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Representational image NEW DELHI: Former chairman of Manipur’s oldest insurgent group United National Liberation Front, Rajkumar Meghen, is in Delhi to meet prominent academics, lawyers and activists from Manipur in a bid to create a coalition to work towards peace in the strife torn state and rebuild the “idea of Manipur” that he said has...

Amit Shah, Subhendu Adhikari in 125 years birth centenary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee Kolkata: The Centre would soon complete granting citizenship to refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but infiltrators would be driven out, said Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday, reiterating his pledge to fulfil the election manifesto promises. In the city...

Representational image JAMMU: Security forces launched a search operation early Monday after a suspected Pakistani drone was spotted hovering above a couple of forward villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Rajouri district the previous night, official sources said.Blinking lights were seen over the villages of Mahadev Menka and Beripattan in Rajouri’s Sunderbani...

Doda-Kishtwar Highway Blocked JAMMU: Heavy rainfall triggered a major landslide near the under-construction Kwar hydroelectric power project in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, while flash floods and mudslides blocked Kishtwar-Doda Highway at Prem Nagar on Monday, burying several vehicles under mud, rocks and debris, officials said.Officials said the flash floods carried large volumes of...

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary addresses a press conference, in Jammu. (PTI Photo) SRINAGAR: The National Conference (NC) on Monday announced that its MLAs and MPs will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 20, the first day of Monsoon Session of Parliament, to press for the...

MUMBAI: Mumbai came to a standstill on Monday as heavy rain and gusty winds lashed it for the third day running and torrential showers disrupted life in other parts of the state, Palghar district being the worst-hit.While IMD downgraded the alert for Mumbai for Tuesday from red to orange, the BMC has again declared a...

Indian senior citizen’s account comparing US and Indian healthcare goes viral: ‘Medicines for my wife worth Rs 2,500 in India cost Rs 42,000 in US’ An Indian senior citizen’s account of navigating the US healthcare system has gone viral after an X user Adhir Sinha shared it on the social media platform. The post claimed...

Official figures show Cachar recorded the highest number of neonatal deaths at 74, followed by 49 in Sribhumi and 25 in Hailakandi during the three-month period. SILCHAR: As many as 148 newborns died across Barak Valley in the past three months, exposing persistent gaps in maternal and neonatal healthcare, particularly in rural areas where delayed...

England’s Jarell Quansah (26) leaves the field after receiving a red card during round of 16 soccer match between Mexico and England (left); and Folarin Balogun (20) fouls Bosnia’s Tarik Muharemovic (4). A British Member of Parliament, Noah Law, has urged FIFA president Gianni Infantino to delay the suspension of England defender Jarell Quansah, arguing...

Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court on Monday directed the central govt and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file their counter-affidavits in response to a petition challenging an Agra court order that refused to allow a survey of the Taj Mahal.The petition challenges the rejection of an application seeking the appointment of an advocate...