Afternoon Times

The process to remove judges is not initiated often in the country – taking place only five times since Independence. But in recent times, the process has been started for…

Latest data released by the World Bank shows the tale of two countries – India and Pakistan – and their journey to battle poverty – a colonial inheritance.

A 19-year-old Dalit youth died after he was allegedly shot during an altercation at a ration shop in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, while his brother received pellet injuries.

Amid the leadership tussle with his son Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss said things were going well and that the matter was expected to be resolved.

US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he would support an arrest of California Governor Gavin Newsom amid pro-immigration protests in the state, which prompted the president to deploy…

Wall Street stocks were little changed early Monday as investors awaited details from trade talks between the United States and China in London

What do a fisherman in Kerala, a scuba diver off the coast of the Andamans, and a child building sandcastles on Juhu Beach have in common? They all depend on…

A cobra entered a home in search of prey. The venomous reptile crawled through the kitchen when it accidentally swallowed a knife, mistaking it for food. It was far from…

The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Monday, with the health body’s director-general issuing a revised set of temporary recommendations.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested Lalrampana, a resident of Aizawl, Mizoram, in a case involving the sexual assault of a minor and the possession and circulation…

A 60-year-old man was killed in a tiger attack in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore tiger reserve on Monday, the third such death in less than two months.

Vipin Raghuvanshi, brother of the man from Indore who was allegedly killed by his wife during the honeymoon in Meghalaya, indicated that he had trouble believing that Sonam Raghuvanshi had…

Senior Telugu journalist Kommineni Srinivas Rao was arrested in Hyderabad for hosting a programme on a vernacular channel where a scribe allegedly made derogatory remarks against Amaravati.

After eight years, the circle rates of Ayodhya have been revised upward, with an increase ranging from 30 per cent to 200 per cent, depending on location and land use.

A major fire broke out on board a Singapore-flagged ship after a container explosion off the Kerala coast on Monday, defence sources said.

Jammu and Kashmir Police have mounted facial recognition systems along the Pahalgam route of Amarnath Yatra to fend off against any terror attacks against the pilgrims.

Axiom-4 mission launch for sending India’s Shubhanshu Shukla to space postponed by a day due to bad weather

Thirty-five villagers were hospitalised after falling ill due to a mysterious illness in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, prompting the health department to collect water samples and seal the local…

Shocking details have emerged following the arrest of seven individuals, including a woman, in connection with the murder of a minor girl from Bihar in Bengaluru. The accused had stuffed…

To decongest Delhi and the national capital region, the construction of two mega highways has been approved, costing around Rs 10,000 crore.

At least four commuters, including a GRP constable, died and six were injured after falling off a moving and overcrowded local train in Maharashtra’s Thane district during rush hour, officials…

Raja was wearing gold jewellery worth more than Rs 10 lakh, which included a diamond ring, a chain, and a bracelet when he and Sonam left for their honeymoon.

Gavin Newsom, the Governor of California, announced on Monday that he plans to sue the President over his administration’s crackdown over protests that have rocked Los Angeles over the last…

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi visited Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) and underwent a medical check-up, sources said.

After an explosive report by NDTV on the possibility of thousands of “ghost employees” in Madhya Pradesh, based on a letter from the state treasury, the government has finally responded…

The Bombay High Court on Monday set aside the expulsion of a 19-year-old second-year engineering student from Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, Pune, who was arrested for an Instagram post related…

Delhi baked in extreme heat as the real-feel temperature shot up to a scorching 48.9 degrees Celsius, with the IMD issuing an orange alert for the next two days.

Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink is preparing to commence operations in India within the next two months after receiving its license last week, sources said.

A “Big Beautiful Bill” drove a wedge between US President Donald Trump and his former adviser Elon Musk, turning the bros to, well, almost foes.

The US Coast Guard and other agencies are searching Monday for six people that were onboard a twin-engine Cessna 414 that crashed in the Pacific Ocean three miles west of…

The idea for a deepwater sea port in Vizhinjam germinated in the days of the Travancore State in the British era. It was revived during a visit by Prime Minister…

Though the Election Commission has trashed the Congress’s “match-fixing” allegation in the November 2024 elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, the party has found a brief sense of victory in one…

Sonam Raghuvanshi, the woman who has been accused of murdering her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, was arrested today, ending a weeks-long hunt.

The 11 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government will be written in golden letters for the positive changes it has effected, BJP president J P Nadda said.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has said the state police will take what has been dubbed the “honeymoon murder” to its logical conclusion.

Probing the killing of an Indore man while honeymooning in Meghalaya, the police have accused his wife and her boyfriend of masterminding the murder that has cast a shadow on…

Sahil Yadav, the owner of the Kashi Dhaba on the Varanasi-Ghazipur road in Uttar Pradesh, said Sonam Raghuvanshi approached him hours before she was arrested in connection with the murder…

Meghalaya is a safe place for tourists, underscored Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong even as he said he was “shocked” that a man was murdered during his honeymoon in the…

The victim has been identified as Harini, 33. And, the accused, a 25-year-old techie, Yashas.

A no-holds-barred and very public blow-up between the worlds richest man and the president of the United States has had social media agog in recent days, with each making serious…

On October 7 2023, more than 1,000 Hamas militants marched into southern Israel and went on a killing spree, murdering 1,200 men, women and children and abducting another 250 people…

In a shocking twist, Sonam Raghuvanshi, the wife of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi whose body was found deep in a gorge in Meghalaya, has been arrested for his murder.

This was the vessel’s first-ever visit to a South Asian port, showing the port’s ability to handle Ultra-Large Container Vessels (ULCVs).

An explosion was reported on board the Singapore-flagged container ship MV Wan Hai 503 off the coast of Kerala on Monday morning, a Defence PRO said.

In 2024, PM Modi officially announced Shubhanshu Shukla’s name as one of the four astronauts for the Gaganyaan mission.

In a move that reminded many of past strongman politics, President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops, without the California Governor’s consent.

A Delhi court on Monday allowed 26/11 Mumbai Terror attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana to make a single phone call to his family for the time being.

Doctors of the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) are holding a protest against the minister.