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Iran executes three men for 'spying' for Israeli spy agency Mossad | Pakistani soldier who captured Abhinandan Varthaman killed by TTP | Axiom-4 Mission launched: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla becomes 1st Indian to travel to space in 40 years | 'Carries aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians': PM Modi lauds astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's space expedition | 'I was a young RSS pracharak': PM Modi chronicles his learning experience from anti-Emergency movement in a book | Air India Dreamliner crash left 275 people dead, including 34 on ground: Official tally | 'Ceasefire now in effect, don't violate it': Donald Trump warns Israel and Iran | US President Donald Trump claims Iran, Israel agreed to a 'complete and total' ceasefire | Four arrested in Bengal bomb blast that killed minor girl during Kaliganj vote counting | 'Our drones became the eyes in the skies': Gautam Adani lauds Adani Defence's role in Operation Sindoor

IBC to celebrate Dalai Lama's 90th birthday next month

Jun 28, 2025, at 04:14 pm

The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) will celebrate the 90th birth anniversary of the 14th Dalai Lama.

Election Commission trying to bring NRC through backdoor: TMC MP Derek O'Brien

Jun 28, 2025, at 03:56 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien on Saturday slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for allegedly trying to enforce National Register of Citizens (NRC) through a voter verification drive in poll-bound Bihar and West Bengal.

PM Modi to embark on five-nation tour on July 2, attend BRICS Summit in Brazil

Jun 28, 2025, at 03:55 pm

PM Narendra Modi will undertake a visit to Ghana from July 2-3, 2025, his first bilateral trip to the nation, officials said.

'If classmates become rapists, then whom are to be blamed?': TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee's bizarre remark on Kolkata rape case

Jun 28, 2025, at 03:01 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee has passed a bizarre remark while responding to the alleged rape of a 24-year-old law student by a ruling party functionary on the campus of a law college in Kolkata.

Security guard of Kolkata law college, where TMC functionary raped student, nabbed in fourth arrest so far

Jun 28, 2025, at 02:01 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The security guard of the South Kolkata Law College was on Saturday nabbed marking the fourth arrest in connection with the alleged rape of a 24-year-old law student on the campus, media reports said.

She went to fill out form, Trinamool functionary raped her in union room: Law college victim's FIR

Jun 28, 2025, at 01:42 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The First Information Report (FIR) in the South Kolkata Law College gangrape revealed shocking details of the victim student being brutalised in the union room by alumni and Trinamool Congress functionary Monojit Mishra when she went to fill out her form.

Middle East conflict: Centre says 4415 Indians evacuated from Iran, Israel

Jun 28, 2025, at 09:24 am

The Indian government on Friday said 4415 Indian nationals have been evacuated using 19 special evacuation flights, including 3 IAF C-17 aircraft, from conflict-hit Iran and Israel as part of Operation Sindhu.

India rejects 'supplemental award' by 'illegal' Court of Arbitration on Indus Waters Treaty, calls it unlawful

Jun 28, 2025, at 01:05 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India has "categorically" rejected a "supplemental award" by an "illegal" Court of Arbitration, which has been supposedly set up over the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.

Over 500 devotees injured as massive crowd surged to pull chariots during Puri's Rath Yatra festival

Jun 27, 2025, at 11:18 pm

Puri/IBNS: Over 500 devotees were injured and several others were critical during the annual Rath Yatra festival in Odisha’s Puri as a sea of crowds flocked to pull the chariot in the city, media reports said.

'He is a rapist, should face justice': TMC renounces student leader accused in Kolkata college gangrape

Jun 27, 2025, at 09:51 pm

After the alleged gang-rape of a female law student in a south Kolkata college stirred a political storm in Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress has admitted that the prime accused is linked to the party's student wing but assured that it would not come in the way of him getting the strictest possible punishment.

Operation Sindhu: Jaishankar thanks Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi for ensuring safe evacuation of Indians

Jun 27, 2025, at 06:46 pm

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi when he thanked him for ensuring the safe evacuation of Indian nationals.

Rajnath Singh discusses S-400 systems with Russian Defence Minister in China

Jun 27, 2025, at 05:34 pm

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Qingdao, where they discussed supplying S-400 systems, Su-30 MKI upgrades, and procurement of critical military hardware, officials said on Friday.

Rajnath Singh briefs Belarusian, Tajik and Kazakh counterparts on Operation Sindoor

Jun 27, 2025, at 05:08 pm

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Belarus, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan on the sidelines of the  Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting in Qingdao and briefed them on Operation Sindoor.

Student gangraped on south Kolkata law college campus; Opp flags Trinamool functionary among 3 arrested accused

Jun 27, 2025, at 04:37 pm

At least three people were arrested for the alleged gangrape of a female law student inside a college in South Kolkata, triggering sharp reactions, only less than a year after the east Indian city witnessed massive protests over the rape and murder of a young doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

India, Vietnam discuss ways to enhance Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

Jun 27, 2025, at 04:22 pm

India and Vietnam discussed ways to enhance the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during the 13th Political Consultation and the 10th Strategic Dialogue on June 25.

India flags off first consignment of rose-scented litchi to Doha

Jun 27, 2025, at 03:27 pm

The Indian government has flagged off the first consignment of 1 metric tonne of rose-scented litchi from Pathankot, Punjab, to Doha, Qatar on June 23.

Law student allegedly gang-raped in Kolkata college, three arrested

Jun 27, 2025, at 01:34 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Three people have been arrested in connection with the gangrape of a law student at a college in Kolkata's Kasba area, media reports said.

India calls for merit-based treatment of US visa applications as Trump administration tightens rules

Jun 27, 2025, at 12:10 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India has called for a merit-based treatment of visa applications by its citizens as the United States has tightened the visa-screening process particularly for students, media reports said.

Donald Trump hints at reaching 'very big' trade agreement with India

Jun 27, 2025, at 09:29 am

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said a 'very big trade deal' might be signed with India soon.

Bengaluru woman, out to party, dies after falling from 13th floor of under-construction building

Jun 27, 2025, at 12:28 am

A young woman, out to party with friends, died after falling from the 13th floor of an under-construction building in Bengaluru.

Zohran Mamdani sounds more Pakistani than Indian, he is ready to wipe out Hinduism: Kangana Ranaut

Jun 26, 2025, at 06:04 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Indian actress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut has said Democratic primary for the New York's mayoral race Zohran Mamdani "sounds more Pakistani than Indian" and "is ready to wipe out Hinduism".

Black box data of crashed Air India aircraft recovered and downloaded: Govt

Jun 26, 2025, at 02:21 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The black box data of the Air India aircraft that crashed near the Ahmedabad airport on June 12 has been recovered and downloaded, the government provided an update on Thursday, media reports said.

India refuses to sign SCO joint statement lacking Pahalgam attack but featuring Balochistan unrest

Jun 26, 2025, at 01:29 pm

Qingdao/IBNS: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has refused to sign the joint statement at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting as the document did not mention the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack but carried Balochistan unrest.

Kaliganj blast: Tamanna Khatun's mother rejects TMC MLA's monetary support, demands arrest of all culprits

Jun 26, 2025, at 12:45 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The mother of the minor girl who was killed in the bomb blast during the Kaliganj by-election vote counting has refused to accept the money offered by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Debra, Humayun Kabir.

Constitution is supreme, all three wings work under it: CJI BR Gavai

Jun 26, 2025, at 10:57 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has held the Constitution as the "supreme" stating executive, legislature and judiciary work under it, media reports said.

Navy HQ staffer arrested over espionage for Pak's ISI, shared confidential info during Op Sindoor

Jun 26, 2025, at 01:26 am

A Navy headquarters staffer in Delhi has been arrested under charges of espionage for the Pakistani Intelligence agency ISI, media reports said.

Andhra Pradesh murder: Police say wife and her lover killed 26-year-old Tejeswar

Jun 26, 2025, at 12:43 am

Hyderabad/IBNS: Days after a man's body was found in a canal in Andhra Pradesh, the police have found that he was killed by his wife and her lover, which has struck uncanny similarities with the honeymoon murder mystery in Meghalaya that has left the nation shocked

Engineering issues: British High Commission on F-35 fighter jet stuck in Kerala

Jun 25, 2025, at 11:00 pm

The British High Commission in Bengaluru on Wednesday said the British F-35B fighter jet that made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport two weeks ago has 'engineering issues' that are preventing it from flying.

Don't ask permission to fly: Shashi Tharoor after Mallikarjun Kharge's snub over article praising PM

Jun 25, 2025, at 09:27 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge snubbed senior party leader Shashi Tharoor over his praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Thiruvananthapuram MP put up a post on X that was widely seen as a reply to his party colleagues' barbs.

UK: DNA on teddies reveals India-origin student's perverted act in woman student's room

Jun 25, 2025, at 06:14 pm

An Indian-origin teen has admitted to breaking into the room of a fellow student and even masturbating on her bed cover and soft toys.