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New Delhi: Paush Purnima, the first full moon of the Hindu lunar calendar in 2026, will be observed Saturday, coinciding with a spectacular celestial event, the year’s first supermoon which is also being called the 'Wolf Supermoon'. The bright Wolf Supermoon is expected to illuminate...

Mumbai: With just 12 days remaining for the 29 Municipal Corporation elections in Maharashtra, the State Election Commission (SEC) has launched a high-level inquiry into the "unopposed" election of 69 candidates across the state. The SEC has initiated this move as it is mandatory to...

Vancouver: An Air India pilot was arrested at Vancouver International Airport last week as he was preparing for a flight, with Canada's transportation agency warning the airline that it faced loss of its flight authorisations if it did not comply with rules about alcohol consumption....

Chennai: Special camps to facilitate voter registration are being held across Tamil Nadu for two days, beginning Saturday, as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. The initiative comes in the wake of a large-scale revision exercise that has resulted...

Charlotte: FBI said Friday it had disrupted a plot to attack a North Carolina grocery store on New Year's Eve, arresting a man who officials said was inspired by the Islamic State group and had pledged loyalty to the extremist militants. Christian Sturdivant, 18, was...

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...

Shimla/Dharamshala (HP): Three students of a government college in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala have been booked for ragging and voluntarily causing hurt while a professor has been booked for sexual harassment of a 19-year-old woman who died December 26, police said Friday. The woman student died...

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...

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...

Chennai: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Friday said India has every right to defend its people when it comes to "bad neighbours" and asserted that a neighbouring country cannot ask New Delhi to share water if it continues to spread terrorism in the country. At...