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New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Rakesh Aggarwal was Wednesday appointed as the director general of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Aggarwal, a 1994 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, is currently special director general in the anti-terror agency. He has also...

Singapore: Popular Indian singer-songwriter Zubeen Garg was severely intoxicated and had drowned off Lazarus Island after declining a life jacket last September, a coroner's court in Singapore was told Wednesday. Garg, 52, was at a yacht party September 19, 2025, when he died of drowning...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned Iran of a “very strong action” if its authorities begin hanging protesters, escalating his rhetoric amid reports of widespread killings during anti-government unrest. Speaking in an exclusive interview with CBS News on Tuesday, Trump said he had not...

Washington: President Trump said Tuesday he's cancelled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens, "help is on its way." Trump did not offer any details about what the help would entail, but it comes after the Republican president earlier this week...

Iran:  The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked Tuesday to at least 2,000 people killed, activists said. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which has been accurate in previous unrest in recent years, gave the latest toll. It relies on supporters in...

New Delhi: Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Tuesday asked major food delivery and quick-commerce platforms to do away with rigid “10-minute” delivery time commitments, stressing that the safety of delivery partners must come before speed. Mandaviya held discussions with officials of Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy and Zomato...

New Delhi/Chennai: TVK chief and actor Vijay was questioned for nearly six hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here Monday in connection with the Karur stampede case, officials said. The Tamil superstar will be called again for questioning as some queries need to...

New Delhi: Signalling an intent to rebuild strained ties, President Donald Trump's new ambassador to Delhi said Monday that no country is as essential as India to the United States, and asserted that both sides are actively engaged to firm up a trade deal. In...

New Delhi: No country is as essential as India for Washington and both sides are actively engaged in firming up a trade deal, US ambassador-designate Sergio Gor said Monday. Real friends can disagree, but always resolve their differences in the end, he said in his...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to block courts and creditors from seizing Venezuelan government funds held by the United States of America. This is important to protect oil-related revenues, which are critical to US national security and foreign policy objectives...