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Police on Wednesday detained a 17-year-old relative of a seven-year-old girl in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh for allegedly raping her and killing her by throwing her into a canal, a police official said.

Head Constable Amandeep Singh was allegedly stabbed to death in a trivial dispute over the payment of a sandwich, a senior police official said on Wednesday.

Two men were arrested here on Wednesday in a case in which one of them had allegedly married a woman from another community by concealing his identity and put pressure on her to convert, police said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Wednesday that its forces would respond forcefully to any US military operation -- but did not rule out a new deal on Tehran's nuclear programme.

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached fresh assets worth more than Rs 1,800 crore as part of its ongoing money laundering investigation against the companies of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani.

A migrant worker, his wife and their two-year-old child were killed by some other migrant workers in Chennai, allegedly because he objected to them sexually harassing the woman, police said

Additions and deletions are part of the electoral roll revision exercise undertaken by the Election Commission, the Supreme Court said, as it resumed final hearing on a batch of 19 petitions challenging the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar.

Delivering a virtual address at the Wings India 2026 aviation summit on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India is on track to establish a massive network of over 400 airports by the year 2047.

The controversy erupted just 48 hours after the Central Government announced the prestigious Padma Shri for the artist's lifelong contribution to the arts.

The Washington State Senate has passed a resolution honouring India's 77th Republic Day, citing India's democratic traditions and the contributions of the Indian-American community.

Ajit Pawar was a hard taskmaster and a rare politician who didn't just call people and ask them to do something, but actually followed up to ensure it was done, one of his closest advisers, who was one of the last people to speak to him, has said.

Arijit Singh stunned fans and colleagues alike when he announced his retirement from playback singing in a social media post

In recent weeks, Himanta Sarma repeatedly raised allegations linking Gaurav Gogoi to Pakistan, triggering a sharp political confrontation between the ruling BJP and the Congress in Assam.

On Wednesday morning at 8:45 am, a plane crashed at Baramati Airport in Maharashtra. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, along with four others, lost their lives in the accident.

Some experts estimate the maximum human lifespan could reach 120-150 years.

Former Union minister Suryakanta Patil on Wednesday said she once told Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash, that she will come to meet him only when he becomes CM, but sadly that occasion will never come now.

Gold and silver prices showed no signs of cooling as both precious metals scaled fresh records in the national capital on Wednesday amid a weak US dollar and strong buying trends in global markets.

In a big relief to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a Special Court for Public Representatives on Wednesday accepted the closure report by the Lokayukta police giving a clean chit to him and his wife in the MUDA land allotment case.

Fresh scientific findings have added a crucial layer of clarity to the Sabarimala gold theft case, with experts confirming that the sanctum door panels were not replaced and that the crime involved the stripping of gold from copper-plated sheets.

Ajit Pawar, the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died in a plane crash on Wednesday. His aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Baramati airport in Pune.

Khaby Lame sold his company, Step Distinctive Limited to Hong Kong's Rich Sparkle for Rs 8,980 crore ($975 million), aiming to monetise his global brand and fanbase.

Exports to Bangladesh from Adani's Godda coal-fired power plant in Jharkhand rose nearly 38% annually to about 2.25 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in the three months through December, Indian and Bangladeshi government data showed.

A 57-year-old Indian-origin man appeared in a UK court on Wednesday charged with the murder of a woman at a home in Ilford, east London.

Sanju Samson's place in India's T20 team could be under threat if he doesn't improve his form in the coming days.

A 33-year-old science enthusiast, Harry Whittaker, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for possessing and making explosive substances, and storing toxic chemicals and extremist material at his Bedfordshire home.

India is not actively considering joining the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) at present, government sources have told NDTV.

The government of Independent India presented its first Union Budget on November 26, 1947, barely three months after the country was born.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday flagged concern over state governments not complying with its directions to enhance their stray dog sterilisation capacity.

The family of a 69-year-old man, who died after collapsing at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, has alleged that a five-carat diamond ring went missing from his person during the medical emergency.

A man was arrested for allegedly killing his 31-year-old co-worker who deceitfully fed him beef and taunted him repeatedly over it, officials here said on Wednesday.

Jack Ma suggested that the focus must be on how to teach children to use AI well.

With only a few months remaining before the Assam Assembly elections, Amit Shah's visit is seen as a strategic effort by the BJP-led NDA to consolidate its hold over Eastern Assam

Beth Galetti announces Amazon's plan to cut 16,000 corporate roles globally to streamline operations and reduce bureaucracy.

NASA's WB-57 high-altitude research plane made a gear-up belly landing at Ellington Airport in Houston due to a mechanical issue.

New CCTV footage has emerged showing the Learjet 45 carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others tilting to its left moments before crashing near the Baramati airport on Wednesday morning.

India and the United States have made very significant progress on their ongoing trade deal talks and are very close to a positive outcome, government sources have told NDTV.

In a move that is likely to escalate the face-off between the Election Commission and the West Bengal government, the poll panel has picked 15 IAS officers, including the Bengal Home secretary, and 10 IPS officers from the state as central observers.

The exchange was triggered by a post from Elon Musk saying that white people are a rapidly diminishing minority of the global population.

The sealed slaughterhouse in Bhopal's Jinsi area has prompted many more unsettling questions than alleged cow slaughter alone.

US President Donald Trump appeared on Wednesday to threaten another attack on Iran if it does not make a deal on nuclear weapons, after Tehran rejected talks.

IND vs NZ 4th T20 Live Score: India have already gained an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.

On September 30, 2001, the Congress lost one of its brightest leaders, Madhavrao Scindia, in a plane crash 10 minutes from Kanpur

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's last rites will be performed with full state honours, Maharashtra General Administration Department (Protocol) informed on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday and expressed condolences at the death of his nephew, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

Shubhanshu Shukla was recently conferred with the Ashoka Chakra, the country's highest peacetime gallantry honour.

Le Constellation bar owners blame the waitress for the January 1 fire that killed 40, citing flaming champagne bottles near the foam ceiling.

RK Shanmukham Chetty, then Finance Minister, stood before the Constituent Assembly without a microphone, reading largely from handwritten notes.

Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash this morning has sent shockwaves in the power corridors of Maharashtra.

Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Indian capital, Israel's Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Monday described the Holocaust as he most atrocious crime in Jewish history.

At a loss for words, NCP(SP) Anil Deshmukh wept uncontrollably when asked for his statement after NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash.