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The Kapil Sharma Show's Sumona Chakravarti dedicated a post on Instagram to the memory of her pet St Bernard recently as her friends and colleagues offered their condolences.

Japan may not attend a leaders' meeting with South Korea and China later this year unless "proper measures" are taken in a dispute between Seoul and Tokyo over compensation for wartime forced labour, Japanese media said on Tuesday.

The doctor said the negative determination had taken into account a number of measurements, and not just the rapid test alone.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden pulled further ahead of President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, building momentum in two states that could decide the winner of November's election, Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls showed on Monday.

A ceremony has been held to honor the 17 sailors who died in the terrorist bombing attack on the USS Cole 20 years ago.

In the Venezuelan town of Urachiche, long a bastion of support for President Nicolas Maduro's ruling Socialist Party, a radio station broadcast messages in September calling for a protest over decaying public services and chronic fuel shortages.

Kenyan schoolchildren in grades four, eight and 12 returned to class on Monday, ending a monthslong closure of all educational institutions in the country designed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A man was booked in Rabodi area of Thane for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife for not giving birth to a male child, police said on Monday. His mother and sister have also been booked under provisions of the IPC and the Muslim Women (Protection...

The global economy could shed more than 1% of output if international talks to rewrite crossborder tax rules break down and trigger a trade war, the OECD said on Monday, after countries agreed to keep up negotiating to mid2021.

The police said Dinesh was shot in the knee after he allegedly attacked a Sub-Inspector with a knife. The accused was wanted for a sexual assault on four-year-old daughter of a roadside toyseller staying on a footpath near the city railway station.

Heavy rains battered parts of Andhra Pradesh on Monday under the influence of a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, and with a forecast of more heavy showers in the state, the disaster management department has put coastal districts on alert. The Indi...

Director of the North Korea division at Korean Institute for National Unification Hong Min said that it was important to understand why Kim had come to tears on the occasion. "Underneath his message, one can sense that Kim is feeling a lot of pressure on...

The Supreme Court Monday expressed displeasure over non-appearance of a lawyer in a PIL seeking court-monitored CBI enquiry into the death of Disha Salian, former manager of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. "Nobody appearing in this matter? La...

Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar on Monday said there were very few incidents of stubble burning in the state now due to the increased awareness among farmers on the issue. Very few incidents of paddy stubble burning have been reported during...

The RBI announced portfolios of the four deputy governors effective from October 12, consequent upon the appointment of M Rajeshwar Rao as deputy governor.

IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman, accused of driving a car in an inebriated condition and fatally knocking down a journalist here on August 3 last year, on Monday appearedbefore a local court which granted him bail in the case. Earlier on September 18,...