Afternoon Times

India and the US are close to a trade deal but they are not there yet, the top US trade negotiator said on Wednesday.

A day after the Centre announced that caste data would be recorded in the next Census, a poster outside the Congress headquarters in Delhi credits party leader Rahul Gandhi with…

The Special NIA Court has allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to obtain voice and handwriting samples of 26/11 mastermind Tahawwur Rana. Currently in NIA custody, Rana was recently extradited…

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the people of Maharashtra and Gujarat on the formation day of their states, and praised the rapid strides…

Porn actor Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, is currently on trial for the murders of Paul Longworth, 71, and Albert Alfonso, 62, at their Shepherd’s Bush apartment in West London on…

After months of tense negotiations, the United States and Ukraine have signed an “economic partnership agreement” on the joint exploitation of Kyiv’s energy and mineral resources, which are vital for…

A young girl from the US has accused a 64-year-old Wisconsin man of sexual abuse, including being chained in a basement for several years, starved and mutilated.

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh has termed the Centre’s decision to conduct a caste census “a victory for the crores of people of India”. He added that when Rahul Gandhi…

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has said that it remains cautious about the caste census survey being used as a “political tool”, according to sources.

Trump said he was in no rush to conclude the deals because the United States is reaping the benefits of the tariffs he has imposed.

Pakistan has named Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik, the current Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the country’s new National Security Adviser (NSA).

Tesla’s board members met Musk, urging him to make a public commitment to focus more on Tesla, according to a report.

On the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat performed mass kanyadaan of 125 women in the Akshaya Kanyadan Mahotsav organised at Shankul Dhara in…

Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, currently serving as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the South Western Air Command, is set to take charge as the new Vice Chief of the Air…

Mahant Prem Das became the first head seer of Ayodhya’s Hanuman Garhi to step outside the revered temple’s premises in over 300 years as he led a procession to the…

The Allahabad High Court will on Friday hear a petition filed against Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband, Robert Vadra, over his remarks on the Pahalgam terror attack.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Wednesday directed police to launch a campaign against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.

A 69-year-old Pakistani national, who was to be sent back to his nation, died of cardiac arrest here on Wednesday, officials said.

Videos on social media showed the fires burning along the main Route 1 Jerusalem to Tel Aviv highway, with thick smoke billowing over the surrounding hilltops

Pakistan on Wednesday said it has nothing to do with the Pahalgam terror attack and threatened a strong response if it is “provoked”, amid rising tensions with India.

Major fire breaks out at Delhi handicrafts market Dilli Haat, 12 fire engines rushed to spot

The music stopped, food was left unfinished and the lights of the illuminated wedding hall of a central Kolkata dharamshala were turned off, as a major fire in an adjacent…

The driver of a state transport bus in Karnataka has landed in trouble after stopping the bus on the roadside to offer namaz. An inquiry has been ordered after a…

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday participated in the ‘switching off lights’ protest called by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) against the Waqf (Amendment) Act.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is looking to make a trade deal and will visit the White House within the next week.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said that the fourth round of the Omani-mediated indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the US will be held in Rome on Saturday,…

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday welcomed the Centre’s decision to include caste-based data in the upcoming national census but stressed that a mere announcement without any effort to initiate…

The Centre’s decision to include caste-based data in the upcoming national census is “unprecedented” and in the interest of 140 crore citizens, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on…

Yemen’s Houthi group has said it had shot down a US F-18 fighter jet during an earlier assault on the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, and launched fresh drone…

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it was up to residents of Volgograd to decide whether the city should revert to the name of Stalingrad, as it was called…

Ukraine and the U.S. said on Wednesday they signed an agreement on a joint fund to invest in Ukraine’s reconstruction, and a draft of the deal said it would give…

Prices of Amul milk across all variants in the country will be raised by Rs 2 per litre with effect from May 1 (Thursday), the marketing federation which owns the…

Senior IPS officer Deven Bharti, who has been a part of probes into many high-profile cases, including the 26/11 terror attacks, on Wednesday took over as the new commissioner of…

Vaibhav was 13 when he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals, and yet, when he strides out to bat, the cameras never pick up even an iota of nervousness, neither…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted two rape convicts on finding the prosecution’s theory “full of holes” raising grave suspicion.

Noting that actor Malaika Arora was “intentionally” avoiding the legal proceedings by failing to appear as a witness in a 2012 hotel brawl case involving co-star Saif Ali Khan, a…

Congress’s Rahul Gandhi said today that the Centre’s decision to club caste census with next year’s population census is a welcome step though taken under pressure.

The Supreme Court will hear a petition tomorrow on forming a judicial commission headed by a retired judge of the top court to investigate the terror attack in Jammu and…

Allies Congress and Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal, nationally as well as in Bihar, have claimed credit for the Centre’s move to include caste figures in the next Census.

Election strategist-turned politician Prashant Kishor pointed out today that the caste census in itself is not a problem. Nor it is a promise that possession of data will immediately rectify…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that those responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack must pay the price for what they have done, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi must…

Donald Trump wants to annex Greenland one way or another. After trying to build diplomatic pressure over the last few months and failing at it, Washington is trying a new…

Belousov also noted that Roshchyna’s body showed signs of an autopsy having been performed before it was returned to Ukraine, and that some of her organs were missing.

The Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday evening stayed the High Court order given earlier in the day granting bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das, or Chandan Kumar…

The Supreme Court’s landmark judgment, stressing that digital access is intrinsic to the right to life, follows a long legal battle led by an acid attack survivor whose inability to…

Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after last week’s terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, in which 26 people were killed, key military officials of both countries have…

Two juveniles were apprehended for allegedly stabbing two men after they asked them not to stand outside a women’s public toilet here, police said Wednesday.