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Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has said that the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the state will fight the forthcoming Zilla Parishad and Municipal Corporation elections as a united front.

In a crucial AIADMK General and Executive Council meeting, the General Council empowers Edappadi Palaniswami to take decisions regarding including more like-minded parties into the alliance ahead of the 2026 election.

As per the prosecutors, the man left his girlfriend unprotected, exhausted, hypothermic, and disoriented about 50 meters [160 feet] below the summit.

Apple CEO Tim Cook met US House members on Wednesday to push back against federal legislation that could require the iPhone maker to authenticate users' ages and possibly collect sensitive data on children.

Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com Confessions of a Shopaholic sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.

The Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal is under fire after failure to submit a proposal for new polling booths in high-rise buildings ahead of the Assembly elections in the state scheduled for next year.

The Mumbai Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested two contractors in the ongoing Mithi River desilting scam, deepening a probe that has uncovered years of alleged collusion, forged documents and inflated bills

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was prepared to hold elections - a key demand of Moscow and now Washington - if the United States and Kyiv's European allies could ensure the security of the vote.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was prepared to hold elections - a key demand of Moscow and now Washington - if the United States and Kyiv's European allies could ensure the security of the vote.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the Opposition parties of appeasement politics, criticising their move to impeach Justice GR Swaminathan of the Madras High Court's Madurai Bench.

Replying to the debate on electoral reforms in the Lok Sabha, Amit Shah hit back at issues raised by opposition parties including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.

The Delhi Government announced a major road safety push aimed at reducing road crashes by 50% by 2030, unveiling a new action plan that focuses on safer school routes, stronger enforcement and upgrades across the city's most accident-prone corridors.

Google and the Government of Telangana today announced the launch of the Google for Startups Hub at T-Hub in Hyderabad.

Trump announced that his long-promised gold card was officially going on sale, offering legal status and an eventual pathway to U.S. citizenship for individuals paying $1 million and corporations ponying up twice that per foreign-born employee.

Billionaire Elon Musk believes his cost-cutting stint as part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was a little bit successful, though he thinks he could have otherwise spent time focusing on his companies.

A top Hamas leader told Qatari news channel Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the militant group is open to a weapons freeze, but rejects the demand for disarmament put forward in the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza.

US President Donald Trump said he exchanged pretty strong words Wednesday with the leaders of France, Britain and Germany on Ukraine, in the latest sign of a growing rift on how to end Russia's invasion.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to end the deployment of National Guard soldiers in Los Angeles, months after he began sending troops into US cities.

OpenAI said on Wednesday the cyber capabilities of its artificial intelligence models are increasing and warned that upcoming models are likely to pose a high cybersecurity risk.

A paralysis of the limb due to a tumour led to 80 per cent disability for Yengkhom (O) Indira Devi, a resident of Manipur's Kakching district.

President Donald Trump's administration has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has assured that the Luthra brothers -- owners of the nightclub 'Birch' by Romeo Lane pub at Arpora that caught fire and cost 25 lives -- will be caught no matter where they hide.

A divided US Federal Reserve lowered interest rates Wednesday for a third consecutive time this year, flagging labour-market concerns even as inflation remained elevated amid President Donald Trump's tariffs.

US President Donald Trump's move to allow exports to China of Nvidia's second-best artificial intelligence chip, the H200, will spur strong demand from the country's tech giants, research institutes, and its defence-industrial complex.

Nepalese officials on Wednesday inked a landmark agreement with representatives of the Gen Z movement, whose September uprising toppled the Himalayan nation's government.

US President Donald Trump has blasted media reports questioning his state of health as seditious, perhaps even treasonous, sparking pushback Wednesday by one of the major outlets behind the stories.

A US federal judge on Wednesday ordered the unsealing of grand jury records on Jeffrey Epstein, in the latest move by a court to release documents related to the convicted sex offender.

Israel has given final approval for 764 housing units to be built in three settlements in the occupied West Bank, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Wednesday.

A professor at the Panjab University has been arrested in connection with the murder of his wife, who was found dead at their official residence on the campus four years ago, police said.

In a chilling reminder of how deeply caste prejudices continue to survive in parts of rural India, a case of social boycott and untouchability has surfaced from a village in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district.

Half a million evacuees in Cambodia and Thailand were sheltering in pagodas, schools and other safe havens on Wednesday after fleeing fresh fighting in a long-standing border dispute in which US President Donald Trump has vowed to again intercede.

A Danish intelligence agency has for the first time described the US as a potential security risk, signalling a shift in the Nordic country's view of its close ally amid geopolitical frictions over Greenland.

A 25-year-old Indian-origin man has been taken into custody in Canada after being accused of exposing himself to female staff at multiple medical facilities in Mississauga, according to Peel Regional Police (PRP).

Four tiger cubs rescued by the Forest Department last month died at a rescue and rehabilitation centre on the outskirts of the city, officials said on Wednesday.

The thieves who stole crown jewels from the Louvre in October evaded police with just 30 seconds to spare due to avoidable security failures at the Paris museum, a damning investigation revealed on Wednesday.

IAS officer and AJAKS President Santosh Verma has once again sparked a major controversy in Madhya Pradesh after a new video of his provocative remarks went viral.

An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of a 24-year-old woman on a beach in Australia's Queensland in 2018, local media reported.

Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado urged her compatriots to fight for freedom against state terrorism, as she said she was coming out of hiding to travel to Norway after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in her absence

Hrithik Roshan took to his Instagram Story to share a detailed review of the film

India's decades-long battle against Left Wing Extremism (LWE) is nearing its end. The Ministry of Home Affairs told Parliament on Tuesday that Maoist-affected districts have fallen from 126 in 2014 to just 11 in 2025.

Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to go to the International Space Station, on Wednesday said the country is harbouring ig and bold dreams, foraying into human spaceflight after a hiatus of 41 years.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has firmly asserted that the NDA will contest the 2029 Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

OnlyFans, founded in 2016, has achieved remarkable success with a lean team of just 42 full-time employees, generating around $7 billion in annual revenue.

A major accident was narrowly averted on Wednesday afternoon when an aircraft being flown by a trainee pilot crashed near the runway at Madhya Pradesh's Dhana airstrip just as officials were preparing to airlift an injured soldier

A tragedy struck on Wednesday when a police vehicle carrying members of the Bomb Disposal and Dog Squad (BDDS) collided head-on with a speeding container truck on National Highway 44 (NH-44).

Cellphone users will soon be allowed to view and revoke the promotional messages they had agreed to receive earlier from banks and businesses.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto extended a light-hearted diplomatic invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin during talks in Moscow on Wednesday, suggesting that India should not remain the only destination on his itinerary.

According to the Crime Branch, intelligence received on December 9 indicated that the racket was operating from two buildings in JB Nagar.

At a Damascus airbase once off-limits under Bashar al-Assad, a crew now films a TV series about the final months of the ousted leader's rule as seen through the eyes of a Syrian family.

The Election Commission (EC) is likely to extend the Summary Revision (SIR) deadline for Uttar Pradesh and several other states, top EC sources told NDTV.