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Women journalists were notably absent from a press conference addressed by Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at the Afghan embassy in New Delhi on Friday, with attendance restricted to fewer than 20 reporters. According to people…
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi on Friday, marking the first high-level engagement between the two countries since the Taliban seized power in 2021 following the US…
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Union minister for railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday announced that the first bullet train in India will run by August 2027. “You are all aware how work on the bullet train is progressing speedily. It is going very smoothly in Gujarat…
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Pune, Maharashtra: Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said he has directed Pune police to take the strongest possible action following the illegal acquisition of a passport by fugitive gangster Nilesh Ghaywal. Ghaywal, wanted in…
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The United States on Thursday imposed sweeping sanctions on a network of individuals, companies, and vessels — including Indian nationals and firms — accused of facilitating the transport of Iranian oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on the progress made under US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. The call came shortly after Modi’s conversation with…
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The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has terminated the temporary membership of advocate Rakesh Kishore with immediate effect, barring him from practicing in the Supreme Court. The action comes after Kishore allegedly attempted to…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday welcomed the agreement between Israel and Hamas on the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, calling it a positive step toward stability in the region. “We welcome the agreement on…
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Weeks after the death of popular singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore, his cousin and Assam Police Service (APS) officer Sandipan Garg was arrested by the Assam CID’s Special Investigation Team (SIT). Sandipan, posted in Kamrup district, was…
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S. Ranganathan, owner of Sresan Pharmaceuticals — the Tamil Nadu–based company that manufactured the toxic cough syrup Coldrif — was arrested in Chennai on Wednesday night by Madhya Pradesh police. The syrup has been linked to the deaths of…
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