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For bulk purchases, such off-the-record cash deals can bring prices down by as much as 6% from prevailing market rates. (Image for representative purposes) Gold prices, despite their recent correction, are still very high and the hike in gold import duties from 6% to 15% has raised the cost of jewellery further.Although prices have fallen...

American media mogul Ted Turner has completed the sale of St Phillips Island, a pristine 4,680-acre barrier island off the coast of South Carolina, to the state government for a small part of its market value. The deal transfers ownership of the untouched coastal island to the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism...

Should death penalty remain exception in rape cases, not the rule? Every time a brutal rape case shocks the country, the demand returns almost immediately: give the harshest possible punishment.The anger is understandable. But the law applies a much narrower test. Not every rape case, however grave, crosses the threshold for the death penalty.India recorded...

NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs on Tuesday slammed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for raising the Kashmir issue at the United Nations General Assembly and said that no external party has any locus standi on the issue of India’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.During a bi-weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal rejected Erdogan’s remarks and...

Defence minister Rajnath Singh at navy’s biannual Commanders’ Conference 2026​ NEW DELHI: Confirming a big milestone in the induction of combat vessels, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that there is a planned addition of 18 warships this year, calling it the “largest single-year force accretion in the history of the Indian Navy”.The new...

Russian defence ministry Tu-154 crashes in Amur region A Russian ministry aircraft crashed near the village of Krasnoyanovo in the Amur region on Tuesday, killing six people, according several local media reports.Seven people were reportedly on board the Tu-154 aircraft, with one survivor sustaining injuries and being hospitalised.Preliminary information suggested the crash may have been...

Neeru Dhanda and women’s 4x400m gold medallists. NEW DELHI: India’s Asian Games campaign received a significant boost on Tuesday as two gold medals on Day 10 helped the country climb back into the top 10 of the medal table. India won eight medals overall, taking its tally to 53 — six gold, 21 silver and...

Deepak Lodhi, a follower of Premanand Maharaj, died after falling from the Gau Kripa Kunj Ashram AGRA: A grinder was found in the room of Premanand Maharaj’s disciple Deepak Lodhi, whose private parts were found severed after he fell from the fourth floor of an ashram in Vrindavan, adding a new twist to the police...

Pakistan urges Taliban-led Afghanistan to move away from what Islamabad calls a “militant mindset” amid worsening tensions and cross-border militancy allegations Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday urged Afghanistan’s interim Taliban administration to “move out of the militant mindset”, as relations between the two neighbours remain strained over allegations of cross-border militancy.“The interim Afghan...