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A major fire broke out at the cargo terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday, forcing the suspension of all flights.

A ship caught fire Saturday in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen after being struck by a projectile, the British military said.

Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty said the government is ready to help the Muslim girl student, who was barred from wearing a hijab in a Church-run private school in…

The festive season has officially begun with Dhanteras today. Now, the question that is on everyone’s mind is is it a dry day? Some are also eager to know whether…

Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday thanked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JDU and the BJP for “showing a big heart” in accommodating smaller NDA partners, including his LJP (Ram…

The Election Commission on Saturday said voters in Bihar, where polls will be held in two phases next month, are entitled to paid holidays on polling days, and employers who…

Consultant Nick Booker, who advises international universities, companies, government agencies and investors on building engagement with India, has given congratulatory messages to India in advance.

India’s soft power is not ornamental but operational, as it converts into dynamism, heritage, and humanism, said Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, while speaking on how the…

Britains Prince Andrew was forced to relinquish use of his remaining royal titles after the latest revelations about his relationship with the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein proved one scandal too…

The Delhi High Court has ruled that alimony cannot be awarded to a spouse who is financially self-sufficient and independent, observing that permanent alimony is a measure of social justice…

Many supposedly invincible leaders have been forced to flee their countries or have gone into hiding to avoid incarceration, execution, or political retaliation by successor governments due to revolutions, military…

A plastic debit or credit card that we use today may not exist in the coming years, said Gautam Aggarwal, CEO, South Asia, Mastercard, suggesting that the future of payments…

A viral video from Uttarkashi shows a woman beating a man after he allegedly misbehaved with her daughter, prompting calls for action from a Hindu organisation.

Rajnath Singh was speaking after flagging off the first batch of BrahMos missiles manufactured at the BrahMos Aerospace unit in Lucknow.

If you have ever wondered what the future of humanity is, futurist Parag Khanna has a one-word answer for you. The future is brown, Khanna, Founder and CEO, AlphaGeo said…

A massive fire erupted at flats allotted to Members of Parliament in Delhi. Visuals showed plumes of smoke rising from the Brahmaputra Apartments at BD Marg. Six fire engines have…

Sundar Pichai highlighted Vizag’s new significance with Google’s largest-ever artificial intelligence investment outside the United States.

Pakistani Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has issued fresh threats against India and threatened that Islamabad’s expanding military capabilities could “shatter the misconceived immunity of India’s geographical warspace.”

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the Bengaluru-based start-up Sarvam’s AI model will be launched either in December or January 2026.

Bengaluru Police have arrested a man who allegedly murdered his wife and tried to make it appear as an accidental electrocution.

A former peon posing as a doctor was caught red-handed while allegedly conducting illegal fetal sex determination tests in Morena, one of the districts with a low sex ratio in…

Prasad E D from Thrissur has been selected on Saturday as the new ‘melsanthi’ (chief priest) of the famed Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple.

TVK spokesperson Loyola Mani, in response to DMK’s post, said that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin-led party is “creating obstacles” to prevent Vijay from visiting Karur.

The Delhi High Court has ruled that if a coal block is allotted through deceit or false representation, the allocation itself can be considered “property” under the Prevention of Money…

India will “very soon” bring out regulations to counter deepfakes in the AI age, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced at the NDTV World Summit in Delhi today. The regulations will…

Weeks of nationwide Gen Z protests in Madagascar sparked by power and water shortages escalated and led to a military coup that forced President Andry Rajoelina into exile and Army…

John Bolton has spent decades navigating the halls of power in Washington, earning a reputation as a leading foreign policy hawk.

Chen Ning Yang was born in Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province, in 1922. In the 1940s, he went to the United States to pursue academic studies and subsequently held teaching…

A 42-year-old constable was allegedly stabbed to death by a habitual offender after he was caught in connection with a case in Nizamabad city, police said on Saturday.

Australia was the first to announce restrictions on people under 16 having a social media account.

China’s second-highest ranking general and eight other senior officials have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military on suspicion of serious misconduct linked to corruption, the Defence…

In a sweeping administrative overhaul, the Assam government has ordered a major reshuffle in the police, transferring and posting more than 30 senior Indian Police Service (IPS) and Assam Police…

An unusual Diwali gift has triggered outrage in Maharashtra. Employees working at the renowned Vitthal temple in Pandharpur were given chicken masala packets as their festive gift.

CCTV footage of the incident, which occurred in September, has surfaced showing the chilling sequence of events.

In his suicide note, he said that despite repeatedly requesting settlement of his pending salary and even submitting a resignation due to ill health, officials failed to respond.

This Diwali, Jaipur’s sweet market has transformed into a showcase of royal luxury and culinary creativity. The highlight of the season is “Swarn Prasadam,” a unique sweet priced at Rs…

An FIR has been registered against a Karnataka-cadre IPS officer and six others on charges of dowry harassment, domestic violence and other offences. The complaint was lodged by his wife,…

India is celebrating Dhanteras today, a day considered auspicious for buying gold and silver. But this year, the festive shine comes at a premium. Gold prices have surged to record…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the first batch of BrahMos missiles manufactured at the BrahMos Aerospace unit here on Saturday, officials said.

Former Kolkata Mayor and minister Sovan Chatterjee, once a close aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has made a comeback to the administration after seven years. His return is being…

In a shocking escalation of border hostilities, the Pakistan Army has once again violated the ceasefire along the Durand Line, launching heavy attacks in Afghanistan’s Paktia province that killed eight…

The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought chaos in our daily applications, but that’s changing rapidly, said Neil Thompson, director of the FutureTech Research Project at MIT’s Computer Science…

Afghan and Pakistani delegations are heading to the Qatari capital Doha to defuse the deadliest crisis between them in several years, after more than a week of fighting that killed…

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared India’s 6G plans and what this next-generation technology can do in an interaction with NDTV’s Vishnu Som at the NDTV World Summit in Delhi today.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) empowers people, but the problem is that it can be used in both good and bad faith, said Neil Thompson, director of the FutureTech Research Project at…

Digital credit, fast mobile data and large language models (LLMs) – these are among some of the initiatives that India has taken in its digital-led growth story, Union Minister Ashwini…

Folk singer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Maithili Thakur expressed deep gratitude and emotion after filing her nomination papers from the Alinagar Assembly constituency for the upcoming Bihar elections.

Chirag Paswan reaffirmed support for Nitish Kumar’s leadership, predicting a “historic victory” for the NDA on November 14.

A special National Investigation Agency Court in Visakhapatnam has sentenced two key foreign-linked espionage operatives in the high-profile naval spying case to five and a half years and six years…

A special court in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district on Friday sentenced a 60-year-old tuition teacher to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and a Rs 5,000 fine for raping a 12-year-old…

The Telangana government announced that it would join the Saturday statewide bandh that protests the judicial intervention on backward classes reservation.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 15) allowed bursting green crackers in Delhi between October 20 and 21. With this, the top court tried to strike a balance between the…

Chittapur, the constituency of Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge, remains tense after municipal officials removed saffron flags and banners put up ahead of a proposed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) tomorrow.

US President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to extend an arrangement that allowed automakers to reduce tariffs paid on imported vehicle parts.

A fire broke out in a coach of the Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express near Sirhind railway station here on Saturday morning, officials said.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has escalated tensions by again linking India with Islamabad’s ongoing conflict with Kabul.

Prince Andrew gave up the title of Duke of York following years of criticism about his behaviour and connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

US President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his claim that India has “de-escalated” on buying Russian oil, as he met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.

Trinamool Congress MP and former cricketer Yusuf Pathan posted photos from his visit to the Adina Mosque in West Bengal’s Malda.

At least three Indian nationals have died, and five others remain missing after a launch boat carrying crew members of a tanker capsized during a crew transfer operation off the…

The FBI has accused a Louisiana resident of participating in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, then lying about his past and fraudulently obtaining a visa to…

IndiGo on Friday announced a firm order to buy 30 additional A350-900 planes from Airbus as the country’s largest airline seeks to have more wide-body aircraft for its international expansion.

India expects to spend about Rs 65,400 crore to buy engines for fighter aircraft that are under development until 2035, according to estimates shared on Friday by a defence official…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off the first Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A on Friday at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd’s (HAL) facility in Maharashtra’s Nashik.

Israel received the remains of another hostage from Gaza on Friday, the prime minister’s office said, a handover from Hamas as the group worked to shore up a ceasefire by…

Once widely reputed to be Queen Elizabeth’s favourite son and feted as a dashing young military officer, Britain’s Prince Andrew will now always be seen in the public eye as…

US President Donald Trump unleashed a four-letter broadside at Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Friday, as he said the leftist strongman had offered major concessions to ease tensions with Washington.

US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his claim of “solving” eight wars and indicated that brokering peace between warring Pakistan and Afghanistan would be his next goal.

Angry at not being able to find a seat in the general compartment of a train, two brothers got into a fight with some of their fellow passengers and then…

The growing bonhomie between the once estranged Thackeray cousins was on full public display on Friday as the two leaders and their family members came together for a Diwali event.

US President Trump commuted the sentence of disgraced former Republican lawmaker George Santos, who was convicted of committing wire fraud and identity theft to splurge on lavish vacations and Botox…

President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks at the White House Friday, and afterward Trump took to social media to call for Kyiv and Moscow to “stop…

At least three Afghanistani cricketers have been killed in a Pakistani airstrike in Paktika province.

A court in Belgium on Friday approved the extradition of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi to India. The court in Antwerp ruled that Choksi’s arrest by Belgian police, based on…

It was a David vs Goliath battle, and the only thing going in favour of the weaker opponent was its urge to protect its owner. As it happened, this was…

A 19-year-old college student was killed after a container truck ran him over when he fell off a two-wheeler on a road riddled with potholes in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra’s…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traded his usual military fatigues for a formal black suit as he met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday.

The UK’s Prince Andrew Friday renounced his title of Duke of York and other honours after being increasingly embroiled in scandals around his ties to US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Two people died and dozens were injured in a stampede at the state funeral of Kenya’s revered opposition leader Raila Odinga on Friday as crowds rushed to see his coffin,…

Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the group disarming – positions that…

Spanish police confirmed Friday that their probe into the sudden death last year of Mango clothing empire founder Isak Andic remains open following reports his…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the era of a “silent India” in the face of terrorism is over, asserting that the country now gives a “befitting response”…

Two of the seven suspects in the death case of Assam’s cultural icon and singer Zubeen Garg have been sent to 14-day judicial custody.

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has seized 3.44 kg of brown sugar worth around Rs 3.5 crore and arrested one person in the state’s Bahraich district on Friday.

US President Donald Trump suggested Friday it would be premature to give Ukraine Tomahawk missiles, saying as he hosted Volodymyr Zelensky that he hoped to secure peace with Russia first.

Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘poor’ category for the fourth consecutive day on Friday as the city continued to reel under rising pollution levels in the run-up to Diwali.

A leopard believed to be responsible for the death of an eight-year-old girl was captured early Friday morning near a village under the North Nighasan forest range of the Dudhwa…

According to the Singapore police, the completion of the investigation into the death of Zubeen Garg may take up to another three months.

Former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has accused Thailand of broadcasting “ghost-like” sounds along a disputed border.

A judge on Friday ordered the release on bail of Hannibal Gaddafi, son of deposed Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, after nearly a decade of pre-trial detention in Lebanon.

Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak revealed that “mithai” is the most important thing to him while referring to his visit to Delhi’s Bengali Market at the NDTV World Summit…

Pakistan carried out strikes in a border province in Afghanistan late Friday, breaking a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border, a senior Taliban official said

The central government today ordered a judicial probe into the killing of four protesters in police firing in Ladakh last month.

US President Donald Trump has said he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest soon to discuss a way to end the war in Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump has said he had to impose steep tariffs on China after Beijing tightened export controls on rare earth minerals, a move that he described “he was…

ChatGPT will be able to have kinkier conversations after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the artificial intelligence company will soon allow its chatbot to engage in “erotica for verified adults.”

From a fragile five economy before 2014, India has emerged as one of the top five economies of the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, outlining the country’s growth…

An acrimonious exchange between a Jharkhand High Court judge and a lawyer on Thursday has led to the filing of a criminal contempt case against the lawyer.

A case has been registered against four persons for allegedly selling and purchasing a 17-day-old baby boy for Rs 1 lakh in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Friday.