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PM launches ₹6,957crore Kaziranga corridor work
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cited the outcome of the Bihar Assembly election and the Mumbai civic polls to claim that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become the first choice of the people in the country. After laying the foundation...
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Highest annual spike saw 44,000 start-ups added in 2025, says PM
Nearly 44,000 startups registered with the government in 2025, the highest annual addition since Startup India was launched, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday at an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the scheme. Launched on January...
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Iran signals at executions, trials amid Trump’s threat
The head of Iran’s judiciary defied a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump and signalled on Wednesday that there would be swift trials and executions ahead for those detained in nationwide protests. The comments from Iran’s judiciary chief...
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Retail inflation at 3month high of 1.33% in December
Increased figure still below RBI’s lower comfort level of 2%; data show broadbased decline in price levels across sectors as reason for low figure; core inflation at 28month high of 4.8%, says expert India’s retail inflation quickened to a...
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Defying U.S. warning, Iran clamps down on protests
Protests sweeping across Iran neared the twoweek mark on Saturday, with the country’s government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown and as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world. With...
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Mamata, ED lock horns over search at consultancy firm
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of removing evidences from two locations during a raid against the political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) in Kolkata. The...
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EC says it has constitutional duty to bar foreigners from voter rolls
The Election Commission of India (EC) began its defence of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls before the Supreme Court on Tuesday by dismissing claims that it is conducting a “parallel” National Register of Citizens (NRC)...
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Maduro in U.S. court; interim leader offers to work with Trump
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived at a New York court on Monday, just days after being seized in Caracas in a U.S. military operation that paved the path for Washington’s plans to control the oilrich country. Mr. Maduro, 63, faces...
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Bangladesh says it will not travel to India for T20 World Cup over ‘security concerns’
With less than five weeks remaining for the Men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced that its team will “not travel to India” for the tournament, and has formally requested the...
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T.N. announces assured pension scheme for State govt. staff
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday announced the new Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme (TAPS) for State government employees. Under the new arrangement, State government employees will be provided with an assured pension equal to 50% of...
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Centre’s tobacco tax rejig to take effect from Feb. 1
The Union Finance Ministry on Thursday issued a series of notifications that will give effect to the new taxation regime for tobacco products from February 1. The Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025, passed in the recently concluded Winter Session of...
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Huge haul of explosives in Rajasthan; police suspect a terror conspiracy
The Rajasthan Police on Wednesday seized 150 kg of ammonium nitrate, used in industrial explosives, along with 200 cartridges and six bundles of safety fuse wire measuring about 1,100 metres from a car and arrested two persons in Tonk district. The...
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EC gives one more week for U.P. SIR in another extension
The Election Commission of India (EC) on Tuesday revised the schedule for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh yet again, extending it by a week. Now the draft list will be published on January 6, instead of...
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Shift trial in Anjel Chakma murder case out of Uttarakhand: Tripura tribal body to Dhami
The All India Chakma Students’ Union (AICSU) has urged Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to transfer the trial of the “racially motivated” murder case of tribal student Anjel Chakma out of Uttarakhand. Chakma, a 24yearold MBA student...
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Congress leaders speak in different voices on Digvijaya Singh’s ‘organisational weakness’ remark
Reactions continued from within the Congress on Sunday after senior leader Digvijaya Singh lauded the organisational power of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ahead of the Congress Working Committee meeting held on Saturday, with some supporting...
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10.56 lakh names cut on draft rolls in Assam
The names of 10.56 lakh voters have been deleted on the draft electoral rolls of Assam which were published on Saturday after a house-to-house verification of the voter lists during the special revision exercise conducted by the Election Commission in...
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BNP leader calls for ‘secure’ Bangladesh at homecoming
Bangladesh should be a “secure” home for all communities cutting across religious and regional differences, said the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman, on Thursday following his return home after nearly 18 years...
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Ahead of crucial civic polls, Thackeray cousins unite
After much anticipation and several rounds of discussions and public appearances together, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin Raj Thackeray on Wednesday formally announced an alliance between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the...
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Bangladesh protests rally outside its Delhi mission
Hundreds of supporters of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal gathered near the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday and demanded safety for the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh. Following this, the Ministry of Foreign...
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India, New Zealand end FTA talks, to boost trade
India and New Zealand on Monday concluded discussions on a free trade agreement (FTA) that will give India tarifffree access to the island nation’s markets, bring in $20 billion in investments over 15 years, and help double bilateral trade to $5...
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Keeping a close watch on Bangladesh events: India
ndia on Sunday described the killing of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh as a “horrendous act”, and expressed “strong concern” about the safety of minority communities in the neighbouring country. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal...
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U.S. wants India’s nuclear norms globally aligned
Two days after Parliament cleared the SHANTI Bill, which allows private participation in India’s nuclear sector and eases liability norms by capping operator liability for a nuclear incident to ₹3,000 crore, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed...
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Consider ‘ground realities’ in various States, SC tells EC
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (EC) to take a “sympathetic view” of representations to extend the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, taking into consideration the “ground realities”...
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LS passes nuclear energy Bill allowing privatisation
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025, despite demands by several Opposition parliamentarians for referring the legislation to a parliamentary...
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Sydney beach shooter was Indian citizen, say officials
Sajid Akram, one of the two Bondi Beach attackers who killed at least 16 people at a Jewish event in Australia on Sunday, was an Indian citizen from Hyderabad, government officials who ran a background check on the deceased told The Hindu. He last came...
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With new Bill, demand-led job scheme set to turn supply-driven
The Union government is set to introduce the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee For Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 in the Lok Sabha. The move will mark a shift from...
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Delhi chokes on toxic smog; air quality panel flags ‘recurring negligence’, high dust levels
The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) on Sunday pulled up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) over “evident gaps” and “recurring negligence” in the upkeep of roads in the city. It said flying squads inspected...
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Retail inflation moves up marginally to 0.7% in Nov.
Retail inflation in India quickened marginally to 0.7% in November 2025, up from the historic low of 0.25% in October 2025, with a continued contraction in food prices offsetting a marginal acceleration in fuel inflation. November’s inflation rate is...
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EC extends deadline for SIR in five States, one U.T.
The Election Commission has extended the schedule of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in five States and one Union Territory: Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and the Andaman and Nicobar...
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Illegal immigrants will be detected, deported: Shah
The National Democratic Alliance government will “detect, delete and deport” illegal immigrants from the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday, as the Lok Sabha witnessed a faceoff during a discussion on electoral reforms, leading...
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Citizenship under CAA only if claims verified: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said conferment of rights associated with Indian citizenship to people claiming to be religious minorities who fled persecution from Pakistan, Afghanisation, and Bangladesh and protected under the Citizenship (Amendment)...
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Dileep acquitted in 2017 actor assault case; six found guilty
A trial court in Kerala acquitted actor Dileep in the 2017 actor rape case on Monday, while convicting six others. The verdict was delivered in a packed hall in the Ernakulam District and Sessions Court. Those pronounced guilty on Monday are N.S....
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25 dead in fire in Goa nightclub; probe finds fireworks use; 4 held
massive fire erupted at a nightclub in north Goa just before midnight on Saturday, leaving 25 people dead and six injured. The initial police investigation found that the blaze was caused by a fire show with “electric firecrackers”, organised without...
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As crisis continues, govt. imposes cap on airfares
The Union government imposed caps on airfares, set a timeline for refunds, and announced special trains to help stranded passengers on Saturday, as IndiGo, the country’s largest domestic airline, began a slow return to normalcy. The airline has...
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India-Russia friendship remains steady like the pole star, says PM
Appreciating Russian President Vladimir Putin for taking the IndiaRussia relationship to “new heights” over the past quarter of a century, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out an expansive canvas of energy and trade collaborations between the two...
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SC tells States to replace distressed BLOs for SIR
The Supreme Court on Thursday put the onus entirely on State governments to substitute employees unable to bear the work pressure of a boothlevel officer (BLO), while refusing to let the reported distress of the workforce “hamper” a tightly wound...
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Haryana man fails to pay ₹1 cr. for fancy number; Minister orders income check
An egret in a waterbody covered in blooms of water lilies in Guwahati on Wednesday. Haryana Transport Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday directed officials to check the income and paying capacity of a man from Hisar who placed a staggering bid of ₹1.17...
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DoT order to ‘pre-install’ govt. app triggers storm
The Union government’s mandate on Monday for smartphone makers to preinstall the Sanchar Saathi app sparked backlash from the Opposition and from digital rights activists. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge wrote on X that...
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SC gives CBI free hand to stop ‘digital arrest’ scams
The Supreme Court on Monday tasked the Central Bureau of Investigation with cracking down on ‘digital arrest’ scammers and their associates, giving the agency a “free hand” to launch an anticorruption probe into bankers involved in the opening of mule...
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EC pushes SIR form deadline to Dec. 11 amid BLO distress
Amid widespread reports of boothlevel officers (BLO) facing severe stress, with some of them allegedly dying by suicide, the Election Commission on Sunday extended the schedule of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine...
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Ditwah-driven rain floods south T.N., damages crops
Torrential downpour triggered by Cyclone Ditwah battered several south coastal and delta districts of Tamil Nadu since Friday night, inundating residential pockets, damaging standing crops and submerging salt pans even as the system continued to inch...
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SC asks govt. to regulate user content on Internet
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to work on guidelines against usergenerated content to protect innocents from becoming victims of obscene, even perverse, “antinational” or personally damaging online...
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Will write to Centre seeking renaming of IIT Bombay as IIT Mumbai: Fadnavis amid row
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said his government will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of Education seeking the renaming of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay as IIT Mumbai. The announcement...
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Assam proposes jail term, heavy fines for polygamy
An antipolygamy Bill tabled by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the State Assembly on Tuesday prescribes imprisonment and heavy fines for people entering into, or hiding, a second marriage while the first continues to be valid. The Assam...
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Goa govt. does a U-turn on tiger presence in State
The answer to whether tigers “reside” in Goa, depends on who is asking the question. The Goa government earlier this year argued before a Supreme Court-appointed committee that there was “..no permanent presence of tigers” in the State. However, in a...
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Mind your ‘administrative’ language, says SC report
Halalkhor, cycle Sawar, Dhobi, Coolie, scavenger, Masalchi, Malan, Basta Bardhar, Chowkidar, and bundle lifter are among the job titles a Supreme Court report wants the judiciary to get rid of. The report from the court’s Centre for Research and...
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Delhi blast toll hits 13; Pulwama doctor likely sole car occupant
As the death toll in the Red Fort blast rose to 13 on Tuesday, a doctor from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as the likely sole occupant of the car which exploded in the national capital on Monday, senior government officials told The...
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High-intensity explosion in Capital kills at least 9
Ahighintensity explosion on a slowmoving vehicle outside the Red Fort in central Delhi left at least nine people dead and more than 20 injured on Monday, sparking a nationwide alert and a probe involving multiple agencies. The Delhi Police enhanced...
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Doctor, two held in Gujarat over a ‘terror conspiracy’
The Gujarat AntiTerrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a Hyderabadbased doctor and two of his accomplices near Gandhinagar on Sunday over an alleged plot involving chemical weapons and connections with a global terror network. The accused were allegedly...
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Centre rules out Kuki-Zo groups’ demand for U.T.
KukiZo insurgent groups in Manipur on Saturday said that they held talks with the Union Home Ministry this week, “focusing on the core demand for a Union Territory with a Legislative Assembly” for KukiZo areas, insisting that “coexistence” within the...
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Justify not using VVPATs in local body polls: HC to Maharashtra SEC
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) on a petition challenging its decision to conduct local body polls in the State without Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)...
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Left Unity sweeps JNUSU polls, wins all four posts
In a resounding victory for student Left politics, the Left Unity alliance swept all four central panel posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) elections on Thursday, with women candidates winning three of them. Unlike the...
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Rahul alleges ‘vote theft’ took place in Haryana with EC help
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made another major allegation of “vote theft”, saying 25 lakh fake voters were added to the electoral rolls of Haryana ahead of the Assembly election in the State in 2024, which the Bharatiya Janata Party...
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SIR 2.0 begins in 9 States, 3 U.T.s
The Election Commission on Tuesday launched the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine States and three Union Territories, covering around 51 crore voters, with boothlevel officers distributing enumeration...
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19 dead as gravel truck ploughs into govt. bus near Hyderabad
Nineteen passengers, including an infant, were killed and 14 injured when a gravelladen lorry rammed a State transport corporation bus at Chevella near Hyderabad on Monday morning, the police said. Around 7.10 a.m., the lorry driver, likely trying to...
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T.N. multi-party meet opts to move SC against SIR
Ameeting of various parties in Tamil Nadu, chaired by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin here on Sunday, decided to approach the Supreme Court against the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the State. The meeting...
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Nine devotees killed, 15 injured in Srikakulam temple stampede
Nine devotees — eight women and one child — were killed and 15 injured in a stampede at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Kasibugga in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday morning. Thousands thronged the temple, managed by a private...
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Investigating agencies cannot force lawyers to reveal client info, says SC
The Supreme Court in a judgment on Friday held that investigating agencies cannot summon lawyers and coerce them to disclose any professional communication made in condence with their clients. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India B.R....
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India gets 6-month waiver for Iran port
India has received a waiver on the United States’ sanctions against Iran’s Chabahar port for six months, the Ministry of External Aairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, announced on Thursday. Ocials said that the sanctions waiver had come into eect...
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U.S. is doing a trade deal with India, says Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Washington is “doing a trade deal with India”, and emphasised that he has “a great relationship” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as both sides continue negotiations on a proposed pact. “If you look at...
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Montha makes landfall as severe cyclone, rain batters parts of A.P.
The severe cyclonic storm Montha began its landfall near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Between 11.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m., the storm moved with a speed of 17 kmph. It was positioned...
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SIR 2.0 to begin in 12 States, U.T.s, cover 51 crore voters
he Election Commission on Monday kicked off the second phase of the special intensive revision of voter lists in 12 States and Union Territories, including in pollbound Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, and Puducherry. The revision will cover 51 crore...
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Won’t rest till justice is served in Maharashtra doctor death case, says CM; institutionalised murder: Rahul
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said he will not rest till justice is delivered in the case of a 28yearold woman doctor who died by suicide in Satara district. The statement came after Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha...
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Cong. seeks probe into LIC’s Adani investment
The Congress on Saturday demanded an inquiry by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament into what it described as a “disturbing misuse” of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) funds to benefit the Adani Group. The party alleged that...
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19 passengers burnt to death as sleeper bus catches fire in A.P.
Nineteen people, including two children, were burnt to death, their bodies charred beyond recognition, after a HyderabadBengaluru sleeper coach bus caught fire after a collision with a motorcycle at Chinna Tekur village on the outskirts of Kurnool in...
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U.S. sanctions Russian oil majors; Indian refiners poised to cut buy
U.S. President Donald Trump hit Russia’s two biggest oil companies with sanctions in his latest policy shift on Moscow’s war in Ukraine, prompting global oil prices to rise by 3% on Thursday. Mr. Trump also reiterated his claim that India has agreed...
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Deepavali fireworks send Delhi air quality inching to a fiveyear low
Following Deepavali, pollution in Delhi inched close to a fiveyear low with average concentrations of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 across several locations crossing 400 microgram per cubic metre (µg/m3) — levels not seen since 2021. On Deepavali day,...
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In Doha, Pakistan and Afghanistan agree on ceasefire
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and setting up of “mechanisms” to ensure lasting peace after days of violent clashes along the border that left several soldiers, civilians, and terrorists dead on both sides, officials...
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Heavy rain lashes Idukki, causing massive damage
The highrange villages of the hill district of Kerala’s Idukki witnessed extremely heavy rainfall on Friday night and Saturday morning, causing widespread damage. The water level rose by nearly 6 ft in the Mullaperiyar dam, prompting Tamil Nadu to...
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U.S. trade body moves court over Trump’s H-1B fee hike
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit challenging the Donald Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, saying it overrides existing provisions in current laws that apply to the H-1B programme. The fee hike on fresh...
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Trump and MEA at odds over Russian oil imports
India and the United States continued to differ publicly over Russian oil as U.S. President Donald Trump said he had been assured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India will stop buying oil from Russia, while the Ministry of External Affairs...
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SC questions if ED is overstepping in T.N. liquor-scam probe
Extending the stay on the Enforcement Directorate’s probe into money laundering cases registered against the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) in connection with an alleged liquor retail scam, the Supreme Court on Tuesday orally...
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Haryana IPS officer’s postmortem stalled as family stays firm in demand for DGP, exRohtak SP’s arrest
Almost a week after Haryana IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar allegedly died by suicide, his autopsy remains pending, with the deceased’s family refusing to allow the postmortem until the arrest of two key accused in the case — Haryana DirectorGeneral of...
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Ready for talks with Pak., but options open: Muttaqi
Afghanistan is open to dialogue and diplomacy for a peaceful resolution of its conflict with Pakistan, but if the efforts do not succeed, it has “other means”, said the acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban administration, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Sunday...
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Mahayuti govt.’s floodrelief aid a joke, says Uddhav, presses for complete loan waiver, better compensation for farmers
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday launched a ‘Hambarda’ rally in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra, against the “meagre” flood relief package announced by the Mahayuti government. Terming the financial assistance the “biggest...
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India’s Kabul mission to be upgraded to embassy
India will upgrade its ‘technical mission’ in Kabul to the status of an embassy, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Friday. The announcement came during Mr. Jaishankar’s meeting with Amir Khan Muttaqi, Foreign Minister of the Taliban...
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