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Thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at the revered Pashupatinath Temple and other Shiva temples across Nepal to celebrate Mahashivaratri. All four gates of the temple, located on the banks of the holy Bagmati River, were opened from 2:00 am to accommodate pilgrims

A 22-year-old Indian postgraduate student, Saketh Sreenivasaiah, who had gone missing earlier this week in the United States, has been found dead. Sreenivasaiah, a Master of Science student at the University of California, Berkeley, had been missing since Monday

Five European countries the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands have accused Russia of poisoning and killing opposition leader Alexey Navalny with epibatidine, a rare toxin derived from South American poison dart frogs

Jamie from the Jamies Brick Jams has successfully built a fully functional electric motor using mostly standard LEGO bricks along with simple electronic components. Using magnets, copper wire, a transistor, and a 9-volt battery, the project demonstrates the basic principles of electromagnetism without relying on advanced motor modules

Odisha Police have rescued a two-and-a-half-year-old boy who was allegedly sold by his father for Rs 1 lakh in Barisahi village under the Nilgiri Notified Area Council. The child was recovered from the Chiminibhati area and handed over to the Child Welfare Committee

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India AI Impact Expo 2026 at Bharat Mandapam on Monday at 5 pm. Held from February 16-20 alongside the India AI Impact Summit, the event will showcase over 300 exhibitions and live demonstrations across themes of people, planet and progress

Asaduddin Owaisi has alleged that the BJP-led Centre is attempting to snatch citizenship rights through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The Hyderabad MP claimed that after Bihar, the exercise could be extended to Telangana and Maharashtra, and urged citizens to ensure genuine names are included

This should have happened before work commenced. The word preventive shows us that there should have been safety measures in place across the board already.

It is only through more taxpayer-funded trips abroad that our ministers can bring genuine change to India

The India-UK free trade agreement was signed between the two countries in July last year and has to be now approved by the UK Parliament for it to come into effect

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), under the leadership of its chairman, Tarique Rahman, registered a landslide victory in the Bangladesh parliamentary elections

Demanding that farmers must be protected from the impact, Rahul Gandhi asked that once this door opens, how do we prevent it from widening every year?

A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh dismissed the appeal filed by Jagannath Giri, who challenged the High Courts order dated November 6 last year directing his eviction

A total of 450 personnel have been deployed in and around the temple premises. This includes 32 officers, 250 police personnel and 175 home guards, officials said

During the Mumbai visit, Prime Minister Modi and President Macron are scheduled to exchange memorandums of understanding (MOUs), followed by a joint press statement

The air quality in Delhi deteriorated to the poor category on Sunday morning, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 221 around 7 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). This marks a marginal decline from Saturdays AQI of 197

Members of the JSMM protested outside the venue, highlighting the human rights violations in Pakistan.

At a news conference, the crown prince warned of more deaths in Iran if democracies stand by and watch following Iran`s deadly crackdown on protesters last month

Earlier on Friday, an earthquake of magnitude 2.8 occurred in Myanmar at a depth of 35 kilometres

According to CNN, US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to attend the meetings.

Those included the fatal Minneapolis shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, where bystander video quickly raised questions about how they were initially described.

This year, the number of our robots has increased a lot, said Qiu Feng, a member of the organising committee.

Ahead of US midterm elections, President Trump seeks to impose voter ID requirements whether approved by Congress or not

Patna topped the list, while vehicle owners in Khagaria and Sheohar showed the least interest in fancy numbers

The DC directed all departmental officials concerned to ensure the effective implementation of the schemes being run, the statement said

With almost 90 per cent of ICC revenues coming from Indian companies, BCCI can truly be called boss, and despite regular cribbing about stadia, facilities, weather, travel etc. at world events, the revenue is shared in a manner that is best for all member countries

Tensions broke out between AISA and ABVP as Left groups put up demonstration to implement new UGC policy

The hearings, which addressed omissions and inconsistencies in name spellings, began on December 27 and continued across the state at camps set up in schools, club rooms and administrative buildings

Floridian TikToker Gray Davis has gone viral for cooking green iguana, an invasive species in South Florida

The physical structure of Badrinath evokes ambiguity. It does not resemble a classical Hindu temple but looks closer to a Buddhist vihara.

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Of serendipity and suggestibility starting with the street where I live

Drone strikes in Ukraine and Russia killed two civilians ahead of new US-brokered peace talks in Geneva. Zelenskyy stressed security guarantees and thanked allies for air defense support amid ongoing frontline attacks

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said India remains committed to strategic autonomy and will make independent energy decisions based on national interest. He stressed that oil imports are guided by availability, pricing, and reliability

In its latest updates on Saturday, IMD highlighted that Amravati in Vidarbha is the hottest spot in the state, recording a maximum temperature of 35.8 degrees Celsius, which is 4.3 degrees Celsius above normal, marking the highest maximum reported

Indian Railways has rolled out two major reforms aimed at enhancing passenger comfort through improved on-board services and expanding Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals to boost multi-modal freight logistics and reduce transport costs nationwide

Marco Rubio reaffirmed the US commitment to Europe at the Munich Security Conference, urging allies to take more responsibility for their own defence while working together to strengthen the partnership

Congress leaders, economists and activists met in Ranchi to discuss concerns over a proposed new rural employment scheme that may replace MGNREGA. Participants stressed protecting the 100-day job guarantee, timely wage payments and safeguarding the programmes rights-based framework

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2.86-km Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu over the Brahmaputra, connecting Guwahati and North Guwahati and cutting travel time to 7 minutes. He also opened the Northeasts first highway Emergency Landing Facility in Moran, Dibrugarh

Donald Trump has ordered a second US aircraft carrier to the Middle East as he presses Iran to reach a deal over its nuclear programme. The USS Gerald R. Ford will join the USS Abraham Lincoln and other American warships already deployed in the region

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Rs 3,030 crore Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu over the Brahmaputra, cutting GuwahatiNorth Guwahati travel time to 7 minutes. He will also launch the Northeast National Data Centre, IIM Guwahati campus and flag off 225 e-buses

Security forces arrested three militants linked to banned outfits KCP (Apunba) and PREPAK in Manipurs Imphal West, Imphal East and Bishnupur districts. During a separate operation in Tengnoupal, personnel recovered firearms, pistols and eight improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

A girl student reportedly died after falling from the fourth floor of a coaching centre near AIIMS Patna, triggering outrage and fresh political reactions over law and order in Bihar. Independent MP Pappu Yadav slams state government

A new US strike on a suspected narcotics vessel has pushed the death toll to 133 across at least 38 attacks since September in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific

The Trump administration has urged countries to pressure Vanuatu to withdraw a UN General Assembly draft resolution calling for stronger climate action and reparations for nations failing to curb emissions

Scientists have created an advanced light-based sensor capable of identifying extremely small amounts of cancer biomarkers in blood. The sensor combines nanostructures made of DNA with quantum dots and CRISPR gene editing technology to detect biomarkers

Congress MPs on Friday also held a protest in Parliament House complex demanding the resignation of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri after his name figured in the Epstein Files released in the United States

The tumultuous first leg of the Budget session, which saw heated exchanges over the India-US interim trade deal and unpublished memoir of former army chief M M Naravane, concluded Friday

Kathryn Ruemmler, the top lawyer at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs since 2020 and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, has resigned, after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship

The United States Navy is deploying the USS Gerald R Ford and its escort ships to West Asia as President Donald Trump weighs military options against Iran over its nuclear programme