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India Announces Rs 4,850 Crore Line of Credit To Maldives: PM Modi

India is proud to be the most trusted friend of the Maldives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after announcing a Rs 4,850 crore line of credit to the island nation.

Chhattisgarh Villages To Keep 'Citizen Registers' To Track Infiltrators

The Chhattisgarh government is preparing for what it calls a decisive crackdown on illegal infiltration by introducing a 'citizen register' system in villages.

Three Years On, MBBS In Hindi Slow To Take Off In Madhya Pradesh

Three years after Madhya Pradesh made headlines as the first Indian state to introduce MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) education in Hindi, the ambitious project is still struggling to find its pulse.

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2025: 26 Years Later, India Still Salutes Its Heroes

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2025: The war was fought at high altitudes in the Himalayas, where Indian soldiers bravely reclaimed peaks infiltrated by Pakistani troops.

Over 10,500 Indians Jailed Abroad, 43 On Death Row: Centre Informs Lok Sabha

A staggering 10,574 Indian citizens are currently imprisoned in jails across the globe, including 43 of them languishing on the death row, the Parliament was informed on Friday.

While Shubhanshu Shukla Was Away, Another Astronaut Simulated Space On Earth

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has announced that in a pioneering step for India's space programme, it enabled a 10-day Space Analogue Mission named ANUGAMI at the Institute for Aerospace Medicine (IAM) in Bengaluru under the ICMR.

Blog | Saiyaara, And The Taming Of The Tortured-Male-Rockstar

Mohit Suri's film flips the script, in that it allows the girl to bypass conventions and extract an Aditya Chopra hero, prone to seeing the divine in the person he loves, from Sandeep Reddy Vanga's universe of God-complexed lovers.

Opinion | Trade Deals vs WTO: Is Trump Hastening The World Trade Organization's Demise?

The current Trump tariffs may not be mimicking the pre-WWII period, but they are certainly reminiscent of that.

Sunjay Kapur's Mother Is Not A Shareholder, Says Company Amid Family Feud

The feud brewing within the Kapur family-owned Sona Group took a sharp turn Friday evening after the board said Rani Kapur, who had claimed majority shareholder status, had not been a shareholder at all since 2019.

Inheritance Wars: Ambani, Modi, Bajaj, Now Kapur. India's Mega Family Feuds

A look at some of the biggest feuds in some of the country's biggest industrialist families as brothers, sisters, and mothers fight each other for a share of the lucrative pie.

Phase 1 Of Bihar Poll Roll Revision Complete, 65.2 Lakh Voters Risk Being Removed

The first phase of the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has been completed and the names of 65.2 lakh voters are likely to be excluded.

Delhi Boy Sexually Abused By 13, Stabbed 24 Times For Being Rival Gang's Informer

In a grisly revenge story, thirteen people, many of whom were minors themselves, banded together to sexually assault and stab a 14-year-old boy to death for allegedly informing a rival gang member.

Agniveer Killed, 2 Soldiers Injured In Landmine Blast Near LoC In J&K's Poonch

An armyman was killed and two others injured in a landmine blast along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Friday, officials said.

Opinion | Beyond Hesitations: Why The India-UK Trade Deal Is An Inflexion Point

For long, Indo-UK relations have been shadowed by the echoes of a colonial past. While that history must never be forgotten, it is crucial to acknowledge the evolving dynamics of a modern, democratic India and a globally engaged Britain.

How India's UPI Is Revolutionising Global Digital Payments, Explained Simply

India's UPI has become a global leader in fast payments, handling over 640 million transactions daily and powering nearly 50% of all real-time digital payments worldwide.

On Day 1 As MP, Kamal Haasan Raises Polarisation, Seeks Centrism

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan, freshly sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP, has released a deeply reflective open letter addressed to citizens of the country including his home state, Tamil Nadu.

Kangana Ranaut, Himachal Governor's "Udta Punjab" Remark Sparks Row

A political row has erupted between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh after actor-turned-politician and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut linked the rising drug abuse in her home state to narcotics trafficking from Pakistan via Punjab.

Who Is Priya Sachdev Kapur, Wife Of Late Businessman Sunjay Kapur, At Centre Of Rs 30,000 Crore Empire

Priya Sachdev Kapur has emerged as a central figure in the high-stakes legal battle over control of the Rs 30,000-crore Sona Group empire.

When Bollywood Stars Visited Soldiers During Kargil War

Wounded soldiers at an Army medical unit during the Kargil war in 1999 were in for a surprise as a retinue of Bollywood stars like Salman Khan, Suniel Shetty, Ravina Tandon and Shabana Azmi walked in to boost their morale, recounts a new book.

Motion To Impeach Judge In Cash Row Was Not Admitted In Rajya Sabha: Sources

The impeachment of Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma - over piles of burnt cash found at his Delhi home in March - will be taken up by a government-sponsored motion in the Lok Sabha