Afternoon Times

The by-elections to the two high-stakes Assembly seats in Gujarat will witness a triangular contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Himanta Sarma said that Pakistan, which has long benefited from the Indus Waters Treaty, is now “panicking” as India reclaims its rightful water sovereignty.

The core population of India has drive and ambition and that’s why its economy will always continue to thrive, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said

The second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in the Turkish city of Istanbul ended without any major breakthrough on Monday, but the two warring sides agreed…

David Richardson said he will not be issuing a new disaster plan because he does not want to make changes that might counter the FEMA Review Council.

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday amid uncertainty on the geopolitical and global trade front.

Three robotic arms extended under the water in a Canadian lake, delicately selecting pebbles from the bed, before storing them back inside the machine. The robot was made by Impossible…

The verdict on challenges to the amended Waqf law put on hold by the Supreme Court, the government has decided to move forward with the registration of Waqf properties.

The trade deal between New Delhi and Washington could be finalised soon, according to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. This comes ahead of the final round of India-US face-to-face negotiations,…

It is learnt that Ottawa is yet to send an invitation to the Indian prime minister for the summit, but PM Modi, in any way, would have skipped it.

The remarks came amid the government’s push to promote domestic manufacture of passenger cars, with a special focus on electric vehicles (EVs).

The second phase of the consecration ceremony at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya will begin on Tuesday, officials said.

Errol Musk, who is currently visiting India, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has to look at the interests of India when it comes to bringing Tesla to the country.

Adani Enterprises highlighted that the LPG segment amounted to barely 1.46 per cent of its total consolidated revenue.

A man posing as a gardener to get close to a group in Boulder holding their weekly demonstration for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza planned to kill them…

More than 300 employees were told their positions had been eliminated on Monday, according to a Washington state notice reviewed by Bloomberg.

US District Judge Allison Burroughs has set arguments for July 21 on Harvard’s motion for summary judgment, which is a request for a judge to decide a dispute without a…

Friction between the US and China increased as Beijing claimed Washington had “seriously undermined” a recent tariff truce and threatened to defend its interests.

A 45-year-old woman died after being run over by a bus while trying to get down from the vehicle in Kolkata’s Behala area on Monday, police said.

Karnataka’s Health and Family Welfare Department has said in an official statement that the number of active Covid-19 cases crossed the 300-mark in the state.

An Indian origin man is fighting for his life in Australia after he was tackled to the ground by police and allegedly kneed in the neck. Forty-two-year-old Gaurav Kundi, a…

Antisemitic incidents jumped 344% in the US in 2024 from five years prior, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine whether Article 363 of the Constitution bars courts from hearing disputes relating to properties of erstwhile princely states mentioned under the pre-constitutional…

The government will significantly lower import tax for foreign automakers that pledge to invest in domestic electric vehicle (EV) production, as it looks to strengthen local manufacturing and draw in…

Congress’s Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit Chandigarh on June 4, with a list of tasks that is topped by the selection of a Leader of the Opposition.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was born in Egypt, lived in Kuwait for 17 years and moved three years ago to Colorado Springs, where he lived with his wife and five…

US Second Lady Usha Vance has recalled her visit to India and her children’s experience in India and called the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi “very special.”

In a definitive step towards the resolution of longstanding boundary differences between Assam and Meghalaya, the two state governments on Monday decided to erect border pillars in five of the…

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders threatened on Monday to topple the Netherlands’ already fragile right-wing government, which he said did not back his ideas for stricter asylum policies.

Panama’s Maritime Authority has removed from its registry more than 650 vessels since 2019 as part of an effort to fulfill U.S. sanctions and enforce stricter rules for the ships…

US Second Lady Usha Vance termed the India-US relationship as one that is “very personal” for her, underlining that this is a time of “great opportunity” for ties between the…

Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigned on Tuesday, a parliamentary statement said, after losing a confidence vote among lawmakers.

Five persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly beating a farm labourer to death over suspicion of theft of mangoes worth Rs 50,000 from an orchard in Gujarat’s Surat district,…

Plastic bags and bottles strewn everywhere, animals scavenging on dumped solid waste – the disturbing scene is not from a dumpsite but from a forest in Himachal Pradesh’s Kasol.

Investment, port digitisation and employment of Indian seafarers by Japan were among the topics discussed by Indian and Japanese ministers.

Exposing the criminal mentality of some men in Khaki, the Delhi Police arrested one of its own personnel for stealing Rs 50 lakh and valuables from the anti-terror unit’s warehouse…

Two mentally challenged brothers from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district were allegedly beaten and sexually harassed by the caretaker of a boarding school in Dehradun, the police said. Their statements will…

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will likely speak this week, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, days after Trump accused China of violating an…

Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink said on Monday that it had raised $650 million in its latest funding round.

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk will call for a parliamentary vote of confidence in his coalition government, after his candidate, Rafal Trzaskowski, lost the presidential election on Sunday.

The tourism sector in Kashmir has started the long journey to normalcy as tourists, though in smaller numbers, are returning to the valley after the Pahalgam terror attack dealt a…

On the eve of peace talks, Ukraine launched a covert operation against Russia, described as one for the “history books” by Volodymyr Zelensky.

Greenpeace activists removed a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron from the Grevin Museum in Paris and put it in front of the Russian embassy to protest against French…

A former personal assistant to Sean “Diddy” Combs who says he raped her testified that she continued sending him loving text messages for years after her job ended in 2017…

Much like removing books on racism from a school library, “correcting” Grok’s output requires an ugly intervention.