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DINDIGUL: Tamil Nadu’s governing DMK has rejected demands from a section of ally Congress’s state unit for a share in power after this summer’s assembly polls, with minister I Periyasamy asserting on Sunday that there “would be no coalition govt here”. Speaking in Dindigul, Periyasamy pointed out that Tamil Nadu had always been governed by...

JAMMU: Security forces picked up movement of suspected drones in several forward areas along the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in Samba, Rajouri and Poonch districts of J&K on Sunday evening, officials said. All flying objects came from the Pakistan side, and returned after hovering over Indian territory for a few minutes,...

PM Modi at Somnath temple in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district on Sunday AHMEDABAD/RAJKOT: India must remain vigilant against “merchants of appeasement” who are still active and hatching conspiracies to divide the country, PM Modi said Sunday while projecting Gujarat’s ancient Somnath temple as a model of resistance to what he termed “religious terrorism”. PM Modi...

NEW DELHI: A day after a 44-year-old woman was gunned down on a road in northwest Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh, police on Sunday said the shooters had been prowling the area for nearly three hours, presumably waiting for her.The motorcycle used in the crime was later found in Rohini, sources said. Its number plate was from...

A new audio recording purportedly featuring Maulana Masood Azhar, the elusive chief of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), has surfaced on social media, boasting that his organisation now commands “thousands” of suicide bombers who are prepared for immediate deployment. The clip has surfaced at a time when Pahalgam attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba deputy chief Saifullah Kasuri...

KANPUR: The Kanpur Dehat police in UP have claimed to have busted an alleged religious conversion racket in Akbarpur, arresting three people, including a woman, on charges of converting people from the scheduled castes by offering them incentives. The police are now investigating the interstate network and possible foreign funding links. Police said there were...

NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday dismissed West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee‘s contention that her dramatic intervention in the ED raids at I-PAC premises in Kolkata was in her capacity as TMC president, and suggested that her compulsion to remove evidence linking “coal scam” proceeds to her party might be the real reason. BJP Lok Sabha...

BENGALURU: What was first believed to be a tragic death in a house fire has now been uncovered as a brutal murder.A second-year pre-university student has been arrested for the killing of a 34-year-old software engineer in east Bengaluru earlier this month. Police said the accused allegedly smothered the woman after she resisted his advances...

The Iranian ambassador to India on Sunday dismissed reports claiming Iranian police had arrested Indian nationals as “fake” and urged the public to rely on credible sources for information.In a post on X, sharing the reports, Mohammad Fathali said, “The news circulated on some foreign X accounts about Iran’s developments, is totally false. I request...

Bill Gates reportedly quietly sent nearly $8 billion to the private foundation of his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, in what is being termed as one of the largest divorce-related payouts ever. According to a report in Forbes, the amount has surfaced in a tax filing. As per the report Bill Gates donation skyrocketed Pivotal Philanthropies...