Afternoon Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Saturday that the war in Gaza would not be over until Hamas was disarmed.

At least eight persons were killed and 15 others injured when a speeding mini truck fell into a gorge in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district on Saturday, police said.

Soaring gold prices led Indian buyers to choose coins and bars over jewellery during the Dhanteras festival on Saturday, fuelled by hopes that the precious metal’s glittering rally would continue.

Delhi’s air quality continued to deteriorate on Saturday, remaining in the “poor” category for the fifth consecutive day, with nine monitoring stations falling in the red zone of the “very…

A 33-year-old man from Maharashtra’s Beed district allegedly died by suicide, apparently frustrated over the “delay” in granting ST (Scheduled Tribe) status to the Dhangar community, an official said.

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, in prison for over six years, has told a UK court there are “sensational developments” to come when his Indian extradition case on fraud and money…

In a suspected case of honour killing, a pregnant woman was killed allegedly by her father-in-law in Kumuram Bheem Asifabad District of Telangana on Saturday as he opposed her marriage…

The US State Department on Saturday said it had “credible reports” that Palestinian armed group Hamas was planning an imminent attack against civilians in Gaza, a move Washington said would…

Protesters spanning all age groups took to the streets en masse for “No Kings” rallies across the United States on Saturday, denouncing what they view as authoritarian tendencies and unbridled…

A five-year-old boy was allegedly not allowed to board his school bus a couple of days ago over non-payment of bus fees in this district, police said on Saturday.

Afghan and Pakistani delegations were in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Saturday, for talks on defusing the deadliest crisis between them in several years, after more than a week of…

Shashi Tharoor commended PM Narendra Modi’s pivotal role in facilitating the establishment of the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi, noting that PM Modi’s engagement with UAE helped transform the…

President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was sending two suspected drug traffickers back to their native Ecuador and Colombia, after a military strike on their “drug-smuggling submarine” in…

Nepal’s Gen Z group on Saturday announced that it will establish a political party, but said its participation in next year’s general election depends on the fulfilment of certain “bottom-line”…

The 2025 edition of the two-day NDTV World Summit concluded on Saturday, with global leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, delivering powerful speeches and taking part in impactful discussions on…

Heaps of burnt voter records were found near former BJP MLA Subhash Guttedar’s residence in the district on Saturday as the SIT intensified its probe into alleged ‘vote theft’ in…

Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has praised India’s “energy and ambition” and described the India-UK partnership as “hugely promising for the future,” after attending the NDTV World Summit 2025…

The convoy of the BJP’s Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has allegedly come under attack near Jorebunglow in Darjeeling. Stones were thrown at a vehicle in the convoy by unknown people.…

A United Airlines plane heading for its gate clipped the tail of another United aircraft at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, authorities said.

As tensions rise between Mahayuti partners Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of local body polls, senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and minister Chhagan Bhujbal launched…

The Uttarakhand government has filed a 78-page affidavit in the high court saying that a few provisions of rules under the Uniform Civil Code are being amended.

Nine people have been arrested so far in connection with violence during the shifting of five accused in Zubeen Garg’s death case to a jail in Assam’s Baksa district, police…

Tis’ the season of giving, and wrapped in glittering paper and tied with a bow, Diwali gifts are here to make the festive moments a little bit brighter and happier.

Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha declared today that it would contest the elections in Bihar on its own, creating another rift within the Opposition Grand Alliance. The party made no…

Senior surgeon AK Bisoi hasn’t been suspended as the head of the Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS), AIIMS Delhi said today. The clarification came after reports claimed Bisoi was…

Israel said the remains of another hostage that Hamas handed over the day before were identified as Eliyahu Margalit, as the Palestinian death count surpassed 68,000 people amid searching beneath…

Hundreds of passengers returning to India from Italy for Diwali were in for a rude shock on Friday when they were told their Air India flight had been cancelled and…

Huge crowds are expected to hit the streets Saturday from New York to San Francisco to vent their anger over President Donald Trump’s hardline policies at nationwide “No Kings” protests…

Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: A thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele.

Two people, a man and a woman, have been arrested on suspicion of the racially aggravated rape of a British Sikh woman in Oldbury, in the West Midlands region of…

US envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s chief negotiator on the Middle East, has said that he felt “betrayed” when Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas negotiators in Qatar last…

A planned silent march, jointly called by Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance as part of their agitation for statehood and safeguards under sixth schedule of the constitution, was…

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said talks between India and the US on the proposed bilateral trade agreement are progressing in a cordial atmosphere and New Delhi will protect…

An ambulance assistant of the Indian Army returning to duty from leave administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to an eight-month-old infant on a train and saved his life, a Defence official said…

In the unfolding drama of the Bihar assembly polls, the INDIA bloc – an alliance that once promised a united front against the ruling NDA – has transformed into a…

Vehicles that run on electricity are the future but the technology is still in nascent stage. The need of the hour is to adopt it for public transport and alongside…

Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party chose a former lawmaker as its new chairperson on Saturday in a competitive election clouded by allegations of China’s meddling.

Urging India to invest more in science, Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann professor at the Harvard Business School, has said no country has escaped middle-income status without doing so.

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