Afternoon Times

UK’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson celebrated his daughter Romy’s birthday dressed as a pixie and performed the popular “Cha Cha Slide”.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s remarks about the government using mist sprayers to contain pollution at hotspots has drawn a stinging response from her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal.

A trainee aircraft crashed after it hit a 33 kV high-voltage power line in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district on Monday.

The family of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the writer and composer of ‘Vande Mataram’, on Monday, hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gesture to mark the 150 years of the country’s National…

Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday made a U-turn on his earlier stand, saying he would not resign from the West Bengal Assembly, days after laying the foundation stone…

Plans to airlift Bangladesh’s ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia to London for advanced treatment suffered a fresh setback on Monday after the German air ambulance hired for her travel…

Congress Suspends Navjot Kaur Sidhu, Navjot Sidhu’s wife, Days After Controversial Comment

A woman killed her 14-year-old son in their home in Bengaluru and then died by suicide along with her mother on Monday.

A crackdown on houseboats, hotels and guesthouses have started in Srinagar to curb the unlawful stay of foreign nationals in Jammu and Kashmir.

Kashmir valley is facing a severe water crisis due to low rainfall consistently, experts said. The lack of snowfall has also shrunk rivers, tributaries and natural springs.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Monday called the country’s highway toll collection an “organised loot”, saying mismanagement and excessive charges were placing an “unbearable” burden on commuters.

The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government distributed scooters to 11,250 meritorious students on Monday under the Dr Bani Kanta Kakati Merit Award Scheme at the Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a quack in front of her child in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, police said on Monday.

Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh has allegedly received a threat from unidentified persons claiming to be members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang who warned him against sharing the stage with actor…

The Adani Group is setting up a 48-megawatt cutting-edge AI green data centre in Telangana at an outlay of Rs 2,500 crores, said Karan Adani, Managing Director of Adani Ports…

More than 100 people, including dozens of children, were killed in attacks on a kindergarten in Sudan that continued even as parents and caretakers rushed the wounded to a nearby…

President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “hasn’t read” a US-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

Rating agency Moody’s on Monday upgraded the rating of two entities of Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) — AGEL-RG1 and AGEL-RG2 — to ‘Ba1/Stable’ from the earlier ‘Ba1/Negative’.

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers and COO Isidre Porqueras have filed replies to the show cause notices issued by the aviation safety regulator DGCA over the airline’s massive flight disruptions, an…

Japan’s Meteorological Agency said a powerful earthquake hit off the Japanese northern coast on Monday, triggering a tsunami alert.

Navjot Kaur Sidhu — the wife of cricketer-turned -politician Navjot Singh Sidhu — has issued a detailed clarification on social media platform X on her explosive comment that “the one…

The Supreme Court today expressed concern over controversial and “anti-women orders” passed by courts across the country in rape and sexual assault cases. To check this issue, a detailed set…

Riding on the decline in prices of vegetables and pulses, the cost of preparing home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis fell 13 per cent each on a year-on-year basis in November,…

The debate on the national song “Vande Mataram” on its 150th anniversary in parliament saw a spirited defence of the Congress from its senior leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

A political storm has erupted after Jana Sena Party chief and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan equated Dharma with the Indian Constitution during his address at the Sri…

The time Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first Prime Minister, spent in jail during the freedom struggle is close to the period Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been in the country’s…

InterGlobe Aviation Limited, the parent company of IndiGo, saw its market value shrink sharply on Monday as the airline continued to grapple with one of the worst travel disruptions in…

Nishant Kumar has shown no interest in political activities or in joining his father’s party, JD(U), while Nitish Kumar himself has repeatedly stated that he does not wish to push…

A night of music and dance turned fatal in Goa after a fire at a jampacked nightclub claimed 25 lives – 20 staff and five tourists – after midnight on…

A man was seen wearing a helmet while driving his car in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra district on Monday after the police allegedly fined him for not wearing one earlier.

The issue of territory is still the “most problematic” in discussions on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, an official familiar with the negotiations said, ahead of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivered a blistering speech today slamming the Congress for “fragmentation” of the national song Vande Mataram due to its “appeasement politics” that started in the days…

A political row broke out last month when Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of dropping important stanzas of ‘Vande Mataram’ during the 1937 session of the party.

In what is being described as the final collapse of the Maoist structure, Central Committee Member Ramdher Majji, one of the most feared and powerful Maoist leaders, surrendered along with…

The sky is not the limit; it’s just the beginning, says Air India in a hiring advertisement calling pilots to apply for a career in the Tata group company.

Vande Matram, the national song, is alive in every part of the country, underlined Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Lok Sabha as she spoke during a special discussion…

The banner on the toll plaza read “Wishing You A Pleasant And Safe Journey”. A few metres ahead, a black Thar rammed a white hatchback, showed a disturbing video from…

Rahul Bhatia-controlled domestic carrier IndiGo on Monday cancelled 562 flights from six metro airports, with 150 cancellations originating from Bengaluru airport alone, according to sources.

The significance of the 27-hour-long visit lies less in the agreements concluded and more in the strategic message it conveyed, that the bilateral partnership retains its own momentum,largelyinsulated from external…

IndiGo said on Sunday that it has restored 95 per cent of its network and plans to operate around 1,500 flights.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a debate on ‘Vande Mataram’ in the Lok Sabha as the song completed 150 years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Lok Sabha, which opened the discussion to mark the 150th anniversary of the national song, Vande Mataram, ran into a “da” vs “babu” confusion…

In a stunning twist that has gripped Punjab, a 17-year-old girl from Ferozepur district has reappeared months after she was allegedly pushed into a canal by her father.

The sighting coincides with airports facing flight chaos, including cancellations, delays, and large crowds.

IndiGo, India’s largest airline, has been battling with the operational crisis that led to mass flight cancellations last week.

Saurabh Luthra on Monday said the nightclub’s management was “deeply shaken” by the scale of the loss

IndiGo is showing steady recovery after a period of major flight disruptions.

The acquittal of actor Dileep, accused of masterminding a prominent Kerala actor’s abduction and rape, comes at the end of a nearly nine-year legal battle that raised a storm in…

A black bear suddenly attacked a zookeeper at Hangzhou Safari Park in East China’s Zhejiang Province. The bear knocked the keeper to the ground. He struggled to escape, while the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s high-profile visit to New Delhi has reignited debate in Washington over India’s growing proximity to Moscow, at a time when global geopolitical alignments are shifting rapidly.