U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was “over” on Wednesday (July 8, 2026), after fighting flared between the countries sparked by Iranian attacks on ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz.
At least eight people are feared trapped after three-storey building collapsed following heavy rains in Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune district on Wednesday (July 8, 2026), a senior official said.
A police officer from Punjab is among the 37 accused including gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who is at present lodged at Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad, named by the U.S. Canadian and Europe and authorities for racketeering, targeted killings, shootings, extortion, trafficking of bulk quantities of narcotics across international borders, and other crimes around the world whose impact is especially felt in the Indian diaspora.
A day after a debris slip at the tunnel road construction site in Wayanad district of Kerala claimed three lives, extensive search operations are ongoing to find five people who are still missing following the incident, the police said on Wednesday (July 8, 2026).
Prabhas Mondal, one of the prime accused in the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Baruipur, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday (July 8, 2026) during a police encounter.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) raided five locations across Kolkata to investigate the financial transactions in the Trinamool Congress party accounts, their source of money, and the funds behind the party leadership’s chartered flight expenses.
Emphasising that cultural legacy connects people from different geographies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) thanked Indonesia and its people for preserving the “grand heritage” of the Prambanan Temple complex.
A preliminary SIT report has identified Avinash Shukla as the prime accused in the alleged theft of devotees’ offerings at the Ram Temple here, linking him to a suspected 40-day racket involving nearly 70 instances of pilferage from the donation-counting system, sources said on Wednesday.
The J&K Police on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) said it killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist in south Kashmir’s Shopian after a five-day long anti-militancy operation.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) that the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran to end the conflict was “over”, adding he didn’t want to engage with Tehran.
Caller ID firm Truecaller hit out on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for reportedly trying to bring it under regulation. The move comes months into TRAI’s mandate that promotional and banking calls respectively use 140- and 160-series numbers, and that apps like Truecaller whitelist those numbers from spam warnings.
Amid the ongoing power tussle and internal strife within the Punjab Congress State unit, Congress party’s Punjab affairs in-charge Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) ruled out any change in the State leadership.
The Madras High Court on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) invoked its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 (power to issue writs) of the Constitution and ordered that all private schools in Tamil Nadu must display their fee structure on their notice boards and websites.
Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s condition deteriorated further on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) as doctors examining him reported a loss of over 7 Kg in his weight on the 11th day of his indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar.
A significant monsoon spell has swept across North India. Rain soaked Delhi on Wednesday (July 8, 2026), leaving several parts of the city waterlogged and slowing down traffic. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued ‘red’ and ‘orange’ alerts, warning of thunderstorms and more rain over the next few hours.
Russia’s share in India’s oil imports rose above 40% in May 2026, the highest in nearly two years, according to official government data. Further, the data shows that Russia charged India a premium for its oil, while other sources such as the U.S. and even the UAE sold India oil at lower-than-average prices.
The U.S. military attacked Iran on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) after it said Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, part of an American effort that also revoked the Islamic Republic’s ability to openly sell crude oil in the world market. Iran retaliated with strikes targeting Bahrain and Kuwait.
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fell sharply by over 2% during the fag-end of the trade on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) amid reports that the U.S. President Donald Trump said the interim agreement with Iran is over, leading to a sharp rally in crude oil prices.
The new attacks by the U.S. on Iran were “absolutely necessary”, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday (July 8, 2026).
Indian batters produced one of their worst performances in recent times, surrendering meekly to England’s tearaway quicks Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue’s hostile spells in a record 125-run loss in the third T20 International in Nottingham.
Published - July 08, 2026 05:31 pm IST