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Iran on Tuesday said that the Islamic Republic has no plans to hold any meetings with the United States in the coming days at any level, even as diplomatic engagements continue separately in Doha on the related implementation of the 14-point memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at ending the...
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A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three persons at a forest in Jharkhand's Dumka district, the police said on Tuesday.Tongra police station officer-in-charge, Gurucharan Majhi, told reporters that the victim lodged a complaint at the police station on Monday evening against three...
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At least 14 Pakistani schoolchildren were killed and 20 others injured when the roof of a private tuition centre operating from an under-construction building collapsed in Lahore on Tuesday, police said.More than 30 children, aged between seven and 13 years, were attending classes at the academy,...
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Three women drowned and two girls went missing while bathing in Ghaghara river in a village in Ayodhya on Tuesday evening, the police said.Villagers pulled out the bodies of three women from the river at Sanaha village.The administration and relief-rescue teams conducted a search operation in the...
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A loud explosion due to a suspected gas leak damaged a house in Hyderabad on Tuesday with no injuries caused to its occupants, the police said.The cause of the explosion remained a mystery as gas cylinders and household appliances remained intact and an investigation was underway.According to the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian/File image/ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation on Tuesday with President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian, who briefed him on the recent developments in West Asia and the way forward.The Prime Minister said he reiterated in his interaction with the Iranian leader the importance of freedom of...
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Leading food & beverage maker PepsiCo India on Tuesday inaugurated a Rs 1,266-crore manufacturing facility in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.This is among its largest manufacturing investments in the country, which is expected to serve as a catalyst for industrial development, job creation, and...
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A 17-year-old student allegedly stabbed and injured a teacher in the premises of a school after an argument over issuing a transfer certificate (TC) in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city of Maharashtra on Tuesday, police said.The teacher, Vishal Dushing, was undergoing treatment at a government...
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Kerala may have to extend power restrictions beyond June 30 amid an electricity shortage and declining reservoir levels, with the government attributing the crisis to adverse weather and the opposition blaming poor planning.State electricity minister Sunny Joseph on Tuesday acknowledged that...
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump's executive order and upheld birth right citizenship for all children born in the United States.American broadcaster CNN shared the court document, which mentioned that children born in the United States to parents who are...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Ram temple, Ayodhya/Image courtesy PIB
Uttar Pradesh BJP MLC Devendra Pratap Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging a fair and transparent investigation into the alleged embezzlement of Ram temple donations and major changes in the functioning of the temple trust.The Ram temple is a symbol of faith for millions of...
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In a major operation, the officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) successfully dismantled a trans-border gold smuggling syndicate and seized 15 kg of foreign-origin smuggled gold, valued at approximately Rs. 21.40 crore, operating from Delhi.According to an official release from...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with secretaries to the government of India at Seva Teerth. The discussion focused on two key themes. The first was ‘Deregulation and other reforms for Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living’; while the second was ‘Promoting...
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Hitting out at the BJP and RSS on the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation loot, Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge on Tuesday said for them, it is Donation First and not the Nation First.He alleged that there was a massive cover-up happening, which was clear from the way the Special Investigation...
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The Ram Temple Trust is likely to meet on July 6 in Ayodhya to discuss its next course of action following the resignation of its two senior members in the wake of the donation theft row.Vishwa Hindu Parishad chief Alok Kumar had previously told PTI that the meeting of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi...
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A Hindu student, who also works as a temple priest, was allegedly held captive and assaulted for money by unidentified persons in Bangladesh, a local media report said on Tuesday.Subhash Deuri, a 25-year-old law student at Jagannath University in Dhaka, was targeted by unidentified persons late...
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A 22-year-old married man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to kill a minor schoolgirl by pouring petrol on her body after she rejected his advances in Odisha's Bhadrak district, police said.The incident took place at Fatepur under Dhusuri police station limits in Dhamnagar block...
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The Viksit Bharat -- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 will come into force from July 1, with the Centre on Tuesday stating that all arrangements have been made for its implementation.The Ministry of Rural Development said the Act provides a statutory guarantee of up to...
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A man was apprehended for allegedly sexually harassing a 24-year-old woman in a moving car under the pretext of going out for momos in east Delhi's Mandawali, police said on Tuesday.According to the victim, the accused, who was known, allegedly took her out on the pretext of eating momo before...
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Bhiwandi Police in Thane district, probing the TET 2026 question paper leak case, apprehended the wife of one of the absconding accused from Bihar, taking the number of persons arrested so far to four, an officer said on Tuesday.The arrested woman was brought to Bhiwandi on a transit remand and...
19:07
The SPG provides security to the prime minister. Photo: Amit Dave/Reuters
Senior IPS officer Amit Kumar was on Tuesday named as the next chief of Special Protection Group (SPG) that provides security to the prime minister and his immediate family members residing with him at his official residence.Kumar, a 1994-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Bihar cadre,...
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The rupee depreciated by 14 paise to close at 94.65 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, as a strengthening greenback overseas and risk-averse investor sentiment weighed on the local unit.Forex traders said the rupee slipped to 94.58 against the US dollar, driven by month-end corporate...
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A man wearing a mask resembling Prime Minister Narendra Modi was caught on CCTV allegedly attempting to break into a mobile phone shop in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on Sunday night in the Kareda police station area.CCTV footage showed the man trying...
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Lonavala Rural Police have closed Lohagad Fort as part of the ongoing investigation into the Ketan Agarwal murder case, officials said.The fort was completely shut for visitors on Tuesday, with tourists already present at the site being evacuated as police carried out investigative procedures...
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An 11-year-old student died and four others were injured after a roadside tree uprooted and fell on a school bus in Mumbai's Chembur area on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), the incident was reported at around...
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Days after an altercation with a Bharatiya Janata Party block chief, Indian Administrative Service officer Rinku Singh Rahee, posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Jalaun tehsil, has been transferred with immediate effect.District Magistrate Rajesh Kumar Pandey issued the transfer order on...
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Police probing the Ketan Agarwal murder case have found that the victim had expressed suspicion to his family that his fiancee was in a relationship with someone else and that he had asked his family members if her background was checked thoroughly before fixing his marriage with her.Ketan, a...
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty declined on Tuesday due to selling in IT, oil & gas and select banking shares amid uncertainty over the next round of US-Iran negotiations in Doha.The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 249.70 points, or 0.33 per cent, to settle at 76,478.67, paring its...
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Water storage in Marathwada's 11 major irrigation projects has plummeted to 33.59 per cent due to the delayed monsoon, with two reservoirs running completely dry, an official said on Tuesday.The Marathwada region - comprising eight districts - has recorded only 79.6 per cent of its expected June...
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As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) got underway in Delhi on Tuesday, booth-level officers (BLOs) fanned out across neighbourhoods to distribute enumeration forms, saying that the exercise is expected to become more demanding in the coming days due to difficulties in locating residents and...
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Almost a week after stepping down as chairman of Trent, Noel Tata announced on Tuesday that he would also relinquish the chairmanship of another Tata group firm, Voltas.Addressing shareholders of the leading cooling products maker in its 72nd annual general meeting (AGM), Noel Tata, 69, said this...
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The large, mid, and smallcap investment universe of mutual funds is headed for a reshuffle, with over 30 stocks set to witness a change in their market capitalisation (mcap) category.The changes will be reflected in the Association of Mutual Funds in India's (Amfi) half-yearly reclassification of...
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Venezuela was broken long before two back-to-back earthquakes ripped the country from its foundations last Wednesday. The effects of more than a decade of government mismanagement and economic sanctions are clear at Dr. José Manuel de Los Ríos Children's Hospital in Caracas, where Dr. Huníades...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday said the party MLC Sachin Ahir's decision to align with the Mahayuti will not have any impact, claiming that the alleged poaching of Opposition leaders is not Operation Tiger but Operation Devendra Fadnavis.The Sena (UBT) has become the...
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General Dhiraj Seth, an accomplished military officer with the rare distinction of heading two operational Army commands along the western front, took charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff on Tuesday, officials said.Gen Seth assumed the reins of the 1.3 million-strong force at a time when it...
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The protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar entered its eleventh day on Tuesday, with CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke alleging heavy police deployment and restrictions on the entry of supporters to the protest site.Activist Sonam Wangchuk's health condition deteriorated, with his...
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) has begun the evaluation of answer sheets for the NEET-UG re-examination, with results expected to be declared soon, official sources said on Tuesday.More than 10,000 objections have been received on the provisional answer key, with each challenge being examined...
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Economists have cautioned that weak monsoon progress, El Nino conditions and global uncertainties could weigh on India's industrial growth in the coming months, even as the country's industrial output accelerated to a five-month high of 5.1 per cent in May 2026.The latest data released by the...
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India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has now expanded to Greece, enabling eligible customers to transfer money at transaction costs significantly lower than conventional international transfers, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said.Taking to X, Goyal said he witnessed a live...
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A Maharashtra farmer's hope for a timely stipend under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme turned into confusion when a message on her mobile phone claimed her account had been credited with just one paisa, a far cry from the expected Rs 2,000 installment.The Agriculture...
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In a fresh jolt to Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sachin Ahir on Tuesday filed his nomination for the post of deputy chairman of the Maharashtra legislative council on behalf of the rival Eknath Shinde-led faction.The surprise move by Ahir, a close confidante of Sena (UBT) leader...
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OYO Founder Ritesh Agarwal and SoftBank will not offload their shares in the proposed IPO of hospitality technology company Prism, as per the Updated Draft Red Herring Prospectus (UDRHP) filed on Tuesday.The filing shows that SoftBank-owned SVF India Holdings remains the largest shareholder with...
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Amid the raging row over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple, the Congress on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the loot is a direct assault on the faith of crores of people across the country.The opposition party also said that its delegation was...
11:31
US President Donald Trump views Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a friend and stays profoundly dedicated to enhancing cooperation with New Delhi, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor has stated, detailing the personal equation between the two leaders as a vital driver in progressing bilateral...
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Four people were killed and about 25 passengers injured after a bus rammed into a container truck on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district early Tuesday, police said.Senior Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said the accident took place around 4 am when the bus was coming...
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The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the food business licences of six restaurants and eateries, including a posh establishment in south Mumbai, after finding unhygienic kitchens, expired stock and misbranded products during raids, officials said on Tuesday.The action...
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The INDIA bloc parties including the Aam Aadmi Party and the DMK have come together to raise concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of the Election Commission of India and other election-related issues. The bloc has written a joint letter to the Chief Justice of India raising...
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The new Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth
Outgoing Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday described serving in the Indian Army for over four decades as the greatest privilege of his life as he handed over the responsibility of the Chief of the Army Staff to Gen Dhiraj Seth.General Dwivedi expressed gratitude to soldiers, veterans,...
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The US-India trade deal is in its final steps, with only the last one per cent of negotiations left to be concluded, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Tuesday, expressing confidence that the deal would soon be sealed.Addressing the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum Leadership Summit,...
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Mumbai is gearing up for intensified rains, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting heavy showers and thunderstorms for the city and its suburbs on Tuesday, civic officials said.As per the IMD forecast issued at 8 am, the city is likely to witness heavy rainfall and a generally...
09:13
After months in the making, the government has established the Bureau of Port Security (BoPS) under the shipping ministry, notifying its constitution in the Official Gazette. '...the Central Government hereby constitutes a body for the security of vessels and port facilities, to be called...
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US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor has stated that Washington would love to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit the United States once again.Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the IX USISPF Leadership Summit 2026, Gor also voiced certainty that the anticipated interim India-US trade agreement...
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ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund on Monday announced the launch of its multi-asset active fund of funds (FoF), which will dynamically allocate investments across equity, debt and commodity ETFs.The scheme will invest 30 to 80 per cent in active equity funds, 10 to 60 per cent in active debt funds and...
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JioBlackRock Asset Management on Monday announced its foray into the specialised investment fund (SIF) segment with the launch of the Prism Hybrid Long-Short Fund.The scheme, which will operate as an absolute return strategy, will invest across equities, debt, derivatives and event-driven...
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India's external debt rose by $26.3 billion to $762.8 billion by March 2026 from a year earlier, while the external debt-to-GDP ratio increased to 20.8 per cent from 19.8 per cent, data released by the Reserve Bank of India showed on Monday.The US dollar remained the dominant currency in India's...
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India has regained its position as the world's fifth-largest stock market by market capitalisation after briefly slipping to seventh place earlier this month.Its total market capitalisation has risen to $5.04 trillion, overtaking Taiwan ($5 trillion) and South Korea ($4.7 trillion).The shift has...
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The Indian Coast Guard successfully rescued six fishermen from the distressed Indian Fishing Boat (IFB) Manju Matha in a challenging Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) operation off the coast of Mangaluru on Monday evening, demonstrating exceptional courage, professionalism, and operational...
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Yes Bank's board on Monday approved raising Rs 16,000 crore through a mix of equity and debt securities, the private-sector lender informed the stock exchange.The board cleared plans to raise up to Rs 7,500 crore through the issuance of eligible equity securities via various permissible routes....
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The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in official statistics carries the risk of models faithfully reproducing biases and gaps in their training data and could 'lend false confidence' to the very blind spots that the system intends to remove, cautioned Principal Secretary to the Prime...
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The latest Anthropic Economic Index Report revealed that more than 35 per cent of Claude users expected artificial intelligence (AI) to be capable of handling most of their work within the next year.'Time of day, day of week, and even specific days of the year shape how people use Claude: People...
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In a sharp critique of Washington's foreign policy, Democrat Congressman Ro Khanna on Monday (local time) claimed that under current President Trump US-India relationship had deteriorated to its lowest point in three decades.Addressing the IX USISPF Leadership Summit 2026 in Washington, DC,...
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Delhi's peak power demand touched an all-time high of 8,748 MW on Monday at 3.17 pm, crossing the previous peak of 8,656 MW recorded on June 19, 2024.BSES distribution companies (discoms) met peak power demand of 3,906 MW in BRPL and 1,876 MW in BYPL areas. At the same time, Tata Power Delhi...
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Siya Goyal in police custody
The Vadgaon Maval court on Monday remanded accused Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary to police custody till July 3 in connection with the Ketan Agarwal murder case.Advocate Vipul Dushing, representing accused Siya, said the prosecution had sought seven days of police custody, but the court granted...
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The Maharashtra government has announced plans to expand CCTV coverage and strengthen police patrolling across Mumbai's suburban railway network to ensure the safety of passengers following the recent fatal stabbing of a young man on a moving local train.Minister of State for Home, Yogesh Kadam,...
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An FIR has been registered against Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh, Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen and party leader Baishwanar Chattopadhyay for allegedly obstructing traffic while surveying the site for the party's July 21 Martyrs' Day rally stage in central Kolkata, police said on Monday.According...
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Export consignments to West Asia will continue to receive enhanced insurance cover against payment defaults until September 30, according to a notification.Earlier, the enhanced cover for exporters taking credit risk insurance from Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) was available for...
