22:56
Legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle was admitted to a private hospital here on Saturday evening due to chest infection and exhaustion, her granddaughter Zanai Bhosle said.The 92-year-old singer was admitted to Breach Candy hospital in South Mumbai. Sources had earlier said she suffered...
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In a first since the Iran war began, two US Navy destroyers crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, US media outlet Axios said.The warships' passage was not coordinated with authorities in Tehran, the report said.We're now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said on...
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As direct talks between the United States and Iran take place in Pakistan, Israel said it is continuing strikes on targets in Lebanon.The Israeli military said its air force hit infrastructure of the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon in the past 24 hours.The statement came as Teheran was...
20:03
The government on Saturday hiked export duty, or windfall tax, on diesel to Rs 55.5 per litre and on aviation fuel ATF to Rs 42 a litre. The duty hikes would be applicable with immediate effect, the finance ministry said in a notification. The government had, on March 26, imposed an...
19:50
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday termed Pakistan as 'paapi' (sinner) and asserted that it will 'disintegrate' further. While speaking at an event in Miyanpur, Adityanath distributed land ownership rights certificates to Hindu families displaced from...
19:20
United States President Donald Trump has taken to social media to address the conflict with Iran, even as the two sides were holding talks in Pakistan.In a post on Truth Social, Trump fired a claim of Iran losing big on his Truth Social account.The President's post was apparently triggered by...
18:57
The peace talks between Iran and the United States have begun in Islamabad, according to several media reports.According to BBC, the talks have now started between the US and Iran, but for the moment are still indirect through Pakistani mediators.The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said it was...
18:56
A helicopter ferrying Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal missed the designated helipad and touched down at a location about 1,300 metres away in Pune district on Saturday, though he downplayed the incident by insisting it was a smooth landing and not an accident scare.Additional Superintendent...
18:21
An Iranian delegation held meetings with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir on Saturday to discuss issues related to the peace talks with the US and bilateral matters.The delegation, which includes Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign...
18:18
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Iranian negotiating team holds meeting in Islamabad ahead of peace talks with the US. The delegation, which includes Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and other hold a meeting.
17:44
Amid US-Iran talks in Islamabad, President Donald Trump claimed that a large number of empty oil tankers, including some of the world's biggest, are currently heading to the United States to load what he described as the best and sweetest oil and gas. Trump also said that the US has...
17:33
An India-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker, Jag Vikram, has crossed the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first such transit by an Indian vessel since a temporary two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced, according to ship-tracking data. The tanker moved...
17:00
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday expressed hope that talks between the United States and Iran being held in Islamabad would lead to durable peace in West Asia. Sharif conveyed this during a meeting with a visiting US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance, which arrived...
16:41
A five-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped allegedly by a man who later put her in a sack and dumped her near a well in Chhattisgarh's Durg district, a police official said on Saturday.The incident took place under Utai police station limits on Friday afternoon when the victim, after returning...
16:15
Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe injuries to his face and leg caused by the US-Israeli airstrike at the beginning of the war that killed his father, Ali Khamenei.According to a report in Reuters, Khamenei's face was disfigured in the attack on the...
15:56
Calling for an overhaul of legal architecture to meet the demands of an evolving economy, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday said that the country's transformation into a USD 10 trillion economy cannot be achieved through capital or policy alone and that the quality of the legal system...
15:53
Two men arrested in Bijnor for allegedly being in touch with a Pakistan-linked handler based in Saudi Arabia told police that the Pakistani handler was expanding his network in India via social media. Circle Officer Najibabad, Anjani Kumar Chaturvedi, said on Saturday that police...
15:09
Ahead of the special three-day Parliament session when the women's reservation law is expected to be amended, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said the proposed amendments should not be a political tool that undermines federalism and vitiates the vitality of Parliament. In a post...
15:05
The ECI on Saturday ordered the transfer of Tamil Nadu Home Secretary Dheeraj Kumar and appointed K Manivasan in his place.The 1993 batch IAS officer Manivasan has been directed to join immediately.Further, the release from the Election Commission of India said Kumar should not be posted in any...
14:21
Four days after Iran and the United States announced a two-week ceasefire, Tehran is still unable to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Why?According to a New York Times report, Iran is unable to locate all the mines it laid in the waterway to block passage during the war.Citing US officials, the...
14:19
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that the BJP, with the help of the Election Commission, tried to get her candidature from Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata cancelled by attempting to file false cases against her, but the bid was foiled by TMC workers and the...
14:16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sharpened the BJP's pitch on infiltration and welfare in poll-bound West Bengal and promised that the process of granting citizenship to Matua and Namasudra refugee families will speed up once the party comes to power. Addressing a rally at Katwa in...
13:13
The Congress on Saturday questioned the government's failure to prevent Washington from according Islamabad the role of a mediator between the two warring countries despite New Delhi's diplomatic outreach to isolate it following the April 2025 Pahalgam attack.This raises serious questions about...
12:50
A Vande Bharat train operating from Ernakulam to Bengaluru sustained minor damage in a stone-pelting incident a day earlier, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred near Parali in Palakkad district at around 4.30 pm on Friday, an officer of the Government Railway Police (GRP), Palakkad,...
12:45
All electric cars with an ex-showroom price of Rs 30 lakh or less registered in the national capital will be granted 100 per cent exemption on road tax and registration fees till 31 March 2030, according to the Delhi government's new draft electric vehicle (EV) policy released on Saturday.The...
12:23
United States Vice President J D Vance has arrived in Pakistan to hold crucial peace talks with Iran aimed at ending the Middle East conflict. Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir and Deputy PM Ishaq Dar received Vance at the airport. Vance was accompanied by the US...
11:51
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As many as 32 persons, including policemen, were injured after a bus collided with a container lorry at Koyilandy in Kozhikode on Saturday, officials said.According to police, the bus was carrying personnel of the Malabar Special Police (MSP) who were returning to their base after election duty...
11:08
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will undertake a three-day visit to Paris and Berlin beginning Sunday for high-level talks on energy, trade and defence against the backdrop of the West Asia conflict.Misri's visit to France and Germany comes at the end of his trip to the US, where he met Secretary...
11:07
An earthquake of 4.7 magnitude struck parts of Hingoli district in Marathwada region of Maharashtra on Saturday morning, while tremors were also felt in parts of neighbouring Nanded and Parbhani districts, officials said. There are no reports of immediate loss to life, they said. Some houses and...
10:37
The boat that capsized here in the Yamuna river on Friday, leaving 10 tourists dead, 22 injured and five missing, has been retrieved, and no bodies have been found trapped underneath it, said a senior police officer involved in the search and rescue operation.The boat was retrieved early on...
09:48
The Iranian delegation that arrived in Islamabad for crucial talks with the United States, also carried pictures of victims from the Minab school attack on the official flight.The delegation, led by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and accompanied by Foreign Minister Abbas...
09:39
The European Union issued a sharp condemnation following Israel's recent decision to establish more than 30 new settlements in the occupied West Bank.In a formal statement released on Friday, the EU labeled the expansion a 'flagrant violation' of international law and a direct threat to the...
09:23
India’s foreign exchange reserves increased after four weeks of consecutive fall by $9.06 billion to $697.12 billion during the week ended April 3 on the back of a rise in gold reserves, latest data by the Reserve Bank of India showed.Gold reserves increased by $7.22 billlion during the...
09:20
United States President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled an ambitious plan for NASA exploration of Mars after the Artemis II crew was extracted from their spacecraft.Trump said that the lunar mission was successful and called the crew to the White House.In a post on Truth Social, he said,...
08:51
All the Artemis II crew have now been extracted after the splashdown, and will then be escorted to the medical bay, NASA stated on Friday.As of now, they are on the USS John P Murtha and will go through post-mission medical evaluations.In a post on X, NASA stated, 'All four of the Artemis II...
00:37
Lebanon is weighing the possibility of engaging in direct talks with Israel, even as supporters of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group staged protests opposing any such move, reflecting deep divisions within the country.The development comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced...
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