Dubai: US President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged duelling threats Friday as widening protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June. At least seven people have been killed so far in violence surrounding the demonstrations, which were sparked in part by...

New Delhi: The government Friday issued a stern notice to Elon Musk-led social media platform X to immediately remove all vulgar and unlawful content, especially generated by its AI app Grok or face action under the law. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has issued a notice to the Chief Compliance Officer for India operations of X...

New Delhi: Social media firms should take responsibility for content they publish and a standing committee has already recommended a tough law to fix accountability of platforms, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Friday. The Centre has earlier this week warned online platforms -- mainly social media firms -- of legal consequences if they fail to act on...

New Delhi: Foxconn, Dixon, Tata Electronics and Samsung are among the 22 new proposals approved by the government under the ambitious Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), with a projected investment of Rs 41,863 crore and production worth Rs 2,58,152 crore. The approvals - third set of clearances under the scheme - are expected to generate 33,791 new...

Baripada: Three persons were killed after the motorcycle they were riding collided head-on with a bus on NH-220 in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Friday, police said. The accident took place near Ranibandh under Rairangpur town police station limits in the afternoon, and all three died on the spot. The bus, which was on its way from Rairangpur town...

Mumbai: Veteran Hindi film industry megastar Amitabh Bachchan seems to be done with 2026 already. Friday, the actor took to his X, formerly Twitter, and shared a note as he said that 2 days have already passed in 2026, and only 363 days remain until 2027. He wrote, “T 5613 - 2 days have passed; 363 are...

Paris: More than 1100 vehicles were set on fire and over 500 people detained across France during New Year's Eve celebrations, the country's Interior Ministry has revealed. In accordance with the Interior Minister's firm instructions, which required a high degree of responsiveness and mobility, law enforcement intervened immediately in cases of violence or vandalism, the ministry asserted....

New Delhi: The collection of enumeration forms from electors in urban areas was "much less" as compared to rural areas in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' list in nine states and three Union territories, EC officials said Friday citing available trends. They said the most likely reason for electors not returning filled-out enumeration forms...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday targeted the BJP's double-engine government in Madhya Pradesh after at least 10 people died allegedly due to contaminated water in Indore and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is always silent whenever poor die. Gandhi alleged that Madhya Pradesh has become the epicentre of misgovernance and cited various instances of casualties...

Dhaka: The Bangladesh Cricket Board Friday announced it will host India for a three-match ODI as well as T20I series to be played in September this year. However, it is not clear if BCCI will agree to travel to Bangladesh in prevailing conditions with no stable government in place. According to a media release by the BCB,...