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Deepinder Goyal said Zomato delivery partners’ average earnings per hour, excluding tips, stood at Rs 102 in 2025.

Kim Ju Ae’s growing visibility alongside her father has led to intense speculation about her future role in North Korea’s tightly controlled leadership structure.

The national capital on Saturday recorded a minimum temperature of 8.1 degrees Celsius, 1.2 notches above the season’s average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Amid opposition from the BJP members, the Telangana Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a resolution opposing the Centre’s move to replace the MGNREGA with VB G RAM G Act and…

New Year’s evening left a trail of blood in its wake in Delhi with three stabbings and a partially burnt body staining the start of 2026.

Haryana has seen a marked improvement in its sex ratio, which reached 923 in 2025, clocking a 13-point jump from 2024, with officials attributing the gain to several steps taken…

A man was arrested in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Friday for allegedly creating and circulating AI-generated fake videos and audio clips of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu,…

Police on Friday attached immovable properties of seven people from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district who are allegedly involved in anti-national activities while operating from Pakistan, officials said.

Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar has refuted the allegations levelled by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the violent clash in Ballari was a “pre-planned conspiracy”, urging people to…

Mohan Bhagwat is on a two-day visit to Bhopal as part of the RSS’s centenary-related activities across the country.

Girdhari Lal Sahu, husband of Uttarakhand minister Rekha Arya, has stoked a controversy for purportedly saying girls from Bihar are available for marriage at Rs 20,000-Rs 25,000.

Jessica Moretti was there at the time of the disaster and had suffered minor injuries but had been able to return home.

A fire at Le Constellation bar killed 40 New Year’s revellers and most of the 119 survivors were in a critical condition.

The first community radio station along the Line of Control has been set up in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, strengthening information outreach in border areas, officials said.

Yemen’s UAE-backed separatists announced a two-year transition to independence Friday despite reporting 20 deaths in airstrikes from a Saudi-led coalition trying to roll back their weeks-long offensive across the country’s…

Iran has been rocked this week by protests that started in Tehran and have spread to other cities, with at least six people killed in clashes with security forces.

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico’s capital and a tourist hotspot on the Pacific coast on Friday, killing at least two people and causing moderate damage in a small town near…

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said cricket should not be linked to attacks on minorities in Bangladesh, reacting to criticism over the selection of a Bangladeshi player by an…

A 16-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly kidnapped, stripped, and brutally assaulted by five men in the Cantt police station area here, police said on Friday.

Less than 24 hours after throngs of ecstatic supporters poured into Manhattan for his history-making inauguration, Zohran Mamdani began his first full day of work with a routine familiar to…

Elon Musk’s Grok on Friday said it was scrambling to fix flaws in the artificial intelligence tool after users claimed it turned pictures of children or women into erotic images.

A kidney racket whose network had spread across India has been busted after a farmer made a video on the matter. The video had gone viral.

Three female students and a professor have been charged with ragging and sexual assault after a second-year student died in a college in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala, the police said.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a stern notice to X Corp (formerly Twitter), citing failure to comply with statutory due diligence obligations under the Information…

Iran’s former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi thanked US President Donald Trump for his support of the Iranian people, saying his message had given hope to those protesting against the country’s…

A head-on collision between a bus and a truck left at least 11 people dead on Friday in southern Brazil, the country’s Federal Highway Police said in a statement.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have formally launched a probe into a Kashmiri cricketer for sporting the Palestinian flag during a private tournament.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said he intended to replace his defence minister and had offered the position to his current minister of digital transformation, who is aged just…

As Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee steps into the vibrant landscape of Bengal with his latest yatra, “Abar Jitbe Bangla” (Bengal will win again), the air is…

Residents across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) can breathe a little easier today. After a difficult stretch where the Air Quality Index (AQI) hit 380 yesterday.

Swiss investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling flares atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a ski resort when they came too close to a crowded bar’s ceiling.

Israeli former hostage Romi Gonen has said in a television interview that four Hamas militants sexually assaulted her during her 15 months in captivity in the Gaza Strip.

A turboprop passenger aircraft of Buddha Air veered off the runway while landing in Nepal’s Bhadrapur today, the airline said.

An 18-year-old was arrested in North Carolina for plotting an ISIS-inspired attack at a local grocery store on New Year’s Eve.

A heart-wrenching video of the 19-year-old student from Himachal Pradesh who died after being ragged and harassed has emerged, in which she speaks about repeated instances of sexual assault by…

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and Adjoining Areas on Friday revoked curbs imposed under GRAP 3 following improvement in air quality, officials said.

In what analysts describe as a renewed effort to rewrite the narrative of a past military episode, Pakistan has once again turned to social media to circulate misleading and unverified…

It is undeniable that Hindutva has been central to the BJPs politics. Mamata, like other Opposition leaders, is trying to counter this with her own brand of Hinduism. But Bengali…

Several kilograms of gold and silver and cash worth over Rs 4 crore were seized by the Enforcement Directorate on Friday from Gujarat’s Mehsana district as part of a money…

Adani Enterprises Limited on Friday announced the launch of its third public issuance of secured, rated, listed, redeemable, non-convertible debentures (NCDs) of Rs 1,000 crore, offering up to 8.90 per…

The YSR Congress Party has accused the TDP-led Andhra Pradesh government of being involved in a major scam linked to land owned by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.

The Madhya Pradesh government has initiated action against senior officials of the Indore Municipal Corporation following a deadly outbreak of waterborne illness linked to contaminated drinking water supply in parts…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday named military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as the new head of his office, after his previous top aide resigned in November over a corruption…

A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded.

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for…

As many as 66 flights were cancelled at the Delhi airport on Friday due to fog and low visibility conditions.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that an alarming trend of white-collar terrorism is emerging in the country, wherein highly educated people are engaging in anti-social and anti-national activities.

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Wednesday arrested a key accused following search operations in connection with its money laundering probe into a high-value ‘digital arrest’ cyber fraud case involving…

As deaths linked to contaminated drinking water continue to mount in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area, the political sparring over the tragedy has intensified, cutting across party lines and exposing rare public…

The Ukrainian army said Friday it only hit “military targets”, a day after Russia accused Kyiv of firing drones at a hotel and cafe in Ukraine’s occupied south, killing 27.

Saudi warplanes have reportedly struck on Friday forces in southern Yemen backed by the United Arab Emirates, a separatist leader says. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

From being targeted over ‘dress codes’ to resistance to women’s work, Bangladesh’s political reset has opened the door to forces openly hostile to women.

At least seven people have been reportedly killed in Iran as protesters and security forces clashed in several cities during demonstrations in the Islamic Republic’s rural provinces over the ailing…

The Department of Land Resources has achieved near-total saturation in the core components of land record digitisation, effectively shifting land administration from “in-line” to “online”.

At least 47 people were killed, and 112 others were injured in a massive fire that broke out at a luxury bar during New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Swiss…

Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha spent New Year’s Eve with delivery riders from Zomato, Swiggy and other food delivery platforms in Old Rajinder Nagar and heard firsthand their grievances and…

2026 is the year when AI will no longer remain a novelty. It will propel the integration of technology and human lifestyle, like we saw last when our communication devices…

In what is being seen as yet another significant blow to the Maoist movement, Barse Deva, a high-ranking commander of the Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion No. 1, considered…

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is “locked and loaded” to respond if Iran kills protesters, after cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly.

Japan’s emperor is generally treated with hushed reverence, but one man stripped away all decorum — quite literally — during a New Year’s event on Friday, local media reported.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced eight journalists and social media commentators on Friday to life imprisonment in absentia after convicting them of terrorism-related offences.

US President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged duelling threats Friday as widening economic protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries.

Police in Uttar Pradesh have launched a probe after a 20-year-old woman accused her husband and in-laws of physical and mental abuse following the discovery, days after her wedding, that…

Siddaramaiah is expected to visit the national capital to meet the party’s top leadership after January 15.

Viral videos showed a policeman using a mobile phone to scan people by touching their backs, claiming it gives the address of a person’s place of origin.

To be eligible for social security benefits such as health, life and personal accident insurance, gig workers will have to be engaged with a single aggregator for at least 90…

A video of a man sitting on the bonnet of a car and guiding the driver through an off-road patch has surfaced on social media. The video, posted to Instagram,…

Rahul Gandhi hit out at the BJP’s Madhya Pradesh government Friday over the contamination of drinking water in Indore a serial winner of the centre’s ‘cleanest cities in India’ ranking.

To be eligible for social security benefits such as health, life and personal accident insurance, gig workers will have to be engaged with a single aggregator for at least 90…

A large-scale bulldozer drive is underway in Rajasthan’s Chomu following notices issued to 20 illegal slaughterhouses in Pathans’ Mohalla, with the administration also preparing action against unauthorised constructions

Zohran Mamdani, the Indian-origin mayor of New York City, courted controversy on social media after clips from his inaugural event went viral, showing the 34-year-old briefly extending his right arm…

The contaminated drinking water in Indore’s Bhagirathpura has now cost 11 lives and more than 1,400 residents have been affected.

Mir Yar Baloch, a leading Baloch leader and a human rights activist, has raised alarm over a deepening Beijing-Islamabad alliance, claiming China could deploy its military troops in Pakistan’s Balochistan…

China has begun imposing a 13 percentsales tax on contraceptives such as condoms, birth control pills, and devices from January 1, 2026, while exempting childcare services from value-added tax (VAT).

Canadian aviation authorities have asked Air India to take corrective steps and submit its response by January 26 after one of the airlines pilots was detained at Vancouver airport for…

An Indian-origin cab driver who picked up a couple, including a pregnant woman, as passengers, delivered three people safely to a hospital on a cold winter night, with the female…

“God gave us happiness after ten years… and then God took it away,” murmuring this repeatedly, an elderly woman weeps quietly in a narrow lane of Indore’s Bhagirathpura.

He wrote, “A fake video is in circulation showing my fake computer generated picture with a topi on my head claiming that ultimately I have turned to God. It is…

Five days after a retired Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel was gunned down, police on Thursday claimed that the murder was orchestrated by the man’s sons, who hired contract killers,…

A Baleno car carrying five friends overturned in Faridabad after a tyre suddenly burst, causing the driver to lose control. The crash left one person dead and four others injured.

The North Korean leader’s daughter Kim Ju Ae has made her first public visit to a mausoleum housing her grandfather and great-grandfather, state media images showed Friday, further solidifying her…

Newly sworn-in New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledges to prioritise affordability and inclusivity, vowing to make the city accessible to all residents.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared an inspirational message on social media, encouraging people to move forward in life with determination, clarity of purpose, and confidence as the new…

Zomato co-founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal clarified that delivery partners are not shown the promised delivery time on their apps and do not operate under countdown timers.

Videos from the event show Zohran Mamdani grooving to the music alongside his wife, Rama Duwaji, while hundreds of attendees joined, dancing and cheering along.

About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured in a massive fire at a bar in Switzerland’s Crans Montana. The blaze ripped through a bar called Le Constellation in…

The woman was reportedly pressuring the man to leave his wife and marry her. This led to frequent arguments between them.

Police have booked an intern doctor of a government medical institute here for allegedly raping a nursing student on the false promise of marriage and threatening to make her private…

A scientific paper, published in the journal Science Advances, describes a spectacular event that happened about 9,500 years ago in Malawi in south-central Africa, challenging long-held notions about how hunter-gatherers…

Chinese war games around Taiwan “unnecessarily” spiked tensions in the region, the US State Department said Thursday, calling on Beijing to “cease its military pressure.”

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said it would not be wrong even if his predecessor K Chandrasekhar Rao and his nephew T Harish Rao were “hanged” for the injustice caused…

The BJP withdrew the candidature of Pooja More-Jadhav in the Pune civic polls after a backlash from party workers.

Four policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector of Gurugram police, were suspended on Thursday after their car rammed into a pilot vehicle on VIP duty on New Year’s eve, police said.

During the winter session of the Assembly in November, the state government brought a legislation, ‘Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land Holding (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to distribute land in tea…

Hruthik Reddy’s family had been eagerly awaiting his homecoming for Sankranti. Now it is the body of the student from Telangana that will arrive in the new year. The 25-year-old…

New Year celebrations in Hyderabad ended up in the hospital after a 53-year-old man died and over a dozen people fell ill. The police are investigating a spurious liquor angle…

Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, has written a letter to former Jawaharlal Nehru University student and activist Umar Khalid.

The filing did not disclose what the charities were, but the recipients of the donation indicated they “had no current intention” to sell the shares.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from hospital on Thursday after undergoing medical procedures to treat a hernia and hiccups, according to a Reuters witness and local media reports.