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6 UBT MPS’ merger with Sena gets LS Speaker’s approval
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 two days...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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FAB FOUR CHASE WORLD CUP GLORY
Jude Bellingham did not as much as crash what was billed as a Harry Kane versus Erling Haaland party at a sweltering Miami on Saturday afternoon. The young superstar of world football imposed himself on an intense World Cup quarter-final as his...
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Apple sues Openai, two former staffers for ‘stealing’ trade secrets
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc has sued Openai for trade secret theft, accusing the artificial intelligence startup and its hardware chief of engaging in a coordinated campaign to steal information about upcoming products. The iphone maker said in a suit on...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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China conducts rare submarine-launched ballistic missile test, sparks regional alarm
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, according to...
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Iran leaders step out, signalling defiance at Khamenei funeral
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 negotiations to...
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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: The youngest boy in blue
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hits a six off Jofra Archer during his debut against England in Manchester on Saturday. He scored 14 off 10 balls before being stumped by Jos Buttler off spinner Will Jacks. England beat India by four wickets after Jacob Bethell’s...
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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...
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Monsoon reaches Delhi with a whimper, brings little rain
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 until after...
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ATF, commercial LPG rates cut as crude prices ease
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 fell sharply...
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July likely to be drier, hotter than normal: IMD’S grim forecast
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 that was...
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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...
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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...
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Temple trust weighs officials’ resignations
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 will be...
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3 workers die cleaning septic tank in Capital
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, underscores...
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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...
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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...
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Dust storm tints Delhi in sepia
BRIEF RED ALERT The dust storm preceded light showers and thunderstorms in some parts, with IMD putting large parts of the Capital under a red alert.
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Blaze kills 15 trapped in Lucknow building
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 blazes...
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Trump’s fresh threats cast shadow over Iran-us talks
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 highly paid PROXIES in...
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ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR NEET RETEST
THE PREP 200,000: Personnel deployed, including invigilators, district officials, state police, CAPFS and the Indian Air Force. NTA DG Abhishek Singh leads the Delhi command centre, aided by 36 senior officials, 674 city coordinators and 6,669...
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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...
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HC QUESTIONS GOVT’S TELEGRAM BAN OVER NEET-UG, RESERVES ORDER
The Delhi high court on Thursday questioned the Centre’s decision to temporarily restrict access to Telegram ahead of the June 21 NEET-UG 2026 retest, asking how the rights of 150 million users of the messaging app can be curtailed just because a few...
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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...
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With Trump present, Modi flags seafarers’ safety at G7
NEW DELHI: 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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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US, Iran agree on text of peace deal, says Pak
ISLAMABAD: 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...
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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...
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Mamata attends INDIA meet, MPS break ranks
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 regional...
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Retd HC judge faces threats, family in UK attacked over verdict
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 community,...
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Missiles, drones fly in major W Asia flare-up
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...
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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...
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After 21 died, owner filed to renew expired licence
The devastating blaze in an illegal bed-andbreakfast in south Delhi’s Hauz Rani that killed 21 people and injured 21 more began in the kitchen of the restaurant on the ground floor, preliminary probes of Delhi Fire Service and police have said. But an...
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Safety gaps spark another Delhi tragedy as 21 die in B&B blaze
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...
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CBSE chairman, secy shunted amid outcry
NEW DELHI: 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...
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Trump claims Lebanon truce as talks falter
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Israel and Hezbollah agreed to stop attacking each other in Lebanon and that talks with Iran were continuing after fresh violence threatened negotiations to end the Middle East conflict. Trump said he had...
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6 crushed in Saidulajab building collapse horror
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 about illegal...
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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...
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A weak monsoon looms as MET dept lowers its forecast
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 better-than-even...
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A truce MOU emerges as Iran and US trade strikes
WASHINGTON/DUBAI: 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...
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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...
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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...
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Swimmer who flopped in four Olympics sets a ‘world record’ at Enhanced Games
MELBOURNE: 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...
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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...
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PM backs peace push in meeting with Rubio
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 state Marco...
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SC divided on UAPA bail, larger bench to weigh in
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 bench...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Iran says ball in US court, but ready for ‘talks or war’
`Iran said on Saturday that it was up to the United States whether to pursue a negotiated settlement or to return to open war, but that Tehran was ready for either outcome, after President Donald Trump said he was “not satisfied” with a new Iranian...
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