In a shocking allegation from Punjab’s Mohali district, a woman has accused her employee of attempting to kill her entire family by contaminating a traditional sweet with a highly toxic chemical. Rachna Kapoor, 49, director of Global Vision Network, claimed that thallium was mixed into the ‘panjiri’ she prepared to celebrate the birth of her...

NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old man died in west Delhi’s Janakpuri area after his motorcycle fell into an uncovered pit dug for construction work, police said on Friday. The victim’s family alleged that they were left in the dark for several hours and spent the entire night visiting multiple police stations before being informed of his...

The Lok Sabha will take up the general discussion on the Union Budget for 2026-27 on Friday.  The House will meet at 11 a.m. to transact government business, beginning with Question Hour.  Several Union Ministers, including those from the Health and Family Welfare, Law and Justice, External Affairs, Defence, and Ports, Shipping and Waterways Ministries,...

Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street’s perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI, a turn of events from a year ago when investors thought it was badly lagging behind rivals and punished its stock. That showed in the confident tone executives struck on the post-earnings call,...

Parliament Session Live Updates: The Lok Sabha will take up the general discussion on the Union Budget for 2026-27 on Friday, as Parliament resumes deliberations on key economic and legislative priorities. The House will meet at 11 am to transact government business, beginning with Question Hour. Several Union Ministers, including those handling Health and Family...

While India and Malaysia will look to ramp up trade and defence ties during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Kuala Lumpur over the weekend, the issue of fugitive Zakir Naik’s extradition is also likely to be raised by the Indian side. The visit is likely to see signing of several MoUs, including one for cooperation...

Trigger warning: This article contains references to sexual abuse and suicide. Please use your discretion in deciding if, when, and where to read. On the day Sanju Devi, 30, allegedly murdered her two children – a girl and a boy aged 10 and 7 – in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district, she called her father-in-law, Prabhu Lal....

Rubio has delegated his authority at the National Archives to James Byron. (Photo: AP) US Secretary of State and national security adviser Marco Rubio is no longer the acting archivist of the United States, a spokesman of the National Archives and Records Administration said on Thursday. The national archivist is responsible ‍for ⁠overseeing government records...

Fresh protests broke out in Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Thursday evening as tensions flared over the formation of a new state government and the inclusion of Kuki leaders in the BJP-led administration. The unrest erupted near Tuibong Bazaar, where demonstrators gathered to oppose the new government, alleging that their long-standing demand for a separate administration...

External affairs minister S Jaishankar NEW DELHI: The “historic” India-US trade deal is in the final stages of detailing and will be completed very soon, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said as he concluded his “productive and positive” visit to the US, thanking counterpart Marco Rubio for his hospitality.Jaishankar said on X that the deal...