Afternoon Times

State Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena launched a pioneering cloud seeding experiment at the Jamwaramgarh Dam area to revive Ramgarh Lake and tackle the regions water crisis.

Friday’s Alaska summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “is a listening exercise for the president,” the White House said on Tuesday, tempering expectations for a…

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday said it would consider directing the Tamil Nadu government to implement in the state the Supreme Court’s order on managing…

Israel is in discussions with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country.

The United States and Pakistan on Tuesday held the latest round of counterterrorism talks in Islamabad, the U.S. State Department said in a statement.

US President Donald Trump has said that both Kyiv and Moscow will have to cede territory to end the war in Ukraine, so how much territory does Russia control in…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had scored a “personal victory” by getting invited to talks with Donald Trump on US soil, and that the…

Mothers of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, including one who appeared emaciated in a recent Hamas video, voiced fears on Tuesday that a planned Israeli offensive could further endanger their…

An important online meeting to discuss education facilities and other issues in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district saw a strange disruption when someone joined using the link and played a porn…

Two pregnant women were airlifted from the disaster-affected Dharali village in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi and are now receiving medical attention at the district hospital.

A 39-year-old man was murdered in Bengaluru, allegedly by his childhood friend, who was in an illicit relationship with his wife.

The Tamil Nadu School Education Department has confirmed that 207 government schools and 869 private schools have had “zero enrolment” this year. However, the state government clarified that it is…

Aviation regulator DGCA has issued a show cause notice to IndiGo for alleged lapses in simulator training conducted for nearly 1,700 pilots, according to sources.

In a dramatic turn of events at the Madras High Court on Tuesday, a 15-year-old girl jumped from the first floor moments after the court directed that she be lodged…

Billionaire Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group, reclaimed his spot among the world’s top 20 richest people, propelled by a massive $5.74 billion (Rs 5.03 lakh crore) surge in…

Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa has welcomed the Supreme Court’s order stopping the impounding of diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years in Delhi-NCR,…

The order to release one of the three convicts in the infamous Nitish Katara murder case, has hugely upset his mother, Neelam Katara, who had fought a long battle for…

The driver was clocked going 27 kilometres per hour (17 mph) over the speed limit on a street in the Swiss city of Lausanne, and now he’s facing up to…

A video of a young boy riding a horse to school has gone viral on social media.

South Korean cryptocurrency specialist Do Kwon pleaded guilty to fraud charges in front of a New York judge on Tuesday following his firm’s multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy, court filings showed.

Hours after he got a rakhi tied by his 14-year-old cousin, a 33-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya raped her, killed her and hung her body from a noose to…

In June, Israeli strikes killed several top commanders and six nuclear scientists of Iran. The strikes targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders to prevent Tehran from…

Israel’s defence minister on Tuesday reprimanded the country’s military chief over appointments made without his approval, as tensions simmered between the military and the executive ahead of a planned…

What stands out ahead of Janmashtami is the remarkable participation of Muslim artisans, who are skillfully crafting brass idols of Laddu Gopal, symbolising unity and communal harmony.

A 33-year-old advocate allegedly jumped to death from the terrace of a four-storey building in southeast Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar.

Days ahead of Independence Day, the Uttar Pradesh Assembly will set a new record by working for 24 straight hours to discuss the government’s vision for the state’s development till…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the insolvency law.

Samajwadi Party Sambhal MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq was fined Rs 1.35 lakh for allegedly carrying out construction without getting the building plan approved, authorities said.

A Florida man bagged 87 invasive Burmese pythons in a month and earned a $1,000 reward through the state incentive system. Aaron Mann won the monthly prize money as part…

There is increasing evidence that “widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease” are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths” in Gaza, a group of United Nations and aid organizations have repeatedly warned.

As India and China try to revamp their political ties, they are set to resume direct flights as early as next month, a Bloomberg report said, citing people familiar with…

Actor-politician Jaya Bachchan once said that it was her “nature” to lose her cool if she doesn’t like or agree with something.

Ukrainian serviceman Vyacheslav was hopeful when Donald Trump returned to the White House earlier this year, optimistic that the US president could help end Russia’s three-year invasion on Ukraine’s terms.

Amid the row erupted over Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s “vote theft” allegations, AAP leader Priyanka Kakkar alleged that a “massive vote theft scam” is currently underway in the country and…

In a major relief for car owners in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), the Supreme Court has said that no coercive actions will be taken against those who…

The Supreme Court order to send stray dogs to special shelters will be difficult to implement because there is neither funds allocation nor manpower to round up the strays, Congress’s…

Cyber crooks seem to be most active in southern India, with two states – Telangana and Karnataka – recording the highest rate of such crimes, showed National Crime Records Bureau…

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has acquitted a man convicted in 2018 for allegedly molesting a mentally challenged woman.

The Union Cabinet approved Phase-IB of the Lucknow Metro project with a corridor length of 11.165 km at a cost of Rs 5,801 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

Around 40-50 animal rights lovers, activists were detained Tuesday by Delhi Police as they gathered at India Gate to protest against the Supreme Court’s order to shift stray dogs to…

Amid a backlash over the introduction of 20% ethanol-blended petrol (E20), the Centre on Tuesday not only emphasised that the move will help reduce pollution, but also said that the…

When faced with the reality that peace in Ukraine is not a real estate deal and that his obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize cannot dictate the calendar of…

US President Donald Trump had said that Russia and Ukraine would have to swap land with each other as a part of a potential peace agreement. Currently, Russia holds 20…

President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C. on Monday, saying it’s needed to fight crime even as city leaders pointed to data showing violence is down.

Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 “suspects” during the country’s 12day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media.

Maneka Gandhi warned of unintended consequences, adding that removing strays could create new problems.

Trump’s assessment of the US-Pakistan relations in his first presidential term was that of a parasitic arrangement. The volte-face in the current term has many reasons, the most important being…

A 16-year-old minor girl was allegedly gang-raped while on her way to board a train in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Monday night.

Five MPs, including KC Venugopal of the Congress, wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the incident of a Thiruvananthapuram-Delhi flight they were travelling in being diverted to Chennai…

The Supreme Court’s order to civic bodies in Delhi-NCR to relocate all stray dogs living in residential neighbourhoods to shelters has sparked a massive debate

Militants killed at least nine Pakistani soldiers in an attack in the country’s restive southwestern Balochistan province, a government official said Tuesday.