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PUDUCHERRY: Union home minister Amit Shah took a dig at the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of lying repeatedly about the India-US trade deal.Addressing a public meeting at Karaikal, Puducherry’s enclave, 140km south of its headquarters, during his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Shah brushed aside…

NEW DELHI: A West Bengal booth-level officer (BLO) and his accomplice have been arrested for allegedly murdering a man whose wife, according to police, was in a relationship with the BLO. Rizwan Hasan Mondal and his accomplice Sagar Gyne were apprehened after dismembered body parts of 30-year-old Nasir Ali were found in a canal in…

Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagendran (File photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday responded sharply to alleged objectionable comments made by state BJP president Nainar Nagendran about actor-politician Vijay and actor Trisha.DMK MP Kanimozhi NVN Somu condemned the remarks, calling it “uncivilised” to target the personal lives of those…

NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for acknowledging the party’s leadership in the national elections, saying “look forward to engaging constructively with India to advance our multifaceted relationship”The party’s official social media handle posted:”Thank you very much, Honourable @narendramodi. We greatly appreciate your kind acknowledgment of Mr….

NEW DELHI: In a major push to expand India’s medical workforce, the Centre has approved the addition of 10,023 new medical seats across government institutions — including 5,000 postgraduate seats and 5,023 MBBS seats — in what is being seen as a significant capacity boost.Informing Parliament, Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said Phase-III of a…

NEW DELHI: After decades of losing ground to drug resistance, doctors finally have new weapons against gonorrhoea, a common sexually transmitted infection that has steadily outsmarted one antibiotic after another. The recent approval of two new oral medicines by the US Food and Drug Administration has reopened a narrowing treatment window for a disease edging…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday landed at the Emergency Landing Facility on the Moran Bypass in Dibrugarh as part of his day-long visit to Assam.He was received at the Chabua airfield by Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal and senior state government officials. All…

NEW DELHI : A rare Raja Ravi Varma painting — by some accounts his last work — is at the centre of a high-stakes legal battle with multiple ownership claims.The painting, ‘Kadambari’, by the 19th-century maestro, is at present in the possession of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, which assured Delhi high court recently that…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to the soldiers, that were killed in the Pulwama attack 7 years ago calling them “brave heroes”.“Remembering the brave heroes who laid down their lives in Pulwama on this day in 2019. Their devotion, resolve and service to the nation remain forever etched in our…

NEW DELHI: An analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms shows that the 10 electoral trusts that declared receiving contributions in FY 2024-25 got a total of Rs 3,826 crore from corporates and individuals, and distributed almost the equivalent amount to various political parties. BJP accounted for 82.5% (Rs 3,157.6 crore) of the total donations received…