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88 nations, bodies sign New Delhi declaration
NEW DELHI: The US, UK, China, and France are among 88 countries and international organisations to endorse ‘New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact’, with its adoption marking a significant milestone in global cooperation on artificial intelligence, an...
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SC steps in, orders judicial officers to help with WB SIR
NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to depute judicial officers in West Bengal to adjudicate claims of voters listed under the “logical discrepancy” category in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercise,...
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Modi unveils MANAV vision for AI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday outlined an ethical, sovereign, inclusive and globally oriented vision of artificial intelligence (AI) as he pitched India as a central player in the global AI ecosystem and called for stronger guardrails to...
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MAMATA FORCIBLY ENTERED I-PAC PREMISES, ED SAYS IN SC AFFIDAVIT
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has refuted West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that she merely retrieved her party’s confidential data from the I-PAC office on January 8 with the consent of officers of the federal agency, alleging...
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India, France elevate ties to global strategic partnership
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India and France on Tuesday elevated their ties to a “special global strategic partnership” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron vowing to significantly ramp up bilateral cooperation in areas of...
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AI Impact Summit kicks off with packed halls
The world’s largest artificial intelligence summit opened to packed halls and long queues on Monday, as tech moguls, industry leaders, policymakers, founders, and technologists thronged the venue for the conference, where India is set to push for...
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Budget 2026 was a ‘we are ready moment’: PM
This year’s Budget was not a ‘now or never moment’ born out of compulsion but a ‘we are ready’ moment born out of preparation and inspiration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, asserting that it reflects India’s “yearning” to become a...
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Cong neglected NE, promoted insurgency in Assam, says PM
GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an all-out attack on the Congress, accusing it of neglecting the Northeast and promoting insurgency in Assam during its rule. Addressing a public meeting in Guwahati that also included BJP...
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BNP registers landslide win in Bangladesh polls
Bangladesh’s opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a landslide parliamentary election on Friday, returning to power after nearly two decades and positioning party leader Tarique Rahman to become prime minister as the country emerges from...
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Govt clears proposal to buy 114 Rafale jets
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry on Thursday cleared a longpending proposal to procure 114 Rafale fighter jets under a government-to-government framework from France, nearly 13 years after a similar acquisition was almost firmed up. In total, capital...
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India, Malaysia explore deeper AI, defence ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim held wide-ranging talks in Putrajaya on Sunday aimed at deepening the India-malaysia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, with a strong focus on cooperation in artificial...
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India, US unveil interim trade deal framework
India and the US on Saturday announced that they have reached a framework for an interim trade agreement under which tariffs on New Delhi will be reduced to 18%. As per the agreement, India will eliminate or reduce tariffs on all US industrial goods...
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19 bodies recovered after mine collapse
The NDRF, SDRF and Search & Rescue (SRT) teams of Meghalaya Fire & Emergency Services have so far recovered 19 bodies from the coal mine where several people were trapped following an explosion at Mysyngat at Jaintia Hills district. According to CP...
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Cong nurses hatred for me: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, saying the Opposition party is unable to digest its successive electoral defeats and will never be able to dig his grave despite nursing deep hatred towards...
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2.5MILLION SPAM MARKETING CALLS IN 2025, UP FROM 850K IN 2021: DATA
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MORE THAN 7.4K MAOISTS HELD, 5.8K SURRENDERED SINCE 2019: GOVT
More than 7,400 Naxals have been arrested, and 5,880 have surrendered since 2019, with incidents of Left Wing Extremism-perpetrated violence coming down by 88 per cent from 1,936 in 2010 to 234 in 2025, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Replying...
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SC GRANTS BAIL TO 3 IN ‘24 PUNE PORSCHE CASE
The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to three accused in the 2024 Pune Porsche accident case that claimed two lives, while observing that parents are to be blamed for such incidents involving juveniles. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal...
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Reforms Express takes Kartavya Path ‘Budget is historic, reflects aspirations of 140cr Indians’
In 2025-26, the government threw the kitchen sink at reviving growth and mass sentiment via a big boost to disposable incomes through an income tax reduction in the last Budget followed by a mid-year Goods and Services Tax (GST) cut. These decisions...
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Sunetra Pawar takes oath as Maha dy CM
Sunetra Pawar on Saturday became the first woman deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, thrust into leadership of the Nationalist Congress Party after the death of her husband Ajit Pawar in an air crash in Baramati on January 28. The 62-year-old Rajya...
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6mn infiltrators entered Assam in Cong rule: Shah
Claiming that the demography of Assam changed during Congress rule, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Bjp-led government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working to reverse the trend. Addressing the closing ceremony of the 10th...
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GDP likely to grow by up to 7.2% next fiscal: Eco survey
The Economic Survey on Thursday projected the GDP growth in the range of 6.8-7.2 per cent for the next fiscal year on the back of the cumulative impact of reforms, and said the economy remains on a stable footing. The projection is a tad lower than...
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Ajit Pawar, 4 others, die in plane crash
Maharashtra CM announces three days of mourning for the deputy CM, last rites to take place today in Baramati. Civil aviation ministry says poor visibility during landing at Baramati may have caused the crash, as the opposition demands court-monitored...
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‘Mother of all deals’: India, EU sign free trade pact
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union on Tuesday sealed a landmark free trade agreement -- billed as “mother of all deals” -- with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the top EU leadership unveiling a grand agenda to leverage trade and defence to shore...
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PM hails 10 yrs of India start-up leap
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday opened the year’s first Mann ki Baat with a popular social media trend of revisiting the year 2016, using the moment to recall the launch of Start-up India and underline how far the ecosystem has come...
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Trump aide says US may cut India tariffs as Russian oil purchase dips
DAVOS: US treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Friday (local time) hinted that the additional 25% tariffs on India might be removed after its purchases of Russian oil significantly dropped, calling the trade measure a “huge success”. Speaking to...
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EC, Centre responsible for deaths due to SIR in Bengal, says Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed that three to four people are dying by suicide everyday in the state, due to anxiety over the ongoing SIR exercise. Banerjee, addressing a programme at Red Road here on the occasion of the...
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10 soldiers killed in Jammu accident
At least 10 soldiers were killed and 10 others injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Doda district on Thursday, officials said. “At least 10 soldiers died and 10 others were injured when the army vehicle...
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Airpoweriscriticalpartof modernwarfare: Iafchief
NEW DELHI: Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Wednesday emphasised the crucial role of air power in modern warfare and cautioned against complacency while urging the services to prepare for future challenges in an increasingly volatile...
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SC flags voters’ ‘stress’ in WB SIR; notice sent to EC
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over the “stress and strain” faced by ordinary voters who have received notices under the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, as it issued a slew of directions to the...
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Modi calls for BJP govt in Bengal election pitch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave a new slogan for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, declaring “Paltano darkar, chayee BJP sarkar” (Need for change, want BJP government) --- a clarion call for change and a clear pitch for a...
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Judge Varma’s plea against his removal junked
AHolding that “constitutional safeguards for judges cannot come at the cost of paralysing the removal process itself”, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma against the Lok Sabha...
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‘India continues to run Op Sindoor against terrorism’
Operation Sindoor remains ongoing and any misadventure by the adversary will be dealt with effectively, Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi said on Tuesday, sending a firm message to Pakistan. The Army chief, addressing a press conference, said the...
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Somnath’s plunder was not just economic: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that forces that had opposed the reconstruction of Somnath temple are still active, now working through “other malicious means” instead of swords and the repeated attacks on the temple over centuries could...
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ED calls for CBI probe against W Bengal CM
Around ₹20 crore proceeds of a coal mining racket’s crime were transferred through hawala channels to the political consultancy firm I-PAC, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has said, and sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against West...
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Govt estimates 7.4% GDP growth in FY26
The Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.4% in the ongoing fiscal year, the National Statistical Office (NSO) said in its first advance estimates of GDP released on Wednesday. The projected growth rate – there are still three months left for 2025-26...
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MADHYA PRADESH : MARCHING AHEAD TO CONTRIBUTE DEVELOPED INDIA 2047 VISION
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Developed India 2047’, the state is working at a rapid pace in the road and infrastructure sector. Madhya Pradesh, which is the heart of India and a central point for north-south and east-west...
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US to run Venezuela, Trump says after Maduro captured
Venezuela’s toppled leader Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention center on Sunday awaiting drug charges after President Donald Trump ordered an audacious raid to capture him, saying the U.S. would take control of the oilproducing nation. The...
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US strikes Venezuela, captures prez Maduro
US President Donald Trump said the US captured President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela after a series of airstrikes, an extraordinary escalation in his months-long campaign against the country. US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the...
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Bad, good neighbours: EAM explains rules of engagement
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said India has every right to defend its people when it comes to “bad neighbours” and asserted that a neighbouring country cannot ask New Delhi to share water if it continues to spread terrorism in the...
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Modito‘soon’flagofffirst sleepervandebharat:min
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon flag off India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train between Kolkata and Guwahati, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said here on Thursday. Addressing a press conference, Vaishnaw said the fares of the Vande Bharat...
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Indore: Three die of polluted water
BHOPAL: An official was sacked, and two others suspended in connection with water contamination in Indore’s Bhagirathpura, even as the authorities on Wednesday confirmed three deaths, and said the cause of five more fatalities in the area was yet to be...
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Bangladesh’s first female PM Khaleda Zia dies as polls loom
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, whose archrivalry with another former premier defined the country’s politics for a generation, has died, her Bangladesh Nationalist Party said in a statement Tuesday. She was 80. Zia was the first woman...
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B’desh ups its rhetoric, Indian agencies rebut
Bangladesh police on Sunday said the alleged killers of popular student leader Sharif Osman Hadi had fled to India with senior Indian security officials rejecting the claims as false and fabricated narratives. Hadi, a vocal India critic who took part...
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Speaking Bengali can’t be a crime, says Mamata
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday condemned what she called “the brutal oppression and persecution” of Bengalispeaking people in Bjp-ruled states. “We stand by those oppressed, terrified, and tortured migrant Bengali-speaking...
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Attacks in B’desh matter of grave concern: India
NEW DELHI: India on Friday condemned the killing of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh, describing the incident as a “matter of great concern.” In a weekly media briefing, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) linked its concerns to the wider issue of...
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Bangladesh Pm-hopeful Rahman back after 17 yrs
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman returned home to a rousing welcome on Thursday after over 17 years in self-exile, a move that is expected to energise his party workers ahead of the February 12 parliamentary...
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Thackeray cousins unite for Mumbai civic polls
Coming together politically for the first time in nearly two decades, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Wednesday announced an alliance for the January 15 civic polls in Maharashtra,...
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B’desh summons Indian envoy amid Delhi protests
Bangladesh on Tuesday summoned Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma to protest against “regrettable incidents” outside the Bangladeshi mission in New Delhi and the vandalisation of a visa centre in Siliguri, shortly before security personnel prevented...
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Farmers key to reaching Viksit Bharat, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the previous Congress governments at Centre of ignoring the needs of farmers for decades and said that despite farmer-friendly policies in the past 11 years by his government, more work is needed to...
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Pollution crackdown tops Delhi agenda
The Delhi government on Saturday threatened severe action against those violating curbs under the Stage-4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) to curb pollution, as Delhi once again was in the grip of “severe” air quality. The air quality index...
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Violent protests, arson sweep through B’desh
DHAKA/NEW DELHI: Fresh violence erupted through parts of Bangladesh on Friday after widespread arson across the nation’s capital on Thursday night with protests near the Indian high commission in Dhaka and the assistant high commissions in Chittagong,...
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G RAM G Bill passes LS test amid oppn protest
Amid sustained protests by the Opposition, the Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, or the VB-G RAM G Bill, which seeks to replace the Upa-era Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment...
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Delhi imposes curbs on outstation cars, offices
The Delhi government rolled out strict measures on Wednesday in an attempt to curb pollution, including a ban on vehicles not compliant with latest emission control norms and regulating attendance in private and government offices. The air quality...
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Centre set to introduce bill to revamp rural job scheme
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government will replace the country’s flagship job scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MGNREGA) with Viksit Bharat—guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)...
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Pollution chokes Capital as AQI goes beyond 460
A thick blanket of smog choked Delhi on Sunday, keeping air quality in the ‘severe plus’ category a day after authorities imposed stage 4 curbs under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), with the capital’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI)...
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BJP makes mark in Kerala’s Left citadel
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The lotus bloomed in the state capital as the Bjp-led NDA achieved a resounding win in the polls for the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, snatching it from the CPI(M)-LED LDF and marking an end to 45 years of continuous Left rule in...
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Rahul seeks House debate on bad air, govt says it’s ready
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said major cities across the country were living under a blanket of poisonous air, and sought a discussion on the issue of air pollution in Lok Sabha. Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said he...
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Goa nightclub owners detained in Thailand
Gaurav and Saurav Luthra, co-owners of the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub where a Saturday blaze claimed 25 lives, have been detained by the authorities in Thailand, and efforts are underway for their return to face legal action, officials said here...
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