Afternoon Times

Air India, which halted its flights to several regions as Iran fired missiles at the United States’ Al Udeid air base in Qatar on Monday, is resuming services to the…

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday said that governments should take the reports of parliamentary committees in a constructive manner and not as a criticism of their functioning.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was a “travesty of justice” that a man it granted bail to in April in a case under UP’s anti-conversion law had not…

The Kremlin on Tuesday pushed back against criticism that it had not done enough to back Iran, saying it had taken a “clear position” by condemning U.S. and Israeli strikes…

Qatar’s prime minister said Tuesday Doha will pursue “diplomatic and legal measures” against Tehran following an Iranian attack on the US Al Udeid base hosted in the Gulf state.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said he has no objections if the Legislative Assembly has to be dissolved and fresh elections are to be conducted after statehood is restored…

Iran’s government said Tuesday it had “taken the necessary measures” to ensure the continuation of its nuclear programme after US and Israeli strikes targeted its facilities.

US President Donald Trump was clearly unhappy with Israel and Iran when he left the White House earlier today for the NATO summit at The Hague.

Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump are planning to meet on Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, a senior source in the Ukrainian presidency…

A middle-aged woman labourer, Savitri Bai Sisodia, found a 2.69-carat diamond while digging a mine in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday.

A woman died late evening on Monday after she was allegedly strangled by her 16-year-old daughter and her boyfriend and his brother in Telangana, said the police.

Asserting that Operation Sindoor has made clear to the world India’s stringent policy against terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that his government takes whatever steps are appropriate…

In the wake of several helicopter accidents on Char Dham Yatra route this year, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu asserted there should be no compromise on safety and said…

With the Nilambur by-election in the bag, maybe the Congress can finally put the sordid Tharoor saga behind it and concentrate on the challenging panchayat and assembly elections looming ahead.

A French tourist has allegedly been raped by a member of an event management firm. After they had dinner as part of a larger group, the man offered to show…

A family’s moments of happiness turned into heartbreak when a head-on collision involving a drunk driver claimed the lives of a seven-months pregnant woman, her unborn baby and her father…

The factionalism in Congress unit in Karnataka — papered over when the party won the 2023 assembly elections — appears to be developing cracks over a rumbling demand for a…

Air India on Tuesday said it will progressively resume flights to the Middle East as airspaces are gradually reopening in the region and most of the operations will resume from…

Truth is stranger than fiction, and reality more bizarre than crime shows. In a tale of spurned love sure to spawn an OTT series, a 30-year-old robotics engineer from Chennai…

Jahnavi Dangeti, from Palakollu in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, is set to travel to space in 2029 after she was selected as an Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) for the prestigious…

Genius or Joker? Or the joker who changes fortunes in a card game. If the 12-day Israel-Iran conflict is a tale of surprises, its protagonist is none other than US…

Five weapons, apart from the Tomahawk cruise missiles and the GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs, no one knew about till now, were also deployed by the US for its mission to strike…

Mediator Qatar’s said Tuesday it was working on resuming Gaza ceasefire talks in days, urging Israel not to exploit a truce with Iran to “unleash everything it wants to unleash”…

The US has released video of the B-2 Spirit bombers, involved in Operation Midnight Hammer, to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, taking off from the Whiteman Air Force base near Missouri.

Donald Trump on Tuesday cautioned Israel to “do not drop those bombs” as the Israeli military said Iran had fired another missile barrage and vowed to retaliate, just hours after…

A probe into e-mails threatening blasts at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and different places in 12 states has unravelled a tale of unrequited love and vengeance allegedly unleashed by…

Oil prices sank more than five percent Tuesday after Israel said it had agreed to US President Donald Trump’s proposal for a bilateral ceasefire with Iran. Brent was down 5.2…

The United Nations on Tuesday condemned Israel’s apparent “weaponisation of food” in Gaza, a war crime, and urged Israel’s military to “stop shooting at people trying to get food”.

A Qantas flight from Perth to Paris turned back mid-journey due to an Iranian missile attack. Another flight to London diverted to Singapore. Passengers on both flights will be accommodated…

Over the first quarter of this century, Iran has been involved in four major regional conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen.

More than 2,000 years ago, the physician Hippocrates wrote “sailing on the sea proves that motion disorders the body”.

When President Donald Trump sent US bombers to strike Iran’s nuclear sites last weekend, he was betting he could help ally Israel cripple Tehran’s nuclear program while keeping his long-standing…

The number of abortions in the US rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a…

Celebrities in superyachts sail into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the UNESCO city is…

As President Donald Trump floats the idea of “regime change” in Tehran, previous US attempts to remake the Middle East by force over the decades offer stark warnings about the…

The conventional wisdom used to be that war in the Middle East would send oil prices soaring. Not anymore.

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk on Tuesday launched its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy as a once-a-week injection in India.

Jury members in the trial of an Australian woman accused of murdering three relatives with a toxic mushroom-laced meal were warned Tuesday to cast aside any “prejudice and sympathy”.

At least four people were killed in the Southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva on Tuesday morning after an Iranian missile hit a residential building.

Asserting that Operation Sindoor has made clear to the world India’s stringent policy against terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that his government takes whatever steps are appropriate…

Even in the face of the storms and relentless scrutiny, the Adani Group has never backed down, Group Chairman Gautam Adani, adding that instead, we proved that true leadership is…

The 18-second clip shows a group of men slapping and hitting a passenger, identified as Rajkishore, with slippers inside coach E-2 of train number 20172.

Before strapping into the cockpit of the US Air Force’s B-2 Spirit stealth bomber for missions that can stretch beyond 40 hours, pilots undergo weeks of preparation that focuses not…

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s friendship has become one of the most consequential partnerships in modern Middle Eastern history.

Once a missile is launched, it follows a high-arching trajectory, leaving the atmosphere before descending at incredible speeds.

The legacy of one of ancient Egypt’s most successful rulers, a rare female pharaoh who preceded Cleopatra by 1,500 years, was systematically erased by her stepson successor after her death.

Israel on Tuesday said it will “respond forcefully” to Iran’s ceasefire violation after Tehran launched a fresh barrage of missiles on the Jewish state hours after both warning enemies agreed…