Mumbai: Benchmark indices ended sharply higher on Friday, with the Sensex climbing 1,695.40 points and the Nifty surging nearly 2 per cent, in tandem with a rally in global markets and a decline in crude oil prices after US President Donald Trump declared that his...
New Delhi: India Friday summoned US charge d'affaires Jason Meeks and told him that the American military's "lethal and deadly" strikes on commercial vessels with Indian crew members off the coast of Oman are "unacceptable". Meeks was summoned to the headquarters of the Ministry of...
New Delhi: Retail inflation inched up in May to 3.93 per cent compared to 3.48 per cent in the preceding month due to higher food prices, according to official data released Friday. Consumer Price Index-based inflation in the food basket was 4.78 per cent in...
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) Friday announced a series of student-friendly measures for NEET (UG) 2026, including additional rough-work space, and an extended examination window. The medical entrance examination is scheduled to be held June 21. According to the NTA, the examination will...
Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons for June 17 to Veena T, the daughter of former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, for questioning in a money laundering case, officials said Friday. She had sought deferment of her first summons for June 12, citing...
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney became a symbol of middle power resistance after a celebrated speech earlier this year, but he is expected to be more muted in his criticism of US President Donald Trump at an upcoming summit in Europe. Carney's speech at...
New Delhi: The government has restricted industrial, commercial and institutional users from buying petrol and diesel from petrol pumps and instead asked them to source their requirements from bulk sale points, according to an official order. The restrictions, which will be in place for up...
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cyber police have registered a case against stand-up comedian Pranit More, web developer Himanshu Jangra, and others for allegedly disseminating "obscene and objectionable" content on social media, and summoned them for an inquiry, an official said Thursday. More and Jangra are at...
Dubai: US President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to launch major strikes on Iran and seize control of its oil and gas industries as continuing attacks between the warring countries pushed the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war. Trump said in a...
Tehran: The Iranian army said it launched drone attacks against the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain Thursday morning, adding that communications and radar facilities linked to the fleet's Patriot air-defence system were among the targets. The US Central Command said its forces conducted additional strikes...
By Dilip Cherian The Uttarakhand government’s decision to clear whistleblower forest officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi for a possible deputation to the...
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After numerous hiccups, threats and counter-threats exchanged between US President Donald Trump and Iran’s top leadership, the US and Iran...
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The fate of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose popularity rating had been alarmingly dipping, was sealed the moment Andy...
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In a disconcerting new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that almost every child in India is...
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