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‘Fearing ground assault, our families have started leaving Tehran’: Iranians in India
Fear grips Tehran as residents anticipate a ground assault. Ambiguous statements from Washington and threats from Tel Aviv fuel anxiety. Many families are leaving the capital for safer rural areas….
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EC seeks report on Mamata’s ‘provocative’ remark from CEO
With her statement seen as a provocation to TMC women workers and supporters to launch attacks at polling stations in rural areas, posing a risk to the central armed police…
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ED chargesheets Anil aide in RCom laundering case
RCom, Ambani, his close associates and some family members are under investigation in the purchase and sale of an apartment worth over Rs 70 crore in Manhattan, New York. Sources…
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Pilots of VIP charters can now refuse to fly in unsafe conditions
Noting that VVIPs “use air travel frequently for electioneering and other purposes in (small) aircraft” and choppers, DGCA said, “Analysis of earlier accidents/incidents associated with aircraft operations to/from airstrips/temporary helipads…
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12L on Bengal’s 2nd supplementary list, but no clarity on who made the cut
As was the case when Election Commission released the first supplementary rolls close to midnight last Monday, there were more questions than CEO Manoj Agarwal had answers for. “About 37…
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US, Ukraine citizens who went to Mizoram posed no threat to India: Shah
This is the first time a govt functionary has clarified on record that the group’s interest lay in Myanmar and India was merely a transit point. “No threat was posed…
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Defence ministry inks Rs 445cr deal for Tunguska missile systems with Russia, signs Rs 413cr P8I jet maintenance contract with Boeing
The contract for the procurement of Tunguska systems, valued at Rs 445 crore, for the Indian Army, was signed with JSC Rosoboronexport of Russia in the presence of defence secretary…
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Def council clears Rs 2.4L cr proposals for procurement of more S-400 units, transport aircraft, desi Bofors
The approval for additional S-400 ‘Sudarshan’ systems, which had helped neutralise Pakistani missiles during last year’s conflict in May and had also to its credit the world’s longest-range kill of…
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‘Alive & protesting’: MP in Janata regime turns 100
Sitting in his Bharatpur home, the veteran, “Lohia’s oldest disciple” as he likes to call himself, speaks with the authority of one who has not just witnessed history, but shaped…
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