As Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed Ali agreed to elevate the bilateral ties to strategic partnership, PM Modi said on Wednesday that India and Ethiopia are “natural partners” in regional peace, security and connectivity. Modi, who addressed the Ethiopian parliament on Wednesday, said, “Ethiopia sits at a crossroads of Africa....

In a significant legal development, a Delhi court has refused to take cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The court noted that the probe was based on a private complaint by Subramanian Swamy and not an FIR. Following the order, Congress MPs staged...

Victor Wembanyama is ready for a comeback (Image via NBA) When the Spurs and Knicks play on Prime Video on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. ET, the NBA Cup winner will be determined. The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, will host the game. For this game, the Knicks will field their entire starting lineup; however,...

I. Periyasamy. File | Photo Credit: G. Karthikeyan The Madras High Court on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) refused to grant any kind of interim relief to Rural Development Minister I. Periyasamy and his family members in a money laundering case without ordering notice to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and granting time to the latter...

Director James Cameron is soon about to reveal his threequel of the Avatar franchise, titled Fire and Ash. Even though there is a lot of talk around the film for other reasons, namely Marvel, fans of the series are expecting another great flick. But it seems that things might not be going exactly the way...

The Centre is overhauling India’s flagship rural jobs scheme under the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). For the revamp, the Narendra Modi government has proposed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, referred to as the VB-G RAM G Bill. Tabled in the Lok Sabha on...

4.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Saudi Arabia / image: @ncmuae Residents of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province experienced an unexpected start to their Wednesday as a moderate earthquake rippled through the region. While the tremor was strong enough to be picked up by sensitive regional monitoring equipment, the overall impact remained minimal, leaving the local community and neighboring...

Opposition MPs create a ruckus in Lok Sabha as Union Minister for Rural Development and Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, introduces the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, during the Winter Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi December 17, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI...

A special court for cases involving elected representatives in Karnataka on Tuesday gave the Lokayukta police one day’s custody of a former chairman of the Mysore Urban Development Authority, G T Dinesh Kumar, to probe allegations of corruption in the allotment of MUDA sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s family in 2021. The Karnataka Lokayukta police,...

In this breaking news report, India Today’s Himanshu Mishra provides the latest updates on the Goa fire tragedy at the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub, which claimed 25 lives. The owners, Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, have been deported from Thailand and arrested by the Goa Police at Delhi airport. Mishra reports that the brothers are...