The Hindu (Madurai)
Pahalgam attack: NIA les charges against LeT chief
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday led charges against Haz Saeed, chief and founder of the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its proxy The Resistance Front (TRF), in the Pahalgam terror attack...
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Govt. issues notice to Meta on ‘child sexual abuse’ ads
The 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 conict through eective assessment and strategic, timely decision-making while e ciently 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 would 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 and...
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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%
Growth 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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Renowned screenplay maestro, everyday hero takes his last bow
Renowned Tamil actor, director, writer, and screenwriter K. Bhagyaraj, whose mastery over screenplay was widely acknowledged and who created a storytelling formula that has in¡uenced generations of lmmakers, died on Saturday. He was 73. Sources said...
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Ayodhya fund case: all eight accused in 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 as earthquakes hit Venezuela
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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Passport is not proof of citizenship: Official
The Indian passport is a “travel document” and not a “citizenship document”, a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday. The purpose of the Indian passport is to help Indians transit and travel through foreign ports...
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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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Delhi 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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T.N. govt. may look for new airport site instead of Parandur
The Tamil Nadu government will explore, with officials and experts, the possibility of finding an alternative site for the proposed greenfield airport near Chennai, Minister for Energy Resources and Law R. Nirmalkumar said on Thursday. He said the...
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Modi meets Trump, raises safety of Indian seafarers
Prime 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 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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Modi, Macron bilateral talk stresses 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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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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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 Bhupender 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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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 blaze
At 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 hotel 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. It also set up a onemember committee to inquire into the...
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Industrial output slows to 4.9% in new data series
India’s industrial output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 4.9% in April 2026 under the revised series with 202223 as the base year released on Monday. The growth rate was slower than 5.8% recorded in April last year with...
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Vulnerabilities in marking platform ‘contained’: 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 (CBSE) on Sunday said the identified vulnerabilities “have been contained and...
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Shivakumar will take oath as Karnataka 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 left students, families traumatised: 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 Siddaramaiah resigns
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, says it is 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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Opposition criticises CM Vijay over a spate of crimes across T.N.
Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, and other Opposition leaders criticised Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay over a spate of crimes across Tamil Nadu in the past 15 days. In a social media post,...
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Rubio, Jaishankar stress need for ‘unimpeded’ maritime 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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Petrol and diesel prices hiked third time in 8 days
Prices of petrol and diesel were raised for the third time in eight days on Saturday, this time by an average of 90 paise per litre across all variants. The price of compressed natural gas (CNG) in several parts of North India also rose for the third...
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Maharashtra is India’s growth engine: Shinde
Maharashtra is the country’s growth engine, and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region is on track to be a $1.5trillion economy, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said, speaking at The Hindu Maharashtra Infrastructure Conclave on Friday. He said the...
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Coalition era begins as two Cong. MLAs join expanded 33member Cabinet in T.N.
Tamil Nadu got its first coalition government on Thursday with the induction of two Congress nominees in Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s Cabinet, along with 21 Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLAs, taking the strength of the Council of Ministers to...
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SC says nothing wrong in caste count, rejects plea against move
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there was nothing wrong in the government of the day ascertaining caste as part of the ongoing nationwide Census exercise. “Any government of the day must know how many people are backward and how many need welfare....
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Delhi Police suggest larger SC Bench to review UAPA bail curbs
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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T.N. tourist killed as elephants clash at Kodagu camp
A tourist from Tamil Nadu died after being caught in a clash between two captive elephants at the Dubare Elephant Camp near Kushalnagar in Kodagu district on Monday. The incident prompted the Karnataka government to start a safety review at the...
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Didn’t try to broker DMKAIADMK deal; not envious of Vijay’s success, says Rajinikanth
Actor Rajinikanth on Sunday dismissed speculation that he tried to broker a deal between the DMK and the AIADMK, and said he did not envy Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s success. Addressing journalists at his Poes Garden residence, Mr. Rajinikanth...
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Manipur protest 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, 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 state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) stem some of their losses caused by global price and...
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Uneasy truce in Beijing as Trump and Xi discuss trade, Taiwan
The United States and China appeared to come to an uneasy truce — at least for now — on trade, Taiwan, and the future of an increasingly contested relationship, as their leaders met for talks in Beijing on Thursday. Chinese President Xi Jinping told...
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Vijay wins floor test with 144 votes; AIADMK divided
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay comfortably won the trust vote in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Wednesday with the support of the Congress, CPI, CPI(M), VCK, and the IUML, as well as that of 25 rebel AIADMK MLAs and the lone AMMK MLA. The...
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NEET-UG 2026 cancelled after question 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.
amilaga 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 in T.N. over govt. formation
Uncertainty prevailed over government formation in Tamil Nadu on Friday night as the VCK remained undecided on backing actor C. Joseph Vijay’s TVK, though the CPI and the CPI (M) offered “unconditional support” to the party. IUML leader Khader Moideen...
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DMK explores backing rival AIADMK in hung T.N. House
he post-election political climate in Tamil Nadu turned upside down on Thursday after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leadership began toying with the idea of extending outside support to its arch-rival, 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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Change and churn in T.N., Kerala, Bengal
Tamil cinema’s top actor C. Joseph Vijay’s fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Monday made a stunning electoral debut, emerging as the single largest party with 107 seats in the 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly election. In doing so, it disrupted a...
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Parties brace for verdict; EC promises 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 rejects Trinamool claim of bias by Central govt. 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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Commercial LPG, 5-kg cylinders to cost more
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 safeguard its nuclear capabilities
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
here 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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Growth in industrial output at 5-month low of 4.1% in March
Growth in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) slowed to a fivemonth low of 4.1% in March 2026, the first month of data after the West Asia crisis began, pulled down by a nearhalving in construction sector growth rates and low growth in...
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India, New Zealand sign ‘historic’ free 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 Goyal...
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Trump safe after shooting in Washington; man held
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 three 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. violated truce, says Iran as uncertainty clouds talks
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 undecided on 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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