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Chaibasa: Two Maoists including a woman were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in a forest area under Sonua police station limit, around 80 km from West Singhbhum district headquarters town, in the early hours of Wednesday, they said. ...

Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has been stranded for over seven months at the International Space Station (ISS) since June after technical issues delayed what was supposed to be an eight-day space mission. ...

Deputies found the woman looking for a way out of the building as flames came closer. The woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, was trapped inside the burning building when deputies arrived at the scene. They quickly sprang into action, guiding her to safety just moments before the structure was engulfed in flames. ...

BEIJING – Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — including in Moscow. Hundreds of people lined up in the hours before midnight at the Wong Tai Sin Taoist temple in Hong Kong in a bid to be among the first to put incense sticks in the stands in front of the temple’s main hall. ...

In a strongly worded post on X, Yadav criticized the state government for failing to deliver on its promises of a "world-class system," which he claims has been exposed by the incident. He also called for those responsible for the mismanagement to take moral responsibility for the lives lost and resign from their positions. ...

A contract killer in Canada was convicted on Tuesday (local time) of murdering an acquitted suspect in the 1985 Air India bombings that claimed 331 lives. Tanner Fox was sentenced to life in prison for killing Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was shot dead outside his business in July 2022. ...

Retired Gen. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Trump and Biden administrations, has had both his security detail and his security clearance revoked, the Pentagon says. ...

The chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagdambika Pal, has said the panel's draft report and the amended version of the proposed law will be adopted at its meeting on Wednesday (January 29, 2025). He made the remarks to the media as he chaired what is likely the last meeting of the committee. ...

New Delhi: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said the situation in Maha Kumbh was now under control and some devotees have been critically injured in the stampede. He also urged the people not to pay attention to the rumours. ...

Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3. ...

The new moon in Aquarius sets the stage for a visionary beginning, ushering in the Lunar New Year of the Snake. Aquarius’ airy energy inspires innovation and community, encouraging us to dream in wild, transformative arcs, while the Snake symbolizes rebirth and deep personal evolution. ...

Dear Eric: I am a late-20-something. When I told my mom I wanted to go to law school, one of the first things she said to me was that I would most likely never find a life partner. Of note, I am the only woman in my family in my generation with a college degree. I am also the first attorney in my family. ...

An Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire on Tuesday at Gimhae International Airport in the country’s south while preparing for departure to Hong Kong, fire authorities said. All 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated, with three having minor injuries, fire authorities in Busan said. ...

On Monday night, at 8:40 PM, Air India flight AI 2957, which had just departed from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, triggered an emergency alert to Air Traffic Control (ATC). The alert, which was a squawk code of 7500, indicated that the aircraft was potentially hijacked. ...

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor have now requested paparazzi and media outlets to avoid photographing their children, Taimur Ali Khan and Jeh Ali Khan. In a statement released through their representatives, the star couple requested the paparazzi to not stand below their residence and click them while they are leaving or coming back. ...

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor have now requested paparazzi and media outlets to avoid photographing their children, Taimur Ali Khan and Jeh Ali Khan. In a statement released through their representatives, the star couple requested the paparazzi to not stand below their residence and click them while they are leaving or coming back. ...

Several metro stations in Hyderabad faced unexpected closures on Tuesday due to technical issues, leading to major disruptions in services and causing inconvenience to daily commuters. Passengers traveling on key metro routes, including Nagole to Raidurg, Ameerpet to Hitech City, Nagole to Secunderabad, and Miyapur to Ameerpet, reported delays exceeding 30 minutes. ...

The Internet is hailing a 65-year-old man from Muzaffarnagar as the modern-day Shravan Kumar after he set out with his 92-year-old mother on a bullock cart to take her for a holy dip at the Maha Kumbh Mela. What makes this particularly special is that he is the one pulling the cart himself. ...

Thane: A 12-year-old girl was found abandoned at a railway station in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai township and a probe later indicated that she was raped, police said on Wednesday. ...

Early on Wednesday morning, Hema Malini took a holy dip at Triveni Sangam on the occasion of Mauni Amawasya. She expressed her gratitude for the opportunity while speaking to ANI. If you want to hear what she had to say, watch the video here. ...

In a major tragedy, 15 devotees died and over 100 sustained injuries in a stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj of Uttar Pradesh in the early hours of 29 January. Being the most auspicious day, devotees in huge numbers, removing barricades, moved forward to take a bath at the holy sangamam and it resulted in a stampede. ...

India on Tuesday night strongly rejected "insinuations" made against it in a report by a Canadian commission that investigated allegations that certain foreign governments were meddling into Canada's elections. ...

Still, Rachael recalled that “everything was fine.” Ultimately, though, their relationship ended up taking its final bow. ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered her first press briefing of the new administration in which she defended the Trump administration’s decision to issue a freeze on federal grants and loans. Leavitt, at the age of twenty seven, was poised and warned that foreign nationals attempting to enter the U.S. illegally are not welcome under Trump. ...

Television actress Chhavi Mittal, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, recently took to social media to address a netizen who trolled her for losing her hair. Mittal revealed that her hair loss is a side effect of the hormone therapy she is undergoing as part of her 10-year-long treatment. ...