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Mehbooba Mufti favours revival of sporting ties between India, Pakistan
Jammu: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday favoured revival of sporting ties between India and Pakistan to normalise the tense situation in the aftermath of the recent events including the Pahalgam terror…
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Impeachment move against Justice Verma may be the cause of V P Dhankhar’s sudden resignation: Reports
The political circles were aghast when Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar abruptly resigned on the first day of the current monsoon session. His term was to end in 2027. He was the Prime…
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Election commission doubles annual pay for booth level officers
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday said it has doubled the annual remuneration of its booth-level officers (BLOs), the grassroots-level functionaries who help it prepare electoral rolls. Since 2015, the…
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Malegaon blasts: Court dismisses Abhinav Bharat’s role as a terror group
Mumbai: A special court that acquitted seven persons in the 2008 Malegaon blast case debunked the prosecution’s claims that right-wing extremist group Abhinav Bharat had carried out the blast, noting that the…
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Won’t let BJP cross 150 seats in next Lok Sabha polls: Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday, August 2, said that the Congress will ensure the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not cross 150 seats in the next Lok Sabha…
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National Award for The Kerala Story endorses communal hatred: CM Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said that awarding national film honours to ‘The Kerala Story’ can only be seen as an endorsement of attempts to misuse movies to spread…
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Talks for renewal of Ganga Water Treaty between India, Bangladesh yet to begin: Govt
New Delhi: Bilateral discussions for the renewal of the Ganga Water Treaty between India and Bangladesh are yet to begin, the government informed Parliament on Friday. Inputs on drinking water and industrial…
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UPI payments hits record in July; NPCI rolls out new rules
Transactions via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) touched a record high of 19.47 billion in July. The transaction value stood at Rs 25.08 lakh crore, the second-highest ever recorded, according to data…
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India’s forex reserves rise by USD 2.7 bn to USD 698.19 billion
Mumbai: India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $2.7 billion to reach $698.19 billion for the week ending July 25, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday.…
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US slaps 25pc tariff on India; half of exports hit including gems & textiles
New Delhi: The US on Friday slapped a 25 per cent tariff on India, potentially impacting about half of the USD 86 billion Indian exports to America, while the other half, including…
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No closure yet for family of missing witness in Malegaon blast case
Indore: Seventeen years after his mysterious disappearance, authorities are still clueless about the whereabouts of Dilip Patidar, a witness in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, now legally presumed dead. Patidar, related to…
- Technology
India’s space achievements win global admiration, says ISRO
Thiruvananthapuram: India’s space technology has progressed to a level that commands the admiration of even the world’s leading powers, ISRO Chairman Dr V Narayanan said here on Friday. He was speaking after…


