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PM Narendra Modi with Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenković addresses a joint press statement/@MEAIndia X//ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held delegation-level talks with Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic to discuss a range of issues to boost bilateral ties. Modi, who is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the Balkan nation, arrived in Zagreb earlier in the day on the last leg...
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Goa art and culture minister Govind Gaude
Goa art and culture minister Govind Gaude was on Wednesday dropped from the state cabinet, almost a month after he alleged corruption in the tribal welfare department headed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.BJP Goa unit president Damodar Naik confirmed to PTI that Gaude was removed from the...
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Biju Janata Dal president and Leader of the Opposition in Odisha assembly Naveen Patnaik will undergo a medical procedure for cervical arthritis at a private hospital in Mumbai on June 22. Patnaik delegated power to the BJD's Political Affairs Committee to look after the day to day...
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Three Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire with the police during a combing operation in Alluri Sitharamaraju district on Wednesday. According to the preliminary information, the combing operation was carried out based on prior intelligence inputs. Three maoists were neutralized...
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Within hours of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held productive talks' at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canadian security agencies have raised concerns regarding alleged influence operations by Indian officials targeting Canadian communities and politicians,...
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The CBI has registered a case against a former deputy general manager (medical services) of ONGC, Jorhat, Assam and nine others in a Rs 45 lakh fraud case related to issuance of bogus medical bills, officials said Wednesday. Accused ex-DGM Bijoy Kumar Shaw and his colleague the then...
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Eight people were killed after a car rammed into a stationary pick-up vehicle near Jejuri in Pune district on Wednesday evening, police said. The incident took place on Jejuri-Morgaon road. Four men and a woman who were in the car, the driver of the pick-up vehicle (a small truck), and...
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Hours after holding a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his claim that he stopped a war between India and Pakistan. In comments to reporters, Trump described Modi as a fantastic man and asserted that the two countries will...
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Hours after holding a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his claim that he stopped a war between India and Pakistan. In comments to reporters, Trump described Modi as a fantastic man and asserted that the two countries will...
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The Border Security Force recovered two drones from Tarn Taran and Ferozepur districts in two separate search operations on Wednesday, according to an official statement. According to an official release from PRO, Based on information, a search operation launched by the BSF troops led to the...
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Indian students on way to Delhi after their evacuation from Iran/MEA India on X
India on Wednesday announced launching 'Operation Sindhu' to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran as the conflict between Iran and Israel showed no sign of letting up. India accords highest priority to the safety and security of Indian nationals abroad, the ministry of external affairs...
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President Droupadi Murmu will be on a three-day visit to Uttarakhand from Thursday, her office has said. During this visit, she will stay and inaugurate/lay foundation stones for various projects at Rashtrapati Niketan, the Presidential retreat in Dehradun, it said on Wednesday. The...
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Asserting that Iran is always in favour of peace and security, a senior Iranian diplomat on Wednesday said Tehran is ready for any peace negotiation but with a condition that Israeli military action should first be condemned. In an interaction with PTI Videos here, Iran's deputy chief of...
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Four boys drowned while bathing in Gandak river in Bihar's Begusarai district on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The deceased have been identified as Raushan Kumar (12), twins Avinash Kumar and Abhishek Kumar (both 17), and Nitish Kumar (14). Khodawandpur SHO Mithilesh Kumar told...
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File image of an anti-Maoist operation/ANI Photo
Security personnel have recovered 14 IEDs and over 50 kg of explosive material from a Maoist camp in a forest area in West Singhbhum district, police said on Wednesday.The personnel were engaged in an anti-Naxal operation near Chitpil village to trace explosives meant to target security forces,...
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File image of Calcutta high court./ANI Photo
The Calcutta high court on Wednesday directed the Centre to resume disbursal of MGNREGA funds in West Bengal from August 1, while allowing the Union government to set necessary safeguards to prevent corruption.The matter will come up for further hearing after August 15.Between 2022-23 and...
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The rupee depreciated 13 paise to close at 86.47 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, dragged down by risk-off sentiments and elevated crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rupee dwindled amid weak domestic equity markets and the broad strength of the dollar. Moreover,...
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Students from Kashmir boarding flight from Armenia/JKSA/ANI on X
About 90 students from Kashmir Valley are set to arrive in New Delhi on Tuesday night from Armenia, amid the evacuation operation facilitated by India in view of the Israel-Iran conflict. -- ANI
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Air India has cancelled three of its international flights on Wednesday owing to various reasons, including maintenance and technical issues. Two of these flights were cancelled after the passengers had already boarded the aircraft, the airline said. The airline said it had to cancel...
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Two senior Maoist cadres, including an education unit commander and a press team member, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, officials said. Jeevan Tulavi, 45, and his wife Agasha, 35, were active in the Maoist ranks for more than 20 years. They surrendered...
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The CRPF on Wednesday carried out an anti-sabotage and sanitisation operation in and around the Bhagwati Nagar Amarnath Yatra base camp n Jammu to ensure the safety and security of pilgrims, officials said. The 32-day pilgrimage will commence on July 3 from the twin tracks the traditional...
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Here is the schedule of the India, England Test series beginning June 20.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in Croatia in the final leg of his three-nation visit. Modi arrived in Zagreb after concluding his visit to Canada, where he participated in the G7 Summit. The prime minister was accorded a ceremonial welcome on his arrival in...
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Pic: Reuters
In a defiant address on Wednesday, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, explicitly rejected calls for surrender from the United States amidst intense Israeli military strikes. During an official statement read by a state television anchor, Khamenei issued a stark warning, asserting...
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Sonam Raghuvanshi is the prime accused in the case
A team of Meghalaya police probing the murder of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi on Wednesday visited the maternal house of Sonam Raghuvanshi, the victim's wife and prime accused in the case, and questioned her family members. The investigation team arrived at Sonam's maternal...
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Damaged building and cars in Israel
Israeli ministers on Wednesday asserted that there will be no negotiations with Iran as they vowed to carry on with Operation Rising Lion till it achieves its objectives. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz in a tweet on social media platform X also hinted at the possibility of a regime...
16:39
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower on Wednesday as soaring tensions in the Middle East and caution ahead of the US Fed interest rate decision hit investor sentiment. Surrendering its early gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined by 138.64 points or 0.17 per cent to close at...
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Khamenei posted this image with the Arabic translation as: In the name of Nami, the battle begins. Ali returns with his Zulfiqar.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Iranian nation is not one to surrender, a day after US President Donald Trump called on the country to surrender unconditionally, reports CNN.Let the Americans know that the Iranian nation is not one to surrender, and any military intervention on...
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A damaged house in Tehran
Iranian foreign ministry says any US intervention would be 'a recipe for an all-out war' in the region. Israeli warplanes pounded Iran's capital overnight and into Wednesday as Iran launched a small barrage of missiles at Israel with no reports of casualties. Foreign Ministry spokesman...
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Insurance companies are facing challenges in settling claims of the Ahmedabad Air India plane crash victims last week as in many cases the policyholders and nominees both have died in the tragedy. There are instances of an entire family perishing or one of the spouses dying in the horrific...
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Smoke rises from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot in Tehran
Since Israel launched strikes on Iran last Friday, Iran has launched more than 400 missiles and hundreds of drones towards Israel, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, reports CNN.The strikes have hit 40 sites across Israel, the office said, resulting in nearly 19,000...
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Have you visited these 100-plus-year-old restaurants of Amchi Mumbai yet? Hitesh Harisinghani visits 10 restaurants that started up in Bombay (as the city was known then) a century ago or earlier. Take a bite
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When a 93-year-old villager, dressed in a traditional white 'dhoti-kurta' and a cap, stepped into a jewellery shop in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, the staff mistook his humble appearance for someone seeking financial help. But when he expressed the wish to buy a 'mangalsutra'...
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As rains continued to lash parts of Kerala, disrupting normal life, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued an orange alert in Kannur and Kasaragod districts for the day.It also sounded an orange alert in Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad and Malappuram...
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After a perilous 500-km road journey out of conflict-torn Tehran, stranded Indian tourist Falguni Dey reached Iran's Astara border with Azerbaijan on Tuesday evening, but his ordeal is far from over. Dey is now caught in a web of complex paperwork needed to cross into Azerbaijan and reach Baku,...
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the government will introduce a FASTag-based annual pass for private vehicles, priced at Rs 3,000, effective from August 15, in a step towards hassle-free highway travel. In a post on X, Gadkari said the pass is valid for one year from the date...
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The message
The British Sikh Association issues this message: Appeal to Canadian Sikhs. Please don't engage in anti-India rhetoric because of Canadian citizenship. Please think how your activities affect fellow Sikhs in India? Our Gurus paid Supreme sacrifices to earn the respect we enjoy today. Please do...
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At least 190 victims of last week's Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad have so far been identified through DNA tests and 159 bodies, including of 32 foreign nationals, handed over to their families, officials said on Wednesday. 274 people have died in the crash. The London-bound Air India...
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Lone survivor of AI-171 flight crash, Vishwas Ramesh Kumar, mourns the death of his brother Ajay Ramesh, who was travelling on the same flight Vishwas Ramesh Kumar is a native of Diu and is settled in the UK.
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MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday asked what was the need to impose Hindi on students and appealed to schools in Maharashtra to foil the government's hidden agenda to deliberately create a language divide.Hindi is the state language of some northern states and it is wrong to force it on...
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Asim Munir will be lunching with Trump today
Criticising PM Narendra Modi, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh stressed that India has received 'triple jhatka in foreign policy and diplomacy.Addressing the issue of PM Modi and US President Donald Trump's telephonic conversation, Ramesh asserted that Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir, whose...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman caresses a yak, during her visit to Rongdo Valley, Nubra, in Leh on Monday.
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PM met all the G7 leaders except Trump who had already left for the US
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked with US president Donald Trump to firmly convey that India did not accept any mediation on the issues with Pakistan, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday took a jibe at the PM, claiming that unless President Trump posts about the talk...
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It might be happening again, reports CNN.A president is being driven -- by events, fear of proliferating weapons of mass destruction and the need to back up his own words -- toward a shock-and-awe entry into a Middle East conflict with no guaranteed way out.Expectations are growing in...
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Pakistan COAS Asim Munir
This is what the Pakistan newspaper Dawn has to say on the impending Trump-Munir lunch: In a significant and unanticipated diplomatic development, President Donald Trump is scheduled to host Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, for lunch at the White House on...
11:39
Exaggerated advertisements and claims by portfolio managers have caught the Securities and Exchange Board of India's attention. The market regulator has asked them to remove the misleading communications immediately, citing violations of the code of conduct. In a letter issued on June...
11:26
US President Donald Trump will host Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir for lunch at the White House on Wednesday. The President has lunch with the Chief of Army Staff of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, an advisory issued by the White House said. The lunch will take place at 1 pm (local time)...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump:1. PM Modi held a detailed discussion on Operation Sindoor - that was held in response to the Pahalgam terror attack - with the US President. He said India has conveyed to the entire world its...
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Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to call an all-party meeting to take opposition parties to the confidence on India's position on US President Donald Trump's claim of mediation between India and Pakistan. The General Secretary in charge of...
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PM flags off a Vande Bharat train
To ease passenger woes in short-distance railway travel, the government will manufacture new 100 expanded mainline electric multiple units (MEMU) and 50 Namo Bharat trains, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday.Yesterday, two major decisions were made. To ease...
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American private equity firm Blackstone has acquired South City Mall in Kolkata for a transaction value of Rs 3,250 crore (Rs 32.50 billion), marking the city's largest real estate deal to date.Spread over one million square feet, the mall features an array of brands from Zara to Tommy Hilfiger,...
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Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last Shah toppled in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, issued a call regime change in Tehran, declaring that the Islamic Republic is collapsing and that the time has come for the Iranian people to reclaim Iran. Pahlavi is the eldest son of Mohammad Reza...
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PM Modi shares this image from the G7 meet in Kananaskis, Canada, Together for global progress! Productive exchanges with G7 leaders on key global challenges and shared aspirations for a better planet.
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The White House on Tuesday confirmed a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir for Wednesday. The meeting comes even as the US seeks to bring to an end the ongoing crisis in West Asia.South Asia analyst Michael Kugelman pointed out the...
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Volcanic eruption near Bali Airport in Indonesia forced Air India to divert mid-way the Delhi-Bali flight back to the National Capital on Wednesday, the airline said in a statement. The flight safely landed back in Delhi and all passengers have been disembarked, Air India said in the...
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Air India on Wednesday said it has cancelled its Lucknow-Mumbai flight scheduled for June 17 due to operational reasons and the ripple effect of flight diversions.Alternative arrangements are being made to fly the passengers to their destination, Lucknow, at the earliest, an Air India...
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Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Wednesday announced that 184 DNA samples have been matched so far after the tragic London-bound Air India plane crash. In a post on the social media platform X, Sanghavi wrote, Air India crash update: As of 8 am, 184 DNA have been matched.DNA testing is...
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Around 2,000 richest Indians hold 100 trillion wealth, 93 per cent of which is derived from the value of their stakes in listed companies, according to the 360 ONE Wealth Creators report. The remaining 7 per cent of the wealth is held in unlisted companies. As the analysis is...
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a post on X: In the name of the noble Haidar, the battle begins. 'Haidar is a name often used for Ali, who Shia Muslims consider the first Imam and successor to the prophet Mohammed. Iran's leader also posted on his English-language X...
09:39
Press briefing by FS Vikram Misri on G7: PM Modi and President Trump were scheduled to meet on the sidelines of G7 Summit. President Trump had to return to the US early, due to which this meeting could not take place. After this, at the request of President Trump, today both leaders spoke over...
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The scenic Powai Lake in Mumbai overflowed on Wednesday morning following heavy rains in its catchment areas for the last two days, a civic official said. Its water is not potable and is used only for industrial purposes.Having a storage capacity of 545 crore litres, the lake started overflowing...
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Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station has been postponed to June 22, to allow NASA to evaluate the operations on the orbital lab after the recent repairs in the Russian section, Axiom Space announced on Wednesday.The Axiom-4 mission, which marks...
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday posted on X a photo with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, captioned: 'Italy and India, linked by a great friendship.'PM Modi responded warmly, quoting her post and writing: 'Fully agree with you, PM Giorgia Meloni. India's friendship with Italy will...
09:11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Croatia, the third and final stop of his three-nation tour, after concluding his 'productive' visit to Canada where he attended the G7 Summit.'Concluding a productive Canada visit. Thankful to the Canadian people and Government for hosting a successful G7...
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Yoshita Singh, PTIIndia and Canada have agreed to restore High Commissioners to each other's capitals at an early date, the first in 'calibrated steps' to restore stability to the 'very important relationship', Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian...
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The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Congress leader D K Suresh, the younger brother of Karnataka deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, for questioning in a money laundering case against a local woman who is alleged to have cheated a number of people, official sources said on Tuesday. The...
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PM Narendra Modi meets Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, in Kananaskis, Canada./ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis. The prime minister, who is in Canada to attend the G7 Summit, held a pull-aside with Lee Jae-myung,...
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