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The ministry of external affairs has intensified its monitoring of the evolving situation across the Gulf and West Asia, prioritising the safety, security and welfare of Indian nationals in the region. Indian missions are maintaining round-the-clock contact with citizens while coordinating...
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Unidentified miscreants allegedly opened fire at the residence of a woman advocate Belagavi during the early hours of Sunday, the police said.The incident occurred between 1 am and 2 am at the house of advocate Pooja Kakatkar, located on Mandoli Road, they said.The attackers allegedly targeted...
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The police on Sunday arrested a grocery shopkeeper on charge of raping an MBA student at her rented house in Bhubaneswar, an officer said.According to the police, the incident took place on Friday night when the victim, a second-year MBA student from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, was alone at her...
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US Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday said that the suspect involved in the shooting incident and the attempted security breach during the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel appeared to be targeting members of the Trump administration, while stressing...
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Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday attached the immovable property belonging to a terror handler in Rajouri district, an official said.The property of Mohd Iqbal, a resident of Dara in Thanamandi area, has been attached according to the legal provisions as part of strong action...
20:48
A man was allegedly caught taking the preliminary examination for the Haryana Civil Services (executive branch) and other allied services on behalf of his friend in Faridabad on Sunday, police said.According to district administration officials, police personnel were present at an exam centre...
20:40
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi is set to head back to Islamabad on Sunday following his high-level meetings and diplomatic engagements in Oman's Muscat, CNN reported.According to CNN, citing an Iranian source, the Iranian Foreign Minister has departed the Omani capital and is...
20:27
The India meteorological department on Sunday issued a heat wave alert for parts of northwest and central India, warning that scorching conditions are likely to continue over the next three days.The weather department said heat wave conditions very likely in isolated/some parts of isolated...
20:06
Seven individuals were arrested for allegedly assaulting a truck driver and his assistant in a road rage incident in Nanded district of Maharashtra, police said on Sunday.According to the police, a group of accused, some travelling in two vehicles and others on a motorcycle,...
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Heatwave conditions swept parts of Rajasthan, as Barmer remained the hottest place in the state on Sunday, recording a maximum temperature of 46 degrees Celsius.Day temperatures crossed the 40-degree Celsius mark at most places across the state, according to the Met department.Jaisalmer recorded...
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AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that BJP-EC conspiracy led to the deletion of the names of 27 lakh voters from the West Bengal electoral rolls under the SIR exercise, claiming that it was part of a larger plan to target their citizenship...
19:11
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Amid mounting speculation over his position within the Trump administration, FBI director Kash Patel reportedly could be the next senior official to exit Trump's cabinet in recent times, according to a Politico report.As per Politico, questions have emerged within White House circles regarding...
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Patna district administration on Sunday restricted school timings up to 11.30 am for students till class 8 in view of continuing heatwave conditions, senior officials said.The order, coming into effect from Monday, prohibits academic activities in all government and private schools for students...
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Amid intense hustings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the main shrine of the politically influential Matua community in Thakunagar and at the historic Thanthania Kali temple in the West Bengal capital on Sunday, the penultimate day of campaigning for the state polls.Before taking...
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The police on Sunday recovered around 100 crude bombs from the house of a person, allegedly a TMC worker, at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, days ahead of the second phase of the assembly polls in West Bengal, an official said.The explosives were recovered during a...
18:03
Hurting from a staggering defeat despite posting 264, Delhi Capitals have little time to recover emotionally as they face another formidable side in defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL here on Monday.The six-wicket loss to Punjab Kings, a game in which their bowlers were...
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A builder has been booked under the Goonda Act and faces possible expulsion from the district after he allegedly assaulted a DRDO scientist, officials said on Sunday.District magistrate Savin Bansal initiated the proceedings against the builder, Puneet Agarwal, after taking suo motu cognisance of...
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Amid tight security, authorities on Sunday started the demolition of an alleged illegal madrassa built in Khalilabad town Sant Kabir Nagar by a UK-based Islamic preacher who is accused of having radical links.The action was initiated at the madrassa located in Meat Mandi area a day after an...
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Two men, including a notorious offender from Uttar Pradesh, were arrested following an encounter in the Basant Vihar area here, police said on Sunday.The incident occurred at the Harbanswala barrier during checking under 'Operation Prahar' -- a special drive launched to nab suspects in the state...
16:52
A Nashik court on Sunday sent self-styled astrologer-cum-godman Ashok Kharat in judicial custody till May 9 in the sixth case of sexual exploitation registered against him.Kharat, who was arrested on March 18, is accused of sexually exploiting several women and indulging in...
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The Election Commission on Sunday announced a stringent security plan for the second phase of the West Bengal assembly polls, making it clear that any attempt to disrupt voting or obstruct electors would be dealt with firmly, an official said.The poll body directed security personnel to carry out...
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Two elderly women died due to snakebite in Kannur and Idukki on Sunday.With two new deaths, the number of snakebite fatalities reported in Kerala in recent days has risen to seven, including in Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Thrissur, Idukki and Kannur districts.In the first case, the deceased...
16:05
A 30-year-old woman was mauled to death by a leopard at a village in the north Nighasan forest range of Dudhwa buffer zone, officials said on Sunday.The body of Sandhya Devi was found in the fields, a few metres away from her hut in Sahjana village on Saturday, Kirti Chaudhary, Deputy Director of...
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The IMD on Sunday issued a yellow alert for high temperatures in several districts of Kerala for the two days, warning of hot, humid weather across much of the state.According to the weather department, maximum temperatures are likely to reach around 40 degrees Celsius in isolated places of...
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Sporadic incidents of violence were reported in Howrah and Haroa areas of West Bengal in the run-up to the second phase of polling on April 29, a senior police official said on Sunday.In Howrah town, clashes broke out between Trinamool Congress and BJP supporters over the...
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Right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar was brought to Goa on Sunday on a transit remand after his arrest in Himachal Pradesh in a case related to his alleged offensive remarks against St Francis Xavier, the patron saint of the coastal state, officials said.Khattar, the founder of an outfit called...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday strongly condemned the killing of party worker Debdeep Chatterjee allegedly by Trinamool Congress goons, and said his party will not bow before this politics that stains India's non-violent tradition.Chatterjee was brutally murdered in Asansol during...
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For the first time, the music of Beating Retreat has been made available on WAVES OTT, and in the future, it will be made available on other platforms too, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.In his monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat', Modi said that over the past few years, the...
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Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha meets BJP president Nitin Nabin in New Delhi, April 24, 2026./ANI Photo
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh on Sunday submitted a petition to Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan seeking the disqualification of seven party MPs in the Upper House who recently quit the Aam Aadmi Party and announced their merger with the Bharatiya Janata Party.Addressing a press...
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China launched a Pakistani satellite from its Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China's Shanxi Province on Saturday night.The satellite named PRSC-EO3 was lifted off at 8:15 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-6 carrier rocket and successfully entered its planned orbit, China's state-run...
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A fire broke out at a factory of a company manufacturing plastic pellets in Chhapra Extension of Sanjay Nagar in the Bapunagar Extension area of Ahmedabad on Sunday morning.Fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot after the blaze was reported. According to additional chief fire...
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The suspected shooter after being overpowered following shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner./Courtesy Donald Trump on Truth Social
Deputy director Matthew Quinn of the US Secret Service office of communications said that the 'coward' shooter was quickly stopped at 'first contact' following the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents Dinner.Quinn said that a myriad of countermeasures lie ahead, as he expressed...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to take immediate measures to address the fuel shortage that has led to closure of gas stations in the state.The CM reviewed the situation through a teleconference with chief secretary Sai Prasad and senior...
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Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 26.2 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 2.4 notches below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department.The weather department has forecast partly cloudy sky with an orange alert for heatwave-like conditions at isolated...
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US President Donald Trump is escorted out as a shooter opens fire Washington, DC, April 25, 2026./Bo Erickson/Reuters
US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) heaped rare praise on mediapersons for their responsible coverage of the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington DC and added that the event will be rescheduled to take place within 30 days.Trump, in...
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Smoke and sparks emanated from a wheel of a coach of Charminar Express, prompting the train to be halted at a railway station in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana, SCR officials said on Sunday.There were no damage or casualty in the incident which occurred due to brake binding on April...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Leh on April 30 for a two-day visit, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena said on Sunday.Saxena said the home minister will pay his respect to the sacred relics of Lord Buddha on the occasion of Buddha Purnima on May 1.It gives me...
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The Punjab police are learnt to have withdrawn the security cover of Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh, one of the seven lawmakers who switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party from Aam Aadmi Party alongside Raghav Chadha, sources said.The police security cover comprising 9-10 policemen was withdrawn...
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A case has been registered and a probe launched into social media posts allegedly threatening a member of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's security team with consequences once the UDF comes to power, officials said on Sunday.The Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police registered...
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Don't turn artists into clowns, said singer Kailash Kher as he refused to sing at an event and asked not to make such requests.Kher attended an award show in Delhi on Saturday, where he was asked to sing a few lines. Denying the request, the singer went on to compare individuals from...
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and discussed the evolving regional situation.During the telephonic conversation on Saturday evening, which coincided with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's visit to Islamabad, PM Shehbaz expressed his...
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A Zurich-bound Swiss International Air Lines' flight carrying 232 passengers aborted take off at the Delhi airport early Sunday due to an engine issue, sources said. Six passengers are undergoing medical evaluation, an airline spokesperson said without elaborating. Smoke was observed...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reacted to the shooting incident at a White House event in Washington attended by US President Donald Trump, saying he was relieved that the President, the first lady Melania Trump and the Vice President JD Vance were safe and...
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Raghu Rai, one of India's best known photographers whose lens captured India in its many shades, died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83.Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago but he was cured. Then it spread to the stomach, that too was cured....
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Speaking at the press briefing after the shooting incident during the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, US President Donald Trump said the shooter carried multiple weapons, and also thanked the Secret Service for their bravery in handling the threat.Trump described the...
08:29
US President Donald Trump has posted an image of the suspect involved in the shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner.Speaking at the press briefing, Trump revealed certain details of the shooter, who has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen.Trump said he posted image of the shooter on...
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Chaos broke out on Saturday evening after suspected gunshots were reportedly fired in the lobby of the Washington Hilton, leading to the evacuation of US President Donald Trump and other senior officials from the White House Correspondents' Dinner. President Trump, First Lady...
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