Afternoon Times

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez kicked off a three-day wedding celebration Thursday with guests including Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey and Orlando Bloom.

Rapper 50 Cent has taken aim at Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York mayor polls, over his proposed tax policies, offering the candidate a “first class one-way ticket”…

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, also called ‘Shux’, landed at the ISS at 4:01 pm (IST). The ISS usually follows Greenwich/London time.

Expelled from the Rashtriya Janata Dal for six years, with the announcement coming from none other than his father, Tej Pratap Yadav has claimed people are conspiring against him because…

Some 200-250 A-listers from show business, politics and finance are expected to take part in Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s event, dubbed “the wedding of the century”.

Takahiro Shiraishi had been sentenced to death for his 2017 strangling and dismembering of eight women and one man in his apartment near Tokyo.

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has claimed that his country’s military actively sought to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during the recent Israel-Iran tensions, but failed to identify…

UAV manufacturing startup Raphe mPhibr, whose drones participated in Operation Sindoor, has raised $100 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst.

The goal of making India a developed country by 2047 is “plausible” if the economy stays to the current growth rate of 6 per cent, economist Martin Wolf told NDTV…

In an event exemplifying the contributions of Manipur towards the armed forces, the Assam Rifles on Wednesday felicitated nine officers who have been recently commissioned into the Indian Army, Indian…

Addressing the ‘Big Beautiful Event’ at the White House, Donald Trump said he has a “great deal” with India.

Delhi’s Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood conducted a surprise inspection of five night shelters at Sarai Kale Khan parking site on Thursday and flagged serious irregularities.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities were “genuinely effective” but the “worst-case scenario” would be if Tehran now exits the global non-proliferation treaty.

A Station House Officer in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria district was suspended on Thursday for alleged negligence in handling the case of a man who was beaten to death in the…

A law student died and his friend was critically injured after a speeding car hit them in Gurugram. It was later found that the driver, now arrested, had fallen asleep…

The EU’s 27 leaders on Thursday agreed to extend sanctions on Russia for another six months, resolving fears that Kremlin-friendly Hungary would let the measures lapse, officials said.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that America has signed a deal with China and hinted that a “very big” deal with India will follow soon.

New York mayor Eric Adams launched his re-election campaign Thursday by taking direct aim at the credentials of his presumed Democratic opponent, Zohran Mamdani.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that damage to Iran’s nuclear sites from the 12-day war with Israel was “serious”, as the country begins assessing the conflict’s impact.

The seaside pilgrim town of Puri is set to celebrate the Rath Yatra festival on Friday, with the administration being ready to smoothly conduct the event.

New India Assurance Company Ltd on Thursday said tax authorities have issued a show cause notice with a demand of Rs 2,298 crore Goods and Services Tax (GST) for five…

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday firmly denied speculation Iran is preparing to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States, after the end of a 12-day war with Israel.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has strongly criticised US President Donald Trump’s call for Iran’s surrender, describing it as “too big to come out of his mouth.”

A man was arrested and sent to jail on Thursday for raping two minor daughters for about five years, a senior police official said.

Dattatreya Hosabale, the general secretary of the BJP’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, today said the fate of two words in the preamble of the constitution – “Socialist” and “Secular”…

The first batch of Indian pilgrims visiting Tibet to pray at Mount Kailash and Manasarovar Lake, believed to be the abode of Lord Shiva, arrived at the holy place on…

A key Madhesi party in Nepal has formally withdrawn support to Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli-led ruling coalition, reducing it to a minority in the National Assembly.

The US Embassy in India, in a social post had asked Indian students to list all social media usernames or handles of every platform they have used in the last…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected an early intelligence assessment that U.S. strikes inflicted only a marginal setback on Iran’s nuclear program, insisting that his country’s spies did not have…

Magazine legend Anna Wintour is stepping down as editor of fashion bible US Vogue after 37 years in the post, US media reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire after 12 days of war but the maritime threat remains elevated, the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) said.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in response to a query on the advisory issued recently by the US for its citizens travelling to India.

The Congress party has strongly opposed the Election Commission of India’s decision to undertake a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the upcoming 2025 Assembly…

A young woman out to party with friends fell to her death from the 13th floor of an under-construction building in Bengaluru.

The three arrested faced charges related to obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence at a flat in Indore where Raja Raghuvanshi’s wife stayed after the murder.

In a shocking incident, a husband and wife were arrested for allegedly live streaming their sexual acts on a mobile app for money, police said on Thursday.

The Delhi government on Thursday said that medical examination of a 23-year-old woman who died during treatment at a government hospital showed no signs of sexual assault, despite allegations to…

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted a series of searches across Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh to probe Khalistani terror network, officials said.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted a series of searches across Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh to probe Khalistani terror network, officials said.

They played videos of how the bombing took place on the nuclear sites, explaining how the bombers attacked. Unlike other normal bombs, the damage done by a bunker-buster bomb, cannot…

The site, located near the Natanz nuclear facility, has drawn renewed attention after satellite images revealed a fortified tunnel system and expanded security perimeter.

Following its extensive, mostly volunteer-driven initiative to feed the masses during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj earlier this year, the Adani Group has now shifted its focus to another…

An area near the police commissioner’s office in Bengaluru witnessed unusual and frightening scenes on Thursday afternoon after a drunk man climbed a tall tree to pluck jackfruit. Videos showed…

Former Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, has filed an appeal in the High Court alleging that his name has deliberately been added as accused in the case…

The Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police, in a joint operation, killed a terrorist in an encounter in Basantgarh in the Udhampur district of the Union Territory.

Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla said he is excited about the scientific tasks that he and the crew will perform for the next 14 days in the…

Clark Olofsson, a Swedish bank robber who held four people hostage for six days in a 1973 Stockholm bank siege that coined the term “Stockholm Syndrome”, has died.

In a dramatic reaffirmation of his control over the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), party founder S Ramadoss on Wednesday declared that he remains the undisputed chief of the party –…

The World Health Organization said that it had delivered its first medical shipment into Gaza since March 2, adding though that the nine truckloads were “a drop in the ocean”.

A vehicle crashed into pedestrians in an “accident” near a primary school in Beijing, with footage shared online showing young people lying seriously injured in the street.

The three arrested faced charges related to obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence at a flat in Indore where Raja Raghuvanshi’s wife stayed after the murder.

AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj questioned why only two former ministers were named in the FIR while all responsible health and PWD officers were spared

The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India, so far have evacuated 3,426 Indian nationals from Iran and 818 Indian nationals from Israel in Operation Sindhu.

With the recovery of two more bodies from a hydro project site in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district that was hit by floods on Wednesday, the death toll has risen to…

The Election Commission on Thursday said it has started proceedings for the delisting of 345 registered unrecognized political parties (RUPPs) which have failed to fulfil the essential condition of contesting…