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Mid-air plunge: AI pilot tests +ve for marijuana

NEW DELHI: The pilot-in-command of an Air India Phuketdelhi flight that plunged 300 feet last week tested positive for marijuana in a confirmatory drug test, said people aware of the matter, a finding that raises questions over passenger safety. The...

SC orders filing of FIRS for every missing person

NEW DELHI The Supreme Court has directed all states and Union territories (UTS) to immediately register first information reports (FIRS) whenever a person goes missing, irrespective of age or gender, expressing “shock” that some states were under the...

No W Asia headway 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,...

PM asks students to put nation’s benefit over personal gains

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged graduating engineers at Iit-delhi on Saturday to measure their careers against the country’s needs rather than salary slips or startup valuations, telling students that “the basis of every decision of yours...

US Senate clears bill for tariffs over Russian oil

WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Friday approved by 86 votes to 11 a bill that would authorise tariffs of up to 100% on countries buying Russian oil, gas and other exports, with India named as one of five target economies by the bill’s sponsors even as US...

Echo Oppn sentiments to Amit Shah, V-P tells Rijiju

NEW DELHI: 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...

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...

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,...

BJP loses Bankipur bastion, fails to unseat Cong in Datia

PATNA/BHOPAL/DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered twin setbacks in assembly bypolls on Monday, losing its bastion in Bihar’s Bankipur to poll-strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor and failing to win back its stronghold of Datia in...

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INDIA’S MEDALS TALLY A SLEW OF SENSATIONS

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...

₹84,000-cr push for oil wells gets cabinet nod

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 import...

SC to examine Centre’s SOPS on pellet gun use

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine the Centre’s standard operating procedures (SOPS) and standing orders governing the use of pellet guns for crowd control, following allegations that security forces deployed them against students during...

Junk food near schools on FDA chief’s radar

In order to promote healthy eating among children, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now decided to target school canteens and shops selling deep fried and unhealthy foods around schools. FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said in a press...

SC clears way for probe of attacks on students, cops

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 warranting a...

After protests, Parliament to debate tougher paper leak bill BIHAR ASSURES PROTESTERS: FIRS BEING DROPPED, NO LEGAL ACTION

Ragging complaints from higher educational institutions across India climbed to 1,369 in 2025, marking an over 100% increase from 655 cases in 2022, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Monday, maintaining that its response to the problem remains...

PM unveils Nilekani-led panel for exam reforms

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)...

Pradhan steps down, Gen Z steps up

NEW DELHI: A 36-day stir by students achieved a landmark victory on Saturday as education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following weeks of sweeping protests that brought central Delhi to a halt, energised a moribund Opposition, and heralded the...

Govt steps up bid to end impasse, protesters firm on Pradhan’s exit

NEW DELHI: 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...

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...

Parliament stays in deadlock as students continue protests

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...

12 killed in Sikkim tunnel collapse, 13 still trapped

KOLKATA/SILIGURI: At least 12 workers were killed and 13 others remained trapped for over 24 hours after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Sikkim’s Namchi district following an explosion of suspected methane gas, officials said on Tuesday,...

Chaos on streets echoes in House

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 Opposition sought...

Oppn walkout sets stage for a stormy monsoon session

NEW DELHI: Setting the stage for a stormy monsoon session beginning Monday, Opposition parties staged a walkout from Sunday’s all-party meeting over the invitation extended to the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), before returning to press...

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...

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

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 US...

May back delimitation if conditions met: Sule

A renewed bid by the Union government to pass the Delimitation Bill gathered momentum on Wednesday after Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Supriya Sule said her party would consider supporting the proposed legislation if it spelt out a uniform 50%...

Indian sailor killed, 10 injured in Iran strike

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 diplomat...

LINDSEY GRAHAM, SENATE HAWK TURNED TRUMP ALLY, DIES AT 71

US senator Lindsey Graham, the foreign policy hawk who changed from a Donald Trump sceptic to one of the US president’s strongest allies, died on Saturday. He was 71. The cause of death was “a brief and sudden illness”, his office said. He was in...

India, New Zealand raise ties to strategic bond, ink 12 pacts

NEW DELHI: 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...

Iran talks to go on, but truce over: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had agreed to further negotiations with Iran, even as he repeated his assertion that the ceasefire between the decades-old foes was over. Meanwhile, Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the...

Missiles, minerals mark new phase in India-indonesia ties

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 Subianto...

Missing Link found and lost in 48 hours of heavy rains

Heavy rains, high velocity winds and landslides paralysed Mumbai, Konkan and large parts of western Maharashtra for a second day in a row on Monday. At least 16 people lost their lives in rain-related incidents in the region in the last 48 hours. The...

13 dead as rain, gusty winds leave a trail of destruction

At least 13 people died as torrential rains coupled with gusty winds lashed the city and suburbs on Sunday. While traffic was largely unaffected, it being Sunday, the winds, with speeds of over 75 kmph, led to over 250 tree fall incidents in the city,...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: The youngest boy in blue

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, aged 15 years and 99 days, is the youngest player to appear in India’s senior men’s team. Sachin Tendulkar was 16 years and 205 days when he made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1989, then made his ODI debut 33 days later.

PM visit deepens India-seychelles strategic relations

NEW DELHI: 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...

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...

Twin quakes ravage Venezuela, 188 killed

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 were...

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

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 $70 a...

Trekker’s death probed as murder; fiancée held

PUNE: What seemed to be an accidental fatal fall during a trek to the Lohagad fort in Pune district five days ago is now being investigated as a coldblooded murder perpetrated by the victim’s fiancée and her boyfriend. Police on Tuesday arrested...

UBT split cemented as 6 MPS switch sides to Sena

: Six Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha members of parliament joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of party chief and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Monday, boosting the regional party’s presence in Parliament and bolstering the National Democratic...

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

: US Vice President JD Vance said Sunday there was an opportunity to “turn over a new leaf” with Iran as the sides held talks aimed at building out the interim deal to end the war in Iran reached by the two sides last week. But even as Vance called on...

ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR NEET RETEST

After years of lull, World Cup sees a resurgence of long-range strikes

KOLKATA: Remember James Rodriguez’s stunning volley against Uruguay at the 2014 World Cup? Or Lionel Messi picking a low corner through a thicket of legs against Mexico in 2022? These goals stand out not only for their quality but also because...

Modi, Macron meet as India, France vow to increase trade, nuclear collab

India and France on Sunday set a target of doubling two-way trade from the current level of about $16 billion within five years and agreed to work more closely on civil nuclear energy, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Emmanuel Macron held...

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

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 Indian crew...

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

The family of retired Bombay high court judge G S 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 community,...

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...

Monsoon hits Kerala, may reach city by 14th

The Southwest Monsoon arrived over Kerala on Thursday, three days after its normal onset date and five days after IMD’S forecast date, and it is likely to cover most parts of India by the third week of June, although concerns remain about the volume of...

Fire rips through Delhi hotel; 21 dead

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 significant violations by the establishment highlighting the lax regulatory...

CBSE chairman, secy shunted amid outcry

The Centre on Tuesday replaced the chair and the secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and started a probe into the procurement of services for the board’s controversial, glitch-prone onscreen marking (OSM) system amid...

Edu ministry seeks report from CBSE on OSM tender

The Union education ministry has sought a detailed report from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on the procurement process for the board’s On-screen Marking (OSM) system, amid mounting scrutiny over the rollout of the platform used to...

Focus on synergy as new military chiefs take over

: General NS Raja Subramani on Sunday took over as India’s third chief of defence staff (CDS) upon the retirement of General Anil Chauhan. His appointment comes at a pivotal moment as the armed forces advance theaterisation—a longawaited reform...

DKS gets CLP nod as next CM of Karnataka

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 after his...

Spurious liquor claims 14 lives in Pune; 8 held

PUNE: At least 14 people have died and four others are battling for life after consuming alcohol laced with methanol across Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad in the last 48 hours. The tragedy, which unfolded across the two cities, led to a swift crackdown on...

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...

White House junks Iran report on Hormuz deal

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the US and Iran still have issues to resolve in peace talks, after Washington dismissed an Iranian state television report of a framework deal to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz within...

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...