23:54
Maulana Tauqeer Raza, who is currently lodged at the Fatehgarh Central Jail in connection with the September 26 violence in Bareilly, on Monday repaid his nearly three-decade-old loan he owed to a cooperative society in Budaun district.According to officials, Raza had borrowed Rs 5,055 from the...
23:44
Actor Karisma Kapoor's children on Monday questioned the authenticity of the purported will of their late father Sunjay Kapur before the Delhi high court, claiming there were glaring errors in the document and it could not have been prepared by him.The counsel appearing for Samaira and Kiaan Raj...
23:08
Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday gave away party tickets to candidates favoured by him, unfazed by inability of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), helmed in Bihar by the RJD, to formally announce a plan for seat-sharing.A stampede-like...
22:55
While framing charges in a corruption case connected to alleged irregularities in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a Delhi court on Monday rejected the argument of Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav that he was a minor on the date of purchase of land...
21:56
A popular YouTuber and his teenage son were arrested for allegedly raping a girl in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, a police officer said Monday.YouTuber Arabinda Mandal, who has millions of followers, was arrested along with his teenage son on Sunday for allegedly raping the...
21:50
The father of the MBBS student who was allegedly gang-raped near a private medical college in West Bengal's Durgapur on Monday said he wanted to take his daughter back to Odisha, citing safety concerns, and criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks on the incident.He said he no longer...
21:45
A video showing two students allegedly kissing inside a classroom at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU) in Vadodara city has gone viral on social media platforms, prompting varsity authorities to order a probe on Monday.A preliminary probe suggests the video was purportedly...
20:56
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Monday described live-in relationships as a 'threat to India's ancient culture' and urged the youth to stay away from such 'decadent trends' that put families and especially young women at risk.Speaking at the 30th convocation ceremony of Dr Ram Manohar...
20:38
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav will contest the Bihar elections from Mahua as his newly-floated party, Janshakti Janta Dal (JJD), announced candidates for 21 seats on Monday. Yadav, a former minister in the state government, floated the party after...
20:21
The rupee appreciated five paise to close at 88.67 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, supported by suspected RBI intervention and fresh foreign fund inflows.Forex traders said the domestic unit faced some resistance as renewed trade war tensions between the US and China led to risk...
20:19
With all 20 remaining living hostages held by Hamas back in Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday welcomed their release after over two years of captivity and said India supports US President Donald Trump's 'sincere efforts' to bring peace to the region.Hamas released the hostages as...
19:36
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said India's presence at the Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, at the level of a Minister of State, was in stark contrast to the heads of state gathered there, and wondered whether the decision reflects 'strategic restraint' or 'missed...
19:31
The Supreme Court on Monday extended till November 20 its interim order staying proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a Lucknow court in a case related to his alleged derogatory remarks about the Indian Army during his 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra.The matter came up for hearing before a...
18:59
Delhi Police on Monday said that Chaitanyanand Saraswati is not a sanyasi. This is stated in a reply by the Police on the plea of Chaitanyanand Saraswati in Patiala House Court.He has sought a direction from jail authorities to allow him to wear a sanyasi robe and to keep religious books in...
18:39
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Bihar's ruling National Democratic Alliance on Monday postponed the release of its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly polls, reportedly at the last minute. Sources within the NDA indicated that the announcement of the candidate list was deferred due to growing discontent...
18:26
The Pakistan Stock Exchange crashed on Monday in the wake of military action in Afghanistan and countrywide protests by an extremist religious party, creating uncertainty among investors.The KSE-100 index plunged nearly 3,000 points at the opening, falling to 160,126 from Friday's close of...
18:13
Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Monday said Afghanistan achieved its objective in the border skirmish against Pakistan, and stopped the attack at the request of Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Replying to media queries, the visiting minister said Afghanistan...
17:14
The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Tuesday a plea of Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd (SICCL) seeking its nod to sell various properties, including Amby Valley in Maharashtra and Shahara Saher in Lucknow, to Adani Properties Private Limited. As per the apex court website, a...
17:03
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday stated that he wouldn't be travelling to Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh to attend the Gaza Peace Summit with global leaders, citing time constraints ahead of the start of the Shemini Atzeret-Simchat Torah holiday, which begins tonight.According to The...
16:47
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to The Knesset in Israel's Jerusalem. After two harrowing years in darkness and captivity, 20 courageous hostages are returning to the embrace of their families. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu opened his address to the Knesset in Hebrew by...
16:42
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fell on Monday due to selling in IT and FMCG shares and a weak trend in global markets after US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 per cent tariff on Chinese goods from November 1. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 173.77 points or 0.21 per...
16:40
Speaking in Israeli Parliament, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says, I have seen many a lot of US presidents, but I have never seen anyone move the world so quickly and decisively as our friend President Donald J Trump.Netanyahu says he is committed to this peace following the release of the living...
16:19
Speaking in the Israeli Parliament, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says, Donald Trump is the greatest friend Israel has had in the White House. President Trump, we welcome you here to thank you for your pivotal leadership for the proposal that got the backing of the entire world. A proposal that brings...
16:03
Israel endorses US President Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize next year: There is no one more deserving than you, Mr President. Nobel Peace Prize winner Mara Corina Machado has said she is grateful for what US President Donald Trump is doing around the world for peace.Machado, Venezuela's...
15:57
Rejecting the buzz that his scheduled dinner meeting for cabinet colleagues was linked to the proposed cabinet reshuffle, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the banquet has nothing to do with the rejig.The meeting gains significance amid speculations about a change of guard and...
15:54
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met US President Donald Trump in the Knesset Chamber on Monday and spoke to Egyptian President Al Sisi as he accepted the invitation to join the Gaza Peace Summit at Sharm el Sheikh, Israeli media reported citing Channel 12 news. While at the...
15:38
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for having explained innovation-driven economic growth with one half to Mokyr for having identified the...
15:23
The Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party on Monday announced its second list of candidates for 65 seats for the Bihar elections. However, Kishor's name, who is expected to contest the polls from the Raghopur seat against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, was missing from the list. Addressing a...
15:18
Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Monday. Modi said her visit to India would impart new momentum to the bilateral partnership. Prime Minister welcomed Foreign Minister Anand and conveyed that her visit would contribute to ongoing efforts to impart...
14:51
Another group of 13 Israeli hostages has been handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza, shortly after Hamas released the first six hostages earlier on Monday, according to Israeli media i24.The bodies of 28 other hostages remain in the terror group's hands, with plans to transfer most of them to...
14:38
Sushant Singh Rajput died in 2020
The CPI (ML)L -- a constituent of the Opposition Mahagathbandan -- will field Divya Gautam, the sister of the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, from the Digha assembly constituency in Patna district.Divya, an activist associated with the AISA, the CPI(ML)L's student wing, has confirmed...
14:33
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif arrives for the Gaza peace meet: Alhamdolillah, arrived in Sharm El-Sheikh this morning to attend the signing ceremony of the landmark Gaza peace plan -- a crucial step towards lasting peace in the Middle East. Grateful to our co-hosts, President El Sisi and President...
14:18
Women react at 'Hostages Square'. Pic: Reuters/Shir Torem
The first seven Israeli hostages freed from Hamas captivity have safely crossed into Israel and are now being reunited with their families, according to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Personnel from the IDF Manpower Directorate and medical teams are accompanying the seven hostages, Eitan...
14:00
Two more persons were arrested by police in connection with the alleged gang rape of a private medical college student at Durgapur in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, a police officer said on Monday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate,...
13:17
Update: The manufacturing licence of Tamil Nadu based Sresan Pharmaceutical company involved in making the adulterated cough syrup Coldrif has completely been revoked, and the company has been ordered to shut down, the state government informed on Monday. The state Drug Control Department...
13:02
The manufacturing licence for making cough syrup Coldrif has been completely revoked and the firm has been shut down says the Tamil Nadu government. The ED on Monday raided premises linked to Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Coldrif cough syrup linked to the deaths of children in...
12:57
India's textile and apparel exporters are facing severe disruptions following the United States' imposition of a 50 per cent additional tariff, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI).The survey revealed that the US, which accounts for...
12:53
Pic: Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is riding along with US President Donald Trump in the presidential limousine as they head now to the Knesset building in Jerusalem, reports CNN. The two men were seen speaking inside the vehicle before it departed the airport tarmac.Trump...
12:43
US President Donald Trump arrives at the Ben Gurion Airport, Israel to trumpet fanfare. Israeli President Isaac Herzog and PM Benjamin Netanyahu receive him. The US President touched down in the country as the first set of hostages has been received by Israel Defense Forces. Trump...
12:37
TMC MP Mahua Moitra shares this picture on X and writes, Having a super birthday - already cut 2 cakes:-) . Thank you everyone for the love and good wishes. God bless. With her is her husband, BJD ex-MP Pinaki Misra.
12:11
Soon after handing over seven hostages out of 20, Hamas's military wing issued a statement claiming that it remains committed to the ongoing ceasefire and hostage-for-prisoner deal with Israel.According to Times of Israel, Hamas's military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, issued a statement shortly...
11:59
Three more Assamese expats, who witnessed cultural icon Zubeen Garg's dying moments in Singapore, on Monday appeared before the police in Guwahati in response to the second notice against them, a top official said. Within the next two days, a few more Assamese NRIs living in Singapore are...
11:35
A court in New Delhi on Monday framed charges against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Bihar CM Rabri Devi and their son Tejashwi Yadav, who is the Leader of Opposition in the state, in the alleged IRCTC scam case, setting the stage for a trial ahead of polls in Bihar.Special Judge Vishal...
11:32
A Red Cross vehicle in Gaza to handover the hostages. Reuters/Ramadan Abed
The first seven hostages of the twenty hostages alive in Gaza, have been handed over by the Red Cross to Israeli forces in Northern Gaza, I24 News Israel has reported. According to Times of Israel, crowds erupted in loud cheers upon hearing the news at the Hostages Square. The seven...
11:22
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a CBI probe into the Karur stampede, which took place during TVK chief and actor Vijay's rally on September 27, leaving 41 persons dead and many others injured.A bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and N.V. Anjaria also ordered a three-member committee to be...
11:05
Sminu Jindal
Naveen Jindal, chairman of Jindal Group and BJP MP from Kurukshetra, has criticised IndiGo after the airline allegedly returned a dented wheelchair to his daughter after a Goa-Delhi flight on October 10. His daughter, Sminu Jindal, who is an industrialist and disability rights advocate, was...
10:54
The welcome kit prepared for the hostages
As the moment of the arrival of hostages comes closer, Israeli Prime Minister's Office shared on Monday the personal message written by PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, for the returning hostages. Hebrew media also reported the names of the initial six hostages set to be released,...
10:35
West Bengal Police have arrested the fourth accused in connection with the alleged Durgapur gang rape case, Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate said. The police had earlier arrested three individuals in connection with the alleged gangrape.Earlier on Sunday, the three accused arrested...
10:26
Red Cross vehicles have begun their movement in central Gaza in preparation of the release of hostages, Saudi media reported on Monday.According to i24 News, Hamas has released the list of 20 names of Israeli hostages, who are set to be released today and Hamas sources informed A-Sharq news that...
10:10
Nearly 80% of Gaza is destroyed in Israeli bombing
The 20 Israeli hostages thought to be alive in Gaza are expected to be freed within hours. Nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israel will also be freed as part of the first crucial phase of the US-brokered ceasefire deal.US President Donald Trump is heading to Israel, where...
10:02
CPI(M) West Bengal State Secretary, Mohammed Salim, launched a sharp attack against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her girls should not be allowed to go out at night remarks after a medical student was allegedly gangraped in Durgapur.Speaking to ANI on Sunday, Salim asked if Mamata Banerjee...
09:48
Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida on Monday strongly criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's girls should not be allowed to go out at night remark after a medical student hailing from Odisha was allegedly gangraped in Durgapur. Terming the remark an insult to women...
09:39
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Three people, including a firefighter, died while attempting to rescue a woman who jumped into a well at Neduvathur near Kollam early Monday, police said. The deceased were identified as Archana of Neduvathur, her friend Shivakrishnan, and Soni S Kumar, an official with the Fire and Rescue...
09:23
The ED on Monday raided premises linked to Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Coldrif cough syrup linked to the deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, and top officials of the Tamil Nadu FDA as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. At least...
09:00
Chennai-based space startup Space Kidz is expected to tap Japanese lunar exploration company iSpace to launch its ambitious moon project, ShakthiSAT, built by 108 girls from across the world, in 2027.The Hakuto-R Mission by the Japanese major is likely to carry a payload of an official mascot of...
08:59
A major fire broke out in several automobile spare parts and scrap material shops in Mumbai's Kurla area in the early hours of Monday, officials said. No casualty was reported so far, they said. The blaze was reported at 2.42 am in 15 to 20 shops located near a gurdwara on CST Road in...
08:46
Space-tech startup GalaxEye has announced that it is planning to launch its maiden 'Mission Drishti' in the first quarter of calendar year 2026. The launch will also mark the beginning of GalaxEye's satellite constellation programme, comprising 8 to 12 satellites to be launched successively until...
08:36
United States President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas will hold, saying that people are tired of war after centuries of conflict. He made the remarks while speaking to reporters during a press gaggle aboard Air Force One,...
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