GURGAON: A food vendor abducted a 23-year-old woman from Leopard Trail, a popular picnic spot in the Aravalis, shoved her into a borrowed Scorpio and drove around the city with police in pursuit in the early hours of Sunday.The food seller, Gaurav Bhati (25), abandoned the Scorpio and fled when one of its tyres got...

Fisherfolk of several villages along the East Coast Road on Monday opposed the formation of the Mamallan Reservoir. They submitted petitions at Gram Sabhas held on Republic Day and sought resolutions to be passed. According to community leader K. Bharathi, people from Kanathur Reddikuppam, Kovalam, and Nemmeli submitted petitions stating that their livelihoods would be...

US Republican Senator Ted Cruz has blamed President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and White House economic adviser Peter Navarro for resisting a trade deal with India, according to a US media report. Meanwhile, greeting India on the occasion of Republic Day, Trump said the US and India share a historic bond as the world’s...

A middle-aged man was burnt alive following a dispute with neighbours in Gujarat’s Kutch district, with police arresting three of the accused while one woman remains absconding, officials said on Sunday. The incident took place in the Rotary Nagar area of Gandhidham, where a quarrel reportedly broke out between neighbours over sitting on the veranda...

At least 25 people have died as a colossal winter storm swept across large parts of the United States, piling up heavy snow in the Northeast and leaving lingering destruction in the South, where freezing rain knocked out power to hundreds of thousands.The storm’s tail end brought fresh snowfall across the Northeast on Monday, with...

A political row erupted on Monday (January 26, 2026) over Rahul Gandhi allegedly refusing to wear an Assamese Gamosa given to all the guests at a reception hosted by President Droupadi Murmu, with the BJP alleging that the Congress leader insulted the country’s northeast. The BJP also accused the Leader of the Opposition in the...

Nat Sciver-Brunt said she didn’t want to replicate other players by getting out in the 90s after she on Monday became the first cricketer in the Women’s Premier League history to score a century in four editions. The England captain struck 16 fours and a six to make exactly 100 not out off only 57...

Three children died after accidentally falling into a water-filled pit while playing near agricultural fields in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district. The tragic incident occurred in Mucherla Palli village of Urukonda mandal. The victims had come to the village to visit their grandmother, who was unwell. Srikant Reddy, a resident of Turkayamjal in Hyderabad and a native...

Maine plane crash (AP image) At least seven people were killed and a crew member survived with serious injuries after a private business jet crashed during takeoff amid a snowstorm at Bangor International Airport in the US state of Maine on Sunday night.The Bombardier Challenger 600, carrying eight people, flipped over and caught fire while...

AIDWA National president P.K. Sreemathi (second left), General Secretary Mariam Dhawale (second right) at a media conference during the 14th National Conference of All India Democratic Women’s Association(AIDWA) in Hyderabad on Monday. Also seen are Mallu Laxmi (right), and General secretary, AIDWA Telangana Committee. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) general secretary...