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Tough exam leak Bill clears LS, Rahul raises police crackdown
Wrapping UP a two-day debate punctuated by acrimonious exchanges as the opposition slammed the government over the police crackdown on student protesters in Delhi, Lok Sabha Wednesday passed the stringent Public examination (Prevention of Unfair Means)...
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Petitions flag police ‘excesses’, SC weighs independent probe option
UNDERLINING The need to fix accountability, the Supreme Court Tuesday considered setting up a Special Investigation Team for a “completely independent, transparent, fair probe” into allegations of police excesses on those protesting against exam paper...
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Deadlock nears end, LS all set to discuss anti-paper leak Bill today
AFTER a week of repeated disruptions, the government and the opposition on monday reached an understanding to end the logjam in lok Sabha, paving the way for a discussion on The Public examinations (Prevention of unfair means) amendment Bill, 2026,...
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At Dipke home, mother marks ‘victory’, father says he will never join politics
“GOING TO take a nap. See you all in a little while.” At 4:32 pm on Saturday, Abhijeet Dipke posted on X two lines that would sound inane on any other day. But this wasn’t any other day — just two hours earlier, at 2:18 pm, Dharmendra Pradhan...
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Drones target US bases in Iraq as tensions escalates
Irbil, July 24 Drones CARRYING explosives targeted a city in northern Iraq where US forces are stationed, and sirens rang out in Bahrain on Friday, hours after the American military said it finished its 13th night of strikes against Iran. The...
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PM steps in: Fast-track courts to punish exam leak guilty, tough new law on way
THE fast-track courts, announced by Prime Minister narendra Modi Thursday, to address the issue of exam paper leaks, have their task cut out. In a system where accountability for exam leaks has been dismal with most cases stuck in legal quicksand. an...
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‘Change name... but don’t end careers’: At Jauhar varsity, a campus fears demolition
“ if you have a problem with the name, change the name), acquire the university… But don’t demolish it,” says 20-year-old Shahvez, who is doing an ot technician course at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, Rampur. Awaiting the results of his final-year...
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Protesters storm heart of Delhi, police use lathis and tear gas to stop march
tens of thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of education Minister dharmendra Pradhan took over the heart of lutyens’s delhi on Monday, breaking through police barricades and attempting to march to Parliament on the first day of the...
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Hot debate: Men in shorts are challenging Japan’s buttoned-down office culture
For More than three decades, noboru Watanabe wore the uniform of the Japanese salaryman: trousers, a starched shirt, a jacket and a necktie. but last week, Watanabe, 53, an environmental official in tokyo, ditched the outfit for the unimaginable: a...
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Hunger strike Day 21: Police shift Wangchuk to hospital
soon after dawn on saturday morning, police swooped on sonam Wangchuk’s protest at Jantar Mantar, breaking up the hunger strike that had entered its 21st day and begun to gain visible political traction this week. The action came the day after a new...
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Bridges hit, Chabahar port tower falls as US escalates Iran offensive
The United states expanded its airstrike campaign against iran early Friday by hitting more bridges, energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key iranian port, backing up Us President donald Trump's threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure...
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Hegseth rolls out testosterone screening programme for US military personnel
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their “absolute best.” The screenings will be conducted...
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Delimitation Bill: Ahead of House session, Sule signals options open
SIGNALLING another break in the opposition ranks ahead of the Monsoon session of parliament, the sharad pawar-led Ncp(sp)’s working president and Mp supriya sule on wednesday said her party would consider supporting the Centre’s proposed delimitation...
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Another Indian killed as Iran hits UAE tankers in Hormuz
as the US and iran stepped up attacks and battled for control over the Strait of hormuz, two Uae-flagged oil tankers with indian seafarers came under fire from tehran on tuesday, leaving one dead and 10 injured. the Ministry of external affairs (Mea)...
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Investigators probe fire at a music bar in Bangkok that killed 27 people
A HUGE fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalized in critical condition on Monday as investigations began into the Thai capital’s deadliest blaze in 17 years. Bangkok city officials said...
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Dining companions: Hong Kong eateries welcome dogs as city relaxes ban
HONG KONG dog owners and their four-legged friends have gained new freedoms after the city relaxed a decades-old rule, allowing the pets to join them at eateries. Since 1994, only guide dogs and those performing statutory duties were allowed in...
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India, Australia ink defence pacts, fast-track trade deal
SIGNALLING A significant deepening of bilateral ties, India and Australia on thursday sealed a series of pacts across sectors, from defence and maritime security to energy, including one that paves the way to operationalise their 2014 Civil Nuclear...
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Kejriwal’s former residence will be Delhi state guest house and cultural centre
THE delhi government will develop the official residence of former Chief Minister arvind Kejriwal as a “delhi state Guest House-cum-cultural Centre”, The Indian Express has learned. The renovation and beautification of the bungalow at 6 Flagstaff...
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From Haryana judoka to Harvard scientist on new US council scouting alien life
FROM A judoka in haryana’s junior team in 2006 to a postdoctoral researcher at harvard, Dr Devesh Nandal has come a long way. he is now beginning an even longer journey — in search of alien life. The 37-year-old scientist from Jatal village...
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‘Saw missiles for first time’: For Paanch Saab, baptism by fire at sea near Hormuz
In the early hours of a tense morning outside the Strait of hormuz, near the Fujairah anchorage, a young marine engineer from Kerala looked at the sky and saw missiles streak past, one after another. It lasted a few seconds but it was a sight, she...
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Ali Khamenei lies in state as Iran starts week of funeral ceremonies
the BODY of ayatollah ali Khamenei lay in state in a vast hall in tehran on Friday as clerics, officials, foreign dignitaries and other mourners paid their respects to Iran's late supreme leader, slain by us and Israeli bombs. Iran is staging a week...
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Modi flags trust amid turmoil, Takaichi underlines: ‘Build ties as brother, sister’
POSITIONING ECONOMIC security and energy resilience as the defining pillars of the next phase of their bilateral ties, India and Japan Thursday unveiled a raft of initiatives in this direction amid shifting geopolitics and global energy disruptions...
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Harvard professor with polarising alien theories to lead new White House UFO council
A POLARIZING Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the White House to lead a team of outside scientists to study the national security risks posed by UFOS. Avi Loeb, a cosmologist who studied black holes...
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Qatar: No high level Us-iran dialogue, only technical talks
TOP Us envoys who have arrived in doha will not hold a high-level meeting with Iran, a Qatari official said on Tuesday, casting doubt on the progress of efforts to bring a lasting halt to the Iran war and fully reopen the strait of Hormuz. Instead,...
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‘No point fearing death’: Chinese dissident’s perilous dinghy escape to South Korea
A ROUGHLY 40-hour sea journey on a dinghy with a dying phone. Detention in South Korea. That’s just part of what Chinese dissident Dong Guangping endured to escape his native country. He arrived late last week in Canada, a destination he had eyed for...
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Trump could visit India early next year: Rubio
US President donald trump could travel to india early next year, US Secretary of State marco rubio said in an interview to news agency IANS in Washington Friday. He added he would himself make another trip to india later this year to set the ground for...
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Union minister gets Rs 99-lakh subsidy for his cucumber farm — from scheme under own ministry
IN A sprawling farm in central Rajasthan, where stone walls and barbed wire shield an orchard, artificial ponds and four large polyhouses, a white signboard spells it out: “Assisted by National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’...
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Market access to non-tariff barriers: India, US review trade core elements
INDIA AND the Us Wednesday wrapped up two days of negotiations over a bilateral trade deal and Delhi said there had been “a comprehensive review” of core elements including “enhanced market access, digital trade, supply chain resilience, reduction of...
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Tehran agreed to n-inspections into ‘infinity’, says Trump; Iran denies
US President donald trump said on tuesday iran had agreed to nuclear inspections into “infinity”, despite tehran’s denials, and that unfrozen iranian assets would be used to buy humanitarian supplies from the US. Washington agreed to waive sanctions...
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Over 20 lakh take NEET retest Some nervous, most relieved: For students and parents, end of an ordeal
the re-examination for the national eligibility cum entrance test (Undergraduate) was held across the country on Sunday, with those who took the test expressing a mix of anxiety and relief at the culmination of a tumultuous period following the...
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Israel strikes kill 47 in Lebanon; Tel Aviv says 4 soldiers dead in Hezbollah attack
VICE PRESIDENT JD Vance on Thursday defended the preliminary deal to stop the war with Iran as a “win for the American people.” But he relied in part on a string of aspirational, vague and misleading claims about the agreement. Vance, speaking at the...
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private schools, pricey coaching, family business, mnc jobs: they also cracked ews list in upsc exam
For EVERY candidate who cracked india’s civil services this year under the Economically Weaker section quota, the son of a security guard or the daughter of a railway porter, there are many others on the same quota list whose backgrounds tell a...
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Trade to sailor safety, Modi and Trump look to turn a new page
IN THEIR first meeting in over a year following the strain in bilateral ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President donald Trump Wednesday walked the tightrope, projecting a positive path ahead with a trade deal soon, a strategic commitment to...
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Govt bans Telegram until June 22 in bid to ‘secure’ Neet retest
THE GOVERNMENT Tuesday temporarily blocked Telegram, a popular messaging application, until June 22, after the platform’s “non-responsiveness” in aiding the ongoing probe into the May 3 NEET-UG paper leak and for curbing the spread of fraudulent claims...
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US and Iran reach deal to end war, reopen Hormuz
US President donald trump said on Monday a Memorandum of Understanding aiming to end the war in the Gulf has already been signed by the United States and iran, drawing calls from his opponents to
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Trade to AI: India, France set new targets
A MECHANISM to double annual bilateral trade from the existing $16 billion in five years; an india-france innovation roadmap 2030; a joint working group focussed on Ai (artificial intelligence) governance; an economic security dialogue; increased...
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As Modi, Trump head to G7, face-off over death of sailors
AS PRIME minister Narendra modi and Us President Donald Trump head to the G7 summit in evian-les-bains in eastern France for a possible meeting and discussion on trade, their first in over a year after the slide in bilateral ties, india and the Us...
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At crash site, families and friends sift for memories and a life that once was
SITA PATNI and Amanda donaghey sat beside each other at the foot of the burnt shells of the medical college hostel buildings on Friday, grieving for their sons. Donaghey, a British national, held a collage of her son’s photographs that read “Memories...
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Trump calls off Iran strikes, claims progress in talks towards a deal
PRESIDENT DONALD trump called off plans for renewed Us military strikes on iran at the last minute on thursday, saying negotiations with tehran had advanced to the highest levels of iran's leadership and had been approved by a broad coalition of...
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From Liberation to Ragtime, Tony winners take a turn towards social themes
New York, June 8 Schmigadoon! won the Tony Award for best musical on Sunday, while more socially driven works dominated other top categories, with Liberation taking best play, Ragtime best musical revival and John lithgow best leading actor for giant....
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With Coward, Lukas Dhont delivers a striking new trench warfare romance
When you think of the war in the trenches during the first World War, the images that come to mind are that of mud trampled under a million boots, young soldiers hunkered down just below the enemy sightline in the cold and damp, never knowing when it...
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Gujarat murder convict who did films with Big B, Aamir, Mohanlal held after 12 yrs
he WAS convicted of murder in 2008, and six years later, he jumped parole and vanished. For a decade or more, hemant nagindas purshottamdas modi hid in plain sight, seemingly not recognised by anyone — including the millions who watched him in several...
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Trade, corridor, defence: Rome, Delhi upgrade ties
ELEVATING their bilateral ties to a “special strategic partnership”, india and italy Wednesday set a trade target of 20 billion euros by 2029, agreed on a defence industrial roadmap, and concluded pacts on critical minerals, countering money laundering...
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Miss Pune, promising actor, MBA graduate: The Twisha Sharma story
SIX MONTHS before her death, Twisha Sharma (33) was posting photographs from office meetings, film sets and airports, a life stitched together from modelling assignments, corporate presentations and the optimism of a recent marriage. Twisha moved...
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‘Bail the rule’: SC questions its own order in Umar Khalid case
CITING an earlier judgment that the stringent bail provisions under the Unlawful activities (Prevention) act (Uapa) would “melt down” in cases where prolonged incarceration and delayed trial “produce violation of article 21”, a two-judge bench of the...
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As rupee stares at 100 to a $, policymakers engage with a lesson from just three years ago
AS THE West Asia crisis continues to put pressure on the capital account, internal deliberations among policymakers in delhi and Mumbai over the last few weeks have underlined the counter effects of “artificial stabilisation” of the rupee that preceded...
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Day after High Court verdict, disputed Dhar complex wears ‘Hindu’ colours
less than 24 hours after more than 2,000 people gathered at the Bhojshala-kamal maula mosque complex here to offer namaz, its transformation into an exclusively hindu religious place has begun. on saturday, marigold garlands hung from the carved stone...
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‘Hijab doesn’t need politics or permission… we are happy for those after us’
Once they were schoolgirls. then, they became the face of a fight they would rather not have fought. Four long years and several promises later, the Karnataka government’s withdrawal of the order that in 2022 effectively barred wearing of hijab in...
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Ministry’s special fund is for top athletes, bureaucrats dip into it to upgrade their own sports facilities
l tucked inside new Moti bagh, an upscale residential complex in Lutyens’ delhi where many of India’s top bureaucrats live, children slice through the water in a temperature-controlled pool beneath a transparent canopy. nearby, a teenager drills...
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NEET-UG scrapped over paper leak, govt orders fresh exam, cbi probe
In a move affecting over 22 lakh candidates, the national testing agency (nta) tuesday cancelled the neet-ug exam for admission to undergraduate medical courses, nine days after it was held on May 3, following an alleged paper leak — the first time...
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Second day, PM makes austerity push, invokes Covid-era habits
With no signs of an immediate end to the conflict in West asia, Prime Minister narendra Modi Monday again urged government and private offices to revert to ‘Covid-era’ habits such as work-from-home and virtual meetings, and asked citizens to opt for...
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Iran no closer to ending war as US waits for a response from Tehran
A STATE of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the US waited for Iran’s response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting and begin peace talks. US Secretary of...
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US and Iran inch closer to short-term deal to end war
THE UNITED States and Iran are edging toward a temporary agreement to halt their war, sources and officials said on Thursday, with Tehran reviewing a proposal that would stop the fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved. Iran’s...
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Suvendu’s key aide shot dead as post-poll violence rocks Bengal
the situation in West Bengal, rocked by post-poll violence following the BJP’S landslide victory that ended 15 years of tmc rule, took a serious turn Wednesday night when chandranath Rath, executive assistant to BJP leader suvendu Adhikari, was shot...
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Suvendu frontrunner for Bengal cm, swearing-in likely on May 9
giant-killer suvendu adhikari, who spearheaded the BJP’S ground offensive in West Bengal that breached the tmc citadel to end Mamata Banerjee’s 15-year rule, has emerged as the frontrunner for the post of chief Minister. Hailing the party’s election...
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BJP wave sinks Mamata, Vijay rides Tamil tide
STORMING the last Opposition citadel in the east, the BJP Monday trounced the ruling TMC in West Bengal to end Mamata Banerjee’s 15-year rule and returned to power in Assam with a landslide win for a third consecutive term. Banerjee was among the...
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Results today, all eyes on Bengal
For Both the BJP and the opposition, the election results in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, assam, and Kerala on Monday carry the potential of causing a churn within the parties themselves as well as reshaping the contours of national politics, with the...
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Rs 2 lakh to 0 to Rs 2 lakh: A demonetisation story ends on happy note after a decade
THIS IS one demonetisation story that has a happy ending — though after a decade of waiting. Girish Rameshchandra Malani of Pune, who could not convert Rs 2 lakh in old notes of Rs 500 denomination as the money was seized on a charge that was later...
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Polls over, energy prices soaring due to West Asia crisis, fuel rate hike on table
WITH INTERNATIONAL oil and fuel prices persisting at supernormal levels in the international market due to the west asia crisis and polling in state elections over, a hike in prices of fuels like petrol, diesel and domestic LPG could be in the offing...
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Guard EVM strong rooms, exit polls fixed, Mamata tells party
a day after polling concluded in West Bengal and most exit polls gave the opposition BJP the edge, TMC chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged party workers and people of the state to guard strong rooms where electronic Voting Machines (evms)...
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The votes are in: West Bengal’s overall turnout a record 92.5%
the High-stakes battle between the ruling TMC and opposition BJP for control of West Bengal ended Wednesday with the state witnessing a record voter turnout of 91.66% in the second and final phase of polling for 142 Assembly seats in the House of...
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Final round today, ec adds 1,468 names to voter list after 139 in Ph-1
JUST BEFORE the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections on Wednesday, 1,468 names were added back to the electoral roll. In the case of six, the tribunals said their names cannot be included. However, there is no clarity on the overall...
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