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The Vatican on Monday announced the death of the 88-year-old pontiff, who inspired devotion but riled traditionalists during 12 years leading the Catholic Church.

Apart from the minor detail that the US is India’s largest trading partner, there’s this critical matter of matrimony.

Thousands of migrants living in Canada, including Indians, are losing their work permits due to long delays in the paperwork renewal process, as growing backlogs and changing rules hinder efforts…

In a big signal amid fears of the impact of Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, US Vice-President JD Vance has said his country and India have finalised terms for a trade…

The images were taken in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis’s residence at the Vatican where he died.

Acclaimed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has apologised for his allegedly casteist remark against the Brahmin community.

Benedict IX, a pope in the 11th century, holds the rare distinction of becoming a pope three times, selling the papacy, being deposed, reinstated, and eventually excommunicated.

Tributes have poured in from around the globe for Pope Francis, a liberal reformer who took over following the resignation of German theologian Benedict XVI in 2013.

Indian Air Force officer, Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose, who was allegedly assaulted by a biker in Bengaluru during a “road rage”, is now facing a case of ‘Attempt to Murder’…

Yoga guru Ramdev has run into fresh trouble with the courts. The Delhi High Court has observed that the Patanjali Ayurved founder’s ‘sharbat jihad’ remark on popular squash drink Rooh…

Pope Francis looked visibly drained when he drove around St Peter’s Square in his popemobile on Easter Sunday, cheered by a rapt crowd in what became his final public appearance.

The Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw through social media post showed the progress of the Mumbai Bullet Train Station.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed Delhi Police to downgrade the security cover provided to former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi from ‘Z’ to ‘Y’…

In a major administrative reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government transferred 33 IAS officers, including district magistrates of 11 districts and three IPS officers, officials said here on Tuesday.

Pope Francis, 88, died on Monday from a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling double pneumonia.

The domestic benchmark indices opened marginally up, amid positive global cues, as buying was seen in the auto, PSU bank and financial services sectors in the early trade.

Om Prakash was found dead in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds to his stomach and chest on Sunday at his residence in HSR Layout.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met global CEOs, pension fund managers and other institutional investors here, and discussed the opportunity for collaboration in the domain of energy and sustainability

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Ahmedabad Zonal Office, has filed a prosecution complaint against journalist Mahesh Prabhudan Langa under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The funeral should be held between the fourth and sixth days after the pope’s death, according to the Apostolic Constitution.

An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer has been arrested by Andhra Pradesh police for the alleged harassment and wrongful arrest of a Mumbai-based actor.

Some might say tariff policy has been a pinata-esque moving target under Trump — chaotic swings followed by an economy that has taken a beating.

Amid spiralling trade war between the world’s two biggest economies, US Vice President JD Vance’s “Chinese peasants” remark has once again come back to bite him, with a top Chinese…

When Trump first ran for president in 2016, Pope Francis was unsparing on Trump’s signature promise to build a wall to seal off Mexico.

Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has turned US foreign policy upside down, sent shock waves through the financial markets, and turned the Oval Office into…

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A businessman and his wife were found murdered in their house in Thiruvathukkal in this district on Tuesday, police said.

The start of Trump’s term has left his political opponents stunned as he has signed dozens of executive orders expanding his influence over both government departments and over private institutions…

In its latest tariff salvo, the Trump administration in the United States has imposed new duties– as high as 3,521%– on solar imports from Southeast Asian countries.

India has to generate 8 million jobs per year at least for the next 10-12 years and raise the share of manufacturing in GDP as it strives to achieve vision…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag was stolen on Sunday night while she was having dinner in downtown Washington, DC.

Air India Ltd is looking to take Boeing Co planes rejected by Chinese carriers, people familiar with the matter said, joining the ranks of Asian airlines vying to benefit from…

The president has stepped up his long-established hostility towards TV news channels like CNN and newspapers such as The New York Times.

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned popular actor Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu in a money laundering case linked to realty groups Surana Group and Sai Surya Developers. The agency has asked Mr…

Kash Patel, FBI Director, has assured that “justice will be done” following the arrest of Gangster-turned-terrorist Harpreet Singh in the US.

The water crisis in parts of Maharashtra has deepened, with women in the villages of Arni tehsil, Yavatmal district, facing severe challenges in accessing water for daily use.

During the 2005 papal conclave, a grey smoke signal from the Sistine Chapel left thousands of onlookers around the world confused about whether a new pope had been elected.

In a tote-for-tat move, BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj reached the Parliament Annexe building today to attend a Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on ‘One Nation One Election’ with a tote bag…

Due to heavy rain and storm that occurred in the early hours of April 21 across Tripura, widespread havoc was created as 445 houses were damaged – fully, partially, or…

We have found, however, that this incredible diversity is underpinned by a hidden mathematical rule that governs the growth and shape of beaks in nearly all living birds.