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Stalin Pushes Theory That Iron Age Began On Tamil Soil Amid Raging Tussle Of Civilizations

The Iron Age began on Tamil soil, chief minister MK Stalin said on Thursday, offering test reports from top institutions and testimony from experts as proof to bolster a narrative that centres on the supremacy of an ancient Dravidian civilisation.

WhatsApp allowed to share user data with Meta platforms

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Thursday stayed a November 2024 order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) that barred.

Kejriwal's Punjab Police cover removed

Bigwigs lead campaign

Hungary schools get bomb threats

Hundreds of schools in Hungary received bomb threats on Thursday, officials said, forcing them to briefly evacuate students.

Kejriwal's Punjab Police cover removed

The Punjab Police on Thursday said it withdrew a component of security deployed by it as part of the Z+ detail guarding former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, after questions from the Delhi Police and instructions from the Election Commission.

Man kills two minor cousins, attacks their parents in UP

POLICE SAID INITIAL PROBE SUGGESTS THAT THE ATTACK STEMMED FROM A PROPERTY DISPUTE

Keys upsets Swiatek to swing into final, takes on No.1 Sabalenka next

A two-hour, 35-minute high-quality, drama-filled battle saw her beat Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8)

Lahiri seeks reset after a 'frustrating' 2024 season

Anirban Lahiri likes setting his own standards. Which means that despite four top-10s on the LIV Tour in 2024 and retaining his card for next season, the Indian golfer is neither happy nor satisfied.

Closure of several FIITJEE centres leaves students in lurch

THE COACHING CENTRES WERE SHUT IN MEERUT, GHAZIABAD, LUCKNOW, VARANASI, BHOPAL, PATNA, DELHI AND NOIDA

HC rejects plea over Bikaner House award

The Delhi high court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by Nokha Municipal Corporation challenging an arbitral tribunal's order directing it to pay 50.3 lakh to a private firm, which had subsequently led to the attachment of the iconic Bikaner House, in execution proceedings.

Controversial social media bill gets parl nod

Pakistan's lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a controversial bill that will give the government sweeping controls on social media, including sending users to prison for spreading disinformation.

Abhishek's attack mode sets him apart

At a time when six-hitting has ceased to evoke the spectacular anymore, Abhishek Sharma's bellicose innings at Eden Gardens on Wednesday offers a fresh perspective to the nouveau concept of batters 'expressing' themselves.

Torres Ponzi Case: ED Carries Out Searches in Mumbai, Jaipur

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches in at least 10 locations in Mumbai and Jaipur in a case pertaining to alleged money laundering in the Torres Ponzi scheme, officials said.

Inquiry begins to find trigger for freak Jalgaon train tragedy

A curve on the tracks was likely one of the main factors behind the freak Jalgaon train incident, as it obstructed the line of sight of one of the drivers and limited the time he had to apply emergency brakes, officials aware of the matter said on Thursday as authorities began investigating the trigger for the incident.

US Congress passes bill to detain illegal immigrants

A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it \"blatantly unconstitutional\".

Delhi wants Sheila Dikshit's development model: Rahul

Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticised what he alleged was the \"false propaganda\" of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), stating that the people of Delhi want his party's \"real development model\", which was witnessed during the 15-year tenure of former chief minister, the late Sheila Dikshit.

Two firms emerge front-runners as govt begins ₹70K-cr sub deal talks

Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and German yard Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS), have emerged as the front-runner for a ₹70,000-crore project to build six advanced submarines in India to sharpen the navy's underwater capabilities, edging out their only competitor, the Larsen & Toubro-Navantia combine, that did not meet the navy's requirements, people aware of the matter said on Thursday.

Police Oppose AAP Leader's Bail Plea to Canvass for Wife in Polls

The Delhi police on Thursday opposed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan's plea to the high court to be released on interim bail in connection with a Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) case lodged against him with links to UK-based gangster Kapil Sangwan, to aid his wife in the upcoming polls, arguing that there was no pressing urgency.

BJP cannot match the AAP model in any of its 20 states

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal had an action-packed day, holding rallies and public addresses in three localities, suffering an alleged attack and crossing paths with an incumbent party legislator who turned a dissident upon being dropped for the upcoming polls.

Terror Funding Case: HC Seeks NIA Reply on Plea of Engineer Rashid

The Delhi high court on Thursday issued notice on a plea by Engineer Rashid, an MP from Jammu & Kashmir, seeking directions to the city court to pronounce orders on his bail plea in a terror-funding case.

Name missing from voters list, says ex-CM

Senior Congress leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister, Harish Rawat, on Thursday claimed that his name was missing from the voters list, adding to the complaints of Muslims and Dalits that their names were deleted from the electoral rolls for urban local body elections on Thursday.

Cong Shares Audio Clip on 'AAP's Link to Liquor Scam'

The Congress on Thursday shared an audio clip which, it alleged, purportedly reveals \"senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders\" discussing monetary gains from liquor companies.

Man says he killed wife, cut, boiled body; cops scour Hyd

Nearly a week after a 35-year-old woman went missing in Hyderabad, her husband, an ex-serviceman, has claimed that he killed her, dismembered her body, boiled the parts and disposed them of in a lake at Jillelaguda on the city outskirts, police said on Thursday, adding they are to confirm the claims as no body parts have been recovered yet.

UGC opens new front in federalism battle

The draft UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment and Promotion of Teachers and Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2025 has become a new flashpoint in Centre-state relations.

U.S. COURT HALTS TRUMP ORDER ON BIRTH CITIZENSHIP

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents' immigration status, calling it \"blatantly unconstitutional\".

Scientific Temper, Social Benefit the Only Holy Cows

Can there be \"public science of cow sacrality\"? Veezhinathan Kamakoti, the director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, recently attempted this when he advocated cow worship based on some scientific research and considerable religious passion.

Kejriwal Issues New Promise: AAP Will End Unemployment

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will rigorously focus on generating employment, especially for the youth in Delhi, if it remains in power following the February 5 assembly elections, party chief Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday, in one of the first such poll promises targeting this demographic.

Light Rainfall in Delhi; May Lead to Temperature Dip by Weekend

Parts of Delhi received light rainfall in the early hours of Thursday due to the impact of a western disturbance.

Elect leaders who will go to assembly to solve problems

Punjab chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) star campaigner Bhagwant Mann on Thursday took on a different tack, by seeking to highlight the accomplishments and promises of the party for the city, instead of engaging in mud-slinging with other parties or their candidates.

Hindon to Begin AI Exp Flights in March

First airline to operate from two NCR airports