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Two blasts at a school mosque in the Indonesian capital Jakarta injured at least 50 people on Friday, authorities said, with a student accused of being responsible for the incident.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today told NDTV the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will sweep Bihar and that is evident from the huge crowds that turned up at every rally.

The Cyber Crime Police in Kerala’s Malappuram arrested two key suspects in a Rs 95 lakh fraud case, where a school teacher was duped with promises of high returns through…

Reserve Bank Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar on Friday said that the incidence of digital frauds has been rising since July this year.

A man was tied to a pole and set on fire following a dispute over a place to offer prayers inside a mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district, police said.

A 37-year-old man allegedly killed his four-year-old daughter before ending his life after his wife eloped with another man.

In parts of Delhi where daily wage earners and labourers often skip meals to save a few rupees, the promise of a hot, affordable plate of food is drawing attention.

The Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan on Friday asserted that a large majority of Bills passed by the state assembly since 2021 had been cleared by Governor RN Ravi without delay

The ‘naturalisation’ of people who fled across the border before and after the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 has been a process in which the Congress, the CPI(M) and the…

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah hit the campaign trail in Budgam today, the Assembly seat he had vacated last year.

The beheaded body of a 17-year-old girl was found in Jharkhand’s Dumka district, police said on Friday.

Foreign nationals applying for a visa to live in the US might be rejected if they have health conditions such as diabetes or obesity, according to a government directive issued…

The United States failed to appear Friday for the so-called Universal Periodic Review of its human rights record, becoming only the second country to ever boycott the regular UN process.

A video of what looks like a scam at a parking lot, operating under the guise of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), has gone viral on social media.

The BJP in Kerala on Friday said it will be starting a programme to reach out to the Muslim community in the state but clarified it was “not political or…

A former Congress MLA Anil Akkara faces police case for allegedly damaging a road divider in Kerala’s Thrissur district on Friday.

Pakistan’s primary motive for developing nuclear weapons was to counter India, said former CIA officer Richard Barlow.

India and New Zealand look forward to working towards the early conclusion of a balanced, comprehensive and mutually beneficial trade agreement, in line with the growing strategic and economic convergence,…

The cost of home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis fell as much as 17 per cent and 12 per cent (year-on-year) in October, respectively, primarily because of a steep decline in…

More than 1,400 citizens from three dozen African countries are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, Kyiv’s foreign minister said on Friday.

The Bihar government awarded the 2,400 MW Bhagalpur (Pirpainti) power project to Adani Power Ltd after a competitive bidding process in which the Ahmedabad-based company quoted a lower electricity tariff…

Samajwadi Party veteran Azam Khan on Friday met with Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow and said his meeting with the party president was intended to convey a message of resilience and…

The Supreme Court’s comments today, which gave comfort to the father of the pilot-in-command of Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed in Ahmedabad, has brought the focus back on…

A home that plunged into mourning in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore erupted in joy after a 70-year-old man, presumed dead by his family, started breathing again even as preparations were underway…

The US government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the US ambassador and other diplomats that the arms…

Former CIA officer Richard Barlow revealed that the proposed joint covert operation by India and Israel to bomb Pakistan’s Kahuta nuclear facility in the early 1980s to halt Islamabad’s atomic…

The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) to take immediate steps to ban the sale of chemical kumkum at Sabarimala, citing concerns over environmental degradation…

The groping of Mexico President on a street shone a bright light on the gender violence women face every day, but the country’s political polarisation has tarnished what under other…

According to ex-CIA intelligence officer Richard Barlow, the then-US President Ronald Reagan administration prioritised its Afghan strategy over non-proliferation efforts.

A farmer was killed in a tiger attack in Mysuru district on Friday, prompting Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre to order the suspension of safari operations in Nagarahole and Bandipur…

A 57-year-old Haryana Police sub-inspector was allegedly beaten to death after he tried to stop a group of people from creating a ruckus outside his house here.

A family has been left scared and flummoxed after two men on a motorcycle stopped in front of their house in Punjab’s Mohali and fired 35 rounds at their house…

More than half of the registered unrecognised political parties associated with Bihar have failed to make their mandatory financial disclosures public for 2023-24, according to poll rights body the Association…

Tensions flared in northern Karnataka on Friday as a protest over sugarcane prices entered its ninth consecutive day, with angry farmers and groups supporting them resorting to stone-throwing on the…

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign overcame a $22-million effort by 26 billionaires to block his path to becoming New York City’s next mayor.

Russia said on Friday that it wanted the United States to clarify recent remarks by US President Donald Trump about the possible resumption of nuclear testing, given that such a…

A 50-year-old man caught fire at Melbourne International Airport after a lithium power bank exploded in his pocket at 11am local time on Thursday, leaving him with significant burns on…

The record voter turnout during the Phase 1 polling in Bihar shows that the people have taken the lead in securing the return of the NDA government, Prime Minister Narendra…

Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi has doubled down on his stand that he will not sing ‘Vande Mataram’ due to what he called its religious connotations. He said the…

For years now, consumer watchdogs in Europe have been warning about cheap and unsafe knock-offs arriving by the planeload from Shein.

India is stepping up efforts to strengthen its rare earth resources and build a complete domestic value chain to reduce dependency on imports, according to V. Chandrasekar, General Manager and…

Prime Minister Modi stated that “the same divisive mindset” continues to pose a significant challenge to the nation even today.

It’s estimated that at least 120,000 people across Myanmar may be held in situations where they are forced to work on online scams, with another 100,000 people in Cambodia.

A suspicious package was delivered to a US military base in Maryland, which caused multiple people to fall ill and led to several being taken to hospital, CNN reported on…

The Supreme Court also directed state governments, municipal authorities, and road and transport authorities to remove cattle from highways and expressways and rehabilitate them in shelters.

Federal prosecutors are preparing grand jury subpoenas to investigate Obama-era intelligence officials who produced an assessment finding Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election in a bid to help Donald…

The ED has arrested a Kolkata-based consultant in connection with a money laundering probe against businessman Anil Ambani’s group company Reliance Power over issuance of an alleged fake bank guarantee…

The Goa government has authorised its two district collectors to exercise preventive detention powers under the National Security Act (NSA) for a period of three months, officials have said.

A fresh controversy has emerged following Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote theft’ charges.

Elon Musk has won a shareholder vote that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade.

Dozens of people were injured and hospitalised after an explosion occurred during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school complex in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, police said.

The Delhi Police on Wednesday solved a 15-year-old criminal case and arrested a man from Gujarat for murdering his wife.

The Mercedes car suddenly caught fire as the woman and her child were waiting for the signal to turn green. However, Delhi Police’s prompt action led to their safe rescue.

The Haryana Government plans to launch the ambitious ‘Water Secure Haryana’ Program, a landmark initiative of about Rs 5,700 crore, of which around Rs 4,000 crore will be supported by…

A new, comprehensive map and digital dataset show almost 300,000 kilometres of roads spanning an area of close to 4 million square kilometres.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he expects the automaker’s Full Self-Driving software, a driver assistance system, will be fully approved in China early next year.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran has been asking if US sanctions against the country can be lifted.

In 2017, Zohran Mamdani emailed music website Stereogum requesting coverage for his song “Salaam,” which focused on the experiences and challenges of being Muslim in the US.

India has significant raw-material potential- its beach-sand deposits contain rich reserves of monazite, bastnaesite, and other rare-earth minerals, but the country’s processing capacity and environmental rules have lagged.

Tesla’s newly approved pay plan could make Elon Musk the first trillionaire, but only if he hits a series of ambitious milestones over the next decade.

The CBI has registered an FIR against former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa, his wife Razia Sultana and others in connection with the “murder case” of their son Aquil Akhtar (35),…

A late-night alarm over the suspected kidnapping of a woman in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore has triggered a massive police search, though officers said there is no confirmation that any woman…

According to information provided by the railways, a coach attendant, who was railway personnel, killed the soldier following an argument over a blanket and sheet.

They get different names in different parts of the world. Hurricane is used in the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, central and northeast Pacific. They are typhoons in the northwest Pacific. In…

India’s national song “Vande Mataram” marks its 150th anniversary today. Written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1875, the song went on to become a powerful symbol of India’s freedom movement…

Nancy Pelosi is bringing her history-making career in the US House to an end, but she leaves a linguistic legacy in Congress and beyond.

A major security lapse was reported at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport last week when a British national, who arrived from Bangkok, fled the immigration counter and entered the city.

A 34-year-old man was beaten to death by his cousin and an aide on suspicion of stealing a mobile phone in Navi Mumbai, police said on Friday.

Elon Musk has secured a $1 trillion pay deal from Tesla, in what is the largest corporate pay package in history.

No one can blame the pilot-in-command of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the crash in Ahmedabad that killed 260, the Supreme Court told the pilot’s father today and…

The Washington Post said it is among victims of a sweeping cyber breach tied to Oracle software.

What was meant to be a simple attempt to order a bottle of wine for a home function turned into a bitter experience for a Bengaluru resident, who ended up…

After wreaking havoc in the Philippines, Typhoon Kalmaegi brought fierce winds and torrential rains to Vietnam, where five people have been killed and many others remain missing after several houses…

A 17-year-old boy has been confirmed as the perpetrator of the deadly shooting of Carlos Manzo, mayor of the Mexican city of Uruapan, during a public event in the state…

Bandi Sanjay’s remarks drew immediate condemnation from opposition parties, who accused him of engaging in divisive, communal politics to gain an edge in the critical by-election.

Flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) faced major disruptions this week after suspected GPS spoofing incidents.

Until that Friday afternoon in July 1997, when Lalu Prasad Yadav, the sitting Chief Minister of Bihar, told her that she would be replacing him, Rabri Devi hadn’t known much…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the year-long commemoration of the National Song “Vande Mataram” at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. The Prime Minister also released…

The political battle over Delhi Assembly’s so-called ‘Phansi Ghar’ (gallows chamber) has intensified.

The ‘Vande Mataram’ hymn translates to “Mother, I Bow to Thee” and is regarded as a lasting expression of devotion to the motherland.

The Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is once again rocked by violent unrest, where students, mostly Gen Z, have taken to the streets to protest against the Shehbaz Sharif-led government’s educational policies.

Abraham Lincoln penned the entreaty on behalf of his young friend, William Johnson, because ironically, his dark complexion caused freed Black White House staffers with lighter skin to shun him.

Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has doubled down on his “vote theft” charges against the BJP, alleging that Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister with the help of stolen…

London’s Sadiq Khan has a lot in common with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani but also many differences.

Protesting sugarcane farmers in Karnataka allegedly threw slippers at State Minister Shivanand Patil’s car when he was leaving the protest site in Belagavi on November 6.

Larissa Nery clarified that the viral picture was taken around eight years back when she was about 20 years old, adding that she got it clicked for a photographer friend.

West Bengal government said that all state-run and state-aided schools will have the prayer song ‘Banglar Mati Banglar Jol’, penned by Rabindranath Tagore and earlier declared as the state anthem,…

Flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport were affected on Friday morning due to a technical glitch in the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system.

The body of a six-month-old baby is expected to be exhumed today in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district for a fresh post-mortem, after the child’s father alleged that the infant may…

Eight months after the killing of Saurabh Rajput, a shadow of the incident still looms large over Meerut’s Indiranagar, where the family of the accused, Muskan Rastogi, resides and now…

A pair of US B-52 bombers flew over the Caribbean Sea along the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, flight tracking data showed, in the fourth such show of force by…

Travellers across the United States were left scrambling to rebook flights as the government shutdown heaps pressure on the country’s air traffic control system, prompting hundreds of Friday flight cancellations…

The US has reported carrying out 13 strikes since September on vessels near the Venezuelan coast and more recently, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing more than 60 people, according…

Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence earlier…

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, just got richer after Tesla shareholders approved his pay package of nearly $1 trillion for over the next decade.

The body of a 22-year-old Indian student, who went missing in Russia’s Ufa city 19 days ago, was recovered from a dam on Thursday.

Movement of vehicles on several key stretches in central Delhi is likely to be affected on Friday due to traffic restrictions and diversions in place for celebrations marking 150 years…

An Israeli hostage who was released in October has told an Israeli television channel he was subjected to sexual violence during his two-year captivity in Gaza by Palestinian militants —…

A 60-meter (196-foot) tower collapsed during demolition work at a decommissioned thermal power plant in the South Korean city of Ulsan, killing three people and leaving at least two others…

OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.