Afternoon Times

Cachar Police in Assam seized 90,000 Yaba tablets, estimated to be worth Rs 26 crore in the illicit market, and arrested two drug smugglers during a major anti-narcotics operation in…

Supriya Sule, an ally of the Congress-led INDIA bloc, made the remarks days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Centre over poll rigging – a charge the Opposition has…

President Donald Trump’s contentious relationship with news organizations has led to a host of disputes and legal battles, the latest a lawsuit accusing the BBC of defamation and deceptive and…

In fiery remarks targeting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in poll-bound West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked women of the state to be prepared with kitchen…

The figures were disclosed in a written reply by Agriculture Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy to a question raised by BJP MLA Aravind Bellad.

Government authorities have not done enough to stamp out hatred of Jews in Australia, which has allowed it to fester in the aftermath of October 7, said the daughter of…

Cyclone Ditwah unleashed unprecedented flooding across Sri Lanka, crippling terrestrial networks and isolating communities.

Police have registered a case against four Mumbai-based traders for allegedly cheating a textile businessman from Maharashtra’s Thane district of Rs 35 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jordan, the first in nearly four decades, coincides with 75 years of bilateral ties.

While the YSRCP launched protests across the state and collected 1 crore signatures against the PPP move, TDP MP raised strong counterarguments in Parliament on Monday.

IT major Cognizant has issued a safety advisory for its employees in Pune after reports of increased leopard movement in several parts of the city and surrounding areas, asking staff…

A 60-year-old Indian origin woman was detained in the United States by immigration officers during the last round of her green card interview.

Hungover Russian drivers and other unforeseen hurdles nearly disrupted Ukraine’s audacious drone strike on Moscow, but Operation Spiders Web ultimately succeeded.

The move may also reflect President Donald Trump’s approach of prioritizing bilateral engagement over increasingly complex multilateral gatherings.

The rupee plunged 36 paise to breach the 91-mark against the US dollar for the first time in intra-day trade on Tuesday, weighed down by sustained FII outflows and a…

A station house officer in eastern Uttar Pradesh has been transferred after she allegedly stopped a girl and her brother at a temple park in Mau district and advised her…

Growth over the last decade has been “broad-based” and the consumption gap among the rich and poor in both urban and rural India is rapidly shrinking, Union finance minister Nirmala…

The National Capital Delhi continued to reel under hazardous air conditions on Tuesday as the city’s overall AQI stood at 378 at around 8 am, placing it in the ‘very…

Hollywood icon Rob Reiner’s drug-addicted son Nick Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, had a massive blow-up at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party Saturday, according to US media reports.

France’s first lady Brigitte Macron apologised on Monday for using a slur against activists that sparked a feminist backlash, trying to quell an incident that generated a social media trend…

India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, called out Islamabad’s “obsessive focus on harming India and its people.”

US President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the…

Federal authorities said Monday that they foiled a plot to bomb multiple sites of two US companies on New Year’s Eve in Southern California after arresting members of an extremist…

The 32-year-old son of legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner is “responsible” for the deaths of his parents, according to Los Angeles police.

Unidentified bike-borne assailants on Monday looted Rs 85 lakh from an accountant of a Noida-based trader after knocking him off his motorcycle on the Delhi-Lucknow highway in Hapur district, police…

Elon Musk on Monday became the first person ever worth $600 billion, Forbes said, on the heels of reports that his SpaceX startup was likely to go public at a…

A small plane crashed in central Mexico while trying to make an emergency landing Monday, killing at least seven people, Mexico State Civil Protection Coordinator Adrin Hernndez said.

Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, a move that dramatically expands the US government’s authority to fight the synthetic opioid blamed for tens…

Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram, the father-son duo who killed 15 people on Sydney’s Bondi Beach during a mass shooting, appeared to be driven by “Islamic State ideology” when they…

Officials released three new videos of the man they believe carried out Saturday’s attack that show him wearing a mask and a dark two-tone jacket.

The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday it had authorized US military aircraft to use its airports, amid growing fears Washington may be preparing an attack on nearby…

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said a world-class ‘Central Park’ will be developed over a total area of 295 acres, combining the open land of Mahalaxmi Racecourse…

The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), saying “someone has to be held accountable” for…

The Election Commission is set to publish the draft electoral rolls for West Bengal on Tuesday, following the completion of the statewide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ahead of the 2026…

Pets and birds are increasingly showing signs of respiratory distress, eye infections, and stomach ailments with rising pollution in Delhi, the city’s veterinary doctors have said.

Leading Jewish groups in the US are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events including restrictions on access following the deadly mass shooting that targeted…

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he would be imminently filing a lawsuit against the BBC over editing of his 2021 speech to supporters before their assault on the…

US President Donald Trump said Monday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction.

In the dead of winter nights, groups of women step out of their cosy homes in Leghat village of Bilaspur district here, holding torches and wielding sticks, to patrol the…

The newly-appointed national working president of the BJP, Nitin Nabin, took charge of his new responsibility, with top leaders saying his organisational skills will provide a new direction to the…

A personnel from the Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police has been killed in action during an encounter with terrorists in Udhampur.

The European Union adopted fresh sanctions against Russian oil interests on Monday, targeting traders Murtaza Lakhani and Etibar Eyyub for helping Moscow to circumvent Western sanctions on crude exports that…

US President Donald Trump said Monday that a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine was closer than ever, after he spoke to Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and a host…