Afternoon Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into China on his special armoured train early on Tuesday to attend a celebration of the formal surrender of Japan in…

At a review meeting on Monday, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa went over the city’s revised State Action Plan on Climate Change, setting targets for 2050 across nine key sectors

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Monday that he never took even a day’s leave in his political career and has been working like a machine every…

A “massive” landslide in Sudan’s western Darfur region has flattened an entire mountain village and killed more than 1,000 people, a rebel group that controls the area said late Monday,…

PM Modi, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China.

US President Donald Trump’s trade adviser, Peter Navarro, doubled down on his criticism of India’s trade ties with Russia.

A woman was thrashed, her hair cut, and then she was paraded around the village in a half-naked state with a garland of slippers slung around her neck, shows a…

A new Act that regulates matters related to foreigners and immigration and has provisions for heavy punishment for carrying a forged passport or visa came into effect on Monday.

Not only common people, but even the Bombay High Court was inconvenienced by Maratha quota protesters who occupied streets in south Mumbai and blocked a car of a judge, who…

Ex-US NSA John Bolton has sharply criticised President Trump’s tariff policy, asserting that it has “shredded” decades of Western efforts to align India away from its Cold War ties with…

President Donald Trump said on Monday he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, two days after Giuliani was hospitalized following a car…

As Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 celebrations begin and Durga Puja approaches, the Delhi government is preparing to manage one of the city’s biggest environmental challenges: idol immersion.

The Meteorological Department has forecast spells of rain in Kolkata and several districts of south Bengal in the run-up to Durga Puja, the state’s biggest festival.

The BRS was rocked by a major internal storm today as MLC K Kavitha, daughter of former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, publicly accused senior party leader and her cousin…

Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro on Monday said he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has…

A mob burnt a woman to death in central Nigeria over the weekend after accusing her of blasphemy against Islam, police said Monday.

The devastating floods in Punjab have claimed 29 lives so far, the maximum in Pathankot district, besides impacting the lives of more than 2.56 lakh people, officials said on Monday.

Swiss food giant Nestle on Monday dismissed Laurent Freixe as chief executive with immediate effect over an “undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate”.

A 22-year-old man was allegedly lured by his friends, murdered, and decapitated before his body was disposed of in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur.

A man who had climbed the roof of a two-story building tried to jump off today – creating a massive commotion outside the Ghanapuram mandal centre in Telangana’s Wanaparthy district.

With cars queuing almost bumper-to-bumper, the traffic jam on the Delhi-Jaipur highway stretched up to 7-8 kilometres and people were stuck for over 3 hours after heavy rain hit Gurugram…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departed Pyongyang for Beijing on Monday afternoon to attend a military parade marking the end of World War II, a rare overseas visit that…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday appointed economist and former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik as his chief economic adviser.

The wave of violent protests that have swept across Indonesia and left seven people dead is being seen as a major test for President Prabowo Subianto.

Pupils were returning to schools in Ukraine on Monday for the start of the new academic year in the hope of being able to study safely under the shadow of…

Nine former leaders of the top US health body sounded the alarm Monday about the Trump administration’s evisceration of the agency and warned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr…

A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide…

President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Mysuru today produced a lighthearted exchange between her and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the Maharashtra government will follow the Bombay High Court order asking the authorities to clear roads occupied by protesters by 4 pm on Tuesday.

Afghan migrants in Delhi spent a sleepless night, waiting for the news from the country where an earthquake killed more than 600 people.

The Delhi Metro witnessed its third technical snag within a week, causing delays on the Yellow and Blue lines and leading to overcrowding at several stations.

At least two workers were killed and 20 others were injured after an explosion triggered a fire at a textile processing unit in the Surat district of Gujarat on Monday,…

A District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed SpiceJet to pay Rs 55,000 to a passenger after observing that a “single burger and fries” were “inadequate arrangement” for a 14-hour…

As Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange continued his hunger strike at Azad Maidan for the fourth day, his supporters turned the nearby CSMT train station premises into a sporting arena,…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s special aircraft, en route from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi, was diverted to Jaipur on Monday evening due to bad weather conditions in the national…

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu completes 30 years of taking oath today — on September 1, 1995, he was sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister of United Andhra…

Indore’s legendary Sarafa Bazaar’s night food market will stay put in its original place, retaining its distinctive character and heritage.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav today launched a counter to the Opposition’s allegations of “vote theft” in elections and took direct aim at three key faces of the INDIA…

Himachal Pradesh has witnessed its wettest August in 76 years, recording 431.3 mm of rain in the month, the most since 1949.

In a bizarre case, a small confectioner in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district has been served an Income Tax notice of Rs 141 crore, leaving his family shocked and distressed.

Karnataka’s opposition BJP is pushing ahead with its demand for a Central investigation into the huge controversy over allegations of murder and burial of young girls in pilgrim town Dharamsthala.

Two people who had gone to a dhaba (roadside eatery) for a meal here found a dead rat in their dish, an official said on Monday.

Researchers at IIT-Guwahati have developed nanosenor from milk protein and thymine for instant detection of cancer-causing water pollutants, the institute said on Monday.

As US politics under Trump drives out young researchers, India has an opportunity to lure its brightest scientific minds back. Tamil Nadu is leading the way, but a national strategy…

The Delhi government has directed authorities to suspend traffic and public movement over the Delhi Railway Bridge from Tuesday, in view of the alarming rise in water levels of Yamuna.