Swashbuckling former all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been killed in a car crash, Cricket Australia said Sunday, in another tragic blow for the sport after the recent deaths of fellow greats Shane Warne and Rod Marsh. | Read more|
Covid In North Korea: North Korea State media KCNA said a total of 42 people had died, with 820,620 cases and at least 324,550 under medical treatment. | Read more|
Ukrainian Major General Budanov claimed that Vladimir Putin is in a "very bad psychological and physical condition and he is very sick". | Read more|
Police said Manish Lakra and his family were on the top floor of the building when the fire broke out and came down with the help of a crane. | Read more|
In her complaint, the woman alleged that the minister's son raped her on several occasions between January 8 last year and April 17 this year, and also promised to marry her. | Read more|
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for families of those who died in the fire in Mundka on Friday. Those who have sustained injuries will be given Rs 50,000 as compensation. Kejriwal has also ordered a magisterial probe into the incident. | Read more|
India has banned wheat exports with immediate effect as part of its steps to control the spike in prices at home. Only export shipments for which letters of credit have been issued on or before yesterday's notification will be allowed, the government said. | Read more|
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison today promised to be more empathetic if he wins re-election, as his government continues to trail the opposition Labor Party a week before a general election. | Read more|
The videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex in Varanasi resumed today amid tight security arrangements, officials said. | Read more|
Ahead of Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Telangana today, state Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's son KT Rama Rao or KTR has written an open letter to the senior BJP leader on the "injustice" being done to the southern state by his party. | Read more|
The US and EU led an international outcry today after Israeli police charged the funeral procession in Jerusalem of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and beat pallbearers who almost dropped her coffin. | Read more|
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has posted a detailed thread on the recent changes in his team and why he effected them at a time when the micro-blogging site is set to be acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. | Read more|
A heatwave spell scorching Delhi for the last two days is predicted to worsen today, with the India Meteorological Department or IMD issuing an 'orange' alert, warning that the mercury may soar to 46-47 degrees Celsius in parts of the city. | Read more|
Russia faced mounting accusations of war crimes in Ukraine today, including forcing thousands of people into interrogation camps, as the number of refugees reported to have fled the conflict surpassed six million. | Read more|
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea seeking to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG 2022) examination stating that “any delay in conducting the exam will result in fewer number of resident doctors.” | Read more|
Protests are being held in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir since last evening as Kashmiri Pandits demand safety in the wake of the killing of a 36-year-old government employee from the community. | Read more|
In protest against the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan, markets in several areas of the constituency he represents will remain shut today. Shafia, Mr Khan's wife had appealed to the people of Okhla to down shutters from 9 am to 5 pm in solidarity with their elected representative. | Read more|
Videography at Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque will resume tomorrow, the district administration announced today. The matter, which started with a group of women seeking year-long access to a Hindu shrine behind the mosque, has reached the Supreme Court. | Read more|
A Jammu and Kashmir special police officer, who suffered injuries after he was attacked by terrorists at his residence this morning, has died during treatment at the hospital, informed the police in a tweet. | Read more|
Ten more European gas buyers have opened accounts in Gazprombank JSC, doubling the total number of clients preparing to pay in rubles for Russian gas as President Vladimir Putin demanded. | Read more|
A person dressed as North Korea's Kim Jong Un crashed an election campaign event for Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday, dodging security to enter a manufacturing facility after the Australian leader had departed. | Read more|
A passenger plane gas caught fire during takeoff from an airport in southwestern China, with local officials stating one of its engines scraped the runway before bursting into flames. | Read more|
UN Secretary General António Guterres says he is "appalled" by Wednesday's killing of veteran Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla. | Read more|
Continuing its controversial anti-encroachment drive in the national capital, the BJP-governed civic body today rolled into Madanpur Khadar in South East Delhi and demolished several structures it deemed as illegal construction. | Read more|
The Varanasi court hearing the petition of five women seeking right to worship without any hindrance at the Kashi-Vishwanath- Gyanvapi mosque complex on Thursday ordered the survey will continue at the disputed site. | Read more|
Russia has ramped up its allegations about the sprawling network of secretive US-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine, stating that other NATO countries have been involved in the questionable research. | Read more|
North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infections. | Read more|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a virtual interaction with the beneficiaries of the Utkarsh Samaroh initiative in Gujarat’s Bharuch Thursday, got emotional listening to one of the attendees and his daughter. | Read more|
The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended Mandsaur's chief municipal officer in connection with an alleged obscene dance performed by some people at an animal fair organised by the local civic body, an official said on Tuesday. | Read more|
Sri Lankan Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva on Tuesday refuted allegations that the armed forces are poised to shoot at the general public to provoke them. | Read more|
The controversial sedition law will be paused while the government reviews it, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark order that impacts hundreds charged under the colonial-era relic. Those jailed for sedition can approach courts for bail. | Read more|
Internet has been suspended in Rajasthan's Bhilwara town till tomorrow amid tension over the killing of a 22-year-old Hindu man, allegedly by a Muslim, over a personal dispute. | Read more|
The Indian High Commission today categorically dismissed speculative media reports about New Delhi sending troops to Colombo, saying India is fully supportive of Sri Lanka's democracy, stability and economic recovery. | Read more|
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file a reply to the plea filed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan over the delay in hearing of his bail application in a land grabbing case. | Read more|
A man who gave logistics support to some suspects who fired a rocket-propelled grenade, or RPG, at an intelligence headquarters in Punjab's Mohali has been detained by the state police. | Read more|