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Yogi accuses Samajwadi Party, Congress of insulting Hindu faith NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday targeted the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress, accusing them of disrespecting Hindu faith and practising ‘appeasement politics’ by allegedly allowing namaz to be offered at Hanumangarhi in Ayodhya during their tenure.Addressing a public meeting in...

Her announcement comes months after Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal sentenced her to death after convicting her of crimes against humanity Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said she and other exiled leaders of the Awami League plan to return to Bangladesh voluntarily around December, despite the possibility of being arrested or even killed upon...

OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, the AI-powered web browser it launched less than a year ago, and is moving many of its features into ChatGPT instead. The decision comes months after the company introduced Atlas as “a new web browser built with ChatGPT at its core.” At launch, however, OpenAI did not prominently tell users...

Army chief General Dhiraj Seth at a forward location near the Line of Control in the Poonch-Rajouri-Sundarbani sector of J&K. (Image credit: Indian Army) General Dhiraj Seth, who recently took over as the army chief, wrote a letter to serving army officers on 6 July 2026 titled “Together Towards Excellence.” In the letter General Seth...

Petroleum ministry clarifies ethanol programme amid debate NEW DELHI: Petroleum and natural gas ministry on Friday said that E20 petrol is currently costlier to produce than pure petrol at prevailing global crude oil prices, but maintained that the ethanol blending programme has helped protect Indian consumers from volatile international oil prices while improving the country’s...

KARUR: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday addressed a public meeting at Atlas Ground in Karur, where he distributed compassionate appointment orders to 32 families affected by the stampede that occurred during a TVK rally last year.The event was held under tight security arrangements.Addressing the gathering, Vijay described the stampede as “the...

A formation consisting of three Su-30 MKIs fly in formation. (Image credit: Indian Air Force) The World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (WDMMA) has again ranked the Indian Air Force third in its 2026 list, after the United States and Russia. More notably, China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) is placed fourth. This is...

S&P Global Ratings said inadequate rainfall could reduce crop yields and directly affect farmers’ earnings (File photo) A weaker-than-normal southwest monsoon could pose risks to India’s rural economy by reducing farm incomes, increasing food inflation and slowing consumption demand in the coming months, according to a report by S&P Global Ratings.The rating agency said agriculture...

The findings have renewed concerns not only over the safety of the project itself but also over its wider implications for India. (Generative image) Even as China races to build the world’s largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, its own government-backed geologists have warned that the mega dam sits above an...

Team India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate and Ishan Kishan (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate did not hold back after India’s poor run in overseas T20Is continued with another series defeat. After being whitewashed 0-2 by Ireland, India have now lost the five-match T20I series against England 0-3 with...