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Daman Kumar granted NZ residency

Daman Kumar, an 18-year-old who faced deportation to India despite having lived in New Zealand his entire life, has been granted residency following a...

Teen’s deportation to India paused amid legal appeal

The deportation of 18-year-old Daman Kumar, a New Zealand-born overstayer who has never set foot in India, has been temporarily halted as his legal...

Stampede in India’s capital leaves 18 dead

Overcrowding at New Delhi’s main railway station led to tragedy when Maha Kumbh festival-goers attempted to board a train. A stampede at New Delhi’s main...

Indian Court sparks outrage after acquitting man of marital rape

An Indian high court's controversial decision to acquit a man accused of forcing "unnatural sex" on his wife, leading to her death, has ignited...

Modi meets Trump amid tariff tensions

The US president announced plans to impose reciprocal tariffs on trade partners just hours before his meeting with the Indian leader. Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

Macron snubs Modi in public handshake gesture (Video)

he Artificial Intelligence Summit in Paris an unexpected diplomatic moment unfolded as French President Emmanuel Macron appeared to snub Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Indian cops unplug performance by Ed Sheeran

An impromptu street concert given by the musician in Bengaluru was halted by the authorities who claimed that permission had not been given. A live...

India crush England in record T20 defeat

England suffered their heaviest T20 defeat as Abhishek Sharma's stunning 135 off 54 balls powered India to a 150-run victory in Mumbai, sealing a...

India festival stampede death toll rises to 30

Local government ramps up crowd management efforts after Maha Kumbh stampede turned deadly, as pilgrims continue to gather. A deadly stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh...

Bollywood star recovering after being stabbed in Mumbai home

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan is recovering after undergoing surgery following a stabbing incident at his Mumbai home. The attack occurred early Thursday when an...

Meta apologises for Zuckerberg’s ‘inadvertent error’

The Facebook founder has irked New Delhi by claiming that most incumbent governments, including India’s, lost elections in 2024. Meta has apologised to India for...

Wings of death: India may have figured out a surprising way to defeat drones

A southern Indian state is using trained birds of prey to take down rogue UAVs as part of local policing. With its terrifying talons, enormous...

Indian minister fact-checks Zuckerberg over 2024 Modi win

Facebook founder claimed that most incumbent governments, including India’s, lost 2024 elections due to their handling of Covid-19. India’s minister of railways, electronics and IT...

Largest gathering of humanity begins in India (Video)

Thousands of devotees have bathed at the confluence of three rivers, marking the start of the Maha Kumbh festival. The 45-day Maha Kumbh Mela festival...

Australia reclaims Border-Gavaskar trophy with series-clinching win over India

Australia secured a 3-1 series victory against India and reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade with a six-wicket win...

Boland dominates India as umpire controversies grip SCG Test opening day

Scott Boland extended his dominance from the MCG to the SCG, delivering a sensational performance on day one of the fifth Test as he...

India launches space docking experiment (Video)

The mission aims to demonstrate a key technology the country will need to build its own orbital station. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully...

Australia secures action-packed 184-run win over India in Boxing Day Test

Australia defeated India by 184 runs in a dramatic conclusion to the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, taking a 2-1 lead in...

Elephant warfare: These tusked warriors stopped Alexander the Great, but at great cost

Elephants in India suffered population bottlenecks 100,000 years ago and then 2,000 years ago. Scientists believe the most recent event was because they became...

Musk accused of muzzling critics of his migration agenda

The purported move follows fierce debate on X over H-1B visas for Indian tech workers. Elon Musk has announced a new algorithm on his social...

Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh dies, aged 92

India’s 13th prime minister and a key architect of the country’s economic liberalisation, Manmohan Singh, died on Thursday at the age of 92. He was...

Kohli faces backlash over on-field clash with teen debutant Sam Konstas

Indian cricket veteran Virat Kohli has come under fire for an unsportsmanlike incident during the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, where he made...

India probes Canadian colleges over human trafficking claims

The country’s law enforcement has uncovered a network luring Indians into illegally crossing the Canada-US border. New Delhi has launched an investigation into the alleged...

Massive gas tanker explosion in India kills 14 (Video)

Dozens more injured in road accident involving an LPG tanker that has raised common concerns over road safety across the country. A catastrophic gas-tanker explosion...

Chess King Gukesh: How an 18-year-old dreamer checkmated the world

Gukesh Dommaraju is one of six Indians in the world’s top 26 chess players, all of whom are from Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand’s ecosystem that...

India protests over neighbouring state’s territorial threat

New Delhi has reacted to a since-deleted social media post by a Bangladeshi interim government aide. India has lodged a “strong protest” with the Bangladeshi...

13 killed in Indian Navy boat collision with ferry

The military speedboat struck the passenger vessel at full speed due to engine malfunction, according to the Navy. Over a dozen people, including three naval...

India’s economic growth slowdown is ‘temporary blip’ – New Delhi

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that healthy expansion is expected despite a decline in GDP to a seven-quarter low. Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest chess world champion

Teenage prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju of India became the youngest chess world champion at age 18, defeating defending champion Ding Liren of China in a...

BRICS not interested in weakening dollar – Indian FM

New Delhi wants to preserve its trading relationship with Washington, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has said. India and the other BRICS nations regularly discuss financial transactions but...

The Great Game in the Arctic: Why the region is the next flashpoint between superpowers

As global powers compete for dominance over vast resources and strategic routes, China and India too are eager to take on a larger role...

India thrash Australia by 295 runs

India secured a commanding 295-run victory over Australia in the first Test in Perth, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Dismissing Australia for...

Multiple casualties reported as violence over mosque erupts in India

Protesters have clashed with police in Uttar Pradesh amid tensions over a site claimed by the Hindu community. Four people were killed and a number...

India slams ‘optical illusion’ UN climate finance deal

New Delhi says the $300 billion spending goal for battling climate change is a “paltry sum” that in no way reflects the needs of...

The Reel Godfather: Why India’s mafia don is so popular among young people

The Bishnoi gang, India’s new interstate mafia, is led by a man in jail who recruits via social media, controls 700 shooters around the...

Black Caps clinch 3-0 series win over India

New Zealand completed a historic 3-0 series sweep against India, marking the first time the hosts have been blanked at home since 2000. On a...

Jadeja’s 5-wicket haul holds NZ to 235 as India ends day 1 at 86-4 in Mumbai

In sweltering Mumbai conditions, New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell and Will Young toughed out half-centuries, reaching 235 despite Ravindra Jadeja’s impressive five-wicket haul (5-65) and...

India and China complete border disengagement, paving way for renewed cooperation

India and China have successfully completed military disengagement along key points of their disputed border, a move reached through recent military and diplomatic talks,...

Black Caps take historic series win in India

The Black Caps sealed a landmark series victory in India on Saturday, bowling out the hosts for 245 on day three of the second...

Free speech for terrorists: How Canada shields dangerous extremists

The diplomatic standoff between New Delhi and Ottawa highlights the bias of Western powers, which advocate security cooperation globally while harboring elements that openly...

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