Student protests against the Israeli military assault on Gaza following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel have spread to several countries.

A senior Hamas official insisted late Saturday that the group would ot agree under any circumstances to a truce in Gaza that did not explicitly include a complete end to the war.

Jeffrey Epstein's controversial book, believed to be from 1997, is set to go up for private sale by Alexander Historical Auctions on May 15th.

A 13-year-old girl and his younger brother were found dead inside their father's grocery shop in northwest Delhi's Keshav Puram area on Saturday, police said.

Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday demanded that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi apologise for politicising the suicide of Rohith Vemula as police in a state ruled by his own party have now said that it was not a Dalit issue.

Even as search operations continue after the ambush on a convoy in Poonch, a worrying aspect for the forces has been how the challenging topography and dense fore in the Poonch-Rajouri region have left personnel exposed on several occasions.

If Congress' poll manifesto were to be implemented, the Indian economy currently ranked among the top five globally, would regress into the fragile five, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.

The death count from rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 57, local authorities said on Saturday afternoon, while dozens still have not been accounted for.

A 14-year-old girl allegedly hacked her elder brother to death after he scolded her for talking to boys on mobile phone in Chhattisgarh's Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai (KCG) district, police said on Saturday.

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee said his party was keen on an alliance with the Congress, and because of that he went to meet Rahul Gandhi at his home at 6 am.

MNS president Raj Thackeray on Saturday claimed that his estranged cousin and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray would not have said anything against the BJP if the saffron party had accepted his demand of Maharashtra chief minister's post.

National spokesperson of BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Dal Rohit Jakhar has resigned from the party in protest against BJP giving a ticket to the Brij Bhushan Singh's son.

The Israeli army said troops killed five Palestinian errorists barricaded in a building during a 12-hour siege in the occupied West Bank on Saturday.

BJP candidate and former Calcutta High Court judge, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, on Saturday said that he has respect for the opposition but it seems they are not very active or present in the current election race.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that Odisha needs an energetic and committed government which will work like a partner with the Narendra Modi administration at the Centre.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said 291 encroachers have been evicted from the state's reserved and protected forests after the BJP came to power in 2017.

The administration of a private college in Greater Noida and its canteen operator were served notice by the Food Safety Department for alleged poor food quality and unhygienic conditions on Saturday, officials said.

A loco pilot was run over by the New Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express when he was crossing the railway tracks in Jharkhand's Koderma district on Saturday morning, police said.

The chief of the United Nations' food program has warned of a full-blown famine in northern Gaza and reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Israel's war against Hamas.

Contesting Nepal's decision to introduce a new Rs 100 currency note featuring disputed Indian territories, S Jaishankar said that New Delhi's position is very clear adding that Kathmandu unilaterally took some measures on their side.

A sarpanch was booked in Palghar in Maharashtra for allegedly raping and cheating a 27-year-old nurse, a police official said on Saturday.

Two police personnel of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) team were injured when they had gone to arrest a man in a village in Rajasthan's Bharatpur and were attacked by the villagers and his family members on Saturday, officials said.

Congress' Rohtak Lok Sabha seat candidate Deepender Singh Hooda has declared total assets worth Rs 69.24 crore in his election affidavit.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that India has very strongly countered China by deploying thousands of troops along LAC and emphasised that PM Modi's government will never compromise when it comes to national security.

A man was arrested here for alleged involvement in a prostitution racket being operated by him, police said on Saturday.

West Bengal's 48 seats make it the third-largest contributor of MPs to the Lok Sabha but what has made the state even more important and interesting in these Lok Sabha elections is the keenly fought contest between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP.

Andhra Pradesh Congress chief YS Sharmila Reddy today said she is worried about the mental state of her brother and Andhra Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Underscoring of providing corruption-free governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that not a single Rupee of corruption charges have been levelled against him during his tenure of 15 years.

Sadiq Khan, who was Saturday re-elected for a record third term as London mayor, rose from humble roots to spar with world leaders and bring consequential change to the British capital.

Paytm's parent company One97 Communications president and chief operating officer Bhavesh Gupta has resigned from the company, an official statement said on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a campaign trail to three states, namely, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, took time out to engage in an interesting conversation with party workers in Jharkhand and offered them 'jadibooti' (tips) for

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took some time off from his election campaign to offer prayers at Kanpur's Gumti Gurdwara along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be able to boost the BJP's chances in West Bengal if the party can convince people that the national narrative is much credible than the Trinamool Congress's arrow views.

A case has been registered against a woman for allegedly throwing acid on her 29-year-old boyfriend and injuring him after a fight in Maharashtra's Nagpur city, police said on Saturday.

Devendra Nath Mahato accused the Congress, JMM, and BJP of misusing power to detain him, vowing to win the election despite opposition.

Bengal is one of the very few states where the BJP is putting up a fierce fight against a strong regional party, the Trinamool Congress, Sanjay Singh of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies said.

The Patna-Kota Express train waited for a green signal for about half an hour at Udi Mor Road station near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh on May 3 as the station master fell asleep on duty.

Four soldiers of the Indian Airforce were injured when two vehicles in their convoy came under heavy terrorist fire in the Surankote area of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, sources said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested four Kerala Police officials in connection with a custodial death case in Tanur.

After joining the BJP today, former Congress Delhi chief Arvinder Singh Lovely said that he had resigned last Sunday from the Congress post but till date no response has been received from party leaders.

Devendra Nath Mahato accused the Congress, JMM, and BJP of misusing power to detain him, vowing to win the election despite opposition.

Raking up the 2002 Godhra train arson, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday charged RJD president Lalu Yadav with having tried to save those responsible for burning alive more than 60 kar sevaks during the rule of Sonia madam.

Lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who has been fielded by the BJP from the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat, on Saturday said the process to extradite accused persons to the country was a long and expensive one and emphasised the need to overcome the problem.

Delhi Police recovered over Rs 2 crore from a BMW car in south east Delhi's Okhla Industrial area on Saturday and detained two people, officials said.

A 20-year-old nursing student allegedly died by suicide in her hostel room in the Sector 31 area here, police said on Saturday.

Three personnel of the Indian Airforce were injured when two vehicles they were travelling in came under heavy terrorist fire in the Surankote area of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, sources said.

A local court sentenced a man to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for raping a teenage girl in this Uttar Pradesh district, officials said on Saturday.

The Sandeshkhali issue saw a big twist on Saturday when a video surfaced purportedly showing a BJP leader in the village admitting that no rapes or sexual harassment had taken place.

In NDTV's special election show - Battleground West Bengal - Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia and a panel of top experts look at who has the edge in West Bengal during the Lok Sabha elections.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office, India's stance to handle the neighbouring country has changed.