China is constructing a "larger" second bridge in an area held by it around the strategically key Pangong Tso lake in eastern Ladakh and it could help the Chinese military to quickly mobilise its troops in the region, according to satellite imagery and people familiar with the development on Wednesday. | Read more|
The report of filming of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi was submitted to a court this morning in a case involving a request by Hindu petitioners to worship idols inside the mosque complex. | Read more|
India on Wednesday expressed concern over the hoarding of food grains and discrimination amid an "unjustified increase" in food prices and cautioned the West that the issue should not go the way of Covid-19 vaccines, for which poor countries struggled even for initial doses, while rich nations had an excess of what the | Read more|
G7 financial leaders are likely to focus on Thursday and Friday on how to help Ukraine pay its bills, with reconstruction after the war, surging global inflation, climate change, supply chains and the impending food crisis also high on the agenda. | Read more|
A lawsuit demanding the removal of a mosque in Mathura said to be built on the “Krishna Janmabhoomi” or the birthplace of Lord Krishna has been allowed by a court in Uttar Pradesh. | Read more|
Citing unusual facts presented before it, the Supreme Court today granted interim bail to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in an alleged cheating case. The interim bail will continue till he is regular bail plea is decided, clearing the way for his release. | Read more|
Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik was convicted by a Delhi court in a terror funding case today. This comes after Yasin Malik last Tuesday pleaded guilty to all charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). | Read more|
Health authorities in North America and Europe have detected dozens of suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox since early May, sparking concern the disease endemic in parts of Africa is spreading. | Read more|
Concerns grew on Wednesday for the welfare of more than 250 Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol after weeks of desperate resistance. | Read more|
AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, who has been behind bars for 31 years, will be released, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. | Read more|
Hardik Patel Wednesday resigned as the working president of Gujarat Congress and from the primary membership of the party. | Read more|
Investigators probing the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet are examining whether it was due to intentional action taken on the flight deck, with no evidence so far of a technical malfunction, two people briefed on the matter said. | Read more|
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested alleged chartered accountant and close aide of Karti Chidambaram, S Bhaskararaman, in connection with the fresh ‘bribe for visas’ case. Sources said Bhaskararaman was arrested late on Tuesday night after hours of questioning. | Read more|
The US is preparing a military aid package for India to deepen security ties and reduce the country's dependence on Russian weapons, people familiar with the matter said. | Read more|
An employee at a wine shop was killed and his three colleagues injured when suspected militants hurled a grenade at a shop in the high-security zone of north Kashmir’s Baramulla. | Read more|
Despite battling a wave of suspected COVID-19 infections, North Korea appears to be preparing to test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ahead of US President Joe Biden's first official trip to South Korea, a US official said. | Read more|
Large-scale NATO military drills started in Estonia on Monday. The exercise dubbed ‘Hedgehog 2022’ is one of the largest in the Baltic nation’s history, according to the military bloc. | Read more|
The US has warned that IT workers from North Korea are trying to get remote working jobs by hiding their true identities for the purpose of stealing money for Pyongyang. | Read more|
Nearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uyghur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges, in what is the highest known imprisonment rate in the world, an Associated Press review of leaked data shows. | Read more|
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram's home and offices were searched today by the CBI over allegations of bribery. | Read more|
The Russian ruble is edging towards a five-year high against the euro on Monday, demonstrating unprecedented resilience amid the most drastic sanctions ever imposed on Moscow by the West. | Read more|
Turkey's president has restated his opposition to Finland and Sweden joining Nato - just hours after they said they would seek membership. | Read more|
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), which deals with operational projects, had entrusted the entire sum to a single British businessman and now faces $22 million in bad debts, as per a New York Times Report earlier this month. | Read more|
Sri Lanka's new government plans to sell its national airline to stem losses, part of efforts to stabilize the nation's finances even as authorities are forced to print money to pay government salaries. | Read more|
Russia warned Monday that decisions by Finland and Sweden to join the NATO military alliance were serious mistakes and Moscow would take measures. | Read more|
A court in Uttar Pradesh has ordered that a pond in the Gyanvapi mosque complex where a "Shivling" has been found during filming be seized. | Read more|
Adani Group buys Holcim's stake in Ambuja cements and its subsidiary ACC in the most expensive ever, with a price tag of $10.5 billion (around ₹ 81,361 crore). That marks the ports-to-energy conglomerate's entry into the cement sector and makes it the second-largest cement producer in the country. | Read more|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepalese PM Sher Bahadur Deuba Monday laid the foundation stone of the India International Centre for Buddhist Culture & Heritage in Lumbini. | Read more|
Two separate shootings, killing at least three, were reported last night in the US, with the incidents coming a day after 10 people were shot dead at a grocery store in New York state in an alleged hate crime. | Read more|
Kim Jong Un slammed North Korea's pandemic response and ordered the army to help distribute medicine, state media said Monday, as the country said 50 people had died since first reporting an outbreak of COVID-19. | Read more|
A top ruling party leader in Pakistan, Maryam Nawaz, has vowed that if ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan showed proof of the alleged "assassination plot," the Pakistan government would offer him more security cover than what is being currently provided to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. | Read more|
lamming the anti-encroachment drive being carried out in various parts of the city, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said if bulldozers raze shops and houses of 63 lakh people in Delhi, which are considered illegal, it will be the "biggest destruction" in independent India. | Read more|
The inspection began at 8 am and ended at noon, amid heavy police force deployment and elaborate arrangements near the complex. | Read more|
New York Shooting: The gunman, who was wearing a helmet and tactical gear, was arrested after the massacre, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told a news conference. | Read more|
Stone-throwing had taken place during the Ram Navami procession in Khargone city on April 10, leading to clashes and arson. | Read more|