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The incident took place on Wednesday outside a private college on North Bengaluru’s Hesaraghatta Road.

The United States and Israel on Friday accused Iran of trying to kill the Israeli ambassador to Mexico, with Tehran rejecting the claim as a “big lie” and the Mexican…

The late-night panic over a suspected abduction in Coimbatore, which prompted a massive police search, has turned out to be a false alarm.

Cases were registered against four persons in Bihar for allegedly clicking photos of EVMs during voting and sharing them on social media, officials said on Friday.

In a quiet Jaipur home, the voice of nine-year-old Amaiyra still echoes from a WhatsApp recording her mother made a year ago. In the clip, the Class 4 student can…

US President Donald Trump handed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban an exemption from sanctions to keep buying Russian oil on Friday, as the right-wing allies held a chummy White House…

Gunmen have kidnapped five Indian nationals in Mali, their company and a security source said Friday, as the west African country reels from mounting unrest and jihadist violence.

Nearly 800 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport, India’s busiest, after a major technical glitch hit its Air Traffic Control (ATC) system on Thursday evening, disrupting flight planning and…

The Madras High Court has reserved its orders on a petition filed by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) General Secretary Aadhav Arjuna, seeking to cancel an FIR registered against him for…

President Donald Trump on Friday accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the US and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation.

A two-year-old boy was killed on Friday after a cement lorry mixer crashed into a compound wall in Bengaluru.

In a significant development for India’s indigenous fighter jet programme, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited inked a deal with US-based General Electric for the supply of more than 100 jet engines to…

Turkey announced Friday that it had issued arrest warrants for genocide against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials within his government.

The US government said President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal conviction in New York should be thrown out, because it was based on improper evidence and a legal theory preempted…

President Donald Trump said Friday that no US government officials would be attending the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, citing the country’s treatment of white farmers.

More than 1,200 flights were canceled across the United States on Friday after the Trump administration ordered reductions to ease strain on air traffic controllers working without pay amid a…

A trained elephant brought in for a tiger-tracking operation caused panic when it entered a town in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district after being bitten by insects on Friday.

In a major breakthrough for Chhattisgarh’s anti-Maoist operations, the last active Maoist in Gariaband district, Sunil alias Jagtar Singh, surrendered before police on Friday.

The Calcutta High Court has granted conditional bail to a man serving a life term after noting that he has been in jail for nearly 15 years and is suffering…

An incident of animal cruelty has come to light in Jaipur’s Bhankrota area, where a street dog was allegedly tied up and thrown onto an electrical transformer, leading to its…

Cuba and Jamaica have publicly thanked India for standing with them after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, leaving widespread destruction and a rising death toll.

The majority of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court panel reviewing former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal rejected his request on Friday.

A controversy has erupted in Kodekurse village of Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district after villagers refused to allow the burial of a 50-year-old Christian convert, Manish Nishad.

A massive fire broke out in a cluster of huts near Rithala metro station in Delhi’s Rohini late on Friday night, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said.

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according…

The first phase of voting is done in Bihar and, with just days to go for the second phase and the results, NDTV spoke to Ruchir Sharma about what the…

Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday claimed that his son Parth was not aware that the land purchased by his firm in Pune belonged to the government, and…

One woman died and another sustained serious injuries when their scooter was run over by a group of men racing their bikes at Kanpur’s Ganga barrage.

A woman had her husband killed by her lover after the former found out about her affair in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district.

Wedding at Delhi’s several historical sites will no longer be a dream, as the city government is planning to open them to a host of events.

A 30-year-old man was allegedly run over by a tractor in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Friday after he confronted its driver over illegal sand mining.

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.