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The cease-fire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect in less than 24 hours, said Qatar’s foreign ministry on Saturday. In a post on X, Qatar’s foreign minister Majid Al Ansari, said the cease-fire will start at 8:30 a.m. local time Sunday. He advised people to exercise caution when the agreement goes into effect and wait for directions from officials. ...

A police volunteer was found guilty of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in India, a crime that sparked countrywide protests and hospital strikes last year. Judge Anirban Das said the sentence for 33-year-old Sanjay Roy will be announced on Monday and could range from life imprisonment to the death penalty. ...

A stone was thrown at Arvind Kejriwal's car while campaigning in New Delhi, sparking a heated exchange between the AAP and BJP ahead of the February 5 Delhi polls. The incident, captured on video, has intensified tensions between the two political parties. ...

Mumbai, Jan 18: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke on India’s foreign policy and its relationship with neighbouring countries, highlighting the complexities and challenges faced, particularly in relation to Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Afghanistan. His remarks came during the 19th Nani A Palkhivala Memorial Lecture on Saturday. ...

A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital killed three people on Saturday, Ukrainian leaders said, branding it a "heinous" attack. President Volodymyr Zelensky called for global pressure on the Kremlin to end the invasion. ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh offered prayers and performed Ganga Aarti in Prayagraj after taking a holy dip at Triveni Sangam on January 18. The senior BJP leader's spiritual visit to the holy city was met with a warm reception from party members and supporters, including BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi. ...

A Kolkata court on Saturday declared Sanjay Roy guilty of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a heinous crime that sparked nationwide outrage and prolonged protests. The Sealdah court, where Roy's trial was held, will declare his sentence on Monday, Anirban Das, the additional district and sessions judge, said. ...

Kolkata: The Sealdah Court has pronounced the much-awaited verdict in the horrific Kolkata Rape and Murder Case in which a trainee doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was raped and murdered inside the hospital's seminar room during Abhaya's nightshift. ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed over 65 lakh property cards to property owners under the SVAMITVA scheme, across ten states and two union territories. BJP National President and Union Minister JP Nadda also attended the PM SVAMITVA Scheme Program in Ahmedabad. ...

Allahabad High Court judge Justice Shekhar Yadav, whose speech at a VHP event in December kicked up a controversy, has opted out of a seminar on the Ram temple movement in the Kumbh Mela area on January 22. where he was scheduled to deliver the keynote address, an organiser said on Saturday. ...

Get ready for a game-changing announcement from the Trump administration! In a bold move, President Trump has unveiled a new agency plan that promises to shake up the political landscape. ...

A Sealdah court will deliver its verdict today afternoon at 2.30PM in the rape and murder of a Post Graduate Trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August last year. The verdict will be given by the designated judge of Sealdah court on January 18. ...

The justice ministry of Israel has announced that 737 prisoners and detainees will be released as part of the initial phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement sanctioned on Saturday. ...

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and the Reliance Foundation founder and chairperson Nita Ambani will attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, according to an official involved with planning the event. ...

Israel's cabinet voted to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, set to begin Sunday, ending days of uncertainty. The truce would halt the Gaza war and enable the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Civilian casualties and mediation efforts are highlighted as key elements in the deal. ...

Washington — Monday's inauguration ceremony for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance may be moved indoors due to dangerously freezing temperatures, according to a senior Trump source directly familiar with inauguration planning. ...

The first part of the Parliament’s Budget session is set to be held between January 31 and February 13, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman likely to table her eighth straight budget on February 1. ...

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States. ...

President-elect Trump confirmed Friday that he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping days before Trump will be inaugurated into office. "I just spoke to Chairman Xi Jinping of China. The call was a very good one for both China and the U.S.A.," Trump posted on Truth Social. "It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and starting immediately. ...

Breaking News: Israeli security cabinet approves long-awaited cease-fire deal with Hamas Kristi Noem’s confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security ...

A Pakistani court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking to rename Shadman Chowk here after independence war hero Bhagat Singh and place his statue there. ...

Israel’s security cabinet has approved the Gaza ceasefire agreement that involves the exchange of dozens of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and a temporary pause in the 15-month-long conflict. ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 17: The Supreme Court on Friday said the offence of abetment of suicide under the Indian Penal Code should not be invoked mechanically against individuals only to soothe feelings of the distraught family members of the person who has died. ...

The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed the proceedings against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with the defamation case filed by the state unit of the BJP. A bench, headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna, passed the order while looking into the quash petition filed by the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha. The matter has been adjourned till February 20. ...

At least 16 Indian nationals deployed by the Russian Army to fight in Ukraine are missing, while 12 have been killed so far, the Ministry of External Affairs informed on Friday. ...