separate chargesheets before the NIA special court in Hyderabad against 21 terrorists of the banned organisation, Communist Party of India (Maoist).

A powerful explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort on Monday evening killed nine people and left 20 others injured. The blast occurred around 6:52 pm when a Hyundai i20 car exploded…

Any instance of GPS spoofing or abnormal satellite navigation behaviour will now have to be reported within 10 minutes of detection, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered.

Voter enthusiasm continued to mark the second and final phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, with an impressive 60.40% turnout recorded across the constituencies until 3 pm.

While voters queued up at booths across Rajasthan’s Anta Assembly constituency on Tuesday, a small village remained eerily silent. In Sankli, only a single vote was cast as a mark…

As visuals of the deadly Delhi blast flooded social media and news channels, many called their friends and family members in the national capital to check on them

Voting in the second and final phase of the Bihar assembly elections has ended. Now it’s time to find out what the exit polls have predicted for the state.

In the lead-up to the Bihar elections, poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor kept repeating one sentence about the prospects of his Jan Suraaj Party – “arsh pe ya farsh pe”, meaning…

Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is likely to make its presence felt this time in Bihar, exit polls have suggested.

A 16-year-old boy, reportedly high on marijuana, was apprehended for allegedly stabbing a man in east Delhi’s Pandav Nagar after he refused to give him a ‘bidi’, police on Tuesday…

A Special CBI Court in Hyderabad has directed former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to ensure his personal appearance for the hearing in the long-pending disproportionate assets…

The Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Act, 2021.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said India wants a fair, equitable, balanced trade deal with the US and it will not compromise on the interests of farmers,…

An initial assessment of the blast site near the Red Fort in Delhi indicated the suspects may have panicked and made a mistake while carrying the explosives, top intelligence sources…

“Aaj woh chala hi gaya (Today, he is gone),” wailed one of 35-year-old Jumman Mohammed’s family members at the mortuary where the Delhi suicide blast victim’s body was kept.

A deadly blast near Red Fort in New Delhi on Monday evening killed nine and injured 20. At 6:52 pm, a slow-moving Hyundai i20 exploded at a traffic stop near…

“People were lying on the road, some bleeding, some not moving at all. There was blood everywhere. We saw death from up close,” said Ram Pratap, lying on a hospital…

The family of the man suspected to be involved in the Delhi blast near Red Fort metro station said they cannot believe that he could be involved in terror activities.

As investigators trace the journey of the Hyundai i20 used in the Delhi bombing from Faridabad to the Red Fort area, new CCTV footage has emerged showing the car at…