India

MIRZAPUR (UP): Police in Mirzapur have invoked the Gangster Act against 10 people in the alleged "gym jihad" case invoking charges of coercion, blackmail and forced religious conversion of women, officials said. The accused, including alleged gang leader Imran Khan...

NEW DELHI: Starting May 20, visitors to the Pradhanmantri Sanghralaya (Prime Ministers' Museum) in Delhi will be able to interact with an artificial intelligence-powered "hyper-realistic" 3D avatar of Mahatma Gandhi, bringing the spirit of Bapu alive through cutting-edge technology. A...

JAIPUR: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed 93 off just 38 balls to overshadow Mitchell Marsh’s brutal 96 as Rajasthan Royals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets to keep their IPL playoff hopes alive here on Tuesday. Sent in to bat, Mitchell...

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has notified the Annapurna Yojna for women, replacing the 'Lakshmir Bhandar' programme, for a monthly allowance of Rs 3,000, which will take effect from June 1. The notification, issued by the Women and Child Development...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic Giorgia Meloni have said the relationship between India and Italy has now reached a decisive stage, evolving from a cordial friendship into...

MUMBAI: The rupee slipped to a fresh record low of 96.47 against the US dollar in intraday trade on Tuesday, pressured by rise in crude oil prices, strong dollar and geopolitical uncertainties. The rupee is Asia's worst-performing currency in 2026,...

NEW DELHI: Under Operation Sindoor, Indian forces dismantled terror infrastructure, punctured a long-standing strategic assumption, and then stopped "deliberately and purposefully", and it reflected "smart power" in its most complete expression, Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi said on Tuesday. In...

Uttar Pradesh is set to receive another major road infrastructure upgrade with the upcoming inauguration of the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway. The six-lane access-controlled expressway, stretching nearly 63 km, is likely to be inaugurated on 24 May. Officials said the project was initially...

NEW DELHI: India's peak power demand hit an all-time high of 257.37 GW on Monday, primarily driven by increased usage of cooling devices such as air conditioners and desert coolers amid intensifying heat wave conditions, according to power ministry...

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by about 90 paise per litre on Tuesday, marking the second increase in fuel rates in less than a week after state-run oil firms ended a nearly four-year freeze on revisions. The...