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Centre opens power bids to four China-linked rms
In a sign of a continuing thaw in India’s stance on Chinese investments, the government has issued an order allowing four companies with Chinese ownership or links to bid for projects tendered by the Indian government in the power sector. The order,...
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Free Indo-Paci c priority for India, Japan: PM
A“free and rulesbased Indo-Paci c” is a common priority for India and Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday while welcoming his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi. Mr. Modi said India and Japan would jointly develop technologies that...
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GST revenues up 14% in June amid dependence on imports
The government’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue grew 13.9% to ₹1.95 lakh crore in June compared with the corresponding period in 2025, the highest year-on-year growth rate in 13 months. However, the bulk of this growth came from imports, with the...
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Monsoon de cit hits 40%; July outlook bleak
Rainfall in July – the most important of the monsoon months — will be “below normal” or less than 94% of what is usual for the month, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director-General, India Meteorological Department (IMD), said on Tuesday. India’s current...
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Radio-tagged white-rumped vulture electrocuted
A captive-bred, radiotagged white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) that was released earlier this year at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu was electrocuted on Sunday. The bird came into contact with a power line and was...
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Indian Ocean a shared responsibility: Modi
India envisioned an Indian Ocean where maritime security was ensured alongside economic prosperity and where partnership was de ned not by size, but by mutual respect and trust, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday during his visit to the...
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Ram Temple Trust general secretary resigns
Amid the uproar over the Ram Temple donation embezzlement case, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Saturday announced that its general secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra had submitted their resignations. “At its next meeting,...
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All eight accused in Ram Temple fund case sent to judicial custody
The eight people named as the accused in a rst information report (FIR) regarding the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya have been arrested and sent to judicial custody until Monday. “The eight accused will be...
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188 dead, 1,500 injured in Venezuela earthquakes
Apair of powerful earthquakes that rocked Venezuela have killed at least 188 people and left more than 1,500 hurt, officials said on Thursday as residents searched for loved ones trapped under rubble after many buildings were flattened within...
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Five killed as warehouse collapses in Kolkata
Five workers were killed and several injured as a warehouse under construction collapsed in the Taratala area of Kolkata, West Bengal, on Wednesday. At least 18 workers are feared to be trapped under the debris. The accident occurred shortly after...
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Centre tightens norms for foreign donations
Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) wanting to access foreign funds must now stick to a list of activities specified by the Centre, according to the latest amendment to the Rules of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010, notified on...
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15 die in U.P. building fire, victims mostly students
At least 15 people, mostly students, were killed and five injured in a fire that engulfed a threestorey commercial building housing a graphics animation coaching centre, a library, and a pet shop, in the Aliganj area of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on...
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Ammonia leak kills two at T.N. seafood unit
Two migrant workers from Odisha were killed and more than 60 hospitalised after an ammonia gas leak at a shrimp processing unit in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday. Of those in hospital, 23 have been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. The...
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Iran ‘closes’ Hormuz amid attacks on Lebanon
Iran’s military on Saturday said it had once again closed the Strait of Hormuz, citing “violations” of the first clause of a recently signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the U.S., as Israeli strikes on Lebanon continued. “In light of the...
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HC upholds curbs on Telegram amid NEET row
The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the Centre’s temporary ban on messaging platform Telegram, noting that the government’s action was proportionate and justified in view of the alleged use of the platform by organised cheating networks linked to the...
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Ukrainian drones set key Moscow refinery ablaze; flight services hit
Ukraine struck a major Moscow oil refinery on Thursday for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting flights at its airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia’s invasion over four years...
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Modi meets Trump, raises safety of Indian sailors
rime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raised the issue, in broad terms, of the safety of seafarers with U.S. President Trump during their bilateral meeting in Evian, France, on the fringes of the G7 Summit. “Mr. President, you are aware across the...
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India’s rainfall deficit 35% as monsoon stalls
Over a week past the monsoon’s normal arrival date, the rain clouds have yet to reach Mumbai, driving India’s nationwide monsoon deficit to 35% as of Tuesday. The shortfall in rainfall is concentrated in the regions the monsoon has failed to cover —...
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U.S., Iran reach deal to end war, re-open Strait
The U.S. and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to end the war, lift blockades in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, and launch substantive negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear programme and the Western sanctions, the two countries announced...
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Modi, Macron talks stress economic security
India and France adopted an ‘Innovation Roadmap 2030’ and established a Dialogue on Economic Security during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron held in Nice on Sunday. A press release from the...
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Will sign deal to open Hormuz today: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said a deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday, reopening the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping, and that the U.S. would “go and get” Iran’s highly enriched uranium at a later stage, even as Tehran said...
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Attacks on ships ‘unacceptable’, says India
While condemning the U.S. attacks on three ships with Indian crew that killed three Indian seafarers, Esmaeil Baqaei, a spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, on Friday, described them as “attacks on Indian commercial vessels.” Publicly...
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Trump pauses Iran strikes, says deal likely
After two days of titfortat strikes with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would pause further attacks, just hours after threatening to hit the country “very hard” and seize Kharg Island and its energy infrastructure. He claimed...
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CID searches Mamata’s Kolkata premises
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police on Tuesday searched the residence of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata in connection with the alleged forgery of the signatures of two Trinamool Congress MLAs. The CID...
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20 Trinamool MPs rebel, set to back NDA
The rebellion in the Trinamool Congress reached the national capital on Monday as several of its MPs held a meeting at the residence of Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal observer Bhupender Yadav. There are 29 MPs of the...
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Not seeking mediation on border: Nepal FM
Kathmandu is focused on establishing Nepal’s claim on the KalapaniLipulekhLimpiyadhura trijunction and is not “asking for mediation” by third parties, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said here on Sunday. At a press conference at the Embassy...
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Telangana Chief Minister calls for federal balance to safeguard citizens
India’s federal balance and governance outcomes would determine whether citizens, particularly in southern States, are treated as equal stakeholders or reduced to “secondgrade citizens”, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Saturday. In...
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GDP growth estimated at 7.7% in 2025-26: govt.
The growth in India’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been estimated at 7.7% in 202526, according to data released by the government on Friday, compared with 7.1% in the previous financial year of 202425. GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 202526...
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5 killed, several injured in Bihar hospital fire
t least five patients died in a fire which broke out at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital in Muzaffarpur, north Bihar, in the early hours of Thursday. Several injured have been admitted in nearby hospitals and are said to be in a...
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21 dead in Delhi fire; foreigners among victims
Twentyone people, foreign nationals among them, died in a blaze that ripped through a hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar on Wednesday morning, officials said. At least 47 persons were pulled out from the fire and taken to nearby hospitals for...
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CBSE officials transferred, panel to probe OSM tender
With the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) facing flak for its controversial new onscreen marking (OSM) system, the Centre on Tuesday replaced the Board’s Chairman and Secretary and set up a onemember committee to inquire into its...
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Industrial output slows in new data series
India’s industrial output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production, grew 4.9% in April 2026 under the revised series with 202223 as base year released on Monday. The growth rate was slower than 5.8% recorded in the same period last year with...
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Marking system vulnerabilities fixed: CBSE
After public posts by ethical hackers exposed vulnerabilities in the OnScreen Marking platform OnMark for Class 12 answer sheets, the Central Board of Secondary Education on Sunday said the identified vulnerabilities “have been contained and other...
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Shivakumar to take oath as CM on June 3
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D.K. Shivakumar will take oath as the Chief Minister at the Lok Bhavan on Wednesday after being unanimously elected the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Saturday. Governor Thaawarchand...
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NEET leak traumatised students, kin: SC
Students and entire families have been traumatised by the National EligibilitycumEntrance TestUndergraduate (NEETUG) paper leak case, the Supreme Court said on Friday. The court observed that years of hard work and emotional investment had gone...
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Power shift in Karnataka as CM steps down
Twotime Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tendered his resignation on Thursday, paving the way for transition of power to his deputy D.K. Shivakumar. The formation of the next government is likely to be discussed in Delhi on Friday. After...
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SC upholds SIR as EC’s constitutional duty
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as an exercise done by the Election Commission (EC) in furtherance of its constitutional obligation to conduct free and fair elections. “SIR bears a direct...
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India, U.S. draw up deal on rare earth elements
On the sidelines of the 11th Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM), India and the United States on Tuesday firmed up an important framework for cooperation in ensuring steady supplies of critical minerals, in a move that follows growing concerns over...
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SC blames NTA for leak of 2026 NEET paper
The Supreme Court on Monday squarely blamed the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the National EligibilitycumEntrance TestUndergraduate (NEETUG), 2026, paper leak, saying the exam body sadly had not learnt its lesson even two years after the previous...
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U.S. and India call for ‘unimpeded’ sea trade
The United States works with many countries at a “tactical” level, but those relations will not disturb the strategic partnership with India, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said here on Sunday. Addressing a joint press conference at the Hyderabad...
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Larger, poorer States set for higher funds under new rural employment scheme
Larger, poorer States are set to get higher funding under the Centre’s new rural jobs scheme, with draft rules for the Viksit BharatGuarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (VBG RAM G) proposing to use the 16th Finance Commission’s horizontal...
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SC refers UAPA bail curbs issue to larger Bench
The Supreme Court on Friday granted six months of interim bail to two accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case while referring to a larger Bench the question of whether prolonged incarceration and delay in trial can override the stringent bail curbs under...
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Ebola crisis: India-Africa summit postponed
The Ebola public health emergency in Africa cast its shadow on India’s diplomatic calendar on Thursday, with the Ministry of External Affairs and the African Union announcing the postponement of the IndiaAfrica Forum SummitIV that was scheduled to...
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India, Italy seal defence pact, elevate their bilateral ties to a ‘special strategic partnership’
India and Italy have been in continuous contact over the conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, reiterating his call for “dialogue and diplomacy” to resolve the festering wars. Delivering a press statement...
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Delhi Police ask SC to review UAPA bail terms
The Delhi Police on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the question of whether prolonged incarceration and delay of trial could override the statutory restrictions on bail under antiterror laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967,...
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SC has ‘reservations’ on its own bail decision
The Supreme Court on Monday voiced “serious reservations” about “various aspects” of its January judgment refusing bail to former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and coaccused Sharjeel Imam in the Delhi riots ‘larger conspiracy’ case, including the...
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Ordinance increases number of SC judges to 37
President Droupadi Murmu has promulgated an ordinance increasing the number of judges in the Supreme Court to 37 — excluding the Chief Justice of India. The May 16 Gazette notification says “Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfied...
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Manipur stir on; Kukis want President’s Rule back
Thousands of KukiZo people took to the streets in Churachandpur and Kangpokpi districts of Manipur on Saturday, demanding the unconditional release of Kuki hostages and justice for three church leaders killed in an ambush by extremists on May 13. In a...
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Petrol and diesel prices hiked by ₹3 per litre
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by ₹3 a litre across all variants on Friday, in the first major increase in more than four years. The move will help staterun oil marketing companies (OMCs) stem some of their losses caused by global price and...
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Efforts on to release Kuki, Naga people held hostage in Manipur: Ministers
A day after four persons were killed in separate incidents in Manipur, the State’s Home Minister, Govindas Konthoujam, said on Thursday that at least 38 people from the Kuki and Naga communities are being held hostage by different groups. While some...
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Centre doubles the import duty on gold, silver; move is criticised as retrograde
The Centre has doubled the effective tax paid on the import of gold and silver to a total of 18.4% from the previous 9.2%. The changes, which came into effect on Wednesday, were made through two separate notifications issued late on Tuesday...
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NEET-UG 2026 is cancelled after paper leak
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday cancelled the National EntrancecumEligibility TestUndergraduate (NEETUG) conducted on May 3 after evidence emerged that the paper was leaked. The NTA is expected to announce the schedule for the retest...
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India has sufficient stocks of fuel, commodities: govt.
India faces no shortage of petroleum products and commodities despite the escalating conflict in West Asia, the fifth meeting of the Informal Group of Ministers (IGoM), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at Kartavya Bhavan in New Delhi, was...
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Vijay sworn in as CM, promises transparent, clean governance
Ushering in a change in Tamil Nadu’s bipolar Dravidian political landscape that has been in existence since 1967, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and actor C. Joseph Vijay, 52, was sworn in as Chief Minister at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in...
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Vijay to take reins today; T.N. set for coalition govt.
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of a coalition government in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, putting an end to almost six decades of alternating rule by the State’s two dominant Dravidian parties —...
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Uncertainty continues over T.N. govt. formation
Uncertainty prevailed over government formation in Tamil Nadu on Friday night as the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) remained undecided on backing actor C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), though the Communist Party of India and the...
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DMK mulls backing AIADMK in T.N. Assembly
The postelection political climate in Tamil Nadu turned upside down on Thursday after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leadership began toying with the idea of extending outside support to its archrival, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam...
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T.N. Governor asks Vijay to give proof of majority
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is learnt to have asked Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay, who on Wednesday evening staked claim to form the next government, to produce letters demonstrating support of 118 MLAs,...
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Won’t resign as we did not lose, it is a forcible attempt to defeat us, says Mamata
A day after her party suffered a massive setback in the Assembly election in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday she would not resign as Chief Minister as “we did not lose the election”. “The question does not...
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NDA secures a record third term in Assam
BJPled National Democratic Alliance on Monday scripted a record victory in Assam, bagging 102 of the 126 Assembly seats to retain power for a third straight term. The BJP won 82 seats, which is 18 more than the majority mark of 64, while its regional...
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Parties set for verdict; EC vows transparency
The Election Commission on Sunday said it would uphold the “highest standards of transparency, security and efficiency” when votes polled in the elections to the Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry and the bypolls in...
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SC backs EC circular on counting staff
The Supreme Court on Saturday called it a “fallacy” nursed by the Trinamool Congress that West Bengal Government services’ employees owe allegiance to it and Central employees were loyal to or controlled by the party ruling the Centre. They are...
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Govt. hikes price of commercial LPG, 5-kg cylinders, bulk diesel
Oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Friday sharply hiked the price of commercial LPG by ₹993 per cylinder and that of 5kg free trade LPG by ₹261 per cylinder. Further, the price of bulk diesel was raised from ₹137 to ₹149 per litre. Whilst the OMCs did...
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Iran vows to protect its nuclear programme
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday that the country would “safeguard” its “nuclear and missile” capabilities and lay down new rules for managing the Strait of Hormuz, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said a blockade of...
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Heavy polling in Bengal Phase 2
There was a record turnout of 92.6% in the second and final phase of polling for the West Bengal Assembly election on Wednesday, amidst isolated incidents of unrest and violence. This is in tune with the record turnout in the first phase, where 93.19%...
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UAE announces exit from OPEC group weakening cartel’s bargaining power
The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it will leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) effective May 1, stripping the oil cartel of its thirdlargest producer and further weakening its leverage over global oil supplies and...
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India, New Zealand sign ‘historic’ trade deal
India and New Zealand on Monday signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that Prime Ministers of both the countries hailed as a “historic” step towards deepening trade, investment, and peopletopeople ties. The FTA, signed by Commerce Minister Piyush...
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Trump unhurt as gunman attacks press event
Aman armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday night, charging toward the ballroom in a chaotic encounter with Secret Service agents as...
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U.S. envoys not to travel to Pakistan, says Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had ordered his envoys not to travel to Pakistan to continue talks with Iranian officials on ending the war. “I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going to Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with...
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IsraelLebanon ceasefire extended by 3 weeks
Israel and Lebanon have extended their fragile ceasefire by three weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday after meeting representatives from both countries in Washington. “The Meeting went very well! The U.S. is going to work with...
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T.N., Bengal see massive turnout
Tamil Nadu made electoral history on Thursday as it recorded its highest polling percentage in an Assembly election — 85.15%. According to provisional figures, over 4.85 crore people voted from 7 a.m. in all the 234 Assembly constituencies to elect the...
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Iran seizes two ships hours after Trump extends truce
Iran has seized two vessels, one of them claimed to be affiliated with Israel, in the Strait of Hormuz, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was extending the ceasefire with...
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U.S-Iran talks in doubt; truce expiring today
With the twoweek truce in the U.S.Israel war on Iran due to expire on Wednesday, Iran said on Tuesday the U.S. blockade of its ports and the seizure of a tanker in the Gulf of Oman amounted to violation of ceasefire. Iran added that it has yet to...
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Iran yet to decide on fresh round of talks; Trump to keep blockade
Tehran said on Monday it had yet to decide on joining a new round of peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, citing “bad faith” and “historical mistrust”, while U.S. President Donald Trump said the naval blockade imposed on Iran would remain in...
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23 people killed in explosion at a firecracker factory near Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu
In one of the deadliest accidents at a fireworks factory in Tamil Nadu in recent times, 23 workers were killed and eight injured in an explosion at Vanaja Fireworks Unit at Kattanarpatti near Virudhunagar on Sunday. A second explosion at the unit...
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