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Boarding of the evacuation flight from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. NEW DELHI: Iran has made a special accommodation by removing airspace restrictions for three charter flights to evacuate approximately 1,000 Indian nationals, predominantly students, from Mashhad.The Iranian embassy’s deputy chief of mission, Mohammad Javad Hosseini, indicated that additional evacuation flights could be arranged if necessary in the…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he declined a dinner invitation from US President Donald Trump during his visit to Canada for the G7 summit, in order to attend a public programme in Odisha and to visit the “land of Mahaprabhu.”“Just two days ago, I was in Canada for the G7 summit…

In a village in Uttar Pradesh, a 55-year-old man shocked his family by marrying a woman who was initially meant to wed his 17-year-old son. The occurrence in Bansnagali village of Rampur became public knowledge on Thursday.Shakeel, who already had a wife Shabana, maintained regular contact with 22-year-old Ayesha (name changed) from a neighbouring village…

NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the RJD and Congress during his Siwan rally, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav hit back sharply, claiming that neither PM Modi nor Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar are true mass leaders.“The administration was deployed to gather the crowd. The people have been brought forcefully,” Tejashwi alleged on Friday.“Did…

With the draft amendment bill of the NMC Act, which includes a provision allowing patients to appeal before the ethics board of the commission, in limbo since December 2022, the commission is repeatedly rejecting appeals filed by patients.In the latest rejection of a patient’s appeal on June 11, the section officer of the Ethics Section…

Today’s top 5 news developments include the latest developments between Iran and Israel as tensions escalates in the middle east, the delay of the Ax-4 mission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent rally in Bihar. The tensions in the middle-east are continuously rising. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Friday conducted extensive overnight strikes on…

NEW DELHI: In a sharp assessment of regional military dynamics, India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Friday expressed surprise over US President Donald Trump‘s recent lunch meeting with Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir, calling it “an embarrassment” for a country where the military overshadows the civilian government.“It is surprising. It must be an…

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spent nearly Rs 1,494 crore during the 2024 Lok Sabha election, accounting for 44.56 per cent of the total election expenditure, reported news agency PTI on Friday, citing poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).The Congress came in next, spending Rs 620 crore, or 18.5 per cent…

NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday met his party’s district unit presidents and top functionaries to chart out preparations for the crucial local body elections across Maharashtra later this year.The polls will cover 29 municipal corporations, where ward delimitation has already begun, along with 32 zilla parishads, 336 panchayat samitis and…

Former deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia (Image credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Senior AAP leader and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia appeared before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in connection with the alleged Delhi classroom construction scam.In a statement, the Joint Commissioner of Police, ACB, said, “Today, June 20 at 11.00 am, Manish Sisodia…