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The Special Intensive Revision of voter lists or SIR was rolled out across multiple states today. Among them were Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu – states where assembly elections are…

Delhi was ranked the sixth most polluted city in the country in October, behind neighbouring Ghaziabad and Noida, according to a study.

The SIR of electoral rolls began across West Bengal on Tuesday, with over 80,000 booth-level officers visiting homes to distribute enumeration forms, kicking off a politically sensitive exercise ahead of…

The country’s largest airline, IndiGo, reported a loss of Rs 2,582.10 crore in the September quarter as higher forex losses and expenses impacted the bottom line, and it expects to…

Research led by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has identified hidden blood biomarkers that can flag early warning signs of diabetic kidney disease.

Elections in 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats in Maharashtra will take place on December 2, and votes will be counted on December 3, State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare…

Possessing or publishing pornography showing strangulation or suffocation is to become a crime in the UK, the government announced.

President Donald Trump smeared Zohran Mamdani, who is vying to become New York’s first Muslim mayor, as a “Jew hater”.

A tri-service exercise to integrate warfighting capability, technological adaptation and operational synergy among the three wings of the armed forces will be held in the rugged mountains of Mechuka in…

A Bihar-bound truck was caught with illegal liquor worth almost Rs 17 lakh in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia.

Over 100 ancient gold coins were unearthed from a temple which was under renovation near the Javvadu hills here, police said on Tuesday.

Air pollution was responsible for nearly 15 per cent of all deaths in Delhi in 2023, making it the city’s single largest health risk, according to an analysis of the…

Air travellers in India may soon get more flexibility and faster refunds, as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has proposed new passenger-friendly rules for ticket cancellation and amendments.

The Manjeri District Principal Sessions Court on Tuesday slammed the Kerala Police for arresting a 32-year-old man for possessing just 10 millilitres of liquor.

Gopichand P Hinduja, the head of Britain’s richest family, who was named as an accused in the Bofors scam with his two brothers, died in London at the age of…

A Philippine air force helicopter with five personnel on board crashed Monday in the country’s south while flying to help respond to the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi.

A Chinese firm this week began trial production of flying cars stated to be the next generation in the world of transportation, ahead of US firm Tesla and others plans…

The ED conducted searches at multiple locations in Mumbai as part of investigations against a company that duped investors after providing false assurances to set up data and digital learning…

With elections to local bodies looming, the Maharashtra cabinet took 21 decisions, an unusual number for a single meeting, including the closure of the state’s asset reconstruction company, MAHA ARC…

Former Union Minister Jayant Sinha on Monday warned that Delhi could experience extreme temperatures of around 50 degrees Celsius in the future if India fails to take urgent and decisive…

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has stirred fresh controversy after describing former JNU scholar Umar Khalid, who has been in jail since 2020, as…

Adani Enterprises reported an 84 per cent jump in profit in the September quarter, mainly because of a one-time exceptional income, without which the core earnings dipped on weakness in…

Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday aimed at the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, mocking him for making ‘tall’ poll promises.

A lack of digital housekeeping led to footage of women undergoing gynaecological checkups at a maternity hospital in Gujarat’s Rajkot being uploaded to porn websites, an investigation has revealed.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a massive footmarch in Kolkata against the Special Intensive Revision of voter list that was rolled out by the Election Commission today across a…

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarising vice presidents in US history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died…

Singapore plans to punish online scammers with at least six strokes with a cane, as the city-state doubles down on syndicates following record-high scam losses.

New York City’s voters are set to choose the next mayor to run the country’s largest city. The polling stations opened at 6 am local time and will remain open…

Police have arrested ten people for allegedly cheating the public by collecting withdrawn Rs 2,000 denomination notes from unsuspecting citizens and promising to make it rain money through rituals.

Social media handles are drawing parallels between the Godfather character and Tej Pratap Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch Lalu Yadav’s eldest son

Telangana Police have arrested 10 people, including a woman, for allegedly kidnapping her husband and demanding a Rs 1 crore ransom in Hyderabad. Three cars, two two-wheelers, and several cell…

Former Tamil Nadu Forest Minister and senior DMK leader K Ponmudy, who was sacked from his party position over misogynistic remarks in April this year, was reinstated as one of…

A 36-year-old dancer, who appeared in several television reality shows, was killed after a truck rammed into him when he stopped his brand new car on the side of a…

During the three-hour hostage crisis in Mumbai in which 17 children and two adults were held captive by filmmaker Rohit Arya at a studio, he kept asking to speak to…

Australian households will be able to access three hours a day of free solar power under an energy-saving programme that will begin next year.

Bangladesh has taken a step closer to elections with one of the main parties in the fray, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), announcing candidates for the elections that are scheduled…

At least 26 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as rains driven by Typhoon Kalmaegi flooded swathes of the central Philippines.

Scientists are observing the most energetic flare ever seen emanating from a supermassive black hole, apparently caused when this celestial beast shredded and swallowed a huge star that strayed too…

Author and podcaster Kushal Mehra has revealed that he helped 13 Indian girls return home after they fell victim to human trafficking in Canada.

A senior police official told NDTV that eyewitnesses at the spot said that the dumper driver and a car had an argument near a petrol pump in Jaipur.

Telangana’s Excise Special Task Force raided therented residence ofapost-graduatedoctor, revealing acentraldenforadrugtrafficking network operatingacross Hyderabad.

In Indian politics, few things are as riveting as the entry of a seasoned strategist into the electoral battlefield. Prashant Kishor, the man behind several successful campaigns, now finds himself…

Mohammed Azharuddin, who took oath as a minister in the Telangana Cabinet, was on Tuesday allotted the portfolios of Minorities Welfare and Public Enterprises.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar described India as a “global superpower” and said that relations between the two democracies are “stronger than ever”, spanning from defence and innovation to counterterrorism…

Actor Celina Jaitly has expressed deep gratitude following the Delhi High Court’s recent notice to the Ministry of External Affairs regarding her brother, Maj. (Rtd.) Vikrant Kumar Jaitly, who has…

Jesus may have heard words of wisdom from his mother Mary, but she did not help him save the world from damnation, the Vatican said on Tuesday.