Afternoon Times

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.