Afternoon Times

A post mortem on a Frenchman who died during a live stream found that he was not killed by trauma or a third party.

Four friends travelling from Meerut to Ambala to visit a temple had a narrow escape after their car, guided by Google Maps, plunged into a pond in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur…

The Indian government has made it clear that Pakistan, the perpetrator of terrorism, “cannot be equated” with India, the victim of cross-border terrorism, the Centre told Parliament on Thursday.

Elon Musk was ordered by a federal judge to face a lawsuit by voters accusing the world’s richest person of defrauding them into signing a petition to support the US…

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three…

North Korea has quietly built and operated a sprawling long-range missile base near the Chinese border that stores Kim Jong Un’s most advanced strategic weapons, demonstrating the regime’s ongoing efforts…

A day after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked by a man during a public meeting at her residence, Delhi Police Commissioner SBK Singh has been replaced by 1992 batch…

Nearly twelve years after he took a swipe at Narendra Modi, then his bitter rival, and said a leader has to embrace both ‘topi’ and ’tilak’ to run the country,…

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tabled ‘The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025’ in Rajya Sabha on the last day of the Monsoon Session

Fossil-like remains, including a large bone-shaped structure, were discovered in a village in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district on Wednesday, raising the possibility of the site being linked to the prehistoric dinosaur…

A popular French streamer died on Monday after suffering abuse and humiliating treatment during a nearly 12-day livestream. Raphael Graven, a 46-year-old military veteran, was known for his extreme online…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the Congress today while talking about parliament proceedings, saying bright and young MPs of the Congress do not get to participate in discussions due to…

A day after she was attacked during a public hearing at her camp office, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday announced that her ‘Jan Sunwai’ programme will be held…

An explosion at a fireworks storage facility in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Thursday injured at least 25 people, some of them critically.

A court in Kolkata on Thursday granted bail to Nawsad Siddique, the lone ISF MLA in the West Bengal Assembly, and 94 other party supporters, who were arrested during a…

An FIR has been registered against the driver of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s vehicle, which had hit a police constable in Bihar’s Nawada district during the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ two…

A local court in Assam on Thursday sentenced a man to death for murdering a woman exactly four years ago for refusing his marriage proposal, officials said.

The Assam government has decided that no new Aadhaar cards will be issued to individuals over the age of 18 in the state.

The upcoming film ‘Ajey: The Untold Story of a Yogi’ will be seen by the Bombay High Court, and will thereafter decide on Monday on the reasons or objections raised…

Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong, on Thursday labelled the US a “bully” and criticised it, saying that the US has always benefited from free trade, but is now using…

A 33-year-old supporter of Tamil actor and politician Vijay died today while travelling to attend the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) mega state conference in Madurai.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted the trade deficit of $58.9 billion between Russia and India, despite more than a fivefold rise in bilateral goods trade over the last four…

The Monsoon Session of Parliament, which began on July 21, 2025, concluded on Thursday after 21 sittings over 32 days, with both Houses registering low productivity because of repeated disruptions.

Russia and India have achieved good results in energy cooperation and Moscow is interested in working on joint energy projects with New Delhi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his…

Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks of the year on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles overnight.

“We believe that relations between India and Russia have been among the steadiest of the major relationships in the world after the Second World War,” Mr Jaishankar said at a…

Gangandeep Singh Kohli teaches physics at a school in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district. Earlier this week, he had slapped one of his students. On Wednesday, the same student packed…

The death of a class 10 student after he was stabbed by a junior outside their school in Ahmedabad, has led to massive protests in the city.

Security forces have captured a pigeon carrying a threat note to blow up the Jammu railway station in the border area of RS Pura in Jammu district, prompting police to…

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar at a press briefing, said that India is “perplexed” at Washington’s logic about New Delhi’s purchase of Russian oil.

A foreign tourist was facing a criminal probe for offending “the nation’s moral values” for performing a pole dance on a Turkish flagpole in the tourist hotspot of Cappadocia.

Greta Thunberg and more than 100 more climate activists blocked Oslo’s main avenue and a bank branch on Thursday to demand Norway shutter its oil industry, police and organisers said.

Thailand’s suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra testified in a Bangkok court on her alleged breach of an ethics law in her handling of a border dispute with Cambodia, a case…

A Ukrainian citizen man suspected to be one of the coordinators of the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany has been…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he could meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but only after his allies agree security guarantees for Ukraine to deter future Russian attacks once the…

A British advertising watchdog has banned a Sanex shower gel commercial after ruling it “could be interpreted as suggesting that white skin was superior to black skin.”

The Centre decided to bring a law to remove Chief Ministers and ministers jailed for more than a month after being charged with serious offences after former Delhi Chief Minister…

A key meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on GST rate rationalisation on Thursday ended with state finance minister accepting the Centre’s plan to reduce the number of tax…

The first uncrewed mission of the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, G1, is ready to launch with the half-humanoid robot — Vyommitra — and the launch is expected in December, said…

Indians abroad are facing a storm – a surge in racial hostility that is fuelled by envy, stereotypes and far-right paranoia. They are admired and resented, successful and scapegoated, celebrated…

The move of Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah government to give a Rs 10-crore grant to families affected by landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad has set up a fresh face-off with the state’s Opposition…

For some people close to him, Raphael Graven was living “his best life” in the years before he died during a live-streamed event on Monday, watched by thousands.

US President Donald Trump has faced the scrutiny of friends and foes alike since he all but declared an economic war against India

Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway as the monster storm slowly began to move away from the…

Most Americans believe that efforts to redraw US House of Representatives districts to maximise partisan gains, like those under way in Texas and California, are bad for democracy, a Reuters/Ipsos…

BJP MLAs Ramesh Tawadkar and Digambar Kamat were sworn in as ministers in the Goa cabinet led by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday.

Over 50 million Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India, who have GST and Business PAN (B-PAN), can have digital procurement access through Amazon Business ahead of the upcoming festive…

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut to visit the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission, described his journey as a mission for the entire nation.

The Lok Sabha erupted in protests yesterday when Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill that states that the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and ministers, if…

A bill to ban the operation, facilitation and advertising of online games played with money was cleared by Parliament on Friday, amid intense protests by the Opposition.

North Korea has quietly built and operated a sprawling long-range missile base near the Chinese border that stores Kim Jong Un’s most advanced strategic weapons, demonstrating the regime’s ongoing efforts…

A court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district has sentenced a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist to life imprisonment, 32 years after he killed a civilian in the district on December 7,…

One of the world’s tallest and oldest trees has been burning for several days as firefighters race to preserve it. Oregon’s Doerner Fir, a 450-year-old Douglas fir towering more than…

Fujiyuki Shindo, 51, was arrested on Tuesday in Daisen for allegedly stabbing his 93-year-old father, Fujiyoshi, to death at their home on Monday afternoon.

Russia’s nuclear shield should be strengthened in coming years due to the “colossal threats” facing the world’s biggest nuclear power, the head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation said on Thursday.

Thailand’s billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and prolonged…

Iran launched its first military exercise since the end of its 12-day war with Israel, state television reported Thursday, with navy vessels launching missiles at targets at sea in the…