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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed hesitation toward imposing new sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine, saying he did not want the penalties to interfere with getting…

Cryptocurrencies have “a champion and an ally” in US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday, adding that the administration would end a “weaponization” of regulations against the…

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week not to take actions that could disrupt nuclear talks with Iran.

As the search for Australian teen Phoebe Bishop entered its ninth day, her last posts about her family are going viral on social media.

Canada’s Citizenship Week, which kicked off on May 26 and runs until June 1, is a vibrant celebration of the country’s rich diversity and the shared values that define Canadian…

The United States recorded a high of 331,602 Indian students studying last year, a major increase of 23 per cent from 2023. India had surpassed China as the leading source…

President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered US firms that offer software used to design semiconductors to stop selling their services to Chinese groups, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said strict compliance with RERA provisions is critical for restoring trust in the housing market while reviewing three major infrastructure projects costing over Rs 62,000 crore…

The Assam government will provide arms licences to indigenous people residing in “vulnerable and remote” areas and those along the border with Bangladesh for instilling a sense of security in…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Srinagar said on Wednesday that it has attached two bank accounts and immovable property worth Rs 2.34 crore in a bogus cryptocurrency scam.

Amazon’s deal with Stellantis to create in-car software that companies hoped would transform the driving experience while bolstering vehicle-tech credentials is “winding down” highlighting challenges for legacy automakers in building…

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a Navi Mumbai resident, alleged to be the kingpin of a “transnational drug syndicate”, after securing his deportation from Malaysia, officials said on…

Omar Abdullah was cycling on Tuesday in Pahalgam. On Wednesday, he was on a Gondola (cable car) ride in Gulmarg. The aim, he says, is to revive the tourist season,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and enquired about his health after he was hospitalised in Kuwait.

A group of 30 to 40 armed Maoists looted approximately four tonnes of explosives from a truck in Odisha’s Sundargarh district.

A 40-year-old patient on Wednesday succumbed to COVID-19 virus at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, said an official.

The police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district have arrested a man, who used to drive an autorickshaw, for allegedly killing a passenger over a fare dispute in 2001, an official said…

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday dismissed reports suggesting that he has sought the relocation of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) from Karnataka to the state.

The dead have been identified as Praveen Mittal, 42, his elderly parents, wife and three young children – two girls and a boy.

New high-resolution satellite images, accessed by NDTV, show extensive damage to the Murid air base of Pakistan, showing a three-metre-wide crater just 30 metres from an underground facility of the…

Muhammad Sinwar, the elusive Hamas military chief in Gaza who Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday had been eliminated, has long been at the top of Israel’s most wanted…

Russia has proposed holding the next round of direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2 with a view to achieving a sustainable peace settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei…

Internet personality Andrew Tate faces 11 criminal charges in Britain, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Wednesday.

The United States is introducing a new visa ban rule for those who “censor” Americans posting comments on social media platforms that are owned by US tech firms. The announcement…

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Harvard University should have a 15% cap on the number of foreign students it admits and that the Ivy League school needs to…

A Rajasthan government employee was picked up for interrogation on suspicion of spying for Pakistan on Wednesday.

In a big political development in Manipur, BJP MLA and former minister Thokchom Radheshyam on Wednesday said “all 44 MLAs” have agreed to form the government as per the wishes…

The Uttarakhand government has denied granting permission for the production, sale, or registration of Radico Khaitan’s newly launched whisky brand ‘Trikal’, amid rising public outcry over the brand name’s religious…

The lush but deadly jungles of Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh — long considered the impenetrable heartland of Naxal operations — recently witnessed a turning point.

The German government on Wednesday agreed plans to restrict family reunions for some migrants and toughen rules for obtaining citizenship.

Sean “Diddy” Combs lost a bid for a mistrial in his sex-trafficking case on Wednesday, after his lawyers argued that prosecutors were improperly trying to suggest that the hip-hop mogul…

The particular vulnerability in the SNAP system is that even if children are guaranteed SNAP benefits, the overall household’s food security can be significantly impacted when an adult loses SNAP…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that Hamas’ Gaza chief Muhammad Sinwar has been killed by Israel’s army.

A road-rage incident in Mumbai culminated in a man hanging on for dear life on the bonnet of a cab, with the driver increasing the speed of the vehicle instead…

The Rising North East Summit was a huge success and Investments to the tune of more than Rs 4 lakh crore have come in, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said.

India’s leading airline IndiGo and Adani Airport Holdings Ltd. announced on Wednesday that the low-cost carrier will operate 18 flights from Navi Mumbai International Airport to over 15 cities from…

French activists dyed a Paris fountain red Wednesday to symbolise what they called the “bloodbath” of Palestinians in Gaza.

The change comes when border-crossing numbers have plummeted during the first few months of Trumps term, when officials are taking an increasingly aggressive approach to make arrests of non-border communities…

A court here has sentenced a 74-year-old rickshaw puller to rigorous imprisonment of 20 years for committing sexual assault on two minor girls, aged six and seven years, in 2021.

President Vladimir Putin’s conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions…

At least seven people died when a migrant boat capsized as rescuers were escorting it to port in Spain’s Canary Islands, regional emergency services said on Wednesday.

A French court on Wednesday found a retired surgeon guilty of the rape and sexual assault of patients, some of them whilst under anaesthetic, in a trial that has shaken…

Elon Musk’s AI start-up xAI will pay Telegram $300 million to deploy its Grok chatbot on the messaging app, aiming to tap the platform’s more than one billion users and…

Russia’s military has committed “crimes against humanity” and “war crimes” in its drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson region, UN experts concluded in a report published Wednesday.

Spain’s government on Wednesday denied a press report that an “experiment” on the national power grid caused a huge blackout that crippled the Iberian Peninsula one month ago.

Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi, the newly appointed president of Assam Congress, has said that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s allegations of Pakistan links are part of a “C-grade Bollywood cinema”…

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the April 22 Pahalgam attack has not stalled the conversation around restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Bombay High Court has slammed a family court judge for refusing urgent hearing on a man’s plea seeking interim custody of his 2-year-old son who has to undergo an…

The government on Wednesday raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy by 3 per cent to Rs 2,369 per quintal for the 2025-26 kharif marketing season.

A series of earthquakes struck Manipur on Wednesday, the strongest one being 5.2 magnitude, according to the National Centre for Seismology.

Actor Kamal Hasaan – who also heads a new political party — is facing massive protests after his comment that the Kannada language was “born out of” Tamil. There have…

The Union government is weighing the option of bringing in Parliament an impeachment motion against Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma.

Billionaire Elon Musk has expressed disappointment over US President Donald Trump’s legislative push for a massive spending package, which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks, saying doing so will only “increase…

Chief economists from across the world are the most optimistic about a strong economic expansion in South Asia, with India looking set to be the primary engine of growth in…