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Police have booked an intern doctor of a government medical institute here for allegedly raping a nursing student on the false promise of marriage and threatening to make her private photos public.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, Ju Ae, who is likely being prepared as his successor, accompanied her parents on her first public visit to the Kumsusan mausoleum to pay respects to former leaders, state media photos published showed.

Iranian authorities in Tehran have arrested 30 suspects accused of public order offences, the news agency Tasnim reported Thursday, after days of protests against high prices that have at times turned deadly.

Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City's mayor on Thursday, becoming the city's 112th mayor and making history in the process. The ceremony took place on the steps of City Hall, where hundreds gathered to witness the moment.

The contaminated drinking water in Indore's Bhagirathpura has now cost 11 lives and more than 1,400 residents have been affected.

A Delhi court has sentenced Haryana gangster Vikas Gulia and his associate to life imprisonment under MCOCA provisions, but refused the death penalty saying the offences did not fall under the category of 'rarest of the rare cases'.

A controversy has erupted over the use of the Palestinian flag by a cricketer during a domestic league match in Jammu and Kashmir. Furqan Bhat had used a Palestinian flag on his helmet while playing a match in the Jammu and Kashmir Champions League.

The devastated wife of a minority Hindu man, who was attacked with sharp weapons and set afire in Bangladesh, is at a loss for words.

God gave us happiness after ten years... and then God took it away, murmuring this repeatedly, an elderly woman weeps quietly in a narrow lane of Indore's Bhagirathpura.

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday indicated that India is likely to receive its first Bullet Train on August 15, 2027.

The Uttar Pradesh Police have come under criticism and ridicule on social media after their personnel were seen doing the impossible in Ghaziabad near Delhi.

Brazil's Supreme Court has rejected former president Jair Bolsonaro's request to convert his prison sentence for plotting a coup to house arrest, according to a ruling published Thursday.

The breakaway region of Somaliland on Thursday denied allegations by the Somali president that it would take resettled Palestinians or host an Israeli military base in exchange for Israel recognising its independence.

Russia accused Ukraine on Thursday of killing at least 24 people, including a child, in a drone strike on a hotel and cafe where civilians were seeing in the New Year in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's southern Kherson region.

Ukraine staged the death of an anti-Kremlin Russian fighter to prevent his killing ordered by Moscow's special forces, Ukrainian military intelligence announced Thursday.

The Delhi Directorate of Education has approached the police following viral social media posts claiming that government school teachers were tasked with counting stray dogs.

Though Nostradamus' prophecies more often than not miss the mark, they do provide a certain thrill to the people reading them.

The municipal elections in Maharashtra, already a hot topic across the state, has got juicier, with allegations that a contest in Pune got duplicate candidates from Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena.

A civil society organisation of indigenous people has asked Governor AK Bhalla to ensure permanent reopening of the two National Highways in Manipur.

Protesters and security forces clashed in western Iran on Thursday, with three people reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out.

An immigration attorney has thrown light on the fact that marrying a US citizen will no longer guarantee a Green Card.

A man allegedly killed his three minor sons and later died by suicide by hanging at his residence here in Nandyal district, police said on Thursday.

A woman allegedly ended her life by jumping into a well along with her three-and-a-half-year-old son in Beed district of Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.

At least four people lost their lives after a car collided with a truck near the Bhootnath Bridge in the Kullu police station area on Thursday, police said.

Russia said on Thursday it had extracted and decoded a file from a Ukrainian drone downed earlier this week that it said shows it had been targeting a Russian presidential residence.

A viral video on Instagram showed a shopkeeper explaining how he was forced to turn away 200-300 customers who came looking for grapes for the Spanish New Year custom.

A speeding car driven by a man allegedly under the influence rammed a girl on a pavement in Bengaluru's Sahakara Nagar.

While India sent missions to space, built highways across mountains and connected its cities with expressways, a small village in Himachal Pradesh waited 78 years for something far more basic: a road.

A stray dog in a Mexican mall grabbed a toy and refused to give it back, prompting the shoppers to pool in the money for the stuffed animal.

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Luke Coutinho said one key nutrient that is often overlooked is Vitamin K2.

The Delhi zoo witnessed a significant spike in visitor footfall on New Year's Day, with the numbers rising by nearly 86 per cent on Thursday as compared to regular weekdays during this time of the year, officials said.

Bird flu not only affects domestic poultry such as chickens, ducks and turkeys but can also spread through wild and migratory birds. In some cases, there's also a risk of transmission to humans.

NASA's largest library at the Goddard Space Flight Center will close permanently on Jan 2 under the Trump administration's reorganisation plans.

CBSE Practical Exams 2026: Schools have been instructed to strictly follow the Board's guidelines to ensure smooth and timely execution of all assessments.

One man was killed in Iran on Wednesday night, state television said, the first death reported after days of demonstrations over high inflation that mark the most significant unrest since nationwide protests three years ago.

In a post shared on Instagram, Pooja Makhija talks about the whoosh effect and the role it plays in weight loss during perimenopause.

The sister of the woman who got gangraped two days ago in Faridabad, said they last spoke in the evening of that terrible day. Her sister, she said, was very upset at the time.

The 61-year-old Dilip Ghosh, a former Lok Sabha MP, is one of the more prominent faces of Bengal politics and one of the Bharatiya Janata Party's seniormost leaders in the state.

She became a grandmother but didn't even get 10 months with her grandson. Urmila Yadav was healthy by every measure that mattered.

A Canadian man has gone viral for sharing his positive experience of living in Bengaluru for 8 years, praising Indias tech growth and cultural richness while challenging negative stereotypes.

Telangana's liquor sales reached a historic high in December 2025, with the state exchequer raking in a record-breaking Rs 5,102 crore.

Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year.

The customer said the order arrived later than expected on New Year's Eve, but he still chose to tip the delivery partner as a gesture of appreciation.

A huge inferno destroyed a 19th-century Amsterdam church Thursday, as the Netherlands endured an unsettled New Year's Eve with two dead from fireworks and unprecedented violence against police.

Navjot Singh - the Delhi man who died after a BMW X5 SUV driven by Gaganpreet Kaur rammed his motorcycle - was alive for 15 minutes after the crash and could have been saved if medical care had been provided in time, the police said.

Under provisions of the bilateral Agreement on Consular Access 2008, India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged, through diplomatic channels, simultaneously in New Delhi and Islamabad, the lists of civil prisoners and fishermen in each other's custody.

Nutritionist Deepsikha Jain has selected five winter superfoods that need to be a consistent component of the diet during the colder months.

On New Year's Eve, a customer gave Rs 501 as a tip to a delivery rider working late, appreciating his efforts and offering support for his family.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has called the killing of Tripura student Anjel Chakma for objecting to people using racial slurs in Uttarakhand a sad and unfortunate incident.