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SAIL opens first Middle East office in Dubai

New Delhi: Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has inaugurated its first representative office for the Middle East in Dubai, marking a significant step in the public sector steel giant’s global expansion…
Hamas responds ‘positively’ to Gaza truce offer, implementation talks next

Deir al-Balah: Hamas said Friday it has given a “positive” response to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza but said further talks were needed on implementation. It was not clear…

Two officials suspended over deaths of 5 Tigers in Karnataka

Bengaluru: Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Friday suspended two officials for negligence and dereliction of duty in connection with the ‘unnatural deaths’ of five tigers in the Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills,…
GHMC assures completion of fogging and mosquito control within a week

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s (GHMC) chief medical and health officer Dr Padmaja has assured that fogging for mosquito control was being done in 150 wards at the rate of one…
Copper vital for India’s energy transition: Kishan Reddy

Hyderabad: Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy on Friday released the Copper Vision Document and the Aluminium Vision Document at the international conference here on sustainable and responsible mining…
Toll rates slashed by 50% on National Highways with structures

New Delhi: The government has reduced the toll rates up to 50 per cent for the sections of National Highways that have structures like tunnels, bridges, flyovers or elevated stretches, a move…
Kolkata college gang rape: Police reconstruct crime scene with arrested men

Kolkata: Sleuths of the Kolkata Police on Friday took the four men, arrested in connection with the gang rape of a student, to South Calcutta Law College and reconstructed the crime scene,…

Air India pilot collapses moments before operating Bengaluru-Delhi flight

Mumbai: An Air India pilot collapsed in the cockpit just before he was to operate the airline’s flight from Bengaluru to Delhi on Friday, sources said. Air India confirmed that there was…
India does not take position on faith & religion: MEA on Dalai Lama’s successor

New Delhi: The Indian government does not take any position on matters concerning practices of faith and religion, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday, two days after the Dalai…
Mahagathbandhan to hold ‘chakka jam’ against electoral rolls revision on July 9: Tejashwi

Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday announced that the opposition Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, helmed by his party, will hold road blockades next week in protest against the special intensive revision of…
AI Express admits engine maintenance lapse after DGCA rap, says issue resolved

New Delhi: Following a sharp reprimand from India’s aviation regulator DGCA, Air India Express on Friday admitted to an error in replacing engine parts on one of its Airbus A320 aircraft and…
DU to allow candidates fill in preferences for courses, colleges in coming week

New Delhi: Delhi University will begin the next phase of its undergraduate admissions process “in the coming week” by allowing candidates to fill in their preferences for courses and colleges after the…
Final Electoral Rolls of Bihar to be published on Sep 30: ECI

New Delhi: The final Electoral Rolls of Bihar will be published on September 30, paving the way for voters to file appeals related to the list with district magistrates and the Chief…
HYDRAA to focus on removing garbage, silt even on days without rain

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Disaster Response Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRAA) commissioner AV Ranganath stated that it’s 150 Monsoon Emergency Teams (MET) and 51 Disaster Response Force (DRF) teams will be engaged…
PM Modi visited 42 countries but has no time for Manipur: Kharge

Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited 42 countries, but he has no time to visit Manipur, where people are dying, said AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge. The Congress chief came down heavily…