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Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s Schengen ID-check-free travel zone, marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union

The American company that owns Formula 1 is adding to its global racing portfolio with the purchase of the MotoGP motorcycle racing series by the end of the year

Less than a week after a flashy stock market debut, Donald Trump’s social media company has disclosed that it lost nearly $58.2 million last year, sending its stock tumbling more than 21%

Generations of working-class Marylanders watched in disbelief this week as an iconic symbol of their maritime culture crumbled into the Patapsco River

South Korea’s president has vowed not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically increase medical school admissions

Officials say the U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary alternate channel for vessels clearing debris at the site of the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore

'Y' category Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) security cover to recently joined Bharatiya Janata Party leaders from Punjab, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Sheetal Angural, sources said on Tuesday. «Centre provides 'Y' category Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) security cover to recently joined Bharatiya Janata Party leaders from Punjab, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Sheetal Angural. Both the leaders will be provided security cover only in Punjab,» said sources. Earlier, the two Aam Aadmi Party leaders from Punjab, who had joined the BJP, met party national president, JP Nadda, at his residence.

AAP) leader and Delhi minister Atishi on Tuesday claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will soon be issuing summon to top party leaders including Raghav Chadha, Saurabh Bhardwaj and Durgesh Pathak, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The minister also claimed that her house will be raided by the authorities in the coming days. Furthermore, the AAP leader claimed that a person close to her advised the Delhi minister to join BJP. If not, she should be prepared to be arrested by ED within a month, Atishi said quoting the person, in a press conference.

The Nifty future closed positive with gains of 0.54% at 22,610 levels on Monday. India VIX was down by 5.84% from 12.83 to 12.08 levels.

Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat is the home constituency of Mehbooba Mufti, whose party is a partner in opposition INDIA bloc as is Farooq Abdullah-led National Conference. Both Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti attended the INDIA bloc show-of-strength ‘Loktantra Bachao’ rally in New Delhi on March 31. Lahrvi’s candidature was announced by NC vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on April 1, a day after the New Delhi rally.

National Conference on Monday nominated its prominent tribal leader Mian Altaf as a candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Anantnag-Rajouri constituency spread across the Pir Panchal region. Altaf hails from Wangath area of Ganderbal in central Kashmir and his family has political and spiritual influence on the tribal community across J&K. His family has won nine assembly elections since 1967 which included his five assembly election wins since 1987. He also has close family relations with some influential tribal families in Rajouri, which fall in the same constituency. The announcement of the NC candidate has made the contest on this Lok Sabha seat interesting as the party’s opposition INDIA bloc partner People’s Democratic Party is likely to field party president Mehbooba Mufti from the same constituency. She has won this seat in 2004 and 2014, before the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 and completion of delimitation exercise in 2022.

India, Pakistan in Twitter spat over abduction of 2 girls Several notable attendees included Taj Baloch, representing traders, Liaqat Ali Chakar from JI's youth wing, Mir Jan Mengal, president of the wholesale market, Molana Nawabuddin Domki, Khan Jan Bangulazi, and Harpal Das, Dawn reported. The demonstrators urged the prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to take immediate and decisive action to ensure the safe return of the girl and to deliver justice to the minority community.

Uttarakhand: PM Modi address an election rally in Rudrapur- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to kick off the BJP's Lok Sabha election campaign in Uttarakhand with a rally in Rudrapur, situated within the Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar constituency. According to state BJP president Mahendra Bhatt, the rally is expected to draw a crowd of over one lakh people.

Donald Trump's hush money case to include family members of the court and the District Attorney's office, as per reports. The move came days after Trump assailed and made false claims about Judge Marchan's daughter Loren Merchan on social media, AP reported. The original gag order had barred the former US president from making public statements about jurors, witnesses and others connected to the case.

Election Commission of India has «strongly condemned» and censured the BJP's Dilip Ghosh and Congress' Supriya Shrinate for their offensive comments against women and has warned them against any such public utterances during the general election campaign. The EC has written to BJP president JP Nadda and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, asking them to issue a specific advisory to all party functionaries involved in election campaign to guard against such types of violation amid the model code of conduct code period. EC has underlined that it considers the whole process of conduct of election as a major enhancer of status of women in lndia and that it is committed not to allow any erosion of this status in any manner during the election period under its own aegis. The poll panel had last week issued a notice to the BJP's Bardhaman Durgapur candidate Dilip Ghosh for his «offensive» and «insulting» remarks on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee which were found violative of the model code of conduct

Zircon missiles to attack Kyiv since the start of the year, the city's military administration said on Monday. The attacks are among more than 180 Russian missile and drone attacks launched against the Ukrainian capital in the first three months of the year, the administration said in a post on Telegram. The sea-based Zircon missiles have a range of 1,000 km and travel at nine times the speed of sound, Russia says. Military analysts have said the missiles' hypersonic speed could mean greatly reduced reaction time for air defences and a capability to attack large, deep and hardened targets.

ALSO READ: Rahul Gandhi takes 'cheerharan' jibe at Centre after new I-T notice — 'someday, BJP govt will change and then...' "In Jaipur, INC President Sh. Mallikarjun Kharge, CPP Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi will be launching the manifesto addressing the Mega Rallies," the Congress General Secretary said.

WealthVest has deployed a new nationwide distribution team to focus on its partnership with life insurance and annuities firm Aspida.

AlTi Global, a global wealth and alternatives manager, announced that it is acquiring independent advisory firm East End Advisors, which manages approximately $5.6 billion in assets for UHNW families and foundations.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Taking to microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Siddiqui posted in Hindi, “Yesterday I sent my resignation from the membership of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and the post of national vice president to national president Jayant Singh. Today, when India's Constitution and democratic structure are under threat, remaining silent is a sin." “I am grateful to Jayant ji but I am forced to distance myself from the RLD with a heavy heart.

Shahid Siddiqui on Monday announced that he has resigned from his post and the party's primary membership, saying the Constitution and democratic structure are under threat and remaining silent is a sin. Siddiqui's move comes days after the RLD joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). «Yesterday I sent my resignation from the membership of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and the post of national vice president to national president Jayant Singh. Today, when India's Constitution and democratic structure are under threat, remaining silent is a sin,» he said in a post on X. «I am grateful to Jayant ji but I am forced to distance myself from the RLD with a heavy heart. India's unity, integrity, development and brotherhood are dear to all. It is the responsibility and duty of every citizen to save it,» he added.