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As the second phase of the SIR gathers pace in West Bengal, block offices are turning into sites of anxiety, with elderly, disabled and vulnerable voters enduring physical distress.

The victim was looking for a dream vacation and came across a website claiming to provide cruise trips to Kochi, Lakshadweep, and Mumbai.

A minor was taken into custody after women alleged that he was recording videos inside the ladies toilet of a movie theatre in Bengaluru.

The present detente followed Musk’s praise of Trump, hours before the private dinner, after the US carried out a military operation in Venezuela.

The Supreme Court today denied bail to student activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, who had challenged the Delhi High Court order denying them bail in a case under the…

The video of the incident, recorded from a car travelling behind the taxi, shows the cab taking a sharp left turn and driving with the rear door wide open. The…

Trump told reporters that US officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack last week, disputing Kremlin claims…

The ban — targeting ads for products high in fat, salt or sugar — is expected to remove up to 7.2 billion caloriesfrom children’s diets each year, according to the…

Eva Schloss, the Auschwitz survivor who dedicated decades to educating people on the Holocaust and was the step-sister of diarist Anne Frank, has died aged 96, her foundation announced Sunday.

An Indian woman living in Muscat has died in a trekking accident in Oman’s Jebel Shams region.

Habibullah set off from his home in western Afghanistan determined to find work in Iran, only for the 15-year-old to freeze to death while walking across the mountainous frontier.

2020 Delhi Riots Case LIVE Updates: Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, grants bail to five others.

Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam had moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Delhi High Court’s order that denied them bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case.

Navneet Rana, last month, had sparked a controversy after she urged Hindus to give birth to at least three to four children to “counter the design of some people who…

A 50-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by his business partner and associates following a financial dispute here, police said on Monday.

The successful test flight at Bhogapuram Greenfield International Airport near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, has brought the long-pending international airport closer to becoming operational. However, the milestone has also sparked a…

A man has been arrested here for allegedly subjecting a dog to cruelty and forcing it to consume alcohol after a video of the incident surfaced online, officials said on…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on major powers to take a lead in “respecting the development path of other nations” in a veiled dig at the United States’s sudden…

A new account on the Polymarket placed over $30,000, approximately Rs 27 lakh, on the Venezuelan President’s ouster and made a mammoth profit of nearly $400,000, roughly Rs 3.93 crore.

A pall of gloom has descended over the town of Palakollu in Andhra Pradesh following the death of a Telugu couple in a horrific road accident in the United States,…

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has pointed out what he claimed as India’s hypocrisy in handling issues linked to Bangladeshi pacer Muztafizur Rahman and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi questioined today that is love jihad is happening, why no data about it is being presented in parliament.

The Supreme Court will today pronounce its verdict on the bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and several others, who have challenged the Delhi High Court order denying them…

A 30-year-old Dalit woman was stabbed to death on a road in Uttara Kannada, allegedly by a man known to her, police said.

The Indian Embassy in Washington said it is in touch with the family of Nikitha Godishala and is extending all possible consular assistance, while closely following the matter with local…

Howard County police spokesman Seth Hoffman added that information from friends and family “raised some red flags” and propelled the investigation towards the “instance of foul play being involved.”

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s ousted President, has an India connection.

Venezuela has warned that recent US military action against Caracas could set a dangerous global precedent, with the countrys defence minister cautioning that such moves threaten the international order and…

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, agreeing with Delhi Polices argument that the two accused stand on a “qualitatively different footing”…

A man was thrashed, his wife was allegedly molested, and their son was stripped naked on a street and beaten up by a group of men in Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar.

A sarpanch from Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party was shot dead at a wedding hall, the Marigold Resort, in Amritsar.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s condolence message on former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s demise while recalling her contribution to India-Bangladesh ties.

Five major Left parties have issued a joint statement, strongly condemning what they described as “US aggression” against Venezuela and called for nationwide protests in solidarity with the Latin American…

Addressing party workers and supporters, Amit Shah struck a combative note, exuding confidence that the National Democratic Alliance would capture power in the state.

Godishala was a Data and Strategy Analyst at Vheda Health in Columbia, Maryland. She joined the firm in February 2025, and in less than a year, she received the “All-In…

The Cuban government said on Sunday that 32 of its citizens were killed during the US raid on Venezuela to extract President Nicolas Maduro for prosecution in the United States.

North Korea test-fired hypersonic missiles on Sunday, state media KCNA reported on Monday, to assess its military operational capability regarding war deterrence.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing has “never believed that any country can act as the world’s police”, nor does it accept any nation claiming to be the world’s…

Oil prices fell on Monday after a US military operation seized Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, whose country has the world’s biggest proven crude reserves.

A South Korean man was allegedly killed by his live-in partner, a woman from Manipur, following an argument in Greater Noida today. The woman has been taken into custody.

Twenty new patients were detected in Indore on Sunday after health teams screened over 9,000 persons amid a diarrhoea outbreak caused by contaminated drinking water in the country’s cleanest city,…

Coffee, the aromatic beloved beverage that fuels millions every morning, is facing an unprecedented challenge. Climate change and global warming are shaking the very roots of coffee plantations worldwide.

Articulated in Monroe’s 1823 address to Congress, Monroe Doctrine was intended to ward off European colonisation or other interference in independent nations of the Western Hemisphere.

Detainees and their lawyers have long complained about rampant violence at the Brooklyn jail. Two prisoners were killed by other inmates in 2024, and jail workers have been charged with…

Operation Absolute Resolve was some months in the planning, as the Pentagon acknowledged in its briefing on January 3.

US President Donald Trump has warned Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez may have to pay a bigger price than ousted leader Nicolas Maduro “if she doesn’t do what’s right.”

A farmer and a leopard died after the big cat attacked him and then both fell into a well in Nashik’s Sinnar taluka on Sunday, a police official said.

Sixteen people have already died in Bhagirathpura after consuming contaminated drinking water in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, officially India’s “cleanest city.”

Venezuela’s military on Sunday recognized Delcy Rodriguez, deputy to ousted president Nicolas Maduro, as the country’s acting leader, after US forces extracted the former head of state to face trial.

A large part of erstwhile President Nicolas Maduro’s security team was killed in the US raid that led to the leader’s Saturday capture, Venezuelan Defence Minister General Vladimir Padrino said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country.

Nigeria’s drug enforcement agency Sunday said it had arrested 22 Indian crew members of a merchant ship after 31.5 kilogrammes of cocaine was found on the vessel at Lagos’s main…