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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said it was wonderful to speak with his 'dear friend President Trump' today and said when two large economies and the world's largest democracies work together, it benefits people of the two countries and unlocks immense opportunities for mutually beneficial...
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I am not your advisor, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla told Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi in the House on Monday.The speaker made the remarks when Gandhi asked him to let him know what he should speak during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address.Gandhi kicked off a row...
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The United States and India have agreed to a trade deal, US President Donald Trump said on Monday after a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, announcing a cut in reciprocal tariffs and deeper economic cooperation.Trump said the US will reduce its reciprocal tariff on Indian goods to 18...
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United States President Donald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, apparently in an attempt to address the sharp downturn in the relations between the two countries.US ambassador to India Sergio Gor confirmed the phone conversation in a brief social media post.The phone...
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Describing the India Gate in New Delhi as 'India's beautiful Triumphal Arch', United States President Donald Trump said a similar monument in America will be 'the greatest of them all'.The 42 metre high India Gate, an 'Arc-de-Triomphe', honours the memory of the 70,000 Indian soldiers who were...
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The rupee gained 44 paise to close at 91.49 against the US dollar on Monday, a day after the Union Budget 2026-27 was presented, largely as crude oil prices retreated from their elevated levels.Forex traders said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seemed to be defending the 92 per dollar level with...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Monday told his party's functionaries that the outfit will have no truck with the Bharatiya Janata Party in mayoral poll of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a party leader said.In a meeting held with party functionaries to...
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Amid a row over Rahul Gandhi seeking to quote from an unpublished 'memoir' of former Army chief M M Naravane in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday alleged that the government's 'overreaction' has paralysed the House and asked why it is afraid of a discussion.A row erupted in...
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From the Sensex firms, Power Grid jumped 7.61 per cent and Adani Ports climbed 4.76 per cent.Bharat Electronics, Reliance Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, InterGlobe Aviation, ICICI Bank and UltraTech Cement were among the other major gainers.Axis Bank, Infosys, Tata...
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Stock markets rebounded on Monday with benchmark Sensex jumping by 943 points on value buying in blue-chip oil & gas, banking and auto shares after facing a massive drubbing on the Budget day.The 30-share BSE Sensex rallied 943.52 points or 1.17 per cent, to settle at 81,666.46.During the...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut on Monday demanded an independent judicial inquiry into the death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.Participating in the motion of thanks on the President's address in the Upper House, Raut said Pawar, who was...
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An Air India pilot on Monday flagged a possible defect with the fuel control switch of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, and the matter has been reported to aviation watchdog DGCA. The aircraft operated the flight AI132 from London to Bengaluru, and it landed at Bengaluru on Monday morning,...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday alleged that Rahul Gandhi undermined the dignity of Parliament and hurt the morale of the Indian soldiers with his false accusations in the Lok Sabha on the India-China border issue in defiance of Speaker Om Birla's ruling.A row erupted in the Lok Sabha after...
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In a bizarre incident, police in Pakistan's Rawalpindi district have registered a case of abduction against a 'jinn' (supernatural spirit) following the disappearance of a minor boy, ARY News reported on Sunday.According to ARY News, the incident took place in the garrison city of Rawalpindi,...
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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday met Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi along with 'SIR-affected' families and party leaders.Last week, CEC Kumar had given time to Banerjee for a meeting on Monday. Banerjee, who reached the...
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Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on the row in the Lok Sabha over his quoting former army chief General MM Naravane's book: I am not being allowed to speak. I just have to speak 2-3 lines. It is a matter of national security. These are the words of the Army Chief (former), and it is a...
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Gold prices recovered to Rs 1.48 lakh per 10 grams in futures trade on Monday after an early sharp fall that triggered the lower circuit level, while silver extended losses to witness heavy selling for the third consecutive day. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold futures for April...
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Indian stock indices recovered on Monday, though not entirely, after the Budget day nosedive, partly due to value buying and weakening global crude oil prices.Sensex closed the session at 81,666.46 points, up 943.52 points or 1.17 per cent, while Nifty closed at 25,088.40 points, up 262.95...
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The Congress on Monday alleged that the Modi government heckled Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to stop him from speaking in the Lok Sabha on the India-China border conflict of 2020 from former Army chief Manoj Naravane's memoir as it was afraid that the truth of its incompetence would be...
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India's manufacturing sector activity witnessed a slight recovery in January, amid faster increase in new orders, even as business confidence slipped to its lowest level in three-and-a-half years, a monthly survey said on Monday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing...
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The site of the Learjet crash that killed Ajit Pawar and four others
Aviation probe agency AAIB on Monday said the investigation into the nearly three-year-old accident of a VSR Ventures-owned Learjet 45 plane at the Mumbai airport in September 2023 is in the final stages. The aeroplane crash at Baramati on January 28, in which Maharashtra Deputy Chief...
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The rupee, which has depreciated 7.05 per cent against the dollar in the current financial year (FY26) so far, is expected to trade around 92.50 per dollar by the end of March, according to a majority of respondents to a Business Standard poll.The rupee fell to a new low of 91.96 per...
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A row erupted in the Lok Sabha on Monday after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi sought to quote from the unpublished memoir of former Army chief Gen (retd) M M Naravane but Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with other BJP members, strongly opposed it and accused the Congress leader of...
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The government on Sunday increased limits on items that passengers can bring from abroad under duty-free allowances to align them with present-day travel realities, hours after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed the measure in her Budget 2026 speech.According to a Central Board of...
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A row erupted in the Lok Sabha on Monday after the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, sought to quote from what he said was the memoir of former Army chief M M Naravane, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah objecting on the grounds that the book has not yet been...
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The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs of the ruling coalition will huddle for a meeting of the NDA Parliamentary Party here at the Parliament House complex on Tuesday. MPs belonging to the BJP, TDP, JD(U), LJP (R), Shiv Sena, JD(S) and other constituents of the NDA will attend the meeting. Prime...
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China on Monday deplored the Grammy Award given to the Dalai Lama, saying it firmly opposes the Tibetan spiritual leader using the recognition to carry out anti-China activities. The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, won his first Grammy on Sunday in the category of best audio book, narration, and...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor criticised the politicisation of cricket, calling Pakistan's boycott of the T20 World Cup 2026 match against India disgraceful, and urged all parties concerned to contact each other on an emergency basis regarding the imbroglio. Shashi Tharoor said cricket is being...
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Sustaining a 7-8 per cent economic growth is the government's top priority, as it will benefit all citizens and create more jobs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. In an interaction with college students from different regions of the country on Sunday, after the presentation of...
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A principal of a government primary school in Mathura was suspended and an inquiry initiated against him for allegedly asking students to offer namaz, officials said on Monday. Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Ratan Kirti said a complaint against the headmaster, Jan Mohammad, was received on January...
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The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to three accused in the 2024 Pune Porsche accident case that claimed two lives, while observing that parents are to be blamed for such incidents involving juveniles. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan observed that parents are not able...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday hinted at foul play in the death of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash, ahead of the speculated merger of the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Expressing suspicion over Ajit Pawar's death, Sanjay...
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday said his Grammy Award win was not a personal achievement but a recognition of a shared universal responsibility. The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, won his first Grammy in the category of best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for his...
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The 2026 Grammy Awards began with the Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles early Monday morning. Before the main TV show, the Recording Academy presented 86 awards across various categories. One of the key categories was Best Global Music Performance, where Indian-origin musician and composer...
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The Budget proposal to set up a high-level committee to comprehensively review the banking sector could take up some pending issues, including whether corporate houses will be allowed to set up banks as well as streamlining foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, said experts.On Sunday, the Union...
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On statements by leaders regarding the merger of both factions of NCP, NCP-SP leader Anil Deshmukh says, With the demise of Ajit Dada, Maharashtra politics has lost a brother. It is not good to make political statements in such an hour of grief. After 10 days, I will speak on everything - on who...
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Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday moved an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha to discuss the reference of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in one of the emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. References to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2017 visit to Israel were made in an email...
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out searches at multiple locations in Srinagar, Bandipora and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror case, officials said. The searches were being carried out in Rafiabad, Sopore, Bomai (in Baramulla...
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India's budget demonstrates the ongoing commitment to maintaining macro stability through a gradual path of government debt reduction balanced against a still-robust capex program to enhance growth prospects, Fitch Ratings said on Monday. While the budget did not flag specific large-scale...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana on Monday raised concerns over the hasty appointment of Sunetra Pawar as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra following the demise of her husband Ajit Pawar, and termed it a second shock allegedly orchestrated by Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister...
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Lady Gaga has been delighting fans around the world for years, and now she has one more big reason to celebrate. The pop star won the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for her latest record, Mayhem. Gaga beat strong nominees in the category, which included Justin Bieber for Swag,...
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Bombs were hurled and bullets fired during a clash between two groups in Kolkata, leaving two persons injured, police said on Monday. At least 10 people were arrested in the clash that broke out in south Kolkata's Golpark area under the Rabindra Sarobar Police Station limits on Sunday night, a...
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Delhi woke up to dense fog and slightly improved air quality on Monday morning, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) settling in the 'moderate' category. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), visibility dropped to 100 metres at both Palam and Safdarjung in the early...
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Congress leader DK Suresh criticised the Union Budget for 2026-2027, alleging that the fiscal plan provides no new roadmap for southern states, declaring that the budget offers nothing at all to the people. The Congress leader also claimed that the Union Budget has provided nothing for the...
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The construction of seven high-speed rail corridors, announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, will cost around Rs 16 trillion, and the ministry will come out with a detailed plan regarding this in the next few months, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.The minister said...
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The Dalai Lama won his first Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording, beating out Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson -- yes, you read that correctly. Accepting on behalf of the project, Rufus Wainwright joked, I am not the Dalai Lama, adding that it was a...
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A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district early Monday, officials said. The tremor occurred at 5.35 am, they said, adding that the Pattan area was the epicenter. There were no reports of any damage due to the earthquake so far, the officials said. -- PTI
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A memorial of late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will be set up on the premises of Vidya Pratishthan, the educational institution founded by the Pawar family in Baramati, a close aide said on Sunday. Ajit Pawar (66) and four others were killed in a plane crash near the...
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An 18-year-old student was stabbed to death allegedly by two of his classmates following a dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district on Sunday evening, the police said. The deceased was identified as Arshan, a student of Class 12, the police said. Shamli superintendent of police NP...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. Banerjee filed the petition on January 28. She has made the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officer of...
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