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Election Commission slams Congress video on vote theft as ‘misleading’

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India Saturday issued a fact-check against a video posted by the Congress party’s official social media handle, labeling...

Gogoi: Modi’s Manipur visit not end goal, only start of ‘long journey’ for peace, justice

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's likely visit to Manipur should not be seen as the end...

South Africa to start Asian tour with series against Pakistan before travelling to India

NEW DELHI: The South African cricket team will begin their Asian tour in October, with a series against Pakistan before travelling across the border...

Iyer to lead India A in red-ball matches against Australia A

NEW DELHI: Shreyas Iyer has been named captain of the 15-member India A squad that will take on Australia A in two multi-day matches...

Trump calls EU’s $3.5 billion fine on Google ‘very unfair’

Says ‘will NOT allow these discriminatory actions ‘ WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump blasted the European Union on Friday, September 9 after regulators fined US tech...

Scientists design living sensor to detect microplastics quickly, affordably

NEW DELHI: Each year, an estimated 10 to 40 million tons of microplastics are released into the environment, and the figure is expected to...

Oceans may face dual threats from humans in next 25 years

NEW DELHI: More than 90 per cent of global trade moves through sea routes, highways of commerce that are increasingly vulnerable to pollution and...

Piyush Goyal hails GST reforms as ‘biggest since independence’

NEW DELHI: Terming the latest reforms in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure as “the biggest economic reform since Independence,” Union Minister of...

GST 2.0 to cost minimal Rs 3,700 cr revenue loss, fiscal deficit unaffected: SBI Research

NEW DELHI: The State Bank of India (SBI) research report has said that the latest reforms in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure...

‘Why is BJP worried?’ DK Shivakumar after Karnataka chooses ballot paper over EVMs in local body polls

BENGALURU: Karnataka deputy chief minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday defended the state cabinet’s decision to conduct all upcoming local body elections using paper ballots...

Congress targets PM, claims RTI reply shows Saudi visit cost over Rs 15 cr in 12 hours

NEW DELHI: A fresh controversy has erupted over the scale of public money spent on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign travels. On Friday, the Congress’...

King Cobra on the move: Climate change to raise snakebite risk in India

NEW DELHI: Snakebite fatalities in India are estimated at 46,000 to 60,000 annually, the highest in the world. States such as Andhra Pradesh, Uttar...

Bank of Baroda case: Anil Ambani says matters dating back more than decade, ‘targeted in selective manner’

NEW DELHI: Bank of Baroda has declared the loan accounts of Reliance Communications Ltd. (RCom) and its erstwhile Director, Anil Ambani, as ‘fraud’, according...

Gaza civil defense says 19 killed in Israeli strikes

GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defense agency said 19 people were killed on Friday in a series of Israeli strikes in and around Gaza City,...

Western troops in Ukraine would be ‘targets’ for Russian forces: Putin

Moscow hits out at plan by Kyiv’s allies to send forces as a security guarantee following any peace deal MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has rejected...

Kim, Xi hail bond as North Korea says it will protect China’s interests

BEIJING: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that North Korea will support China in protecting its sovereignty, territory and...

World’s largest iceberg, the king of seas, is breaking apart

NEW DELHI: Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked amongst the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart...

Nearly 47 per cent of ministers in country face criminal charges says ADR report

New Delhi: Nearly 47 per cent of ministers in the country have declared criminal cases against themselves, including serious charges such as murder, kidnapping,...

Business leaders laud GST overhaul, say move likely to boost economy

NEW DELHI: Business leaders have lauded the Centre’s approval of a simplified Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure, calling it a transformative step for...

GST rates slashed on small cars, bikes; big cars at flat 40%

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Diwali season, a big bonanza awaits car buyers in the form of GST rationalisation. The 56th meeting of the GST...

Nutraceuticals industry one of biggest beneficiaries of GST reforms: Goyal

NEW DELHI: Hailing the GST Council’s decision on the rate cut, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said the nutraceuticals industry is one...

Israel threatens to unleash biblical plagues on Yemen’s Houthis

TEL AVIV: Israel’s defence minister has promised to inflict the 10 biblical plagues of Egypt on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The threat was issued by Israel...

Modi, Singapore PM Wong expand cooperation in space, AI, green shipping

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Thursday held bilateral talks and witnessed the signing of several MoUs...

IPL tickets to get costlier after govt levies 40 per cent GST

NEW DELHI: Watching Indian Premier League (IPL) matches from the stadium will get costlier next season after the next generation GST (Goods and Services...

CAFA Nations Cup 2025: India draws with Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: India played out a stalemate against Afghanistan in their last Group B match in the CAFA Nations Cup 2025, at the Hisor...

China’s Xi oversees massive military parade with Putin, Kim in attendance

China’s full military might was on display in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square where thousands of troops marched in parade Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Chinese President...

Not dead. Trump dismisses health rumors as ‘fake news’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed social media rumors that have swirled about his health — including that he had died —...

Israel launches new spy satellite

TEL AVIV: Israel has launched a new spy satellite into orbit in what Defense Minister Israel Katz described on Wednesday as a “message” to...

North India floods: Army rescues 5,500 civilians in Punjab; Himachal toll climbs to 341

NEW DELHI: Heavy monsoon rains continued to wreak havoc across northern India on Wednesday, triggering floods, landslides, and widespread disruptions in Jammu & Kashmir,...

Trump says India kills us with tariffs, claims Delhi now offers ‘no tariffs’ to America

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: India kills the US with tariffs and the country has now offered “no tariffs” to America, President Donald Trump has said, amid...

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