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A national-level kabaddi player was shot dead after an argument with his friends in Punjab’s Ludhiana district, the police said.

Six people armed with military-grade weapons used explosives to break into a gold refining laboratory in Lyon on Thursday, slightly injuring five employees in France’s latest high-profile daytime heist.

JD Vance said it is totally “reasonable and acceptable” for American citizens to want to have neighbours they have something in common with.

A Japanese municipality was forced to withdraw tips urging women to wear shoes that make them appear “delicate” or choose makeup that looks “demure” in order to secure a partner,…

US Vice President JD Vance recently said that he hoped his wife, Usha, a Hindu, would someday embrace Christianity like him.

A celebration of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary turned into a scene of chaos and outrage in Satna on Friday afternoon after BJP MP Ganesh Singh slapped a municipal crane…

Bengaluru-headquartered Narayana Health has announced the acquisition of UK-based Practice Plus Group Hospitals, marking its first major entry into the British healthcare market.

The Justice Datta-led Bench noted that during the pendency of the appeal, the appellant and the victim, now adults, had married in May 2021 and were leading a “happy married…

A bomb threat email sent to the Director General of Police (DGP)’s office in Chennai on Thursday morning led to a major security check at the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s Southern…

Two nurses from Kerala, travelling to Abu Dhabi from Kochi on their first international flight, saved the life of a fellow passenger after he suffered a cardiac arrest twenty minutes…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the demonstrations by indigenous dog breeds during the Rashtriya Ekta Divas (National Unity Day) celebrations at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat on Friday.

Aisha Gaban guided audiences through an investigation into automation’s impact on the workforce, but she turned out to be entirely AI-generated herself.

The manager of a highway toll booth in Karnataka where a boom operator was assaulted by the son of a BJP leader told NDTV they have not filed a case…

President Xi Jinping on Friday invited Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to China, in the first formal talks between the nations’ leaders since 2017, before also holding first discussions with…

NASA hit back on Thursday at reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s claim that the 1969 Moon landing “didn’t happen,” a theory consistently debunked over decades.

A new video released by the Trump administration’s Department of Labour on social media accused companies of abusing the H-1B visa program. It highlights that 72 per cent of visa…

Israel has returned the bodies of 30 more Palestinians to Gaza as part of an ongoing exchange deal under a US-brokered ceasefire plan, a hospital told AFP on Friday.

The man shared a video showing himself stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic after dropping his uncle at the airport.

Fresh snowfall blanketed the higher reaches of the Indo-China border, including the Nathula Pass area, on Friday, bringing temperatures down sharply across Sikkim.

The nephew, Ganesh Ramesh Pujari, and his uncle, Mariappa Raju Nair, both residents of Mumbai’s Goregaon, had gone to a hospital in Thane for the delivery of his wife.

India’s food delivery duel is heating up again and this quarter’s results make the difference sharper than ever.

A senior producer working with NDTV was chased by two men early Friday on her way home from her office in Sector-129, Noida.

As toxic haze envelops Delhi-NCR, hospitals are seeing a surge in the number of patients with complaints of throat irritation, worsening of existing health conditions, wheezing, and chest tightness.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has reiterated that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should be banned in the country, stating that even Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had banned the participation of government…

In what is being called a new marriage trend, people were seen digitally transferring ‘shagun’ (blessing) to the newlywed couple. This also shows India’s growing reliance on digital transactions.

When a child dressed as popular DJ Marshmello, wearing his signature rectangular marshmallow helmet, went to the president and first lady with a candy bag, Trump playfully put a large…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders on Friday that his country would help to defend global free trade at an annual economic regional forum snubbed by US President Donald…

Ahead of Halloween, a US candy maker has pulled two of its popular chocolate bars from shelves after discovering a labelling mistake that omitted information about nut ingredients.

In his first term as US president, Donald Trump reportedly suggested nuking hurricanes. In his second he has caused fresh concern by ordering the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons tests.

Deep in Brazil’s Amazon, scientists have built a “time machine” pumping carbon dioxide into the rainforest canopy to simulate atmospheric conditions predicted for the future to gauge how the biome…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, and Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun shared a “love shot” in Seoul on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump may have hoped for an impromptu talk with his old friend Kim Jong Un during a recent trip to Asia, but analysts say the increasingly emboldened…

A video of a West Bengal police officer making controversial remarks about women’s behaviour has gone viral on social media, triggering widespread criticism.

Katari Anuradha and her husband, Katari Mohan, were murdered inside the Chittoor Municipal Corporation office in November 2015.

The Supreme Court has rejected requests by top bureaucrats seeking to appear virtually in the stray dogs matter for the second day in a row.

A sessions court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has sentenced a Bangladeshi national to eight years in prison after holding him guilty in a rape case.

Russia has in recent months attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in his first term…

The ceasefire in Gaza has eased the trauma of Israel’s air strikes and blockade but a shortage of cash has left Palestinians unable to spend what little money they have…

The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), vying for power in Sudan since April 2023, have been trading accusations of receiving support from foreign powers.

President Droupadi Murmu offered a floral tribute at the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, celebrated in honour of his 150th birth anniversary.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth exchanged an agreement on the framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership, marking a significant milestone in strengthening bilateral…

Former Indian cricket captain and senior Congress leader Mohammad Azharuddin has been sworn in as a minister in the Telangana cabinet. Governor Jishnu Dev Verma administered the oath to the…

Division and suspicion have gripped five villages near Kenya’s coast as global powers from the United States to China eye a forest that is rich in rare earths — minerals…

The deaths from Hurricane Melissa rose to nearly 50 people, officials said, after the ferocious storm devastated Caribbean islands and was bearing down on Bermuda.

A Canadian court has sentenced an Indian-origin man to 25 years of imprisonment in a 2022 homicide case, local media reported.

The NDA has released a joint manifesto for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections focusing on government jobs, financial support to women and farmers, permanent housing, free ration, electricity and healthcare,…

A man with an IV drip infused in his arm and a saline bottle hanging in his hand was found wandering in a market in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, raising…

The law and order situation in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district seems to be spiraling out of control, with one disturbing incident after another exposing the growing audacity of criminals.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Friday released its manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar and promised to make the state…

A man in Gujarat has found share certificates worth crores at his grandfather’s house in the village, which has brought both joy and conflict to the familythat worked hard to…

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is out with its manifesto less than a week before the Phase 1 voting for the Bihar assembly elections 2025, making mega promises to provide…

Near the ancient Pyramids of Giza just outside Cairo, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is gearing up for a lavish opening on Saturday after two decades of delays.

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the “Nuclear Option” of scrapping the key 60-vote threshold required for the Senate to advance legislation, as Republicans face mounting pressure to end…

On October 27, 2008, at around 10:30 am, the news trickled in that a double-decker BEST bus numbered 332 had been hijacked at Kurla.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat on the 150th birth anniversary of India’s first home minister.

A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur who murdered his sister and stuffed her body in a sack told the police that the large bag contained wheat.

A woman and her partner allegedly killed her 23-year-old son with a hammer and tried to pass it off as a road accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat, for opposing…

Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that the US-based tech giant set a September quarter revenue record in emerging markets and an all-time revenue record in India, led by robust…

In a significant step toward its highly-anticipated satellite broadband rollout in India, SpaceX-owned Starlink has started its first round of hiring in the country.

For the longest time Andrew was shielded by Queen Elizabeth II’s steadfast protection. But her death in 2022 left him exposed, as he hurtled towards his downfall.

A complaint has been lodged with the police suspecting the involvement of a daughter and her friends in the murder of her mother.

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted the benefits for Reliance Jio users as he expressed enthusiasm over both companies shaking hands to accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI)…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a stinging attack on Rahul Gandhi, charging the Congress leader with betraying his “maternal roots in Italy” by denigrating Chhath Puja festival.

Since 2014, at least 12 sitting opposition ministers have been arrested; nine of them from non-BJP-ruled states. Eight crossed the 30-day custody mark. Under the bill, they’d have been automatically…

President Donald Trump hosted hundreds of costumed guests – from superheroes to dinosaurs and even a few children dressed as the first couple – as part of Thursday night’s Halloween…

President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that the United States will “start testing our Nuclear Weapons,” has upended more than three decades of restraint in nuclear policy. The declaration has sparked…

Since January, at least 2,790 Indian nationals who did not meet the criteria, and were illegally staying in the US, have returned, the government said on Thursday.

Rohit Arya, the man accused of taking 17 children hostage in Mumbai’s Powai area on Thursday, has died after being injured in an exchange of gunfire with police.

After days of tense diplomacy in Istanbul, Afghanistan and Pakistan have concluded their high-stakes negotiations aimed at defusing the simmering crisis along their volatile border.

The ongoing US government shutdown, now completing one month, has sparked acute concerns in the aviation sector as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other agencies struggle with depleted staff…

China said Thursday it’s on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 as it introduced the next crew of astronauts who will head to its space station as…

Cybercriminals cheated a 78-year-old pensioner of Rs 51 lakh in the digital arrest fraud.

President Donald Trump shocked the world by announcing on social media that he had asked the US military to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons”, saying the United States could not…

Mark Zuckerberg fell to fifth place on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index the lowest in nearly two years as investors spooked by Meta Platforms Incs planned $30 billion debt sale sent…

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is struggling to access his salary after being hit with US sanctions, his lawyer said.

In a rare surgery, doctors used a toe from a man’s amputated leg to rebuild the missing finger.

A Bengaluru-based software engineer fell victim to a delivery scam after receiving a piece of tile instead of a Rs 1.87 Lakh Samsung smartphone he had ordered through online shopping…

India threw its weight behind Afghanistan in the face of its border conflict with Pakistan and said Islamabad’s efforts to “practice” cross-border terrorism with “impunity” is unacceptable to its neighbours.

Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Thursday to extend a ceasefire during talks in Istanbul after the worst border clashes between the neighbours in years, according to Turkey which mediated the…

Iran’s foreign minister called on Thursday US plans to resume nuclear testing “regressive and irresponsible”, after a surprise directive by US President Donald Trump.

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that some Indian companies have received licenses for importing rare earth magnets from China.

The family of Virginia Giuffre, who accused Andrew of sexual assault, hailed the British king’s decision to strip his brother of his royal titles, saying her courage had “brought down…

Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, already under national scrutiny after the deaths of at least 20 children due to contaminated cough syrup-induced acute kidney failure, has been shaken again by another…

The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed tens of millions of dollars during racial justice protests in 2020, according to…

The downfall of Andrew, formerly known as prince and born into a life of royal privilege as the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, was complete on Thursday, when…

India’s model rocketry and CANSAT competition saw enthusiastic participation from over 600 students with astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla exhorting them to dream big and aim higher.

Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that testing of the US nuclear arsenal would ensure it actually “functions properly,” but did not elaborate on what type of tests President Donald…

Britain’s King Charles has moved to strip his younger brother Andrew of his titles and honours, and force him out of his home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, over his…

The Trump administration announced plans on Thursday to drastically cut back the number of refugees to be accepted annually by the United States to a record low and give priority…

More than 24,000 tons of UN aid has reached Gaza since the start of a ceasefire earlier this month, a UN official said on Thursday while calling for NGOs to…

US Vice President JD Vance acknowledged that President Donald Trump has “unbelievable energy” and more than someone that is 40 years younger.

A man who kept 19 people including 17 children hostage in a Mumbai studio on Thursday was shot dead by a policeman just as the gunman was about to aim…

A massive police raid targeting a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro left at least 121 people dead, authorities said Thursday morning.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said Nauradehi Sanctuary will become the third home for cheetahs in the state after Kuno National Park and Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary.

In a sharp escalation of diplomatic faceoff following weeks of deadly border clashes and failed peace negotiations, Afghanistan’s Interior Minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, has issued a scathing rebuke of Pakistan.

Former Indian cricket captain and senior Congress leader Mohammad Azharuddin is set to be sworn in as a minister in the Telangana cabinet on Friday.

The family of Ofir Tzarfati, a young Israeli who was seized from a music festival, taken to Gaza and killed, was caught between grief and fury on Thursday as they…

The last functioning hospital in the Sudanese city of al-Fashir was raided, and hundreds are feared to have been killed there after a paramilitary force overran the city this week,…

The Pentagon’s DOGE unit is leading efforts to overhaul the US military drone program, including streamlining procurement, expanding homegrown production, and acquiring tens of thousands of cheap drones in the…

The decomposed body of a newborn was found at a quarry in Kerala’s Thrissur district, the police said.