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Source: AP, Instagram/realmichaelsolakiewicz US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on Wednesday hosted their annual New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, drawing high-profile guests from politics, business, and social circles. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was also among the attendees.Netanyahu, who arrived at Trump’s Palm Beach residence on Monday,…

Contaminated drinking water has led to a severe outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area, resulting in at least seven deaths and over 1,100 residents falling ill INDORE: India’s cleanest city for the eighth time in a row, Indore is grappling with a severe civic crisis after contaminated drinking water triggered a diarrhoea…

NEW DELHI: Getting into the Yuletide spirit could prove expensive for an Air India pilot who was to operate a Vancouver-Delhi (via Vienna) flight on Dec 23, 2025. A staffer at Vancouver duty free either saw him inadvertently sipping wine being offered at this festive time or found him smelling of liquor while he was…

DHAKA: In a twist to the intriguing murder of Bangladeshi Islamist radical Sharif Osman Hadi, one of the alleged killers, Faisal Karim Masud alias Daud (37), has denied the charge pinned on him by the interim govt while also refuting its assertion that he slipped into India after committing the alleged crime and is holed…

NEW DELHI: CJI Surya Kant has devised four categories of cases to prioritise listing and hearing of petitions filed by socially, physically, and financially disadvantaged people. The new categories of cases relate to those filed by disabled people and acid attack survivors, by senior citizens above 80 years, persons who are below poverty line and…

INDORE: Seven people have died, while dozens are battling for life in hospitals following diarrhoea and vomiting caused by contaminated tap water in Indore, which boasts of retaining India’s cleanest city tag eight times in a row in the national Swachh Survekshan rankings. Patients began pouring into hospitals Monday evening after a leakage in the…

NEW DELHI: The Centre has banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of all oral formulations of nimesulide above 100 mg in immediate-release form, citing risk to human health and the availability of safer alternatives.In a notification issued on Dec 29 and published in The Gazette of India, the health ministry said it was satisfied that…

President Donald Trump said he removed National Guard troops, for now, from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, after legal roadblocks held up his push to deploy them in Democrat-led cities.Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that he was removing the Guard troops for now. “We will come back, perhaps in a much…

Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to the ‘Thanthania Kalibari’ temple, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist) KOLKATA: Union home minister Amit Shah urged BJP functionaries and workers in Bengal to mentally lock in victory in the 2026 assembly elections. “Dil pe likh lo, is baar hamari sarkar (Write it on your hearts,…

NEW DELHI: India welcomed the New Year 2026 with vibrant celebrations across the country, as people gathered in large numbers to mark the occasion with joy and festivity on Thursday night.Cities came alive with fireworks, cultural events, live music performances, and themed decorations as the nation stepped into another year.The outgoing year, 2025, was remembered…