For India, however, the core issue remains action rather than acknowledgment, with MEA reiterating New Delhi’s repeated appeals to Ottawa to take effective action against anti-India extremist elements operating from its soil
A former JPMorgan banker of Nepalese descent alleged that a senior executive coerced him into “non-consensual and humiliating sex acts" while threatening his career and subjecting him to racial abuse. According to a WSJ report, the bank unsuccessfully tried settling the case before the lawsuit was filed
What began as a dream Antarctic expedition turned into a global health scare after a rare hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius went undetected for weeks, leaving three passengers dead and others critically ill even while nearly 150 people, including two Indian crew members, remain on the ship
Despite additional ad breaks being woven into the game, no broadcaster in India or China has shown interest in shelling out the millions that Fifa wants.
After a decisive electoral defeat in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee faces her toughest political reset in decades. Can a leader forged in agitation rebuild a weakened organisation, reclaim public trust, and reposition herself against an entrenched Bharatiya Janata Party government?
You can now drive from India’s border with China in the Northeast to the border with Pakistan in the west without leaving BJP-NDA territory.
And how it became the state that delivered one of the biggest political reversals of the Modi era
Almost no one treated TVK as the party that could win. At best, it was expected to cut votes and embarrass the old players. These are their safest columns from which Vijay’s party took seats
Five years after Suvendu Adhikari handed TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee the most rankling defeat of her career, he is trying to prove it was not a one-off. And Mamata wants to show it was
Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik has admitted that Pakistan lacks even a day’s worth of strategic petrol reserves, as oil prices climb to $126 per barrel — the highest since 2022 — amid ongoing shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz
A 35-year-old former South Asian-origin employee of JP Morgan Chase has made some shocking claims of being pressured into “non-consensual and humiliating” sexual encounters by a senior female colleague. She has categorically denied all allegations
Counter-terror agencies suspect Mumbai resident Zaib Zubair Ansari (31), arrested for stabbing two security guards in Mira Road, is self-radicalised. Here’s what preliminary probes reveal
The UAE’s exit from OPEC signals a shift in global oil politics, weakening coordinated supply control. For India, heavily dependent on imports, it could mean more flexible deals ahead, but also greater exposure to price volatility driven by geopolitical tensions.
Exit polls sketch a split verdict across five states — BJP poised for a Bengal breakthrough and holding Assam and Puducherry, Stalin ahead in Tamil Nadu, and Congress edging Kerala — but outliers and tight margins leave room for surprises on May 4
A global study links 1.11 million heart deaths in India each year to poor diets, with the country also leading in lost healthy years. From excess salt to missing nutrients, everyday eating habits are emerging as a major driver of heart disease
Can every worker afford the economy that they keep running?
Officials found a document written to family members hours before the attack and multiple social media posts indicating the gunman’s opposition to Trump’s policies
A global shortage of aluminium beverage cans, exacerbated by the Iran war, is hitting supplies in India even as demand is surging in the hot summer months
Legal experts explained why the anti-defection law wasn’t applicable to the MPs and party leaders said they’re very surprised by one MP’s desertion
Gravely wounded in the strike that killed Ali Khamenei, but still mentally sharp, Iran’s new supreme leader remains unseen and unheard. As he recovers from multiple surgeries and severe burns, how much of a role does he really have right now?
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