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Convoy of tankers is seen crossing Strait of Hormuz, vessel tracking data shows NEW DELHI: As on Tuesday, 50 Indian-flagged and foreign-flagged ships, with cargo bound for India, have transited the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the West Asia conflict on Feb 28.At present, only nine Indian vessels are in the Persian Gulf...

Rs 160 cr allegedly given to company from party a/cs NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate Tuesday carried out searches in Kolkata to probe the purchase of an aircraft — Embraer 600 — and an Agusta 109 SP helicopter for Rs 112 crore by Kolkata-based Carewell Aviation India Pvt Ltd, and Rs 160 crore it allegedly had...

Representational image The United States launched a series of strikes against Iranian targets early Wednesday after three merchant ships were struck in waters off Oman.In a statement, US Central Command (CENTCOM) blamed Iran for the attacks and said the strikes were intended to impose “heavy costs” on Tehran for targeting “innocent civilians in an international...

Union minister Bhupender Yadav NEW DELHI: The Centre has removed four officials from environment minister Bhupender Yadav‘s office. The officials are Yadav’s private secretary, assistant private secretary and two additional private secretaries.Yadav’s private secretary, Amar Singh, a 2010 batch IRS officer, was removed on “administrative grounds”. The appointments of assistant private secretary Siddharth Yadav and...

NEW DELHI: Meta Tuesday announced a fresh set of measures to combat child exploitation across its platforms, days after the Indian govt issued a notice over Instagram advertisements allegedly carrying child sexual abuse material, putting further pressure on the company to strengthen its safety systems.In a blog post, the company said it had already identified...

Astra missile In a big boost for make-in-India weapons, Indonesia has become the first foreign customer of the country’s highly-advanced beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) ‘Astra’, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).Besides an agreement for “cooperation on BrahMos System”, the pact on Astra air-to-air missile in presence of PM Narendra Modi and President Prabowo...

Mahabaleshwar was lashed by cloudburst-like rain on Tuesday, recording 403mm in 24 hours and a staggering 916mm over the past 48 hours Pune: Extremely heavy rain continued to batter parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday with several locations in the Sahyadri Ghats logging 500-600mm in the past 24 hours. The popular hill station of Mahabaleshwar in...

Siya and Chetan, accused in the Ketan Agarwal murder case, claimed during the investigation that they had secretly married a few months ago Pune: Police are verifying claims if Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary — accused of murdering real estate businessman Ketan Agarwal at Lohagad on June 18 — were married, while former’s cellphone data...

Representative image The United States on Tuesday revoked a 60-day sanctions waiver that had allowed the sale of Iranian oil, according to the Treasury Department. The license, issued last month as part of an interim agreement to halt fighting between the US and Iran, had temporarily eased restrictions on Iranian oil exports. Treasury officials did...

A 23-year-old girl allegedly hired contract killers for Rs 7 lakh to murder her widowed mother JAIPUR: A 23-year-old girl allegedly hired contract killers for Rs 7 lakh to murder her widowed mother and stage the crime as a road accident so she could inherit her property and secure a govt job on compassionate grounds,...