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AIZAWL: (Sep 2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Mizoram and Manipur on September 13, officials in Aizawl said. PM Modi will first visit Mizoram to inaugurate the new Bairabi-Sairang railway. Multiple officials of the Mizoram government said they have received information that from Aizawl, the PM will fly to Manipur, his first...

GUWAHATI: (Aug 19) The Guwahati Police has summoned senior journalists Siddharth Varadarajan and Karan Thapar in connection with a case registered on sedition charges, according to the notices. The two journalists have been asked to appear before the Crime Branch of Guwahati Police on August 22. The identical summonses, a copy of which is with...

MUMBAI: (Aug 19) Mumbai witnessed severe inundation in low-lying areas, delayed local train services and traffic snarls at various places on Tuesday morning as there was no respite from heavy rains in the metropolis and neighbouring areas. Schools and colleges were shut in Mumbai in view of the relentless rains and the ‘red alert’ warning...

NEW DELHI: (Aug 1) Platforms that allow players to chat along with gaming, or gaming-adjacent platforms, present an opportunity for extremist groups to recruit and radicalise impressionable users, a study that interviewed gamers has found. Gaming-adjacent platforms such as ‘Steam’, ‘Discord’ and ‘Twitch’ allow users to chat and live stream while playing. They are also...

NEW DELHI: (Aug 2) The national capital on Saturday recorded a minimum temperature of 25.7 degrees Celsius, 1.4 notches below the season’s average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD has forecast thunderstorm with rain for Saturday, with the maximum temperature expected to settle around 35 degrees Celsius. The relative humidity was recorded...

SRINAGAR: (Aug 2) A terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said. The overnight encounter began after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in a forest area at Akhal in the south Kashmir district after receiving specific intelligence inputs about the presence...

By Yoshita Singh NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: (Aug 2) US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has heard that India is no longer going to buy oil from Russia, which he hailed as a “good step,” but added that he wasn’t sure about the development. “Well, I understand India no longer is going to be buying...

SRINAGAR: (Jul 27) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday called upon the alumni of the Kashmir University to continue their association with the varsity, saying they have greatly benefited from it and should return the favour through their experience. The chief minister was addressing the ‘Mega Alumni Meet-2025’ of the Kashmir University here....

PESHAWAR: (Jul 28) Three coaches of the Quetta-bound Jaffer Express train derailed due to an explosion on Monday, leaving one injured in Pakistan’s southeast Sindh province, officials said. While railway officials said that it may take up to another five hours to restore the track from rain traffic, the Sindh administration has ordered an investigation...

NEW DELHI: (Jul 29) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised the speeches of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in the Lok Sabha for articulating the success of Operation Sindoor and India’s global outreach respectively. In a post on X, PM Modi said, “An excellent speech by Raksha Mantri Rajnath...