Afternoon Times

Two girls, aged four and five, died of “suffocation” after accidentally getting locked inside a car in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district on Monday, the police said.

A 22-year-old man allegedly hacked his father to death in Odisha’s Sundergarh district on Monday to take revenge for his mother’s murder, police said.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said there was no reason that the US and Chinese economies had to cleave apart, saying a deal could be done even as the…

The U.N. Trade and Development agency urged U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to exclude the poorest and smallest economies from reciprocal tariffs because it “would have minimal impact…

The next round of talks between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme will be held in Oman on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Congress MLA Indira Meena had an altercation with a local BJP leader in Sawaimadhopur district over the installation of a commemorative plaque at the site of a statue of Dr…

NASA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion or DEI chief Neela Rajendra, who is of Indian origin, has been sacked by the US space agency in compliance with Donald Trump’s executive order…

China and Vietnam signed dozens of cooperation agreements Monday, strengthening ties between the communist-run countries after Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned that protectionism “leads nowhere” and that a trade war…

Meta chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday in a landmark US anti-trust trial in which his social media juggernaut stands accused of abusing its market power to…

The European Union is seeking a fair deal on tariffs with the United States, European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Monday, adding that this would require a “significant joint…

Seven years after he fled India just before the discovery of an astronomical Rs 14,000 crore scam, fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi was arrested in Belgium over the weekend.

A strong quake hit near San Diego on Monday, US geologists said.

The Prime Minister on Monday met Rampal Kashyap from Kaithal, who had vowed 14 years back not to wear footwear until Narendra Modi takes over as PM.

Over the past decade, India has undergone a transformation that has reshaped its global standing from a developing nation with potential to a powerhouse pushing boundaries across defence, space, and…

Hungarian lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes targeting the country’s LGBTQ community and dual nationals, the latest step to strengthen longtime nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

A court here has noted that Mumbai terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana had identified New Delhi for attacks akin to the 26/11 strikes as part of a conspiracy that…

A girl in a burqa and a Hindu man accompanying her were harassed and assaulted in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

Even on the run, Mehul Choksi, a key accused in the Punjab National Bank loan fraud case, has been arrested in Belgium, the ED’s plea to declare him a fugitive…

Two kilograms of cocaine worth Rs 6 crore were seized in Chennai, leading to the arrest of eight individuals linked to a drug trafficking network.

A man killed his eight-month pregnant wife after an argument this morning in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam. The police have arrested the accused.

Hours after Tejashwi Yadav’s fiery remarks on Ambedkar Jayanti, accusing the BJP and NDA of being anti-reservation and anti-Ambedkar, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary fired back, strongly defending the…

French healthcare workers and relatives of colleagues who killed themselves have filed a legal complaint against two ministers over “deadly working conditions” in public hospitals that they say are causing…

A water tanker was tailing a truck on an open road in Bengaluru. The driver steered left to overtake the truck from the edge of the road, but he lost…

The devastating earthquake that hit Myanmar last month has displaced tens of thousands and left the conflict-hit country in urgent need of large-scale debris removal, the United Nations said Monday.

Only courts have the prerogative to provide recommendations regarding the constitutionality of a Bill and the Executive is supposed to exercise restraint in such matters, the Supreme Court has said

Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the Congress today over the felling of trees in Hyderabad, that has already turned into a government versus civil society row.

Mumbai terror attacks key mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana is being interrogated for eight to ten hours daily by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths to unravel a larger conspiracy behind…

Standing atop a wooden desk, she bends from time to time to scoop up poop, cowdung to be exact, and then smears it around the walls, shows a video.

The Catholic Church has put Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica, nicknamed “God’s architect”, on the path to sainthood, the Vatican said Monday.

One of the first executive orders that Donald Trump signed as US President on January 20 was to declare a “national emergency” along US’ southern border. That order had a…

Pop star Katy Perry became the biggest name in an all-woman group to safely blast off into space Monday, roaring into the cosmos on one of billionaire Jeff Bezos’s rockets.

An iconic art deco bungalow in the heart of Delhi, which was originally made for the erstwhile princely state in Odisha, was the abode of Babasaheb B R Ambedkar when…

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday highlighted the successful diplomatic efforts of India with other countries, which he said made possible the extradition of 26/11 attacks accused Tahawwur…

As Murshidabad limps to normalcy after violence during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh has pointed to an alleged conspiracy hatched by a central…

The Belgian Justice Department on Monday confirmed to NDTV that fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi was arrested on April 12, and is currently being held in detention.

Besides sending the whole world into chaos, Germans had an unlikely victim in BR Ambedkar during the First World War.

Senior Punjab Congress leader and the Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa’s “50 bombs” comment has now snowballed into a full-scale row between the state’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party and…

The water tanker association in Mumbai called off their four-day strike after a meeting with the city’s civic body chief today.

Japan’s population fell to 120.3 million as of October 2024, official data showed on Monday, marking a record fall of 898,000 people from the previous year.

A senior Hamas official said on Monday that the Palestinian group is prepared to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for a “serious prisoner swap” and guarantees that Israel will…

Apple took the top spot for global smartphone sales in the first quarter on the back of the iPhone 16e’s launch and strong demand in countries such as Japan and…

Denmark aims to eradicate cervical cancer by 2040 thanks to a national HPV vaccination campaign and screening programme, the Danish Cancer Society said on Monday.

Partap Singh Bajwa was booked over his recent statement claiming that 50 hand grenades had been smuggled into Punjab, of which 18 had exploded.

The Election Commission came into being on January 25, 1950, after an amendment brought by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar in the Constituent Assembly.

Officials said that the woman had been struggling with exam-related depression.

With India and the United States set to begin virtual talks over the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA) this week, New Delhi is unlikely to agree to a zero-for-zero’ tariff…

A rare piece of India’s royal heritage, ‘The Golconda Blue’ — a historic diamond once owned by the Maharajas of Indore and Baroda — is set to make its auction…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress on the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, accusing the party of turning Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes…

Ever tried a blush called ‘Orgasm’? Or a mascara that struts its stuff with the moniker, ‘Better than Sex’? Sex sells. Brands know that all too well. Even if that…

Imagine a boss who never speaks to you, changes KPIs overnight and penalises you for reasons you don’t understand.

Agustin Escobar, Siemens Spain’s top executive, died in a helicopter crash in New York on April 10, while Jessica Aber, a former US Attorney who oversaw a significant espionage case…

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users — the West Philippine Sea.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned US visa holders that visiting America is not their entitlement, but a privilege extended by the US government to those who have respect…