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Abhijeet Dipke, Dharmendra Pradhan (PTI images) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party chief Abhijeet Dipke on Friday wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre to provide ₹1 crore in compensation to the families of students who allegedly died by suicide amid the ongoing paper leak crisis.In the letter addressed to the...

Prime Minister Modi engages in bilateral talks with US President Donald Trump on G7 sidelines in France NEW DELHI: Former US national security advisor John Bolton has warned against any move towards a US-China “G2” framework. He said that it would amount to a “dangerous sidelining” of India at a time when Washington and New...

A US cargo plane, carrying vehicles and other supplies, flies over the slums near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, in Ahmedabad. (PTI Photo) For millions of travellers, the first glimpse of a country comes through an aircraft window. Long before they experience its food, culture, economy or people, they form an opinion based on what...

Delhi high court upholds Telegram ban ahead of NEET re-test NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday rejected Russian messaging platform Telegram’s plea challenging the Centre’s decision to temporarily block access to the app ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination.Dismissing the petition, Justice Tejas Karia upheld the government’s order issued under Section 69A of...

Used for representative purpose Days after a Sikh caretaker couple were shot dead inside a gurdwara in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police on Thursday arrested the main suspect in the double murder case, officials said.The victims, Jagannath and his wife Asma Wanti, were serving as caretakers of a gurdwara in Babu Mohalla in Mardan district,...

Harshit Rana (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Fast bowler Harshit Rana was added to the India squad on Friday, ahead of the third and final ODI against Afghanistan.The match is scheduled to be played in Chennai on Saturday, with India already having sealed the three-match series 2-0 after a dominant 170-run victory in Lucknow. Rana’s inclusion...

PM Modi extends birthday wishes to Rahul Gandhi (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended birthday wishes to Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on his 56th birthday.In a post on X, PM Modi wrote: “Best wishes to the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok...

Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture The shares of Accenture plunged nearly 20% on June 18, extending a year-long decline of about 50%. The drop followed fiscal third-quarter results which showed revenues of $18.7 billion — up $1 billion year-over-year but below expectations and a 2% decline in new bookings compared to the same quarter last year....

Players celebrate after Mexico’s Luis Romo, bottom middle, scored the goal. (AP Photo) Mexico booked their place in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over South Korea, becoming the first team to secure qualification for the knockout stage after capitalising on a costly defensive error at Estadio Akron.The...

India rejects Pakistan’s claims on Kashmir, calls Indus Waters Treaty outdated at UNHRC (First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN Anupama Singh (Photo: UN)) NEW DELHI: India launched a sharp attack on Pakistan at the 62nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), describing it as a “Frankenstein state”...