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dharavi
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:28 IST

With over 40 per cent of the city’s population living in slums, data from key wards shows the BJP has emerged as the single largest force in these slum wards in the Mumbai civic body polls.

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia death
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:26 IST

Begum Khaleda Zia Passed Away at 80 Today Live News Updates: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80, her party said. A three-time premier and longtime BNP leader, she was a key figure in Bangladesh politics for decades.

An aerial view of Aravalli Range (Express Photo)
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:25 IST

Panel of domain experts to study impact of leaving out lower Aravallis, gaps wider than 500 metre between hills

Hussain
December 30, 2025 15:25 IST

Nasser Hussain said that the victory was important for the fans, who had not seen England win in Australia since 2010-11.

jalna suicide
December 30, 2025 15:22 IST

The HAL police said the blast occurred at around 6.30 pm at Seven Hills Sai Co-Living PG in Kundalahalli, which has around 40 occupants.

Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia speaks at a press conference upon her return to Dhaka in 1996.
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:20 IST

Khaleda Zia came to lead the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) following her husband’s assassination, and would go on to serve two terms as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

Amitabh Bachchan
December 30, 2025 15:19 IST

Chehre director Rumy Jafry recalled how Rishi Kapoor warned him against taking Amitabh Bachchan to Poland for a winter shoot. Big B shot in -70 degree and refused to take any fee for it.

Nepal Gen Z Protests
December 30, 2025 15:18 IST

In 2025, Gen Z’s long-simmering political anger erupted into youth-led protests across continents, challenging corruption, inequality and exclusion, and reshaping how dissent, power and democracy are expressed in a digital-first world.

Flight operations at airports in Delhi and other parts of north India have been hit due to poor visibility because of dense fog (Photo: ANI)
December 30, 2025 15:15 IST

The Delhi Airport is the country’s busiest aviation hub, handling more than 1,500 flight movements daily, disruptions here reverberate across India.

dhurandhar box office collection day 25
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:13 IST

Dhurandhar box office collection Day 25 Worldwide Live Update: As Ranveer Singh film enters Rs 700 crore club in India, it has emerged as the highest grossing Hindi film in terms of domestic collections. It has earned Rs 1081 cr globally.

Andhra Pradesh High Court on free speech and media
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:12 IST

The court said individuals and identifiable institutions can seek remedies under defamation law, and government cant' be defamed unless specific officials or departments are targeted with false and malicious imputations.

Retired IAF engineer throttled to death by daughter-in-law, head bashed in
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:10 IST

Police said the murder was driven by a long-running dispute over family property.

SC stays 100-metre Aravalli definition
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:09 IST

The CJI Surya Kant-led special bench effectively reviewed its own earlier decision through a suo motu case, instead of acting on a formal review petition by an aggrieved party.

Santhakumari lived in their family home in Thiruvananthapuram for the longest time, and Mohanlal brought her to Ernakulam after she reportedly suffered a stroke.
December 30, 2025 15:06 IST

Santhakumari lived in their family home in Thiruvananthapuram for the longest time, and Mohanlal brought her to Ernakulam after she reportedly suffered a stroke.

Villa enter Tuesday’s match against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium in third place on the table with 39 points and can go joint top with a win over the table toppers. (AP Photo)
December 30, 2025 15:06 IST

Unai Emery’s Aston Villa enter Tuesday’s match against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium in third place on the table with 39 points and can go joint top with a win over the table toppers.

The Delhi High Court said that such samples are only material for comparison and, by themselves, do not incriminate an accused.
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:05 IST

Delhi High Court Right to Privacy Not Absolute: Based on telephone intercepts between 2013 and 2014, central investigation agencies ED and CBI launched a probe which led to a 2017 FIR against Qureshi alleging that he acted as a middleman for corrupt public servants.

mamata banerjee
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:05 IST

The Chief Minister also claimed that in the name of SIR, the poor and the common man are being tortured ahead of the election.

Facebook Meta trademark Delhi high court
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:03 IST

The Delhi High Court had, in July 2022, granted a permanent injunction and awarded nominal damages and legal costs in favour of Meta over a bakery company’s use of the marks ‘FACEBAKE’ and ‘FACECAKE’.

Begum Khaleda Zia meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the 13th SAARC Summit in Dhaka in 2005. (File photo)
Updated: December 30, 2025 15:30 IST

Three-time Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who died on December 26, 2025, shared deep roots with India but maintained a complex, often tense relationship shaped by history, politics and regional diplomacy.

Smog in Delhi
December 30, 2025 14:53 IST

Secondary aerosols formed from emissions hundreds of kilometres away can combine in the atmosphere and significantly affect the capital’s air. A key source of such emissions is coal-fired power plants

UGC NET December 2025: Cadidates can check their admit cards exam date, shift, reporting time, and centre address (Representative/AI image)
December 30, 2025 14:52 IST

The examination on December 31 will be conducted in a single shift, while from January 2 onwards, the test will be held in two shifts each day and continue until January 7, 2026, as per the schedule released by the agency.

Ranveer Singh in a still from Dhurandhar
December 30, 2025 14:52 IST

Naseem, who played the goon who assaults Ranveer Singh's Hamza, said that he initially refused to do this scene till the actor and director Aditya Dhar stepped in.

Amit Shah addresses a press conference in Bengal on Tuesday (Photo: Partha Paul)
Updated: December 30, 2025 14:50 IST

Bengal elections 2026: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has accused the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government of corruption, running a “toll syndicate” for welfare schemes, and facilitating infiltration from Bangladesh.

Shashi Kapoor directed Amitabh Bachchan in Ajooba
December 30, 2025 14:41 IST

Shashi Kapoor's son Kunal recalled the shoot of Ajooba in USSR where 200 unit members were flown club class, and were allowed to stay even beyond their required dates. The film went 'wildly overbudget'.

Knowledge Nugget | Translocation of Cheetahs — What you must know for the UPSC Exam
Updated: December 30, 2025 14:37 IST

As Indian authorities are working to finalise permissions for the translocation of five African cheetahs from Botswana, here’s what every aspirant must know—from Botswana’s symbolic donation to the cheetah’s conservation status. Also, go ‘Beyond the Nugget’ to learn about Project Tiger.

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