May 2026

Washington : Netflix has confirmed that season 5 of the hit period drama 'Bridgerton' will premiere in 2027, marking the first time in the franchise's history that two consecutive seasons will arrive in back-to-back calendar years. The…

New Delhi : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday morning held a bilateral meeting with Iran Foreign Minister on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, with the discussion centring around the…

Naypyidaw : An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 struck Myanmar on Friday morning, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremor occurred at 9:22 am IST on May 15 at a depth of 106 kilometres. As per the NCS, the earthquake…

Havana : Amid strained bilateral ties between Cuba and the United States due to Washington's repeated caveats towards the communist government in the Caribbean country, a US delegation led by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency,…

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emplaned for Abu Dhabi as part of his five-nation tour from May 15-20, covering the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy, aimed at deepening India's…

New Delhi : Indian equity markets opened in the red on Friday as a nationwide hike in fuel prices and firming global crude oil rates weighed on investor sentiment, even as global markets remained focused on the ongoing summit between the…

New Delhi : Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday criticised the Centre over the hike in petrol and diesel prices, alleging that the increase would worsen inflation and adversely impact economic growth amid the ongoing West Asia crisis.…

Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday slammed the Samajwadi Party (SP) over alleged derogatory remarks made by party spokesperson Rajkumar Bhati against the Brahmin community,…

Sri Sathya Sai : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday arrived in Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh's Sri Sathya Sai district to attend the foundation stone laying and grounding ceremonies of several major aerospace and defence projects.…

New Delhi : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, launched an integrated hydrogen-powered shuttle bus service in Delhi's Central…

Ludhiana : Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Friday termed the operationalisation of Halwara Airport a "historic moment" for Punjab and said it fulfilled Ludhiana's nearly three-decade-old demand for direct air connectivity. In a…

New Delhi : The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday claimed a major legal 'victory' after Delhi High Court judge Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma recused herself from the excise policy case. The recusal comes after weeks of legal arguments by the AAP…

New Delhi : Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday took a sharp swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reiterating that he compromised over the interim trade deal framework after a New York Times report claimed that…

Beijing : US President Donald Trump on Friday said that "a lot of different problems" had been resolved during his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound as part of his two-day visit to the country,…

Beijing : US President Donald Trump on Friday held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Zhongnanhai, the highly secured leadership compound of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, as part of the US President's two-day visit to the…

New Delhi : Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a significant session with the Egyptian delegation, led by Badr Abdelatty, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, to identify new areas for mutual growth. The meeting…

Lucknow : Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday shared a political cartoon on social media, focusing on the rising cost of fuel amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for austerity. The cartoon depicts Akhilesh Yadav, the…

New Delhi : Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday defended the hike in fuel prices, comparing the 3.2% and 3.4% price increase in petrol in India to other countries, claiming that they witnessed the hikes ranging from 20% to nearly 100% due…

Jaipur : Petrol prices in Rajasthan's Jaipur rose to Rs 107.97 per litre, and diesel prices climbed to Rs 93.23 per litre on Friday after the Centre hiked fuel prices by Rs 3 per litre across the country amid the ongoing global energy…