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Strikes on infrastructure heighten US-Iran conflict

DUBAI: The United States struck bridges in Iran, and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait on Friday, as the two sides risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure. At sea, where the...

Attacks mount as US and Iran hurtle towards all-out war

DUBAI: The United States intensified its strikes on Iran on Thursday, hitting targets farther north and firing into a ship the US accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated by launching missiles and drones at...

Two killed as fire guts Noida Sec 66 building

A fire ripped through a four-storey apartment in Sector 66 of Noida on Wednesday morning, killing two people, the latest in a spate of infernos in the National Capital Region (NCR) during an unforgiving summer that have underlined the widespread...

Indian sailor killed, 10 injured in Iran strike

NEW DELHI: An Indian sailor was killed and 10 Indian nationals were injured, two of them seriously, when Iran fired missiles at two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, prompting the external affairs ministry to summon the seniormost Iranian...

Trump reimposes Hormuz blockade, sets tolls on ships

DUBAI: US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge other ships for safe passage. Iran has insisted it controls the critical waterway, as another exchange of...

FAB FOUR CHASE WORLD CUP GLORY

FRANCE Firepower up front France arrive with one of the tournament's most potent attacks, spearheaded by Golden Boot joint leader Kylian Mbappe, alongside Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembele and Michael Olise. While they conceded in the group stage,...

Mojtaba vows revenge as US, Iran up rhetoric

DUBAI: US and Iranian leaders traded threats on Saturday as the interim deal to end the war buckled under crossfire in West Asia and efforts continued to keep talks going. President Donald Trump overnight made threats on social media of further...

Hasina plans return: ‘Will surrender in Dec’

NEW DELHI/DHAKA: Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile in India around December and surrender. The country’s...

India secures landmark uranium deal with Aus

NEW DELHI: India and Australia concluded a landmark deal on Thursday for the supply of uranium to boost New Delhi’s nuclear power programme and agreed to deepen cooperation in defence, maritime security, critical minerals and energy as Prime Minister...

US may seek extradition of kingpin Bishnoi, two others

US law enforcement authorities have indicated they will seek the extradition of several individuals from India linked to organised crime networks, after unsealing indictments on Tuesday against members of three India-linked gangs as part of a...

Missiles, minerals mark new phase in India-Indonesia ties

NEW DELHI: India and Indonesia on Tuesday concluded a raft of agreements, including deals for the supply of BrahMos and Astra missiles and cooperation in critical minerals and maritime security, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Prabowo...

China conducts rare submarine-launched ballistic missile test, sparks regional alarm

BANGKOK: China’s navy testlaunched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific, a rare act that drew protests and concern from countries in the region. The missile carried a dummy warhead,...

Iran leaders step out, signalling defiance at Khamenei funeral

TEHRAN: Iran’s top officials and brothers of the new supreme leader emerged into public view Sunday to attend funeral prayers for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Their appearance signalled confidence in their safety as Iran pushes back on US demands in...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: The youngest boy in blue

MUMBAI: The start of Saturday’s second T20I at Manchester’s Old Trafford was all about young batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s eagerly-awaited India debut but hosts England didn’t allow it to distract them, dishing out a fine all-round...

SC stays planned CAG audit of power discoms in Capital

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a proposed audit of Delhi’s three private power distribution companies by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), observing that the legality of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (DERC) decision to...

Monsoon reaches Delhi with a whimper, brings little rain

NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon reached Delhi on Thursday, five days behind its usual June 27 arrival date, bringing brief relief from muggy heat before the rain abruptly stopped shortly after morning — with experts seeing this pause lasting possibly...

ATF, commercial LPG rates cut as crude prices ease

NEW DELHI: India’s stateowned oil companies on Wednesday cut prices of jet fuel used by domestic airlines by ₹5 a litre and commercial cooking gas cylinders, by ₹183.50 each, and one private fuel retailer rolled back retail price hikes as oil prices...

July likely to be drier, hotter than normal: IMD’s grim forecast

NEW DELHI: July this year will be drier than usual, with rainfall across the country expected to be 94% of the long-period average (LPA), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday, bucking hopes of any major relief after a bruising June...

Attacks pause, but US, Iran differ over next steps on talks

DUBAI: President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran had requested a meeting with U.S. counterparts, though one of Iran’s top negotiators said no further talks had been scheduled after attacks across the Persian Gulf over the weekend challenged...

PM visit deepens India-Seychelles strategic relations

India and Seychelles on Sunday finalised an extradition treaty, a ₹1,250-crore line of credit and an agreement on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Patrick Herminie held talks on strengthening...

Temple trust weighs officials’ resignations

LUCKNOW: The Ram Temple trust on Saturday confirmed that its general secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra have tendered their resignations amid allegations of irregularities in donations, adding that a final call on their decision to step down...

3 workers die cleaning septic tank in Capital

NEW DELHI: Three men died on Friday after inhaling toxic gases inside a septic tank at a factory in outer Delhi where they were cleaning the tank manually without safety equipment, according to the police. The accident, at the Mundka Industrial Area,...

Twin quakes ravage Venezuela, 188 killed

LA GUAIRA: Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings Thursday and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair of powerful earthquakes that officials say killed at least 188 people and left more than 200 trapped. Many more...

Oil back at pre-war levels as prices drop below $75

HOUSTON: Benchmark oil prices fell more than $3 on Wednesday to their lowest level since before the start of the Iran war as supply concerns eased with more stranded oil tankers exiting the Strait of Hormuz. US crude futures, meanwhile, slipped below...

Govt issues new rules for FCRA

In a move widely expected to boost the fund-raising ability of religious bodies registered as non-government organisations, and crack down on conversion, the Union home ministry has amended rules for receiving foreign funds under the Foreign...

Blaze kills 15 trapped in Lucknow building

LUCKNOW: A fire on Monday tore through a building being run as a commercial complex in an upscale residential area of Lucknow, killing at least 15 people, once again underlining the fatal consequences of rampant fire-safety violations exposed in recent...

Trump’s fresh threats cast shadow over Iran-US talks

OBBUERGEN, SWITZERLAND: President Donald Trump cast a shadow over the high-stakes Iran-US talks in Switzerland on Sunday as he threatened to restart strikes on Iran for its support of Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. “Iran must immediately stop their...

ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR NEET RETEST

Walking on footpaths a fundamental right: SC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday declared that every citizen has a fundamental right to walk on a demarcated footpath, holding that this right is primary and takes precedence over the movement of motorised vehicles, as it delivered a far-reaching...

In plan for two new bridges, a nod to Capital’s historical legacy

NEW DELHI: Delhi has always been a city of bridges. It has 17 major ones across the Yamuna, an eighteenth is almost ready, and it has just approved two more. They are critical to a third of the city’s population that lives on the other side of the...

Sena (UBT) in split mode but numbers still unclear

Maharashtra was gripped by its third political crisis in four years on Wednesday after the Shiv Sena said that six out of the nine Lok Sabha members of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) had signed a letter to form a separate grouping and plan...

With Trump present, Modi flags seafarers’ safety at G7

Wars can only be addressed through dialogue, diplomacy and international cooperation, and all countries must ensure the safety of maritime routes and seafarers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a gathering that included US President Donald Trump on...

Framework forged for a fragile peace

The US and Iran reached an initial agreement Monday that would extend their shaky ceasefire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but significant challenges remain to ending the war, including whether Israel will continue its offensive in...

Tughlakabad inferno lit on purpose, 3 held

NEW DELHI: A deadly fire in a southeast Delhi’s Tughlakabad Extension on Friday was not an accident but a planned arson over a ₹50,000 debt — and the man it was meant to target survived, while three residents with no connection to the dispute died,...

In a first, AI model pulled offline after US govt intervenes

Anthropic suspended access to its two most capable artificial intelligence models on Friday to comply with a US government national-security order, disabling the systems for every customer worldwide three days after opening access to one of them. The...

US, Iran agree on text of peace deal, says Pak

Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were working with both sides to finalize a deal. Shehbaz Sharif said the US and...

3 Indian sailors dead in US attack; 3rd vessel hit

NEW DELHI: Three Indian seafarers reported missing after a US attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman have been confirmed dead, shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Thursday, hours after US forces targeted another merchant vessel with 20...

PM sets out India vision built on reforms, speed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday outlined his vision for the country and its place in the world , urging states to compete with each other and citizens to step up, even as he blamed the Congress for hurting development during its decades in...

Mamata attends INDIA meet, MPs break ranks

NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress’s Lok Sabha unit tottered on the precipice of a split on Monday after at least 14 lawmakers met in Delhi and discussed breaking away in the presence of Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, the latest setback for the...

Retd HC judge faces threats, family in UK attacked over verdict

MUMBAI: The family of retired Bombay high court judge GS Patel has for 10 months now, faced threats and actual acts of violence across two continents in connection with his landmark 2024 judgment settling the succession issue in the Dawoodi Bohra...

Missiles, drones fly in major W Asia flare-up

CAIRO: Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday, Bahrain’s government said, adding that they were intercepted. It called on Tehran to immediately cease attacks on Gulf neighbors that it deemed a “serious...

RBI keeps rates steady, takes steps to attract foreign capital

NEW DELHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India maintained status quo on monetary policy rate and stance – they continue to be 5.25% and neutral – on Friday even as it reduced its growth forecast and increased its inflation...

Final CBSE OSM contract cost rose ₹10 crore for same work

NEW DELHI: Between the first two tenders issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education for on-screen marking, and the work order for the third, which was issued to the bidder Coempt Ed Teck, the estimated contract value increased by ₹10 crore for...

Safety gaps spark another Delhi tragedy as 21 die in B&B blaze

Hemani Bhandari, Aaditya Khatwani, Paras Singh and Karn Pratap Singh NEW DELHI: An early morning fire on Wednesday in Flourish Stay, a bed-and-breakfast in Hauz Rani, south Delhi, killed at least 21 people, including 12 foreign nationals, with...

Trump slams Netanyahu over Lebanon offensive

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is still optimistic the US can reach an interim peace deal with Iran soon, after the Islamic Republic threatened to suspend talks because of Israel’s escalating attacks in Lebanon. In a rare outburst, Trump also...

CENTRE NOTIFIES APPOINTMENT OF 5 TOP COURT JUDGES Trump claims Lebanon truce as talks falter

NEW DELHI: The Union government on Monday notified the appointment of four high court chief justices and senior advocate V Mohana as judges of the Supreme Court, four days after the apex court collegium recommended their elevation following the...

6 crushed in Saidulajab building collapse horror

NEW DELHI: Six people died and nine were injured in Saturday evening’s building collapse in Saidulajab, officials said on Sunday, even as rescuers continued to comb through the debris, after yet another accident in the Capital that triggered alarm...

DKS gets CLP’s nod as next CM of Karnataka

BENGALURU: DK Shivakumar was unanimously elected leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Karnataka on Saturday, paving the way for him to take over as chief minister while capping a leadership transition in the southern state that came about...

A weak monsoon looms as MeT dept lowers its forecast

NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday revised its seasonal rainfall forecast downward — from 92% of the long-period average issued in April to 90% — and attached a 60% probability to a deficient season, meaning there is a...

A truce MoU emerges as Iran and US trade strikes

The United States and Iran reached an agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire pending the approval of President Donald Trump, after Iran had targeted a US air base in Kuwait following US strikes on what Washington called an Iranian drone...

Unusual summer pollution spike highlights Aravallis’ diminished role as a dust barrier

NEW DELHI: For the past week, the air quality index in Delhi has mostly hovered in the low- to mid200s, even reaching 300 one morning -- levels the city routinely records in its smoke-choked winters but rarely in summer. The culprit, according to...

Quad announces energy initiative, Fiji port project

NEW DELHI: The Quad on Tuesday launched an energy security initiative to help Indo-Pacific nations cope with disruptions due to the West Asia conflict and a project to build a port in Fiji, as foreign ministers of the grouping sought to inject fresh...

Swimmer who flopped in four Olympics sets a ‘world record’ at Enhanced Games

Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev earned a $1 million bonus for beating a world record while sprinter Fred Kerley won a weak 100m as the drugfriendly Enhanced Games made a hyperbolic debut at a casino car park in Las Vegas on Sunday. Gkolomeev, who...

Iran deal inches closer, but Trump says ‘no rush’

CAIRO: The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday. They said details...

PM backs peace push in meeting with Rubio

NEW DELHI: India will continue working with the United States for the global good even as it backs peace efforts and the peaceful resolution of the conflict in West Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday during talks with US secretary of...

SC divided on UAPA bail, larger bench to weigh in

NEW DELHI: In an extraordinary institutional moment at the Supreme Court, a clash of judicial views between two coordinate benches over bail jurisprudence under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) spilled into the open on Friday, with one...

Tehran digs in as Trump threatens return to force

Pakistan stepped up diplomacy on Thursday to hasten US and Iran peace talks even as Tehran appeared to harden its stance over nuclear materials amid new threats of strikes from US President Donald Trump if he did not get the “right answers”. Six weeks...

Rome, Delhi dial up ties during Modi’s Italy visit

NEW DELHI: India and Italy on Wednesday elevated their ties to a special strategic partnership and pledged to expand bilateral trade to €20 billion by 2029, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni held talks on...

Second in a week: Petrol, diesel prices raised again

State-run oil companies raised petrol and diesel prices by nearly ₹1 per litre each on Tuesday — the second increase in less than a week — taking the total increase to just under ₹4 per litre since May 15. In Delhi, petrol now costs ₹98.64 per litre,...

Satheesan takes oath as Kerala CM; cabinet clears free bus rides for women

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Congress leader VD Satheesan was sworn in as Kerala chief minister on Monday at the Central Stadium in the state capital, marking the return of the Congressled UDF to power after a decade. Twenty ministers from the Congress, IUML...

UAE N-plant attacked by drone, testing Iran truce

ABU DHABI: A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates’ sole nuclear power plant on Sunday, sparking a fire on its perimeter. There were no reports of injuries or radiological release, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the Iran...

CBI closes in on NTA paper-setting group

NEW DELHI: A second member of the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) paper-setting committee has been arrested in the NEET-UG 2026 question paper leak case — a senior botany teacher from Pune who allegedly disclosed botany and zoology questions at...

Petrol, diesel retail prices hiked by ₹3/l as war bites

State-run oil companies raised pump prices of petrol and diesel by ₹3 per litre each across the country on Friday, while Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) increased compressed natural gas (CNG) rates by ₹2 per kg in and around Delhi — the first retail fuel...

Satheesan gets CM post, ending Kerala suspense

Vadassery Damodaran Satheesan staked his claim to form the next government in Kerala on Thursday after the 61-yearold was elected leader of the Congress legislative party, breaking 10 days of suspense over the party’s pick for the top job that had...

In first step after PM’s appeal, gold, silver duty raised to 15%

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday raised customs duty on precious metals including gold and silver to 15% from 6% to curb their imports and save foreign exchange for essentials such as energy and fertilizers amid a protracted war in West Asia that...

NEET mess: NTA orders retest as CBI probes leak

The National Testing Agency cancelled NEET-UG 2026 on Tuesday, nine days after 2.27 million students sat for the examination across 551 cities, after central agencies confirmed that the question paper had been compromised. Questions had been available...

Trump says truce with Tehran on ‘life support’

WASHINGTON/DUBAI: President Donald Trump said on Monday that a ceasefire with Iran was “on life support” after he rejected Tehran’s response to a US peace proposal, fuelling concerns of a resumption of hostilities in the 10-week-old conflict that has...

Cut fuel use, gold buys: Modi as Iran war bites

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged Indians to adopt austerity measures ranging from cutting fuel consumption and postponing foreign travel to reducing edible oil use and avoiding gold purchases, as the government grapples with the...

Numbers in order, Vijay to be TN commander-in-chief

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Arlekar on Saturday invited C Joseph Vijay to form the state government after he handed over letters of support from a clutch of parties that helped his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) swing past the majority mark...

Dada to replace Didi in West Bengal; Vijay meets guv again, left on hold

KOLKATA: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday declared Suvendu Adhikari the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) West Bengal legislative party, paving his way to become chief minister of the eastern state after sweeping to power in a...

Guv keeps Vijay waiting as TN deadlock deepens

The political churn in Tamil Nadu intensified on Thursday as actor-turned-politician Vijay met governor Rajendra Arlekar for a second time in two days even as Lok Bhavan defended its decision not to invite the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to form the...

Suspense in Tamil Nadu as majority math yet to add up

NEW DELHI: Actor-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay met Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Arlekar on Wednesday to stake claim to power but wasn’t invited to form the next government as officials said Lok Bhavan was seeking legal opinion to ensure the Tamilaga...

Didi digs in: Says didn’t lose, won’t resign as CM

KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Outgoing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee declared on Tuesday that she won’t resign from the position despite losing a landslide election to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a day before, but experts said her dramatic...

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE ELECTION RESULTS

The election results for Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are a mixed bag. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress-led alliance have won Assam and Kerala in keeping with the popular consensus among analysts. The BJP has finally...