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UP: LPG cylinder found on rail tracks, goods train driver applies emergency brakes

An empty LPG cylinder was found on the tracks by a goods train driver, who applied emergency brakes and stopped the train near Prempur station in Kanpur on Sunday, the second such incident in Uttar Pradesh this month.

Tirupati laddu row: CM Naidu sets up SIT, Jagan writes to PM Modi; PIL in SC

ROW REVERBERATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

Akhilesh Yadav promises victory for PDA

SP chief criticises the BJP for corruption and mismanagement

Modi meets Japanese & Australian PMs

SP chief criticises the BFP for corruption and mismanagement

Ready to embrace Pak if it stops promoting terrorism on Indian soil

Defence minister Rajnath Singh accused the Congress, NC and PDP of working as 'proxies of Pakistan'

Yogi govt to install hybrid solar lights to eliminate power outages at Prayagraj

DURING MAHAKUMBH

Parliament panel on Waqf Bill receives over 1.2 cr responses

A parliamentary panel examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill has received a staggering 1.2 crore email responses amid campaigns launched by rival groups to ratchet up support for their respective viewpoints regarding the draft law.

Centre sanctions 111 urban forests in 100 days of new govt

Ministry launched revised Nagar Van Yojana' in 2020 to enhance urban greenery, improve quality of life

CJI Chandrachud advises young law graduates to not just be great minded, but also compassionate humans

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Sunday said true leaders recognise their strengths and weaknesses, and use their strengths to build others up while seeking help to cover their blind spots.

Poor 'hardest hit' on fertility front due to lifestyle issues: IVF specialist

Infertility rates soaring, mainly in lower-income and tier 2 & 3 cities, where access to healthcare, nutrition, education is limited'

Delay in mosque construction in Ayodhya amid Ram Mandir nearing completion

The Supreme Court's landmark verdict on the Ayodhya Ram Mandir case not only favoured the construction of the temple but also mandated the allocation of land for a mosque.

Himachal opens scope for higher studies abroad

For students of the economically weaker sections of hill state

Hooda: I will permanently fix criminals, drug smugglers as Congress comes

Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has announced that he would 'fix' criminals and drug smugglers if the Congress government is formed.

Boy dead, eight injured in lightning strike in Chhattisgarh

An 11-year-old boy was killed and eight others injured in a lightning strike in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district on Sunday, a police official said.

Maha: 4 killed as car collides with container truck in Beed district

Four persons were killed when their car collided with a container truck in Maharashtra's Beed district in the wee hours of Sunday, police said.

Harbinger of change

While malaria, TB and HIV annually kill about 3.5 million people, lack of access to safe surgery kills more than 17 million people globally

Shan't till until I'm still

A peculiar contagion has afflicted the next generation of India's rural workers. Despite living a hand-to-mouth existence, many just don't seem to want work

Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares 'open-ended battle'

WAR AGAINST ISRAEL INTENSIFIES

United Nations to support Bangladesh reforms undertaken by Yunus-led interim government

The United Nations will support Bangladesh in its reform initiatives, including police and election reforms, undertaken by the interim government, a top official of the world body said on Sunday.

Trump's goal of mass deportations fell short, but he has new plans for 2nd term

US elections 2024: Deportations under Trump never topped 350,000

US: Mass shooting kills 4 people, injures 18 in nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama

A mass shooting killed four people and wounded 18 others in a popular nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama, with many of the victims caught in the crossfire, police said early Sunday.

21 people injured after Russia strikes tower blocks in Ukraine's Kharkiv

Russia launched new strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that hit high-rise apartment buildings, leaving at least 21 wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack, authorities said.

‘Quad a force for good, more strategically aligned than ever’

The four-member Quad is a force for good and is more strategically aligned than ever before, a joint declaration issued after the meeting of the grouping's leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has said.

British PM hails contributions of UK's South Asian communities

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hailed the contributions of the South Asian heritage communities, who he described as the \"driving force\" of much of the innovation across the country.

Israel raids, shuts down Al Jazeera's bureau in West Bank

Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. <

India's coal import rises 41% to 25.23 MT in July

India's coal import rose by 40.56 per cent to 25.23 million tonne (MT) in July, according to data compiled by B2B e-commerce platform mjunction services.

India to get 1st national security semiconductor fabrication plant

A joint fact sheet on Modi-Biden talks said the two leaders 'hailed' the semiconductor project as a 'watershed arrangement'

India and EU to begin next round of talks on FTA today

The agreement is aimed at further boosting bilateral trade and investments between the two regions

Former Sebi chairman to head committee on ending monopolies in gas transmission and marketing

Oil regulator has formed a committee under former Sebi chairman Ajay Tyagi to recommend ways of ending monopolies enjoyed by companies engaged in both transportation and marketing of natural gas and city gas retailing.

India inks IPEF's agreements on clean and fair economy

India on Sunday signed the 14-member IPEF (Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity) bloc's agreements on a clean and fair economy aimed to enhance cooperation in these areas.