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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met French President Emmanuel Macron and conveyed Prime Minister Modi's warm wishes.

Vice President JD Vance blamed a federal immigration officer's fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on a left-wing network, Democrats, the news media and woman who was killed as protests related to her death expanded to cities across the country.

NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.

Denmark and Greenland's envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump's call for a akeover of the strategic Arctic island.

Security was tightened at Kolkata Lok Bhavan on late Thursday night after West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose received a threatening email stating will blast him, allegedly warning of a blast and posing a threat to his life.

Civil society organisations in Manipur are duelling with statements and memorandums over attacks on villagers who have returned home from relief camps to foothill areas where the borders meet.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to take severe action against Iran if its authorities start killing people who are protesting in the country, where an economic crisis has led to mounting civil unrest.

The Government of India is preparing to roll out Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication technology by end of 2026.

The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday discussed the withdrawal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) by the Union government and has decided to initiate legal action against the newly introduced VBG RAM G scheme

Police here have registered an FIR against a woman for securing a job in the basic education department by allegedly concealing her Pakistani nationality, officials said on Thursday.

Bihar's opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal, after two months of introspection into its crushing defeat in the assembly elections, has come up with a long list of causes.

Only eight or 0.1 per cent of 5,892 cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the anti-money laundering law between January 1, 2015, and June 30, 2025, have led to convictions, the government told the parliament.

An air ambulance sent to evacuate a critically ill patient in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori was forced to hover for nearly 15 minutes after the pilot found live power lines dangerously close to the helipad.

A political controversy has erupted in Madhya Pradesh after Indore Collector Shivam Verma and Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava visited the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office late on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court said if the vice president can exercise the functions of the president in the absence of the president, then why cannot the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman exercise the functions of the chairman in the absence of the chairman.

For two months, the murder of 70-year-old Shivnarayan Kaurav haunted Madhya Pradesh's Gangepura village.

A diagnostic centre, a guest house and a community hall were demolished during an anti-encroachment drive carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) near Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid, close to Ramlila Maidan near Turkman Gate.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that Bangladeshi Muslims could constitute nearly 40 per cent of the state's population in the next Census.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead a protest march here on Friday against the Enforcement Directorate raids at the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC, Trinamool Congress sources said.

India's eastern frontier with Bangladesh witnessed its most turbulent year in 2025, both in numbers and in narrative.

Misleading audio messages circulated on multiple WhatsApp groups were key to fuelling rumours about the alleged demolition of the Faiz-e-Elahi Mosque near the Turkman Gate, even as officers moved swiftly to counter the narrative, an official said.

President Donald Trump's latest warning to Prime Minister Narendra Modi-that the US could aise tariffs on them very quickly has taken on new urgency as Washington considers a 500 per cent tariff on countries importing Russian oil.

The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.

An Indian woman living in London went viral after sharing a video tour revealing she pays Rs 8 lakh monthly rent for a 1-bedroom apartment in a prime location.

The first city in the United States with a Muslim-majority population has renamed one of its roads from Carpenter Street to Khaleda Zia Street to honour former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, reported Desh Rupantor, a Bangladeshi newspaper.

A special CBI court in Guwahati has framed charges against six accused in the case where three women were stripped naked and two of them allegedly gang-raped during ethnic clashes in Manipur in May 2023.

Punjab's uneasy relationship between faith and state power is once again in sharp focus, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann being summoned by the Sri Akal Takht Sahib over alleged anti-Sikh remarks.

The Danish defence ministry said that soldiers will be required to shoot first and ask questions later if the United States invades Greenland.

Bangladesh's interim government on Thursday said it has asked its key missions in India, including at New Delhi, to suspend visa services over security concerns.

A Bengaluru resident said they loved the city, but could not handle the poor urban infrastructure that led to massive traffic jams every day.

A major political controversy erupted in Assam on Thursday over the Congress party's decision to require ticket aspirants for this year's Assam polls to pay Rs 50,000 while giving their party ticket application forms

BMW will launch 10 new cars in India this year, including EVs and its popular MINI brand, while boosting local sourcing to lower costs as luxury car sales in the country remain stubbornly small, its India CEO told Reuters.

JEE Main 2026 Session 1 City Slips OUT: This city slip has been provided to help candidates plan their travel and logistics well in advance of the examination.

A man was stripped naked, tied up, brutally beaten up by a mob and paraded through the streets in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on allegations of a relationship with a minor girl.

Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, said that the US allegations related to narcotics trafficking, democracy, and human rights were falsehoods and that energy greed was the real motivation behind the external pressure.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said that he had campaigned to make Narendra Modi the prime minister in 2014 and 2019, but the latter is out to destroy his party.

Maharashtra Congress on Thursday said it would initiate legal action to seek the disqualification of 12 councillors in Ambernath who were elected on the party's symbol and subsequently joined the BJP, terming the move illegal and unconstitutional.

Baba Vanga, the Bulgarian psychic, predicted that World War III will begin in 2026 alongside humanity's first contact with extraterrestrials, causing social media speculation.

Police in Gujarat's Bharuch district say they have uncovered an illegal immigration scheme that relied on fabricated marriage and divorce documents to help a local woman enter the United Kingdom on a dependent visa.

High drama unfolded on Thursday as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids in West Bengal and Delhi, including at the I-PAC office and the residence of its director Pratik Jain in Kolkata.

In a defining moment for India's maritime and energy infrastructure, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd on Thursday announced the berthing of India's first-ever fully laden Very Large Crude Carrier at its Mundra Port.

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The family of Pratik Jain, chief of political consultancy firm I-PAC, has filed a complaint with the police against the Enforcement Directorate, alleging theft of important documents during searches at their home that took place today.

The recent loss of lives in Indore, the outbreak of typhoid in Gandhinagar, and water contamination-linked illness cases in Bengaluru expose a deep systemic failure - one that forces us to question what 'clean' and 'well-managed' truly mean in India.

UK authorities have not yet put out any public statement on the charges or confirming the sequence of events described online.

After his recent actions in Venezuela, US President Donald Trump has once again set his sights on Greenland, the world's largest island.

A video showing BJP MLA Devendra Kumar Jain, 73, touching the feet of 31-year-old Mahaaryaman Scindia, the son of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, has gone viral on social media, triggering political and social discussion.

A woman was arrested in Louisiana for trespassing and assaulting a deputy after swimming nude in a neighbour's pond while claiming to be a mermaid.

Vegetarians, while benefiting from a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, may still face challenges in obtaining certain nutrients that are predominantly found in animal products.

A man who attempted to set his elder brother's house on fire ended up suffering serious burn injuries himself.