Hindustan Times (Ranchi)
UP rain fury: 56 dead in 3 days, rescue work on
Fifty-six people were killed in rain-and storm-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh since Friday, while several districts were grappling with a flood-like situation after an intense threeday wet spell, officials said. The depression over the state...
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INDIA bloc likely to meet on Sept 30 over CEC row
Opposition INDIA bloc parties are likely to meet in New Delhi on September 30 to discuss concerns over the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, besides other issues, sources said. The proposed meeting comes...
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Plea in SC seeks SIT probe in EC actions
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging decisions, guidelines and software changes allegedly made by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar without the concurrence of the two Election Commissioners, saying such actions violate the...
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Bihar-registered bus erupts into flames in Noida, 9 dead
Nine passengers were burnt to death when a bus on its way from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, officials said on Thursday. The bus had Bihar registration number BR32PA8647. The bus driver and...
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SC refers plea on bench for 2023 CEC law to CJI
The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred challenges to the 2023 law governing the selection of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) for setting up a constitution bench after a split verdict by...
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Elections to 12 RS seats announced, BJP likely to win 8
Elections to 12 Rajya Sabha seats across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal will be held on October 16, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday. The elections will cover 10 seats from Uttar Pradesh and one from Uttarakhand, where the...
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3 held, SIT formed after viral clip shows Jamui teens’ harassment
Three people were arrested and two detained after video footage showing a group of seven men sexually harassing a Class 10 schoolgirl and her male friend went viral in Bihar’s Jamui district, police said on Monday, adding that efforts are on to nab the...
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Top J’khand Naxal gunned down in UP
Senior Naxal leader and chief of banned Jharkhandbased outfit Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) Brijesh Ganjhu alias Gopal Singh Bhokta was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh ATS in Varanasi on Sunday morning, police said. Ganjhu was wanted...
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Trump signs Russia sanctions law, India faces 100% tariff risk
US President Donald Trump signed the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which seeks to impose steep levies on Moscow and its top energy buyers such as China and India. “On Friday, September 18, 2026, the President signed into law: H.R. 5334, the...
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Nishant holds centre stage at JD(U) orientation prog
The one-day orientation programme of the Janata Dal (United) - the first by the party was inaugurated by party president and Rajya Sabha member Nitish Kumar at the JD(U) state headquarters on Friday to sensitise the people’s representatives about the...
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Govt says no roll back of UPI charge above ₹2K
NEW DELHI: There is no question of a re-think on the issue of imposition of 0.4% MDR charges on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions over ₹2,000, a top government official said even as the finance ministry clarified there was no foreign...
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Monsoon withdrawal to begin from end of the week, says IMD
The withdrawal of the southwest monsoon is expected to commence by the end of this week – from September 19 onwards, with the all-India monsoon deficit currently standing at -15%, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday, noting that...
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PM flags ‘weaponisation’ of tech, minerals
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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Brics bridges divide with Delhi declaration
In a major diplomatic victory for India, the Brics grouping adopted a consensus joint declaration on Saturday after overcoming sharp divisions between the United Arab Emirates and Tehran regarding the West Asia conflict while notably omitting direct...
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Modi, Xi set for bilateral on Brics meet sidelines
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday and China’s President Xi Jinping on Saturday on the margins of the Brics Summit, people familiar...
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SC slams Noida notice to student over protest
The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the Gautam Budh Nagar administration for issuing a preventive notice to a 20-year-old law student for allegedly spreading “anti-government propaganda” and inciting fellow students to join protests at...
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Modi hits out at critics of govt’s development record
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed those who question his government’s development record, once again calling them “Naraz Fufa” (angry uncle), as he inaugurated and laid foundation stones for Rs 35,000 crore-worth development...
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NH-80 turns waterway, 2.9mn ravaged by flood
PATNA: Floodwaters from the swollen Ganga have submerged stretches of National Highway (NH)-80 near Bhagalpur, with nearly two feet of water flowing across the road and bringing traffic between the city, Sultanganj and further west to a near...
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Ganga, tributaries flood Bihar districts, 2.2mn hit
Floodwaters from the Ganga and its tributaries, including Punpun and Dardha, continued to wreak havoc in Patna and adjoining areas on Sunday, aggravated by heavy rains in their catchment zones in Bihar and neighbouring Jharkhand. The Ganga crossed its...
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10 days on, Nepal rescuers pull 2 more people alive from debris
Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people. The man was rescued from a hydropower tunnel,...
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Rising rivers put Bihar on brink
Bihar remained on high flood alert on Thursday as the Ganga continued to rise in Patna, prompting the state government to step up preparedness and deploy disaster-response teams in vulnerable areas. A high flood alert was sounded in 13 districts...
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US pounds Iran, Tehran hits at bases in worst strikes since July
Iranians and their Arab neighbours were plunged back into war on Wednesday by the biggest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington since July, with US forces striking Iran’s southern coast and Iran firing at American bases across the region. The...
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Nepal-induced surge in rivers inundate rural areas, 100-yr-old temple collapses
Nepal floods have started taking a toll on southeastern Bihar, with a surge in Kosi and Ganga rivers inundating several villages in Bhagalpur and Khagaria districts.The impact was clear on Tuesday morning when the 100-year-old Chaiti Durga Temple...
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Economy grows 7.8% in Q1, beating expectations
India’s economy expanded faster than expected in the April-June quarter, easing fears that the Iran war would weaken growth and underscoring the resilience of Asia’s thirdlargest economy. Gross domestic product grew 7.8% from a year earlier in the...
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Nepal toll mounts to 768 as fresh flood warning issued
The water levels in the Bhotekoshi River rose again on Sunday, days after a devastating flash flood struck Nepal, authorities warned, as they urged residents and rescue personnel in flood-hit districts to remain alert. The death toll from the August...
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Nepal floods toll rises to 669, rescue resumes after a pause
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 Wednesday...
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Nepal toll rises to 579, fresh flood fear looms
Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed more than 500 people and left more than 1,500 missing. Rescue...
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Toll in Nepal flood rises to 362
At least 288 Indian nationals are missing in Nepal and another 200 remain stranded in China after a torrential flood swept through the Himalayan border areas of the two countries, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday even as the toll in...
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Flash floods swamp Nepal, Bihar on alert
The authorities in Bihar placed several northwestern districts on high alert on Wednesday after flash floods triggered by a glacial lake outburst in Tibet sent a surge down the Bhote Koshi river in Nepal, raising the prospect of a sudden rise of up to...
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Protest hits Patna again; many detained, cops hurt
Chaos broke out on the streets of Patna on Tuesday as around 14 student organisations and BPSC aspirants backed by CPM, CPI, CPI-ML(Liberation) RJD and other parties staged protests over recruitment-related demands, single tier examination of TRE-4 and...
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JPSC exam: SC asks J’khand to reply on plea for CBI inquiry
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Jharkhand government’s response on a plea seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Preliminary Competitive Examination-2025, conducted by the Jharkhand Public...
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PM pitches India as global space startups, talent hub
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed creating an aura around the private sector in space research so that people worldwide feel that if they want to make a career, they should go to India. In an interaction with CEOs and founders of 20 space...
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Several detained as protesters clash with cops in Bihar march
Tension flared in the state capital on Saturday as hundreds of PhD holders, research scholars and guest faculty members marched towards Lok Bhavan demanding a transparent and fair recruitment process, and clashed with the police near R-Golumber....
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J’khand HC put stay on more exams scraped by Soren govt
The Jharkhand high court on Friday stayed the operation of the August 18 notification which abruptly cancelled all appointments of candidates appointed for graduate-level jobs in December last year after qualifying Combine Graduate Level (CGL)...
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Jharkhand HC stays govt’s annulment of JPSC exams
The Jharkhand high court on Thursday stayed the notifications that cancelled the 11th to 13th Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) Combined Civil Services Examination and the Food Safety Officer recruitment examination and related...
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Gor says J&K important part of India after meeting Omar
SRINAGAR: The United States will reconsider the advisories on travel to Jammu and Kashmir as the central government as well as chief minister Omar Abdullah have taken steps to make it a safer place, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said here on...
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Police defend ‘graded’ action on CJP protest
The Delhi Police has defended its use of force against student protesters during the July 20 “Sansad Chalo” protest march, telling the Supreme Court that it resorted to a “graded” response only after the gathering ceased to remain peaceful, with...
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7 women devotees die in Bihar temple stampede
At least seven women devotees, including three of a family, died in a stampede near Ashok Dham temple, Lakhisarai, approximately 130 km north-east of Patna, on Monday morning. Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary announced an ex-gratia of ₹4 lakh...
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CJI slams bar body over NALSAR students order DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST RAHUL FOR SAVARKAR REMARK QUASHED
NEW DELHI: “It’s a dialogue between students and me,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Friday as he sharply pulled up the Bar Council of India for its order that the 2026 graduates of Hyderabad’s NALSAR University of Law not be enrolled as...
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JMM, Cong up in arms over amendment in MMDR Act
The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress went up in arms on Thursday, protesting the amendment to the MMDR [Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation)] Act passed by the Lok Sabha (LS) on Wednesday that reportedly seeks to take...
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Probe panel says charges against HC judge ‘proved’
The three-member parliamentary inquiry committee probing allegations against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma has found all three articles of charge against him proved, holding that his explanations over the discovery of substantial...
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NDA vs Oppn: Counter protests rock Parliament
Ruling NDA and Opposition INDIA bloc MPs came face-to-face at Parliament’s main gate on Tuesday -with security personnel forming a cordon between them -as they staged protests and raised counter-slogans over “brutal” police action on job aspirants in...
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Stakes rise with march to Assembly
On its 17th day, the student agitation over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) escalated as they marched to Vidhan Sabha,...
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Talks fail to break logjam, student protest continues
Fresh talks between the Jharkhand government and protesting students on Sunday failed to resolve the 16-day standoff as the government accepted almost all demands of student delegations except the cancellation of the Combined Graduate Level (CGL) and a...
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More govt-protester talks but logjam, stir continue
The Jharkhand government on Saturday held talks with various student outfits amid the massive agitation over alleged irregularities in the recruitment exams conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection...
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J’khand govt, protesters hold talks; no settlement achieved
On the 14th day of protest, a delegation of students met and held talks with a “group of ministers” of the state government at the State Guest House in Ranchi late on Friday. The first round concluded in a “positive atmosphere” with the government...
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J’khand protesters form panel for talks with govt
RANCHI: Warming up to the Jharkhand government’s invitation for talks, students and job aspirants protesting cancellation of recruitment examination and irregularities in their conduction by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand...
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Top court to hear plea on protest organisers
Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the “most powerful force” available to society and law enforcement agencies to prevent violence during protests is to listen to young people and counsel them, cautioning that any “aggressive action in the name of...
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JD(U)’s Shyam Rajak flags coordination gaps in NDA
JD(U) legislator Shyam Rajak on Tuesday attributed shortcomings in coordination and management within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as a key factor to the BJP’s unexpected defeat in the Bankipur assembly bypoll. Talking to media persons on...
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BJP loses Bihar bastion as JSP wrests Bankipur
In a major political upset, Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Monday breached the BJP’s three-decade-old stronghold of Bankipur, defeating the party’s first-time candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha by 19,324 votes in a by-election widely seen...
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PM urges youth to take vow against substance abuse
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the country’s youth to take a pledge against substance abuse, saying drugs can give them a “high” for some time, but would make their entire career and personal life “low”. Launching the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva...
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Truce teeters as Trump warns of fresh attacks
(AP): U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more strikes on Iran as the United States presses for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Hours later on Saturday, Kuwait said it responded to a new round of drone attacks from Iran while a tanker was...
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₹84K-cr scheme cleared for offshore exploration
The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the ₹84,084-crore “Samudra Manthan” National Offshore Exploration Scheme to partly fund the high cost of finding oil and gas in deepwater areas, drilling exploratory wells and building common infrastructure to bring...
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LS passes bill to amend law against paper leaks
DELHI: Lok Sabha on Wednesday approved a bill to amend the anti-paper leak law with stricter punishment of up to 10 years’ jail and a Rs 50 lakh fine, amid sloganeering by opposition parties. The Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means)...
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Bihar starts dropping cases, protesters to be freed today Apex court bars coercive action against protesters
PATNA: The Bihar government on Tuesday initiated proceedings to withdraw FIRs registered against arrested protesters and then release them. Till Tuesday evening, however, no protesters were released because the process remained underway in the courts...
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Bihar govt to dismiss cases, release detained protesters
PATNA: After carrying out a massive crackdown on students, who joined the protest against the alleged NEET question paper leak in the state, Bihar home department late on Monday evening announced that all the cases registered against the protesters...
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Will PK be able to break through BJP’s bastion?
Battery-operated ‘totos’ blaring campaign songs and slogans, a handful of corner meetings, padyatras and door-todoor canvassing offer the only visible signs of electioneering in Bankipur, where an otherwise subdued electorate appears largely...
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Govt relents, Pradhan resigns, protest ends
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday amid mounting pressure over the NEET paper leak controversy, with the Centre conceding the principal demand of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)-led agitation after weeks of protests that...
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Anti-paper leak law to be made stringent
The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a draft bill to ensure stricter punishments for paper leaks, including a fine of up to ₹10 crore, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an announcement to this effect, official sources said. The Cabinet...
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PM assures fast-track courts for leak cases, Oppn wants Pradhan’s ouster
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced to set up fast-track courts to ensure swift action against paper leaks even as the persistent Opposition demand for the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan disrupted Lok Sabha...
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Ruckus in Parl over NEET leak issue
The Lok Sabha was adjourned twice within an hour as the Opposition on Wednesday questioned the police action against the protesting students and reiterated the demand for Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over examination...
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Politics takes over as stir continues
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, accompanied by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and several top leaders, sat on a protest dharna outside the Prime Minister’s Lok Kalyan Marg residence on Tuesday and demanded the resignation of PM...
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House adjourned amid ruckus over NEET leak
The Monsoon Session of Parliament got off to a stormy start on Monday with both Houses being adjourned for the day after Congress-led Opposition members created ruckus demanding discussions on the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and the alleged embezzlement of...
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Oppn walks out from all-party meet over invite to TMC rebels
An all-party meeting convened by the government ahead of Parliament’s Monsoon Session on Sunday saw the entire Opposition staging a symbolic walkout over the invitation to rebel TMC MPs and a demand for a discussion on the issues of Ram temple donation...
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SS(UBT) rebels’ merger with Shiv Sena gets Birla’s stamp
Ahead of the Monsoon session, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday approved the merger of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs with the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and allowed separate seating for the 20 rebel TMC lawmakers,...
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PM flags off India’s first H-powered train in Hry
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s first hydrogen-powered train at Jind railway station on Friday, marking a major milestone in the country’s clean mobility journey. Modi waved as the train, which also had many schoolchildren onboard,...
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US expands Iran strikes, Tehran hits Gulf nations
The United States intensified its strikes on Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship the US accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated with missile and...
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UTTAR PRADESH: PIONEERING TECH-DRIVEN TRANSFORMATION
Uttar Pradesh is rapidly moving towards digital transformation through technology, innovation, and good governance. The state aims to become a global data hub by developing a data center capacity of 5 GW by the year 2030 and 40 GW by 2047. Eight data...
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Bihar sailor killed, 10 hurt in Iranian strike on oil tankers
A 31-yearold sailor Rohan Kumar alias Sonu Gupta, belonging to Bihar’s Gopalganj district, died in an alleged Iranian strike on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz in Omani waters on July 13, family members confirmed. Speaking to Hindustan Times...
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Iran, US claim control of Hormuz as attacks flare
The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war. The latest exchange was sparked by an Iranian...
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Strait turns flashpoint as US and Iran trade strikes
US forces struck Iran for a third time in a week, prompting retaliatory attacks from Tehran as it declared the Strait of Hormuz would be closed “until further notice.” The Islamic Republic responded early Sunday with drone and missile assaults on at...
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India and NZ set up ₹35K-cr trade target
India and New Zealand on Saturday elevated their ties to a strategic partnership, set a target of doubling their annual bilateral trade to Rs 35,000 crore by 2030 and decided to ramp up maritime security ties, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his...
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