Afternoon Times

Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday directed a Christian-run private school in Kochi to allow a Muslim girl studying there to continue her education while wearing her religious…

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed on Monday that Washington expects support from its allies and friends, including India, over its attempt to counter China’s latest export controls on rare…

Barack Obama is entering the fight for U.S. House control by appearing in a 30-second ad urging California voters to approve a November ballot proposal that could add as many…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday updated the House of Commons on his two-day visit to Mumbai last week with the country’s biggest trade delegation to India, scoring deals…

Ashley J Tellis, a well-known US scholar on India who advised successive US administrations, has been arrested and charged with unlawfully retaining classified information and allegedly meeting Chinese officials.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president, KT Rama Rao, accused the ruling Congress of planning “massive electoral fraud” and “vote chori” in the upcoming Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election in Telangana.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released its second list of 48 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

Ashley J Tellis, a renowned foreign policy scholar and defence strategist of Indian origin, has been arrested and charged with unlawfully retaining classified national defence information, according to the US…

US President Donald Trump slammed China’s halt of American soybean purchases as an “economically hostile act,” warning Tuesday that his country could in turn stop buying cooking oil from the…

Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, former international spokesperson of the Israel Defense Forces, “does not expect Hamas to actually fulfill the agreement.”

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur has taken a suo motu cognizance of the shocking caste humiliation incident in Sataria village of Damoh district, where an OBC man was…

The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Pakistan on its loan program, which would allow the country to access $1.2 billion after approval…

Intense fighting broke out once again on Tuesday night between Pakistani security forces and the Afghan Taliban along the border between the two countries in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,…

“Jai Shri Ram, Jai Shri Ram” — the chant rang out loud in the heart of Gwalior this evening, as a heated confrontation unfolded between a police officer and a…

An Iranian court sentenced two French citizens to a combined 63 years in prison on espionage and national security charges, the country’s judiciary said Tuesday, likely further straining relations between…

US President Donald Trump hailed assassinated ally Charlie Kirk as a “martyr for truth and freedom” Tuesday as he posthumously awarded the right-wing activist America’s highest civilian honor.

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

AIADMK MP C Ve Shanmugam has triggered a political storm with his controversial comment targeting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.

A class 12 student, who was allegedly slapped by the principal in-charge of her school for coming to the institute wearing a slipper a month ago in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district,…

The Israeli military said the remains of four more hostages handed over by Hamas on Tuesday were brought into Israel from Gaza, as the identities of those transferred a day…

The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin over his ongoing war in Ukraine, saying it was “making him look very bad.”

Two more Assamese expats, who were present at the yacht party in Singapore during the final moments of legendary singer Zubeen Garg on September 19, appeared before the Assam Police’s…

OpenAI is partnering with Walmart to let shoppers make purchases directly within ChatGPT, furthering the artificial intelligence company’s push to turn its chatbot into a virtual merchant as it seeks…

US President Donald Trump slammed China’s halt of American soybean purchases as an “economically hostile act,” warning Tuesday that his country could in turn stop buying cooking oil from the…

India will resume all postal services to the United States from Wednesday after putting in place systems to collect duties upfront, the Department of Posts said.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “we will disarm” Hamas if the Palestinian militants refuse to do it themselves, as he called for the group to release the bodies…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened trade penalties, including tariffs, against Spain, saying he is unhappy with its refusal to raise defense spending to 5% and calling the move disrespectful…

A race is on between husbands and wives in Bihar for tickets in the coming assembly election. No holds are barred in this race.

At least 16 people were killed Tuesday when a fire tore through a chemical and garments factory in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, officials said.

A United Nations humanitarian convoy was hit by Russian drones while delivering aid to a front-line area in southern Ukraine, the UN’s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Ukraine…

The mother of a 12-year-old girl whose remains was found last week in a storage bin outside of an abandoned home in Connecticut has been charged in her death, along…

A US State Department employee has been accused of unlawfully removing classified documents from secure government locations and holding multiple meetings with Chinese officials dating back to 2023, Fox News…

Stocks slipped in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday as trade tensions escalated again with China.

As the Gaza war dragged on, a diminished Hamas faced growing internal challenges to its control of Gaza from long-standing rivals, many of them affiliated with powerful local clans.

The Indian Navy had sailed into the Arabian Sea and was ready for action when Pakistan reached out and called for a cessation of hostilities after four days of military…

The fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was tested as the slower-than-hoped return of dead hostages from Gaza prompted an Israeli military agency to declare a “violation” of the truce…

Sharjeel Imam, an accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, withdrew his plea before a court seeking a 14-day interim bail to file his nomination and campaign for the upcoming…

Buzz about the possible inclusion of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has been circulating in Maharashtra’s political circles, but the Congress party…

Pakistan is understood to have lost over 100 military personnel along the Line of Control during Operation Sindoor, Indian Army’s Director General Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai said on…

Former Israeli hostage Noa Argamani spoke out after her partner was released under the Gaza ceasefire deal, to describe the differences in their treatment in captivity in the Palestinian territory.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed six Palestinians in separate incidents Tuesday, while the military reported its troops had opened fire on suspects who approached their positions.

The Airbus A320 has overtaken the Boeing 737, the US aviation giant’s single-aisle legacy aircraft, in terms of all-time deliveries for the first time, according to figures released Tuesday.

UK Communities Secretary Steve Reed said Tuesday it was “absolutely unacceptable” for women to have been excluded from a charity running event in a London park organised by a mosque.

Police have registered a case against the woman principal of a private school in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district for allegedly beating a six-year-old boy studying in Class 1 with a…

India’s wild elephant population has been estimated at 22,446, lower than the 2017 figure of 27,312, according to the country’s first-ever DNA-based count.

A man shot dead his 45-year-old wife in front of their minor daughter on Tuesday after a heated argument in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, police said.

In Haryana IPS Officer’s Suicide Case, Another Suicide Reveals New Twist

Signalling the annual return of the dreaded pollution in the capital, the Commission of Air Quality Management, which is the Centre’s anti-pollution panel, has enforced curbs under GRAP-1 in Delhi…

Led by a Union Minister, Ambedkarite and Buddhist organisations staged a major protest in Mumbai on Tuesday, demanding exclusive Buddhist management of the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, one of…

In a rare show of unity, leaders from nearly all major Opposition parties in Maharashtra jointly petitioned state Chief Electoral Officer S Chokalingam on Tuesday, demanding greater transparency and accountability…

At least 15 people, including three children and four women, were injured when a bus en route to Jodhpur from Jaisalmer caught fire on Tuesday.

A speeding bus in Delhi rammed a bike, an e-rickshaw and then a school van in east Delhi on Tuesday, leaving three people injured and an eight-year-old with a broken…

Political strategist-turned Prashant Kishor put to rest speculation about his contest the Bihar assembly election from Raghopur, fielding a candidate from sitting MLA Tejashwi Yadav’s family turf.

Celebrated Maithili folk singer Maithili Thakur joined the BJP today. Sources said she is expected to contest the coming assembly election from Alinagar.

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war was holding even as complex issues remained ahead, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20…

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged sexual assault of a woman student inside the South Asian University (SAU) campus in Delhi.

The chief of Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department, Dr Ravi Shankar Ayyanar, arrived in Tirumala today to probe the sensational Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams theft case, following orders from the High…

A fake crime branch, pulling off robberies that seemed straight out of a Bollywood thriller, was busted by the real crime branch in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore this week.