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Harjit Singh Grewal is the second Sikh to head the body under the Modi govt after Iqbal Singh Lalpura NEW DELHI: After remaining without a chief for 15 months, National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Tuesday saw its new chairman Harjit Singh Grewal, assume charge. He is the second Sikh to head the body under the...

Trump speaks during a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office at White House US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that American airlines will be allowed to resume direct flights to Lebanon for the first time in more than four decades, following talks with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White...

French parliament passed a law banning social media for children under-15 France on Tuesday approved a nationwide ban on social media use by children under the age of 15, becoming the first European Union country to adopt such a sweeping restriction as governments grapple with the impact of digital platforms on young users.The legislation, backed...

The December 2025 attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach brought global infamy to Hyderabad after a father and son from the city were named key accused in the shooting that left at least 15 people dead. But, just a stone’s throw away, another Hyderabadi emerged as one of the tragedy’s unsung heroes, scripting a story of...

SC set aside conviction and death sentence of an accused in Rajasthan’s 1996 Samleti bus blast case NEW DELHI: Holding that legitimacy of a judicial verdict is measured not by severity of the punishment but by the fairness of the processes through which guilt is determined, Supreme Court Tuesday set aside the conviction and death...

2 protestors injured NEW DELHI: Two protesters injured on Monday remained hospitalised on Tuesday, with the rest being discharged. While a 21-year-old woman on ventilator support at RML Hospital is showing signs of improvement, doctors said she continues to be in critical condition, and it is too early to make any prognosis.Another protester, Sheikh Irshad,...

Pilgrims have been advised to stay at the base camps and lodging centres JAMMU: Pilgrimages to the cave shrines of Shri Amarnath, Mata Vaishnodevi, Shiv Khori, and Sarthal Devi in Jammu & Kashmir remained suspended for the third consecutive day on Tuesday amid heavy rainfall and hostile weather conditions. Schools have been closed till July...

A resident sits on the steps of a flood-affected house surrounded by inundated water NEW DELHI: At least 21 people were killed in Assam in the last 24 hours as the flood situation worsened, with more than 5.64 lakh people affected across 16 districts, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).The latest fatalities...

PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceased, Rs 50,000 for injured JALPAIGURI/SILIGURI: At least 20 of the 27 people trapped in a collapsed tunnel of an under-construction hydro-electric project in Sikkim’s Namchi district have died. Two workers have exited the tunnel and search is on for the rest.Of the 20 bodies...

Govt has allocated little less than Rs 1.8 lakh crore fertiliser subsidy for 2026-27 NEW DELHI: Govt has spent Rs 70,709 crore, nearly 40% of the fertiliser subsidy allocated for 2026-27, in the first three-and-a-half months of the current fiscal year, indicating the subsidy bill is set to exceed the budget estimate due to the...