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‘We will cross that bridge when we come to it’: Jaishankar’s response on US bill proposing 500% tariffs | 'We slapped because of his attitude': MNS worker justifies assault on shopkeeper for not speaking Marathi | 'Marathi will have to be spoken in Maharashtra': State minister after MNS workers' assault on shopkeeper | PM Modi conferred with 'The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana' | Three Indian nationals abducted in Al-Qaeda-linked group's attack in Mali, MEA expresses 'deep concern' | Pune woman raped by man posing as delivery boy, police probe on | Kolkata gangrape case: West Bengal Bar Council expels prime accused Monojit Mishra | Contempt case: Court sentences former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to six months in prison | India has every right to defend its people against terrorism: Jaishankar at Quad Meet | Dalai Lama's institution will continue, Trust will recognise his successor

Modi receives 'Bhojpuri Chautaal' welcome to Trinidad and Tobago, addresses Indian community members

Jul 04, 2025, at 09:21 am

Indian PM Narendra Modi was welcomed in Trinidad and Tobago with a traditional Bhojpuri Chautaal performance on Thursday.

Aurangabad woman gets husband killed to keep illicit affair with uncle, bearing striking similarity to Meghalaya murder

Jul 04, 2025, at 01:24 am

Bearing a chilling resemblance to the recent Meghalaya murder, a woman in Maharashtra's Aurangabad allegedly conspired her husband's murder just 45 days after their wedding, believing he was a hurdle in her illicit relationship with her uncle, media reports said.

TV actress's son dies after jumping off 49th floor of a Mumbai highrise

Jul 04, 2025, at 12:19 am

A 14-year-old boy allegedly died by committing suicide in Mumbai after a disagreement with his mother, who is an actor and worked in popular Hindi and Gujarati TV shows, media reports said.

UK to airlift stranded British F-35B fighter jet from Kerala on a C-17 Globemaster

Jul 03, 2025, at 10:57 pm

Nineteen days after a British F-35B stealth fighter jet made an emergency landing at Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram International Airport and has remained stranded since then, the United Kingdom is now exploring the option of airlifting the jet aboard a C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft, media reports said.

Rahul Gandhi can't be witness against himself: Pune Court dismisses plea in defamation case

Jul 03, 2025, at 09:30 pm

A Pune court has rejected a petitioner's request to obtain a copy of a book that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi cited during his speech in March 2023, which led to a defamation case against the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, media reports said.

India, US to finalise 10-year defence pact; Singh urges faster GE engine delivery for Tejas

Jul 03, 2025, at 09:04 pm

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his US counterpart Pete Hegseth have agreed to finalise a new 10-year defence framework to strengthen the strategic and military partnership between India and the United States, according to a PTI report.

TMC leader and doctor Shantanu Sen suspended for 2 yrs over fake medical degree charge

Jul 03, 2025, at 06:53 pm

Kolkata: The West Bengal Medical Council has suspended Trinamool Congress leader and physician Dr Shantanu Sen for two years after finding him guilty of using a fake medical degree, media reports said.

‘We will cross that bridge when we come to it’: Jaishankar’s response on US bill proposing 500% tariffs

Jul 03, 2025, at 05:33 pm

Washington DC: India is engaging with American lawmakers over a proposed Russia sanctions bill introduced in the US Congress that seeks to impose steep tariffs on countries continuing trade ties with Moscow, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.

'We slapped because of his attitude': MNS worker justifies assault on shopkeeper for not speaking Marathi

Jul 03, 2025, at 05:32 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: A Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) worker has justified his assault on a shopkeeper, named Babulal Khimji Chaudhary, for not speaking Marathi saying "it was his attitude that led us to slap him".

Brazil eyes Akash missile, Scorpene submarine support ahead of Modi’s visit for Brics Summit

Jul 03, 2025, at 05:00 pm

New Delhi: Brazil has formally expressed interest in acquiring India-made defence platforms, including the Akash missile system and support for its Scorpene-class submarines, just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to visit the country later this week, media reports said.

Big overhaul in Bengal BJP as Samik Bhattacharya elected as state chief unopposed

Jul 03, 2025, at 04:57 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In less than a year to go for the next West Bengal assembly elections, Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya was on Thursday elected as the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president unopposed.

'Marathi will have to be spoken in Maharashtra': State minister after MNS workers' assault on shopkeeper

Jul 03, 2025, at 03:47 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Junior Maharashtra Home Minister Yogesh Kadam has backed Marathi as the language to be spoken in the state in response to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers' assault on a shopkeeper for not speaking in the dialect, media reports said.

Pune woman raped by man posing as delivery boy, police probe on

Jul 03, 2025, at 01:38 pm

Pune/IBNS: A woman in a posh society in Pune was allegedly raped by a man who posed as a courier delivery boy, media reports said.

Kolkata gangrape case: West Bengal Bar Council expels prime accused Monojit Mishra

Jul 03, 2025, at 01:18 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Bar Council of West Bengal on Wednesday removed 31-year-old Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the gangrape of a law student at a Kolkata college, from its membership, media reports said.

PM Modi conferred with 'The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana'

Jul 03, 2025, at 12:32 pm

Accra/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday (local time) conferred with 'The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana' during his historic visit to the country.

Three Indian nationals abducted in Al-Qaeda-linked group's attack in Mali, MEA expresses 'deep concern'

Jul 03, 2025, at 10:55 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Three Indian nationals have been abducted in an Al-Qaeda-linked extremist group's attack on several Malian Army positions, media reports said.

PM Modi receives grand welcome on his arrival in Ghana, meets President John Dramani Mahama

Jul 03, 2025, at 12:46 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Accra on Wednesday on a historic state visit to Ghana as a part of his five-nation tour.

Bengaluru Infosys techie arrested for secretly filming a woman inside office toilet

Jul 03, 2025, at 12:19 am

An IT professional working with Infosys in Bengaluru has been arrested for allegedly recording videos of a woman inside the office toilet, media reports said.

Encounter breaks out between terrorists, Army in J&K's Kishtwar

Jul 02, 2025, at 11:35 pm

Jammu/IBNS: An encounter broke out between the Army and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Chatroo area on Wednesday, media reports said.

Pilots recreate crashed Air India flight's final moments on simulator. Here's what we know so far

Jul 02, 2025, at 09:41 pm

Following the crash of the London-bound AI-171 flight in Ahmedabad on June 12, at least three Air India training pilots on the airline's Boeing 787 fleet tried to recreate likely scenarios in Mumbai that may have resulted in the accident, which killed 260 people, media reports said.

It is a reflection of our enduring partnership, says UAE's envoy on expanding visa-on-arrival for Indian nationals

Jul 02, 2025, at 05:58 pm

The UAE's envoy to India has said the expanded visa-on-arrival policy for Indian nationals is a key milestone in advancing bilateral cooperation and people-to-people engagement between the two nations.

Mumbai school teacher 'rapes' male student for a year

Jul 02, 2025, at 04:39 pm

A school teacher in Mumbai was arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping her student over the course of a year, media reports said.

Dalai Lama's institution will continue, Trust will recognise his successor

Jul 02, 2025, at 02:09 pm

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has cleared that his institution will continue and his successor will be recognised solely by members of the Gaden Phodrang Trust.

MNS workers thrash shopkeeper in Maharashtra for not speaking in Marathi

Jul 02, 2025, at 01:35 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: In an ugly face of the language row, some workers from Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have thrashed a shopkeeper in Maharashtra's capital city Mumbai for not speaking in regional language Marathi, media reports said.

India has every right to defend its people against terrorism: Jaishankar at Quad Meet

Jul 02, 2025, at 11:48 am

Washington DC/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday (US local time) spoke about India's right to defend its people against terrorism in reference to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

S Jaishankar discusses bilateral partnership while meeting Marco Rubio

Jul 02, 2025, at 10:49 am

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the QUAD foreign minister's meeting in Washignton when they discussed bilateral partnership between the two nations.

Indian PM Narendra Modi embarks on five-nation visit, to attend BRICS Summit in Brazil

Jul 02, 2025, at 10:23 am

Indian PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India and Brazil will discuss ways to advance the priorities of the Global South.

Jammu and Kashmir terror attack: QUAD foreign ministers seek action against perpetrators

Jul 02, 2025, at 09:59 am

The QUAD foreign ministers on Tuesday condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam town on April 22, which left 26 people, mostly tourists, killed.

Iskcon Temple in US' Utah targeted, 20-30 bullets fired over past several days; India urges action

Jul 02, 2025, at 01:15 am

At least 20-30 bullets were fired at a Hindu temple in northern Utah over several nights last month, sparking serious concerns over a possible hate crime against ISKCON's Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah.

Kolkata gangrape survivor was given inhaler so she could be brutalised: Lawyer tells court

Jul 02, 2025, at 12:12 am

The Kolkata rape survivor was given an inhaler when she suffered a panic attack during the assult so that she could recover and be brutalised, the public prosecutor has informed a court in the city.