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At least 18 people were killed and six others critically injured in a powerful explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada district on Saturday, state Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha said. The blast occurred…
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India on Saturday issued an advisory for its nationals in Israel after the Israeli strikes on Iran and asked citizens to “exercise utmost caution and remain vigilant at all times”. According to the advisory: In view of the prevailing…
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A 23-year-old woman in Odisha was allegedly raped twice in a single day — first by her boyfriend and later by a man who offered to help her — before being pushed to her death from a four-storey building, police said. The incident…
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Arvind Kejriwal, chief of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), broke down in tears on Friday after a Delhi court discharged him, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the CBI case related to the 2021–22 Delhi excise policy. Any…
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A Delhi court on Friday discharged all 23 accused in the CBI’s excise policy case, including former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, both leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Following the…
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The latest escalation in border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan has effectively derailed the ceasefire brokered last year by Qatar and Turkey. Islamabad claims its airstrikes killed more than 130 Taliban operatives, while Kabul…
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India and Israel on Thursday concluded the first round of negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) in New Delhi, with the second round of in-person talks scheduled for May 2026 in Israel, the commerce ministry said. The talks…
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Several users reported problems accessing WhatsApp Web on Friday morning, with most complaints related to login failures and chat syncing issues. According to outage-tracking platform Downdetector, reports of disruption surged around 9 am.…
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Days after the Supreme Court of the United States struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made an unscheduled visit to New Delhi, where he held what was described as a “highly…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday surprised his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi by appearing in traditional Indian attire ahead of their joint dinner in Jerusalem. Netanyahu wore a stone-coloured Nehru jacket — often…
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