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On This Day in History, June 10: Salem witch hangings, Italy enters World War II, the Six-Day War ends, Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment, the Lidice massacre and other major events- Quote of the day by Jean-Paul Sartre: ‘Do you think that I count the days? There is only 1 day left, always starting over. It is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk’ - lessons on making every day count from French philosopher
- Born in Bihar, he became one of the greatest writers in English language, but he was not Indian
- Dharavi project to follow Singapore and Hong Kong housing development model: Devendra FadnavisMumbai's Dharavi Redevelopment Project will mirror Singapore and Hong Kong's modern housing. The first phase aims for completion by March 2...08 Jun, 2026, 06.26 PM IST
- Short staff, ancient equipment challenges before Delhi Fire Service as scrutiny mountsDelhi Fire Service grapples with significant staff shortages and outdated communication systems. Over a quarter of firefighter posts are va...08 Jun, 2026, 10.02 AM IST
- SpaceX IPO: Elon Musk's AI ambitions fueling space data centers & trillionaire dreamsSpaceX's upcoming IPO, fueled by immense investor demand, could propel Elon Musk to trillionaire status. Beyond its space ambitions, the co...07 Jun, 2026, 11.37 PM IST
- Malviya Nagar hotel fire: Death toll rises to 22 after another foreign national succumbs to injuriesThe death toll from the Malviya Nagar hotel fire has risen to 22 after another foreign national died. The blaze at Flourish Inn hotel on Ju...07 Jun, 2026, 09.16 PM IST
- In 2022, archaeologists at Maryland's first fort finally excavated a grave they'd found 30 years earlier, and identified a teenage boy buried in the 1630s, one of the colony's oldest known deadArchaeologists unearthed a teenage boy's grave at St. Mary's Fort, Maryland's first English colony. This discovery, dating back to the 1630...07 Jun, 2026, 05.39 PM IST
- Fire breaks out at New Friends Colony house; rescue operation underwayA fire erupted in a residential building in Delhi's New Friends Colony on Sunday afternoon. Delhi Fire Services launched a rescue operation...07 Jun, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
- 1 lakh cockroaches seized in Australia and authorities are concerned about the hidden insect empireAustralian authorities have seized over 100,000 exotic cockroaches, including Madagascar hissing cockroaches, from a property in Bathurst, ...06 Jun, 2026, 10.43 AM IST
- Former West Bengal Minister Aroop Biswas's brother Swarup arrestedKolkata Police arrested Swarup Biswas, brother of former minister Aroop Biswas. The arrest follows an FIR alleging extortion and illegal ti...05 Jun, 2026, 07.29 AM IST
- Saket building collapse: Delhi LG directs MCD to enforce bylaws, curb illegal structuresFollowing a fatal building collapse in Saket, Delhi's Lt Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu has ordered the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to s...03 Jun, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
- Ancient DNA from forgotten colonial graveyard just linked 1.3 million living Americans to Maryland's earliest settlersResearchers have used ancient DNA to connect over 1.3 million living Americans to forgotten 17th-century English and Irish settlers of St. ...02 Jun, 2026, 03.16 PM IST
- These bees don't live in hives, yet millions have been thriving beneath a New York cemetery for nearly 100 years alongside an intruderMillions of solitary ground-nesting bees, estimated between 3.1 and 8 million, have been discovered thriving beneath New York's East Lawn C...02 Jun, 2026, 12.40 PM IST
- Railways renews push for installing Atmospheric Water GeneratorsIndian Railways has renewed its push to deploy Atmospheric Water Generators (AWGs) in water-scarce areas, asking zones, production units an...01 Jun, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
- Surya Chauhan Murder Case: Main accused Asad, linked to class 11 student, gunned down in late-night police encounterSurya Chauhan Case Ghaziabad News: The main accused in the Ghaziabad ‘Bakrid invite’ murder case, Asad, was killed in a police encounter la...31 May, 2026, 11.54 AM IST
- America’s favorite summer outfit - the 'Seersucker Suit' actually originated from IndiaSeersucker fabric, now a summer fashion favorite in Western countries, began in colonial India. Originally named 'Sheer O Shakkar', it was ...30 May, 2026, 08.07 PM IST
- Visa overstayers caught: Delhi Police crack down on Bangladeshi nationals after tip offDelhi police apprehended five Bangladeshi nationals for overstaying their visas. The arrests followed a tip about suspicious individuals sp...30 May, 2026, 01.16 PM IST
- British-era heritage sites need preservation, states should work on it with more seriousness: ShekhawatUnion Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has called for greater seriousness from states in preserving British-era public assets. The...29 May, 2026, 12.19 PM IST
- 254-0 French Parliament votes to repeal law from slavery eraFrance's Parliament has voted to abolish the Black Code. This colonial law, enacted in 1685, treated enslaved people as property. For nearl...29 May, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
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