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File photo: Air India aeroplane and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Air India captain’s dope test after turbulence-hit flight returns non-negative; confirmatory test is awaited. Israel rejects the US Gaza peace proposal, insisting Hamas must fully disarm before troop withdrawal. Mamata Banerjee alleges stones, bottles and footwear were hurled at her convoy in Bengal. Russia proposes…

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday praised the people of Devbhoomi for their overwhelming response to the ongoing ‘Tiranga Yatras’ across the state, stating that the citizens of the state have always stood firm when it comes to national duty.Speaking to the reporters, the chief minister said that…

The youth wing of the Punjab AAP on Sunday held the ‘Punjab Youth Run 2026’ marathon under the state government’s anti-drug campaign, with party leaders urging participants to make fitness a regular part of their lives.AAP’s youth wing president and MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura said that the marathon started from Gurdwara Sri Amb Sahib and…

NEW DELHI: After holding a meeting with a delegation of protesting students, the Jharkhand government on Sunday said it could not agree to the demand for cancellation of the CGL examination, claiming that it was conducted under court orders and that selected candidates are already employed.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Jharkhand minister Sudivya Kumar…

Sohrai-Khovar, an ancient women-led art tradition from Jharkhand (Image: TWAC) A local artisan crouches by her doorstep, her hands stained with mud and colour drawn straight from the earth around her. The warmth of rust red, the hush of chalky white, the depth of a black gone nearly charcoal. With nothing more than a broken…

An Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi, experienced a sudden loss of altitude of about 300 feet during cruise NEW DELHI: The pilots of Air India’s Aug 4 turbulence-hit Phuket-Delhi flight were subjected to psychoactive substance (dope) screening test on arrival at the destination. The pilot-in-command or captain’s screening test report was not negative…

Russian deputy PM Marat Khusnullin made the suggestion Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin has called on Moscow and New Delhi to explore the feasibility of a direct rail link to the Indian Ocean, aimed at reducing transit risks associated with the Bosphorus strait and Strait of Hormuz.“A rail link to the Indian Ocean should…

KC Venugopal (right) urges Congress leaders to be careful while speaking amid row over Shashi Tharoor’s CJP remarks (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Sunday urged party leaders to “exercise caution” and avoid making remarks that could “please the BJP.”Venugopal was responding to questions about Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s comments suggesting…

File photo: AICC general secretary KC Venugopal NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday stepped up its opposition to the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, with AICC general secretary KC Venugopal warning that the party and other opposition parties would strongly protest if the legislation is introduced in Parliament.Venugopal, speaking to reporters in Alappuzha, alleged…

Hemant Soren assures students on ‘transperancy and justice’ over alleged exam leaks NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday urged youths protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment exams not to seek political patronage or allow their agitation to be politicised, saying dialogue, rather than batons, was the way to resolve issues.“Samvad and not ‘lathi-danda-bandook’…