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Three newborns killed in Maharashtra hospital re
Three newborns were killed and 36 were rescued after a re broke out at the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the District Women’s Hospital in Amravati, Maharashtra, in the early hours of Monday. The police said the blaze started after a ventilator...
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U.S. MoU best way out of war, says Iran President
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday defended a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States as the best way out of a stalled war while also acknowledging that his country’s citizens face “many problems”. The MoU signed in midJune...
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Cong. alleges bulk voter purge bid in Uttarakhand
Congress leaders in Uttarakhand have alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is accepting and processing unveried bulk applications to delete voters’ names during the claims and objections period of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of...
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CJP team attacked over attempt to inspect school
Ateam of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists was allegedly assaulted and chased out of Rampura-Kanwarpura village near Jaipur on Friday, when it attempted to inspect a government school as part of the organisation’s ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign. The...
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1978 ‘industry’ de nition void under new code: SC
In a verdict in which judges varyingly differed on issues, a nine-member Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday held that a nearly halfcentury-old expansive interpretation of ‘industry’, which previously granted workers stronger labour rights and...
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Ready to drop FIRs against student protesters, says SC
he Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to use an exceptional power under Article 142 of the Constitution to quash rst information reports (FIRs) registered against students who joined the nationwide protests against NEET-UG paper leaks that led to the...
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Stampede at Bihar temple kills seven
At least seven devotees, all of them women, were killed and over a dozen injured in a stampede at the Ashok Dham temple in Lakhisarai district of Bihar on Monday. “The incident happened at 6.40 a.m. due to a heavy rush of devotees. A barricade broke...
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PM takes note of Gen Z anxieties, warns against ‘intellectual Naxals’
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on the 80th Independence Day of India, just days after massive youth protests rocked the capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed a seven-point economic reform plan and an outreach to Gen Z...
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India helps China evade tari s, claims U.S. report
India is once again in U.S. crosshairs, this time for allegedly allowing China to evade U.S. taris by routing its exports through the country. The latest allegations are part of a new White House report called ‘The Great Transhipment Scam’. In...
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Jharkhand Police lodge FIRs against over 500 protesters
As the students’ protest over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations entered its 20th day on Thursday, the State police registered rst information reports (FIRs) against more than 500 unnamed protesters who participated in a...
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31-member parliamentary panel to review FCRA Bill
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday adopted a motion referring the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), amid a huge uproar by the Opposition which demanded that the Bill be withdrawn completely as it...
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Amid backlash, Centre set to refer FCRA Bill to JPC
aced with demands to scrap the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, from dierent corners of the country on Tuesday — from a unanimous resolution passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly to mass protests in the streets of Mizoram’s capital...
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Protesters march to Jharkhand Assembly; 5 injured in clashes
Thousands of students and job aspirants from across Jharkhand marched towards the State Assembly in Ranchi on Monday, breaking through barbed barricades and reaching the Assembly gates as their indenite strike over alleged irregularities in government...
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Netanyahu rejects Trump’s 15-point proposal for Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a U.S.-led Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas, putting distance between himself and U.S. President Donald Trump as he tries to shore up his base ahead of coming elections. After more than a week of...
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Over 1.5 cr. names o poll rolls in latest phase of SIR
More than 1.5 crore names have been deleted so far from the existing voter lists in the ongoing third phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted by the Election Commission. Of the 16 States and three Union Territories...
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Varayattumudy emerging as a thriving Nilgiri tahr habitat
While Eravikulam National Park (ENP) in Munnar is widely known as the natural habitat of the endangered Nilgiri tahr, the grasslands of Varayattumudy under the Adimaly forest range have now emerged as another crucial sanctuary for the...
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Rijiju meets Rahul in bid to end Parliament logjam
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday in an eort to break the deadlock in Parliament, with the two sides discussing the proposed delimitation Bill and the Foreign...
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Udhayanidhi Stalin held for ‘misogynist’ remarks
Tamil Nadu’s Leader of the Opposition and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday morning arrested by police following a complaint led by a functionary of the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) who...
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Prashant Kishor breaches BJP’s fortress in Bankipur
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor scripted a major political upset in Bihar by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the Bankipur Assembly byelection, a constituency represented for ve consecutive terms by the BJP’s national...
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Cauvery situation slightly better, says Karnataka CM
Stating that the water situation in the Cauvery is “slightly better” in view of the rain, Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Sunday reiterated his appeal to the Kannada organisations to withdraw their State-wide bandh plan for August...
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Eight killed as extremely heavy rain lashes Kerala
Eight people died in rain-related incidents in Kerala as a spell of intense rain battered the State from Friday night into Saturday, triggering landslips, ashoods, and widespread destruction, particularly in hilly regions. This comes barely a month...
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Trump touts Gaza deal, Hamas seeks Israeli exit
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday announced that the Board of Peace, an organisation Washington established to oversee a Gaza ceasere, has reached a “historic agreement” for the disarmament of Hamas and other militant organisations in the...
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Pellet guns part of graded police response, says SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the use of pellet guns by the police in “exceptional circumstances” was part of a graded approach to break civilian protests. The court, however, did not expand on which “exceptional circumstances” justied the use...
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Prior environmental nod must for infra projects: SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed, with prospective eect, a 2021 Oce Memorandum (OM) granting ex post facto environmental clearances to infrastructure projects, holding that the Union government cannot substantially alter protective...
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Release all minors held over student protests: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it would consider constituting a high-powered investigation team to conduct a “thorough, fair, and independent” inquiry into allegations of police excesses during the recent student protests in Delhi and...
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CJP warns of fresh protests over govt.’s ‘promise breach’
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday warned of fresh protests, accusing the Centre of violating its assurance that no punitive action would be taken against protesters. “We are observing a complete breach of the agreement regarding no police...
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Nilekani to lead high-powered task force on exam reforms: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the constitution of a highpowered task force, to be headed by former UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani, to recommend steps to make the country’s examination system leak-proof and technology-driven. The...
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Dharmendra Pradhan quits; CJP calls o
As the student protests over paper leaks spread across dierent States and snowballed into a major political crisis for the Narendra Modi government, Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as the Education Minister on Saturday, prompting the Cockroach Janta Party...
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SC agrees to hear pleas alleging police excesses at CJP’s march
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Monday two freshly instituted petitions alleging police excesses during the July 20 crackdown on student protesters in the national capital. The development came hours after Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya...
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Delhi protesters reject Centre’s outreach e orts
The Centre on Thursday made renewed eorts to reach out to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which has remained steadfast in demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET question paper leak. Union Minister...
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Delhi HC seeks govt. response on police actions during CJP march
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Delhi Police to respond to a batch of public interest litigation (PIL) petitions alleging that the police used excessive force against students and other protesters during the Parliament march...
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Congress leaders detained after dharna at PM’s house
The principal Opposition party, the Congress, on Tuesday took the leadership of the anti-government agitation protesting the spate of paper leaks and seeking education reform, with the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, leading a...
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Several hurt in crackdown on CJP Parliament march
Several people were injured here on Monday when the police cracked down on a Parliament march called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan even as the government reached out to the...
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Cup of nostalgia: Lit for Life Unplugged The Hindu takes a stroll down the lanes of history in Kolkata
“That side,” said Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardee Usha Uthup, pointing towards the right corner of Trincas, a restaurant in Kolkata’s Park Street, “is where Sharmila Tagore and the Nawab of Pataudi would sit.” Then she swept her hand across the...
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Police move Wangchuk to hospital on Day 21 of fast
Activist Sonam Wangchuk was whisked away by police from the Jantar Mantar protest site on Saturday morning, in a setback for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest demanding resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Mr....
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SC opposes use of SIR data for non-poll tasks
The Supreme Court stated on Friday that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is only linked to elections as a petition said the West Bengal government is using SIR data to delete names from schemes ensuring food security, women’s welfare and Backward...
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Wangchuk weak, Delhi HC orders regular monitoring
With activist Sonam Wangchuk’s health condition worsening on the 19th day of his indenite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, the Delhi High Court ordered the Union and Delhi governments to ensure regular monitoring of his health. Doctors warned on...
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Iran threatens regional oil blockade over U.S. actions
eturning to war nearly a month after signing a memorandum of understanding towards peace in West Asia, the U.S. and Iran on Wednesday launched strikes on targets across the regions. While the U.S. Central Command said it launched “a wave of strikes......
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BJP councillor retakes oath inside prison
Bharatiya Janata Party councillor of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation R. Sugathan, who is under preventive detention under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA), retook his oath of oce inside the Viyyur Central Prison in...
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SC stays Madras HC order banning cow slaughter
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a May 27 order of the Madras High Court that directed the Tamil Nadu government to enforce a State-wide prohibition on the slaughter of cows and calves. A Bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was...
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Tehran targets Bahrain, others after U.S. hits Iran
The U.S. attacked Iran early on Sunday over an Iranian strike on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that left one Indian sailor missing. Iran responded with attacks on several countries in West Asia, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and...
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Nightingale of south India, S. Janaki, falls silent forever
The legendary playback singer S. Janaki, whose extraordinary voice dominated South Indian cinema for decades and whose songs continue to resonate across generations, died in Mysuru, Karnataka, on Saturday. She was 88. Equally at ease with classical...
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Caught in ‘ghost nets’, marine mammals gasping for life along Indian coast
Around noon on July 4, local residents found an Indian Ocean humpback dolphin plumbea) and (Sousa an Indo-Pacic nless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) dead at separate locations on the Kozhikode beach. Alerted by the public, ocials recovered...
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India, Australia move to deepen cooperation in the Indo-Paci c
India and Australia on Thursday adopted a Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation, committing to signicantly deepen military engagement, strengthen defence industrial collaboration, and expand maritime security cooperation amid growing...
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Trump declares end to truce but says he will let talks go on
The ceasere between the United States and Iran is “over”, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, while leaving the door open for more talks, after the two sides exchanged re amid a dispute over the status of the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran said...
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3 dead, several missing in Wayanad debris slip
At least three people were killed and several reported missing when a massive heap of excavated mud swamped the portal of an under-construction tunnel road in Wayanad district in Kerala on Tuesday. Emergency responders have rescued nine people from the...
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Panel to submit report on high-speed rail to govt. in a week
An expert committee constituted to examine the report on the proposed highspeed rail project from Thiruvananthapuram to Kannur, prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), is expected to submit its report to Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan...
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Govt. issues notice to Meta over ‘child abuse’ content
he Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has directed Meta, the parent body of several social media platforms, to disable advertisements and content promoting and facilitating access to child sexual exploitative and abuse material (CSEAM)...
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India navigated West Asia crisis e ciently, says Modi
India successfully weathered the challenges triggered by the West Asia con ict through eective assessment and strategic, timely decision-making while eciently using its domestic resources and strong diplomatic ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said...
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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 a priority for India and Japan: Modi
A“free and rulesbased Indo-Pacic” 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 will jointly develop technologies that...
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Commercial LPG prices reduced by ₹183 per re ll
In an indication of an improvement in the supply of liqueed petroleum gas (LPG ) with the four-month West Asia conict at a probable end, public sector oil-marketing companies (OMCs) on Wednesday cut the prices of commercial LPG cylinders by ₹183.5...
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Below normal rain in July, current de cit 40%: IMD
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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Industrial output growth hits 5-month high of 5.1%
rowth in industrial activity quickened to a ve-month high of 5.1% in May, buoyed by stronger performances by the manufacturing, electricity, capital goods, and consumer goods sectors, the latest government data show. While releasing the data, the...
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Shared responsibility must for Indian Ocean, says Modi
India envisioned an Indian Ocean where maritime security was ensured alongside economic prosperity and where partnership was dened 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 chief and member step down
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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Ayodhya fund case: all eight accused in judicial custody
he 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 FIR was registered on...
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High drama outside Thiruvananthapuram Mayor’s office as LDF, BJP councillors clash
The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation premises witnessed high drama on Thursday as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) intensified its protest demanding the resignation of the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor in connection with the oathtaking controversy, with a...
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Tax rates on lowalcohol beverages will be decided by UDF: Satheesan
Amid mounting protest over the Revised Budget proposal to lower the tax on lowalcohol beverages, Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Wednesday indicated that the final decision on the matter will be taken by the United Democratic Front (UDF). During his...
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Centre tightens norms for foreign contributions
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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Opportunity to ‘turn over a new leaf ’ with Iran, says Vance as two sides gather for talks in Switzerland
U.S. VicePresident J.D. Vance said on Sunday that there was an opportunity to “turn over a new leaf” with Iran as the two sides launched talks aimed at building out the interim deal to end the war in Iran reached by the two sides last week. Mr. Vance...
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Iran ‘closes’ Hormuz amid Israeli 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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Satheesan banks on private investment for a ‘new-age Kerala’
The Congressled United Democratic Front (UDF) government’s ‘dream projects’ for transforming Kerala into a cohesive port city and an aviation hub, a Land Reforms 2.0 initiative for harnessing land for development, and a Kerala Knowledge Valley...
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Telegram evolved into ‘new dark web’, govt. tells Delhi HC
The Union government on Thursday submitted before the Delhi High Court that the messaging platform Telegram has evolved into the “new dark web”, arguing that its architecture and privacy features have made it a preferred tool for cybercriminals, fraud...
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Modi meets Trump, raises safety of Indian seafarers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raised the issue of seafarers’ safety with U.S. President Donald Trump and called for provisions for their protection in Washington’s proposed peace deal with Iran, even as the two leaders vowed to take steps...
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India’s rainfall deficit at 35% as monsoon progress 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. and Iran reach agreement to end war, re-open Hormuz 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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India, France elevate ties after Modi-Macron talks
India and France on Sunday decided to elevate ties to a special global strategic partnership after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in the city of Nice. “Considering the longstanding friendship...
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An-32 cargo plane crash kills 5 IAF men in Assam
Five Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel were killed after an An32 cargo aircraft met with an accident while landing at the Jorhat airbase in eastern Assam on Saturday. The deceased were Squadron Leader Prashant Singh, Flight Lieutenant Shubham Kumar,...
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Attacks on ships ‘unacceptable’, says India; Trump blames Iran
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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BJP’s RS candidates in M.P. elected unopposed; EC yet to decide on Congress plea
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates Tarun Chug, Rajneesh Agrawal, and Mahesh Kewat were on Thursday declared elected unopposed to the three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh, even as the Congress challenged in the Supreme Court the rejection of...
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Will continue ‘very hard attacks’, says Trump as U.S., Iran trade fire
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the U.S. would continue to “attack Iran very hard”, after a titfortat exchange in which Washington launched airstrikes following the downing of an American military helicopter over the Strait of...
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20 Trinamool MPs plan to form a separate bloc, support 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 Bhupendra Yadav. There are 29 MPs of the...
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Not seeking mediation on border dispute: 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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Russian oil imports, prices jump; U.S. share goes down
Russia’s share in the value of India’s oil imports jumped back up to an 11month high of nearly 38% in April 2026 as India continued to increase its dependence on it against the backdrop of the ongoing West Asia crisis. This increasing dependence was...
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