Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)
Mamata bypoll pick opts out; Cong candidate held
KOLKATA: On Thursday evening, Mamata Banerjee’s candidate for the upcoming bypoll in Nandigram in West Bengal, Sanchita Pradhan Dey, met chief minister Suvendu Adhikari. At 3.30pm on Friday, Dey announced she had withdrawn her nomination for the seat...
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Russia oil tariffs bill can hit ties, India warns US
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: India on Thursday warned that a US sanctions bill authorising tariffs of up to 100% on the five largest buyers of Russian oil could have implications for the bilateral relationship and the global energy market, hours after the US...
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Delhi lodges protest after India, Pakistan naval vessels collide
NEW DELHI: A Pakistan Navy vessel collided with a frontline Indian warship in the Arabian Sea after manoeuvring in an “unprofessional and unsafe” manner, prompting New Delhi to summon Pakistan’s most senior diplomat on Wednesday to lodge a strong...
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Above ₹2,000, UPI no longer free of charge for sellers
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The finance ministry on Tuesday announced that a 0.4% merchant discount rate (MDR) will apply to person-to-merchant (P2M) UPI transactions above ₹2,000, while person-to-person (P2P) transactions will remain free irrespective of their...
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Amid power blues, Punjab shunts out PSPCL top boss
CHANDIGARH/PATIALA/ LUDHIANA: Battling an unprecedented power crisis that has triggered statewide protests and crippled industrial operations, the Punjab government on Monday replaced Basant Garg as power secretary and chairmancum-managing Director...
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Modi flags ‘weaponisation’ of tech, critical minerals, calls for Brics unity
India on Sunday flagged concerns over the “weaponisation” of technology and critical minerals at the Brics Summit, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for greater cooperation within the grouping to develop solutions that can be extended to...
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Delhi bridges divide, delivers declaration
India pulled off a diplomatic victory at the Brics Summit on Saturday with the adoption of a consensus joint declaration despite divergences between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the West Asia crisis, though the document was shorn of any...
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PM reiterates call for Ukraine peace, stresses risks to seafarers with Putin
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi again nudged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to end the conflict in Ukraine, reiterating that dialogue and diplomacy is the way forward, as the two leaders assessed progress in economic, defence,...
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Pivotal PM-Xi bilateral set for Brics sidelines
NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in New Delhi on Saturday for his first visit to India in seven years, setting the stage for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that will provide an opportunity for the two sides to...
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Oil crosses $100 mark as Iran war intensifies
HOUSTON: Brent crude futures breached $100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since late July, as Iran and the US hit tankers in the biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the war began, threatening to worsen the ongoing impairment of energy...
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Russia says Brics can bridge Iran-UAE gap
NEW DELHI: Russia remains hopeful that Brics member states will be able to bridge differences between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the West Asia conflict and achieve consensus in framing joint documents for the grouping’s summit to be...
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Aravalli panel’s plea to extend deadline junked
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday questioned whether a high-powered committee constituted by the Supreme Court to arrive at a uniform definition of the Aravalli hills and range was seeking to stretch the exercise beyond his...
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Don’t administer oath to Justice Mishra: Punjab govt to governor
CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR : A day after the Centre notified the elevation of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra as the chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court, the Punjab government on Sunday took strong exception to the decision, stating that the...
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Air India A320 briefly lost all hydraulics, says AAIB
NEW DELHI: An Air India Airbus A320neo lost all three of its hydraulic systems within seconds while cruising at 36,000 feet on August 4, triggering an “altitude upset” that injured 24 people on board, according to a preliminary report by the Aircraft...
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Belgium, India boost ties; pacts on defence manufacturing inked
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Belgian counterpart Bart De Wever on Thursday agreed to bolster cooperation in defence, advanced technology and law enforcement and set a target for doubling trade in five years, as defence firms of the...
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Oil near a 5-week high as West Asia crisis escalates
DUBAI: Oil steadied near the highest closing level in five weeks as hostilities broke out again between the US and Iran, renewing the threat to energy exports from the Middle East. West Texas Intermediate traded near $90 a barrel after surging 5.2% on...
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PM renews appeal to avoid gold buying, foreign travel
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday renewed his appeal to citizens to avoid buying gold unless necessary and to choose domestic destinations over foreign holidays, linking greater spending within the country to the goal of sustaining and...
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PM urges Putin to end ‘endless war’
NEW DELHI: Russia should move from “endless war towards the end of war”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told President Vladimir Putin on Monday, nudging the Russian leader yet again to end the more than four-year-old conflict that has had an adverse...
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India, Uzbekistan boost ties, plan uranium pact
NEW DELHI: India and Uzbekistan on Sunday raised their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, set a target of $5 billion in annual trade by 2030 and agreed to work for the longterm supply of uranium during talks between Prime Minister Narendra...
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Four days on: Hope fades, missing tally crosses 3K
BIDUR/NEW DELHI: The toll from the Himalayan flash floods neared 700 and the missing count approached 3,000 on Saturday, as hopes of finding more survivors faded among rescuers in Nepal and China, who scoured through mud, rock and debris, four days...
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Nepal digs for survivors; missing, dead tally soars
NUWAKOT: Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation. A glacier collapse on...
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Rescuers scour Nepal as toll, missing count surge
NEW DELHI/CHENNAI/LUCKNOW/ DEHRADUN: Rescuers hacked through mountains of mud and debris to pull out stranded survivors and bodies along the NepalChina border on Thursday, a day after a deadly torrent of water several stories high swept through six...
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Hundreds missing as flood barrels through Nepal hills
NEW DELHI/PATNA/LUCKNOW/ DEHRADUN: A wall of ice, mud and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river at the Nepal-China border near Tibet on Wednesday morning, triggering catastrophic floods that swallowed roads, bridges, houses, and power projects across...
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Let July 20 probe kick off: SC on plea to widen remit
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the five-member high-powered enquiry committee (HPEC), headed by its former judge Justice R Subhash Reddy, should be allowed to conduct its independent inquiry into allegations of excessive use of force...
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US puts Iran trade partners on notice
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from Washington. The new...
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PM pitches India as global hub for space start-ups and talent
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India can emerge as a global leader in the space sector, calling on private players to build an ecosystem capable of attracting global talent and investment while reaffirming government’s commitment to...
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Monsoon deficit to widen, no big revival till Sept, warns IMD
NEW DELHI: India’s monsoon is weakening at a point in the season when it should be at its most productive. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said below-normal rainfall is expected across the country for at least the next two weeks — through...
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Biggest El Nino in ‘over a century’ to dial up global heat
NEW DELHI/LONDON: This year’s El Niño is on track to become the most powerful in over a century, with Pacific waters expected to heat up more than 3°C above normal — a level that would dwarf every El Niño event in the modern climate record and could...
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Wide mandate for July 20 probe panel
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday constituted a fivemember committee headed by its former judge R Subhash Reddy to conduct an independent inquiry into allegations of violence during the July 20 student protests while looking into far-reaching...
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SC asks NTA where things stand on ’24 exam reforms plan
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union government to present details of its implementation of the recommendations of the K Radhakrishnan committee, constituted in the aftermath of the NEET-UG 2024 controversy, along with a definite...
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SC to set up probe panel on violence during student stir
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that “getting heard” and having a “promise of future” were the biggest assurances for the youth, as it indicated that it would on Wednesday constitute a high-powered committee to inquire into allegations of...
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BJP reshuffle may set course for cabinet rejig
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its much-anticipated new organisational team, bringing a few key leaders back into the party, promoting a bouquet of women leaders and inducting a number of young people with an eye on...
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Census: Population count begins today
Ravi Krishnan Khajuria, Shailee Dogra, Amit Bathla and Neeraj Chauhan JAMMU/SHIMLA/DEHRADUN/ NEW DELHI: The landmark population enumeration phase of the 2027 Census will kick off on Monday with self-enumeration in the Union Territory of Ladakh and the...
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India’s freedom, A legacy of pride
Independence Day is a reminder of the courage, sacrifices and dreams that built modern India. Every year on August 15, the nation comes together to celebrate freedom and honor the countless individuals who fought for it. The day fills the country with...
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Little debate: 12 bills clear stormy session
NEW DELHI: A stormy monsoon session –– that saw the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha work for just 19% and 39% of their allotted time respectively and some bills being discussed for just two or three minutes before passage –– ended on Thursday under the...
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FCRA Bill sent to JPC, Oppn rebuffs Shah
NEW DELHI: A bill proposing controversial amendments to India’s foreign contribution law was referred to a 31-member joint committee of Parliament on Wednesday amid a standoff between the government and the Opposition and repeated disruptions in the...
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Centre signals JPC route for FCRA Bill
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Tuesday indicated that it was willing to refer controversial amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act to a joint committee of Parliament but a large section of the Opposition still demanded the bill be...
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Shah to reply on student protests in House: Rijiju
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday offered to debate students’ issues and police action in Parliament with a reply by Union home minister Amit Shah, in a last-ditch effort to end the two-week-long logjam, but the Opposition insisted on specific...
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No headway on Iran as US dials down on talks
DUBAI/WASHINGTON/CAIRO: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States complied with a list of demands, including paying compensation for war damage US President Donald Trump,...
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Day after Modi-Sukhbir meeting, SAD backs women’s quota, delimitation bills
CHANDIGARH : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday announced its support for the Women’s Reservation Bill and the Delimitation Bill, calling for their immediate implementation and backing the Centre’s proposal for a uniform 50% increase in the...
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Experts breached ‘obligation of secrecy’: CBI chargesheet
NEW DELHI: The three National Testing Agency (NTA) subject experts breached an “obligation of secrecy” and circulated the question papers of the NEET UG exam, said the chargesheet filed by the CBI before a Delhi court. According to the provisions...
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Echo Oppn sentiments to Amit Shah, V-P tells Rijiju
Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday asked Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju to “echo the sentiments of the Opposition” to Union home minister Amit Shah, a rare observation that came amid mounting disruptions demanding...
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Hasina vows she will return to Bangladesh despite risk of arrest
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday signalled her determination to return home in December after two years in self-exile in India, despite the risk of arrest or a death sentence, saying she wanted to help put the...
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SC tightens rules to curb digital arrests, RBI to draw up SOP
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stepped up its oversight of the country’s battle against the growing menace of “digital arrest” scams, issuing a fresh set of nationwide directions aimed at plugging systemic gaps in cyber fraud investigations,...
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SC clears way to drop FIRs against student protesters
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said it was willing to facilitate the withdrawal of criminal cases against student protesters, clarifying that its previous order did not stand in the way of governments closing or withdrawing FIRs against...
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Trump pauses strikes, claims deal emerging
CAIRO: President Donald Trump has said the U.S. will hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal can be reached quickly to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said late on Saturday on his Truth Social platform...
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Modi credits youth with driving India’s all-round progress
MYSURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday credited the country’s youth with driving India’s rise as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, its third-largest startup ecosystem and the nation’s emerging strength in semiconductors, artificial...
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₹84k-cr push for offshore oil wells gets cabinet nod
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved Samudra Manthan, a ₹84,084 crore national offshore exploration scheme that aims to boost depleting domestic oil and gas resources at a time when India’s crude oil...
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Delhi promises no legal action against protesters
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Thursday announced that no adverse legal action will be taken against those involved in sprawling student protests in the Capital last week that forced the resignation of then Union education minister Dharmendra...
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Rahul, Centre clash as LS clears anti-paper leak bill
The Centre and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi clashed on Wednesday over allegations of police excesses during a student protest in Delhi on July 20, with the latter demanding the resignation of Union home minister Amit Shah and...
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SC clears way for probe of attacks on students, cops
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for an independent inquiry into allegations of police excesses as well as attacks on police personnel during the recent student protests, holding that allegations disclosed a prima facie case...
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After protests, Parliament to debate tougher paper leak bill
A stringent bill that hikes fines and punishment for those convicted of examination paper leaks is set to be debated in Parliament on Tuesday, a day after it was introduced in the Lok Sabha amid protests by the Opposition that sought to corner the...
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PM unveils Nilekani-led panel for exam reforms
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced a six-member highpowered task force headed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani to recommend technological interventions and structural reforms to overhaul the National Testing Agency’s (NTA)...
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Pradhan steps down, Gen Z steps up
Movement that began as social media satire announces Gen Z’s arrival as a political force Minister Pralhad Joshi gets additional charge of education, BJP leaders rally behind Pradhan CJP calls off protests, says government agreed to all demands; next...
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Govt steps up bid to end impasse, protesters firm on Pradhan’s exit
The government intensified efforts on Friday to break a stalemate with student protesters, pushing through cabinet a stringent bill cracking down on paper leaks, sacking top officers at the National Testing Agency and moving to hire specialists, but...
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PM promises new law to tackle paper leaks; cabinet meet today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday promised a new law to tackle examination question paper leaks and fast-track courts to deal with those accused of the crime as the government pushed to break an impasse with student protesters demanding the...
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Parliament stays in deadlock; brief clashes in central Delhi
An impasse over student protests demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan deepened on Wednesday as crowds swelled and tensions briefly flared at Jantar Mantar, while the Opposition jammed Parliament during the day and...
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Oppn joins in as protesters regroup
NEW DELHI: Opposition politics took centre stage in the Capital on Tuesday as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led an unprecedented protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence and a string of leaders visited Jantar Mantar to back agitating students,...
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Chaos on streets echoes in House
NEW DELHI: Massive protests inside and outside Parliament rocked the first day of the monsoon session on Monday as a phalanx of agitators marched in central Delhi demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the...
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11 dead after landslides, flash floods in Poonch & Rajouri
JAMMU: At least 11 people lost their lives and several others were feared missing after torrential rains triggered landslides and flash floods in the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, causing widespread...
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6 UBT MPs’ merger with Sena gets LS Speaker’s approval
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday approved the merger of six Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) lawmakers with the Shiv Sena and allotted a separate seating arrangement for 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs. The decision came...
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PM turns heat on rivals ahead of Punjab polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, accusing it of ruining the state and saying only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could save the region, in a speech that virtually marked the...
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Ceasefire unravels as US, 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...
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US unleashes wave of strikes, Iran says in ‘existential war’
The US struck Iran’s coastal defences and missile sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of its ports, while Iran threatened to shut off more regional energy exports, saying it was engaged in an “existential war” with America. The daytime...
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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...
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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...
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Hormuz crisis returns as Iran, US escalate strikes
DUBAI: The United States attacked Iran on Sunday over an Iranian strike on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left a crew member missing. Iran responded with attacks on countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and...
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India, New Zealand raise ties to strategic bond, ink 12 pacts
India and New Zealand on Saturday elevated their relations to a strategic partnership and set a target of doubling trade in goods and services to ₹35,000 crore (7 billion New Zealand dollars or $4 billion) by 2030. This came as Prime Minister Narendra...
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CBI court frames corruption charges against Bhullar, aide
CHANDIGARH : A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in on Friday framed charges against suspended Punjab Police deputy inspector general (DIG) Harcharan Singh Bhullar and his aide Krishanu Sharda in a corruption case registered in...
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India secures landmark uranium deal with Aus
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 Narendra...
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Trump threatens more strikes on Iran, but no return to war
DUBAI: President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to unleash more military strikes against Iran after saying that Iranian attacks signalled the end of the ceasefire. But he later said the most recent exchange of fire with the Islamic Republic did...
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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...
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Ram Temple Trust sets big overhaul in motion
AYODHYA: The Ram Temple Trust on Monday accepted the resignations of Champat Rai as general secretary and Anil Mishra as trustee, removed administrator Gopal Rao, and announced a three-member panel to appoint a new chief executive officer as it sought...
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Key Ram temple trust to meet today, focus on resignations
AYODHYA: The executive committee of the Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet in Ayodhya on Monday at 3pm to decide on the resignations of two prominent members and swirling allegations of irregularities in temple donations even as...
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India overcame crisis on refining prowess, will keep building: PM
JAIPUR/BALOTRA: India will continue building new oil refineries to secure its supply chains even as Western nations shut down processing capacity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, crediting the sector’s expansion for helping the country avoid the...
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