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- Middle East
Israel refuses to withdraw troops from southern Lebanon
Israel has ruled out withdrawing its forces from southern Lebanon, with Defence Minister Israel Katz saying the military will maintain its presence in the area regardless of any request from the United…
- News
Suffocation, not flames, killed 15 in Lucknow fire: Post-mortem
Lucknow: Fifteen people who died in the devastating fire that tore through a building in Lucknow’s Aliganj area succumbed to suffocation after inhaling large quantities of smoke, with post-mortem examinations revealing that…
- Middle East
Iran invites PM Narendra Modi to Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral
Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday, June 24, formally invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the funeral and burial ceremonies of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, according to…
- Middle East
UN says Israel killed over 20,000 Palestinian children since 2023
Gaza Strip: More than 20,000 Palestinian children have been killed since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, a United Nations commission of inquiry said on Tuesday, June 23. The…
- India
Can’t take oath in the name of Mother India: Kerala High Court
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday, June 24, ruled that elected local body representatives must take their oath strictly in the manner prescribed by law, declaring invalid the oaths of several…
- Middle East
IAEA chief signals inspections at Iran nuclear sites
Tehran: The head of the UN’s nuclear agency signalled Wednesday, June 24, that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim deal between the…
- Middle East
US Senate approves 1st-ever resolution challenging Trump’s Iran war
Washington: The Senate for the first time approved a war powers resolution, seeking to block US military action against Iran, as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump’s efforts to resolve a conflict…
- India
MP CM mapped Ujjain’s roads, his family mapped the plots: Report
Since Mohan Yadav took charge as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister in December 2023, his family members and their real estate companies have collectively purchased at least 137 plots, totalling 168 acre, for…
- India
Lucknow fire: FIR cites illegal commercial use, single entry/exit
Lucknow: The first information report (FIR) registered over the Aliganj building fire in Lucknow that claimed 15 lives has alleged that the premises were being operated as a commercial establishment without adequate…
- Hyderabad
Waterlogging, power cuts grip Hyderabad after overnight rain
Hyderabad: Heavy overnight rains battered parts of Hyderabad on Monday and Tuesday, June 22 and 23, leaving several neighbourhoods waterlogged, snapping power supply in many areas and snarling traffic across the city. Chandanagar…
- Middle East
No entry yet: Iran says no UN nuclear inspections planned
Dubai/Washington: Iran said on Tuesday, June 23, that there’s been no visit scheduled for inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to see nuclear sites earlier bombed by the United States.…
- India
Telegram ban lifted in India after NEET re-exam, edit block stays
Hyderabad: Google and Apple restored Telegram on their respective platforms on Tuesday morning, June 23, as the government’s week-long ban on the messaging platform came to an end, though a separate order disabling…
- Middle East
12 Indians among 13 killed in Qatar gas plant explosion
Doha/New Delhi: Twelve Indian nationals were among 13 people killed in an explosion at a gas facility in Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City on Monday, June 22, the Indian Embassy in Doha confirmed,…
- Middle East
Iran won’t rest until Trump is drowned in ‘sea of anger’: Khamenei aide
Monday, June 22, marked the 115th day of the US-Israel war on Iran, as a senior representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader warned that Iranians would not rest until US President Donald Trump…
- India
UP CM visits Lucknow fire site, announces aid, vows strict action
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday, June 22, evening visited the site where a major fire gutted a three-storey commercial building at Aliganj in Lucknow, leaving 15 people, including…
