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Pak firms told to hire ex-Army personnel to protect Chinese

PAKISTAN on Friday advised private security agencies, sponsors and project heads to hire former military personnel for the security and safety of Chinese nationals working on various sites in the Sindh province.

Israeli airstrikes kill 12 rescue workers in Lebanon

AN Israeli airstrike killed at least 12 Lebanese rescue workers on Thursday inside a civil defence centre in the eastern city of Baalbek, according to health and rescue officials, hours after state media in Syria said Israeli strikes in and around the capital killed at least 15 people.

Serious concerns in US over rise of extremism in B'desh

THERE are serious concerns in the US over growing extremism in Bangladesh, a former White House official has said, observing that deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh did a good job in controlling it.

VACCINE SCEPTIC ROBERT F KENNEDY JR IS TRUMP'S PICK TO LEAD HEALTH DEPT

President-elect names Doug Collins as his choice for Veteran Affairs Secretary

Major drug haul off Gujarat coast 8 Iranians held

IN a joint operation, anti-narcotics agencies on Friday seized 700 kg of drugs worth around ₹3,000 crore and arrested eight Iranian nationals in Indian waters off the Gujarat coast.

Manipur Naga women take out rally for peace after Muivah's warning

CALL for \"Save the peace\" reverberated across Manipur's Ukhrul town on Friday, days after National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah threatened that his outfit would return to violent ways if the Centre refuses its proposal for third-party intervention to address the decades-old \"Naga political issue\".

J&K Cong chief says House resolution does not demand Art 370 restoration

FOLLOWING Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's U-turn on the demand for restoring Article 370, the J&K Congress chief echoed a similar sentiment, saying that it was neither raised in the resolution passed by the Assembly last week nor mentioned elsewhere.

Clash of 'Dadas' in Pawar homeground

AMIT Taware, a resident of Thopatewadi in Baramati assembly constituency in Maharashtra says Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has done a lot of development work in Baramati, but the people's real 'Daivat' (deity) is 84-year-old Sharad Pawar.

Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar agree to disagree on Yogi slogan of 'division is destruction'

DIFFERENCES in the ruling Mahayuti over UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's slogan 'batenge toh katenge' have come to the fore as Deputy CM Ajit Pawar of the NCP called the slogan inappropriate for Maharashtra while the other Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP defended it.

If Cong wins, won,t let anyone snatch 6j al, jungle & zameen, of tribals: Rahul

CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of serving the interests of billionaires who want to snatch the *jal, jungle and zameen, (land, water and forests) of tribals.

Tribals didn't get due recognition: PM

Says from ₹25K cr to ₹1.25L cr, NDA govt increased budget for tribals five times in 10 years

NIA exercise to identify supporters of ULFA-1

THE NIA has launched an exercise to identify supporters and overground workers of banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I) and help police and security forces either arrest or neutralise them, sources said.

Canada in a quandary as more foreign students making a beeline for asylum

AMID diplomatic tensions with India, the Canadian government has maintained that a growing number of international students are claiming asylum in Canada and that the licensed immigration consultants are unethically advising students to claim asylum.

North, South Blocks to be restored in phased manner

THE repair and restoration of the twin secretariat buildings on the Raisina Hill—North and South Blocks—will be taken up in a phased manner to make way for the proposed Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum to be set up in the precinct of the about century-old heritage structures.

Regional connectivity begins as Nepal powers up B'desh through India

The trilateral power-sharing agreement involving India, Nepal, and Bangladesh came into effect on Friday with power supply from Nepal to Bangladesh beginning through an Indian grid.

The Scent of Fallen Stars: A journey through time & love

AISHWARYA Jha has captivated readers and critics alike with her debut novel, The Scent of Fallen Stars, earning her the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Sahitya Samman.

'Vulnerabilities and superstition' What's common among all PMs

BIG bangs and whimpers - Indian prime ministerships have been a combination of these.

'POWER OF WORDS, RICHNESS OF STORYTELLING

At the 2nd edition of Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman, Manoj Kumar Sonthalia, TNIE CMD, recalls enduring legacy of the group founder

T'GANA MUST WIN OVER PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE LAND

THE small village of Lagcherla in Vikarabad district of Telangana has sent state officials and politicians into a tizzy after a public hearing on land acquisition for a pharmaceutical cluster turned violent.

NEED TO SIMPLIFY TAX BRACKETS AND BROADEN THE NET

THE government has claimed that the tax burden on individuals earning less than 20 lakh a year-that is, the middle class has reduced over the past decade, while that on the rich-those earning more than ₹50 lakh has substantially increased.

THE TEEMING UNDERBELLY SUPPORTING A GLITZY TOP

I have had strange interactions with Dharavi, dubiously honoured as Asia's largest slum.

THE LEGACY OF MONETARY MANDARINS

History will not be kind to central bankers fixated only on the financial economy. It will also be critical of govts passing the hard decisions to such unelected technocrats

Autobiography row: KL CM, CPM leaders back Jayarajan

Pinarayi stands by ex-LDF convener, endorses his version of events

No scope for strong AIADMK-led alliance

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami will not succeed in forming a strong alliance for the 2026 Assembly election, Minister for Law S Regupathy said on Friday.

Six pvt college students among seven held with 1 kg ganja in Kovai city

SEVEN persons, including six students of a private college, were arrested by the Saravanampatti police on Friday for illegal possession of ganja.

ENGG NABBED IN SHILLONG FOR SENDING DRUGS VIA POST TO TN

After completing degree, he moved to Meghalaya last year to run a PG hostel

Agency arrests man for giving shelter to proclaimed offender in murder case

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested M Mohammed Ali Jinnah for knowingly harbouring a proclaimed offender / absconder in the murder case of Ramalingam, the agency said on Friday.

Expose DMK's misrule, don't talk about alliance: BJP to TN cadre

BJP's senior leader and co-in-charge for Tamil Nadu Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Friday instructed the functionaries in the state not to make any comment on the alliance for 2026 but to concentrate on 'exposing' the DMK government's 'misgovernance'.

NIA charge sheets six in Hizb-ut-Tahrir case

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday chargesheeted six accused in a Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) case involving alleged radicalisation of youth as part of a conspiracy to establish Islamic Caliphate in India.

Move HC against OPS brother's acquittal in priest suicide case: Kin

IN the wake of the Dindigul special court's acquittal of O Raja, former CM O Panneerselvam's brother, and five others in the abetment of suicide of a SC temple priest, the Executive Director of Evidence A Kathir and the priest's family demanded the state to appeal in the high court against the acquittal.