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From waterways and forests, to urban tables, chef Ananya Banerjees new food pop-up explores the flavours, cooking techniques, and folklore of the magical mangrove kingdom

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed will visit India from August 26 to 28 to discuss UN-India cooperation and Indias role in advancing sustainable development

The Gangas water level in Varanasi is continuing to rise, prompting the district administration to intensify flood prevention and relief preparations. District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar reviewed arrangements with officials and directed departments to keep rescue teams, boats, relief camps ready

Hyderabads Commissioners Task Force, Jubilee Hills Zone, along with Banjara Hills Police, arrested three people for allegedly selling e-cigarettes, vape liquids and banned foreign cigarettes. Police seized 53 vapes, 10 bottles of liquids and 76 cigarette boxes worth around Rs 2 lakh during a raid at a shop in Banjara Hills

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly preparing to return to Britain with their two children, Archie and Lilibet, nearly six years after moving to the United States. The couple will continue as non-working royals, while their children are expected to begin school in Britain in September

Following last weeks focus on Mumbai-based members of the Indian cricket team of that year figuring in the Kanga League, heres what the other Mumbai cricket stars did 40 years ago

US President Donald Trump has announced what he called the most crushing economic operation against Iran, threatening severe economic consequences for countries, businesses and financial institutions that provide support to Tehran

Trump said any country providing financial, business, airport or government support to Iran would face tremendous economic consequences.

Revealed during 2019 and 2023 Schmidt Ocean Institute expeditions using the ROV SuBastian, its distinct genetics and anatomy led researchers to establish an entirely new family

US President Donald Trump allegedly threatened to bomb Oman over its efforts to reach a deal with Iran on managing ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, according to two regional officials

Chinese automaker Voyah has completed a dramatic 360-degree tunnel loop using its production-spec Passion S electric vehicle. The car entered the curved tunnel at 130 kmph and maintained a 16-degree steering angle throughout the stunt

Sharing the image in a post on X, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, who described the US President as a deluded man, said on Wednesday that while Trump had correctly referred to the eternal Persian Gulf, his claims over the Strait of Hormuz would soon be corrected, either by circumstances or by Iran itself

Vijay said that the string of perks would help the legislators to be not dependent on others for their official requirements and enable them to work without making any compromises in an independent and honest manner.

The study found that 326 of 1452 adolescents, 22.5 per cent, were sleep deprived, with those affected recording average academic grades of 64 per cent compared with 67 per cent among their peers who were not sleep deprived. It covered adolescents aged 12 to 18 years.

More than two dozen students at a government school in Bihars Nalanda district fell ill after allegedly consuming a mid-day meal in which detergent powder was mistakenly added instead of salt. The incident took place at Middle School in Parasi

The helicopter crashed at 9:13 a.m. while flying from the Loisaba Conservancy to the Ewaso Nyiro area in Samburu County, according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, which said in a statement that an investigation was underway

The special court in Bahraich convicted the accused of murder, criminal conspiracy and causing the disappearance of evidence in the 2020 killing of Hasreen, whose headless body was found near a canal in the district

After meeting CM Omar Abdullah, Gor said, It's a pleasure to be here. US will reconsider its advisories on travel to Jammu and Kashmir. This is an important part of India. The US envoy said he was visiting the region for the first time and described it as an incredibly beautiful place

According to police, the bus was carrying around 50 passengers and was travelling from Malegaon towards Pachora when it collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction

Union Health Minister JP Nadda was discharged from AIIMS Delhi on Wednesday, two days after undergoing angioplasty. Nadda said he was healthy and doing well and thanked doctors, staff and well-wishers for their support

Sharing details in a press release, the Ministry of Defence said the two ministers will exchange views on deeper maritime security cooperation and closer collaboration in defence equipment and technology under the 'Make in India' framework, following Japan's revision of the Three Principles on Transfer of Defence Equipment and Technology

The Election Commission has revised Maharashtras Special Intensive Revision schedule, with the draft electoral roll now due on August 31 and the final voter list on November 4. Voters will have a month to file claims and objections, while 7.71 crore electors have submitted forms

Students in Jharkhand have suspended their 26-day agitation over alleged recruitment exam irregularities after the state cancelled 22 examinations and ordered probes into 23 others, while protesters gave the government a two-month deadline to address their concerns

The Union Cabinet approved five infrastructure projects worth Rs 13,041 crore, including four multi-tracking railway projects on the HowrahChennai corridor and a four-lane highway in Bihar. The projects aim to ease congestion, boost freight movement and improve connectivity

Pakistan's Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said the government will seek a review of the Supreme Court's order on Imran Khan's hospital transfer, arguing it goes beyond legal parameters. The govt wants the jailed former PM examined at a tertiary-care government hospital

These projects will have many benefits, like strengthening passenger and freight movement, reducing congestion and greater logistics efficiency. The better connectivity will also facilitate commerce and tourism in these states, PM Modi said in a post on X

The CNG cylinder of the truck exploded at the fuel station near Tikri Kalan Metro Station in the Outer Delhi area on Wednesday while it was being filled, the officials said. Six people were injured in the incident, the Delhi Police said

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar described the incident as extremely tragic and heart-wrenching and said she had spoken to Pune Rural Superintendent of Police Sandeep Singh Gill to review the investigation

Prompt action by Fire Brigade personnel helped rescue around 80 people from a central Kolkata building after a devastating hotel blaze killed nine, including a child and two women. Minister Kaushik Chowdhury said most deaths appeared to be due to asphyxia

According to the investigative agency, the accused sent at least four individuals from Haryana's Hisar area in 2025 to scam compounds and statements of those victims reveal a disturbing pattern of deception and exploitation

The passengers were scheduled to travel to Guwahati on an IndiGo flight and then continue their journey to Agartala. The cash was subsequently handed over to Income Tax officials for further action

The seven-member Radhakrishnan Committee was set up by the Ministry of Education in the wake of the NEET (UG) paper leak to make recommendations on reforms in the examination process, improvement in data security protocols, and the structure and functioning of the NTA

The National Unit for Disaster Risk Management reported that the quake had affected 470 municipalities in 15 departments, adding that 277 buildings had collapsed, while close to 30,000 homes were destroyed and over 134,000 others damaged

Tamil Nadu is the first state to follow family planning in a restricted sense. That is why we stopped at two children. It is better to have only two children in a family, which will help the family and enable the parents to bring up their children, the DMK leaders said

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting will be held at Indira Bhawan at 3 pm, with party president Mallikarjun Kharge chairing it and top leaders, including former party chief Rahul Gandhi and general secretaries Jairam Ramesh and K C Venugopal, among others, set to attend

Deepak Mullu Rathore, Opposition leader, Khandwa Municipal Corporation, accused the Khandwa civic body of alleged corruption in the name of sterilising stray dogs

Officials said the investigation pertains to alleged diversion of government contract funds through private contractors and their subsequent utilisation, including for creation of assets of the university and trust

CM Abdullah told reporters here during his visit to review the developmental works in the city that the issues concerning Jammu and Kashmir have to be resolved by the Centre and not by Washington, as he ruled out raising any grievances with the US Ambassador during their scheduled meeting

The unidentified man, believed to be in his 40s, was travelling to Delhi on the Golden Temple Express after boarding the train at Mumbai's Borivali station, the GRP said

A Kolkata hotel fire on Mirza Ghalib Street killed nine people, including a child, and saw around 60 others rescued. Kolkata Police has formed an SIT to probe the blaze, while the West Bengal government plans checks on hotel permits and fire licences

After negotiation, the accused agreed to accept a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from the complainant to expeditiously process the renewal file for the private company's contract, which was pending before him, the CBI spokesperson said in a statement

Katiyar said several parts of the state received moderate to heavy rainfall during the past 24 hours, with the plains of Bilaspur and Hamirpur recording around 12-13 cm of rain

The accused, a 25-year-old man, has been arrested in Junnar area of Pune district in Maharashtra, following the horrific sexual assault and murder of the minor, the official said

District Judge Amit Pal Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 each on the 14 convicts, who were subsequently sent to jail, prosecution officials said

CISF firefighters rescued seven residents, including three children and two women, from flooded residential quarters at the NTPC Rihand township in Uttar Pradesh after heavy rainfall caused water levels to rise to nearly 4.5 feet. No injuries or casualties were reported

Two people have died and 19 others have been hospitalised after allegedly consuming spurious liquor from duplicate IMFL bottles in Gujarats Bhavnagar district. Police have detained four bootleggers and seized several bottles as the probe continues

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke has questioned the utilisation of the PM CARES Fund, citing a reported corpus of around Rs 8,500 crore at the end of FY2024-25. He urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider using the fund to improve government school infrastructure across India

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, and Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada will represent India at the high-level meeting

Outlining significant new initiatives to improve the state's healthcare system, the chief minister emphasised that medical care is a fundamental right, not a privilege, and the government aims to remove barriers to quality healthcare regardless of income or location

Titled ''Belonging: A Journey of Love'', the memoir will be released in hardcover and ebook by Knopf on November 10, with an audio edition to be published by Penguin Random House. The publisher said an announced first printing of 100,000 copies has been set