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Tokyo: Oil prices resumed their climb and global markets mostly declined Monday as the US military prepared to blockade traffic to and from Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz, where most shipping has been stalled by Iran since the start of the war. US...

London: Prime Minister Keir Starmer Monday said Britain will not be part of a US blockade of Iranian ports in response to the closing of the Strait of Hormuz. Starmer told BBC radio that "we're not supporting the blockade" and "we're not getting dragged into...

Mumbai: The death toll in the road accident in Mumbai's Kalyan has climbed to 11 after two people succumbed to their injuries at the hospital, officials said Monday. A dumper truck collided with a car in the Kalyan area of Mumbai Monday, officials said. The...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission to implement a finger and iris biometric identification system at polling stations to prevent duplicate voting. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi made...

New Delhi: In a major development, security forces neutralised a top female Naxalite leader in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district. The deceased has been identified as Rupi, an Area Committee Member (ACM) in the Naxalite hierarchy. A bounty of Rs 5 lakh had been...

Surendranagar: Seven members of a pilgrim group from the Bharwad community were killed and several others injured after a speeding truck ran over them on the Lakhtar-Viramgam highway in Gujarat's Surendranagar district in the early hours of Monday. The accident took place between Chharad and...

Noida: A protest by workers in Phase 2 of Noida in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar escalated into violence Monday, as demonstrators demanding a salary hike clashed with authorities and vandalised property outside a private company. The agitation, which had been ongoing for the past...

Mathura: The death toll in the Mathura boat accident has risen to 15 after rescue teams recovered two more bodies of missing persons from the Yamuna River, officials said Monday. One of the deceased has been identified as Yash Bhalla, also known as Yuvraj, a...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Sunday that his "civilisation will die" remarks brought Iran to the bargaining table for the now failed peace talks, and predicted that they will come back. "Let me tell you, that statement got them to the bargaining table, and they...

New Delhi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju Sunday told Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge that delaying implementation of the Women's Reservation Act is nothing but delaying justice to millions of women and asked the principal opposition party to rise above politics and come forward to support its...