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From Timothee Chalamet To Ajay Devgn, Lookalike Contest Craze Hits India

Edited by Abhinav Singh | Sunday December 22, 2024

The lookalike contest craze has gained popularity after Hollywood star Timothee Chalamet crashed one of the events in New York, earlier this year.

Mosquito Repellent Sticks Ignite Fire At Home In UP, 2 Dead

NDTV News Desk | Sunday December 22, 2024, Ghaziabad

Two people died in a fire ignited due to mosquito repellent sticks at their home in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Saturday night.

Judge Tells Story Of 2 Lawyers, One Became President, Other Chief Justice

Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose | Sunday December 22, 2024, New Delhi

In a rare display of emotion in public, Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna fought back tears while remembering her parents and her mother's lifelong support for her father, former Chief Justice of India ES Venkataramiah.

Over 400 More People Arrested In Assam For Child Marriage

Press Trust of India | Sunday December 22, 2024, Guwahati

Assam had earlier launched a drive against child marriage in two phases in February and October in 2023.

AAP Announces Door-To-Door Registration Drive For 2 New Welfare Schemes

Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday December 22, 2024, New Delhi

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced the commencement of registrations for two new welfare schemes.

Stepwell, Likely 150-Year-Old, Discovered During Excavation In UP's Sambhal

Asian News International | Sunday December 22, 2024, Sambhal

Following the reopening of a Shiv-Hanuman temple in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district after a gap of 46 years, an excavation team of the Archeological Survey of India has unearthed a stepwell in the Chandausi area of the district.

Reel Turns Real For Moviegoers, Smuggler Caught During <i>Pushpa 2</i> Screening

Reel Turns Real For Moviegoers, Smuggler Caught During Pushpa 2 Screening

Press Trust of India | Sunday December 22, 2024, Nagpur

Moviegoers watching a late-night show of "Pushpa 2" at a multiplex in Maharashtra's Nagpur witnessed a real-life action scene as police rushed into the cinema hall and arrested a man wanted in murder and drug cases.

"Corruption At Play": Fan Slams Organisers For Management Woes At Bryan Adams' Gurgaon Concert

Edited by Anjali Thakur | Sunday December 22, 2024

Akassh Ashok Gupta, who attended Bryan Adams' concert in Gurgaon, has publicly criticised the event organisers, accusing them of "corruption at play."

4-Year-Old Boy Run Over By Speeding Creta In Mumbai, Teen Driver Arrested

Reported by Paras Harendra Dama | Sunday December 22, 2024, Mumbai

A four-year-old boy has been killed after a speeding car, driven by a 19-year-old man, hit him in Mumbai, police said today.

Lt Governor's "Hellish" Post After Ground Visits, Arvind Kejriwal's Reply

Reported by Ishika Verma, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose | Sunday December 22, 2024, New Delhi

Amid the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) campaign for Assembly polls, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena visited some areas in Delhi today and pointed to the "hellish living conditions" there.

Chillai Kalan Begins In Kashmir, Srinagar Sees Coldest December Night In 50 Years

Press Trust of India | Sunday December 22, 2024, Srinagar

Chillai Kalan, the 40-day period of harshest winter, commenced in Kashmir on Saturday with Srinagar experiencing its coldest December night in five decades at minus 8.5 degrees Celsius.

'Don't Confuse India's Independence With Neutrality': S Jaishankar

Edited by Pushkar Tiwari | Sunday December 22, 2024, New Delhi

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reiterated India can "never" permit others to have a veto on its choices.

Thick Smog Blankets Delhi, Mumbai As Air Quality Dips

NDTV News Desk | Sunday December 22, 2024

A thick blanket of smog is hovering over two metropolitan cities, Delhi and Mumbai, as the air quality dipped amid cold wave conditions.

GST Council Increases Tax On Used EV Car Sale By Business

Press Trust of India | Sunday December 22, 2024, Jaisalmer

The goods and services tax council on Saturday decided to levy an 18 per cent GST on margin value on the sale of used electric vehicles by businesses and agreed to keep jet fuel (ATF) out of the 'one-nation-one-tax' regime.

2 Dead, Many Feared Trapped For 17 Hours After Mohali Building Collapse

Edited by Pushkar Tiwari | Sunday December 22, 2024, New Delhi

At least two persons, including a 20-year-old woman from Himachal Pradesh, have been killed after a four-storey building collapsed in Punjab's Mohali district on Saturday evening.