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Berlin: Several European leaders pushed back Tuesday US President Donald Trump's comments seeking an American takeover of Greenland. The leaders issued a statement reaffirming the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island “belongs to its people.” The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom...

New Delhi: Non-coal mining project developers will not have to show proof of land acquisition as a prerequisite for environmental clearance now, according to a recent environment ministry memorandum. So far, the ministry required proof of land acquisition. However, the norm was reconsidered following requests...

Lucknow: The draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh was published Tuesday after a special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, with 12.55 crore voters retained out of 15.44 crore listed earlier, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa said Tuesday. The remaining 18.70 per cent, or about 2.89...

Manado (Indonesia): Flash floods triggered by torrential rain killed at least 16 people in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, officials said Tuesday. Days of monsoon rain burst riverbanks early Monday, triggering fast-moving torrents of water mixed with mud, rocks and debris that swept away people and...

Dubai: The death toll in violence surrounding protests in Iran has risen to at least 35 people, activists said Tuesday, as the country's theocracy acknowledged the unrest in one western province where security forces reportedly raided a hospital. The figure came from the US-based Human...

New York: A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself "the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power in Venezuela. “I was captured,”...

Tokyo: A strong earthquake hit western Japan Tuesday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, and no major damage or life-threatening injuries were reported. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, occurred in Shimane prefecture in northwestern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological...

New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here, sources said Tuesday. She is doing fine and has been kept under observation of a chest physician, they said. It is a routine admission, but she has this problem...

Chandigarh: A 15-year-old boy was detained from Pathankot in Punjab by the police for “spying” and allegedly sharing confidential data via social media, prompting a state-wide alert for similar espionage activities involving children. Officials said Tuesday that the boy, a resident of Jammu's Samba district,...

New Delhi: A group of JNU students raised controversial slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah inside the university campus after the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 riots conspiracy case. According to...