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Rupee slide squeezes household budgets

Household budgets across India face a fresh strain as the rupee’s slide to record lows threatens to raise the cost of fuel, imported electronics, ove…

Sami rejects nationality jibes over Bhagwat meeting

Adnan Sami has pushed back against online attacks questioning his nationality after his meeting with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat …

Delhi transport strike strains daily commute

Delhi-NCR commuters faced longer waits, costlier rides and patchier last-mile connectivity on Thursday as a three-day transport strike by cab, auto-r…

FBI tightens net on call-centre fraud

Federal investigators have dismantled a call-centre fraud operation linked to India after hundreds of elderly victims in the United States and abroad…

Bengal clears border fencing land

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has announced the transfer of land to the Border Security Force for fencing a 27-km stretch along the Ban…

Khera turns Melodi clip into crisis attack

Congress sharpened its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a light-hearted exchange with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome went …

Oath row sharpens Vijay cabinet expansion

Tamil Nadu’s expanded Cabinet under Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay was sworn in on Thursday at Lok Bhavan in Chennai, but the ceremony briefly turned …

Vijay coalition faces early stability test

Actor-politician C Joseph Vijay’s fledgling government in Tamil Nadu has entered its first major stability test, with the CPI warning that it will re…

Cartoon row shadows Modi’s Norway visit

Norway’s largest newspaper has come under sharp criticism after a cartoon portraying Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a snake charmer surfaced online …

Bengal reworks OBC quota after court order

West Bengal’s BJP government has restored reservation benefits for 66 communities that were on the state’s Other Backward Classes list before 2010, m…

Trump holds fire as Tehran pivots east

US President Donald Trump has halted a planned military strike on Iran, saying negotiations with Tehran had become “serious”, while warning that forc…

Mamata sharpens attack after Bengal rout

Mamata Banerjee has sought to rally Trinamool Congress legislators after the party’s heavy West Bengal election defeat, telling them that the BJP-led…

Bhojshala prayers draw heavy turnout

Devotees gathered in large numbers at the Bhojshala complex in Dhar to offer prayers to Goddess Saraswati after the Madhya Pradesh High Court ruling …

Qasmi backs curbs on roadside namaz

Uttarakhand Madrasa Education Board Chairman Mufti Shamoon Qasmi has supported Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s call against offering n…

Fuel price rise deepens household strain

Petrol and diesel prices have climbed for the second time in less than a week, adding fresh pressure on households, transporters and small businesses…

Hormuz cable threat widens Tehran pressure

Iran’s warning that it could impose fees on submarine internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz has opened a new front in the contest over…

Gwadar offer exposes Pakistan’s deterrence dilemma

Pakistan’s reported attempt to seek Chinese help for a survivable nuclear second-strike capability in return for expanded military access to Gwadar h…

Road prayers face tougher curbs

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has warned that namaz will not be permitted on public roads, saying religious observances must be confin…

Bengal rewrites welfare and quota rules

Bengal’s Suvendu Adhikari-led government has moved to end state assistance linked to religious categorisation from June and overhaul the Other Backwa…

Court weighs faith in Ganga case

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to five men accused of throwing non-vegetarian food leftovers into the Ganga during an iftar gathering on a boa…

Messi fiasco returns to Bengal spotlight

West Bengal’s new BJP government has ordered a fresh examination of the Lionel Messi event chaos at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium, reopening a politica…

Delhi rebuts Dutch rights criticism

New Delhi has rejected reported remarks by Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten on media freedom and minority rights, saying India remains a vibrant democ…