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Supreme Court issues directions to expedite dowry trials
The bench also directed states/Union territories and high courts to conduct periodic training and sensitisation programmes for judicial officers, police officials, prosecutors, protection officers, counsellors through judicial academies, police training institutions and other appropriate bodies. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih said there was a need for time-bound completion of trial…
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India’s petroleum products’ exports surge 8% in July
Govt data showed India exported 2.4 million tonnes (MT) of diesel in July this year, up from 2.2 MT in the corresponding month last year, while total petroleum product exports rose from 5 MT to 5.5 MT. Diesel is currently commanding nearly 70% premium over crude, making exports lucrative for refiners despite the windfall gains…
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PM Modi to meet Russia’s Putin on SCO meeting sidelines
PM Modi’s bilateral with Putin, the first since the Russian President visited India in Dec 2025 for the annual summit, will follow external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow this week for a meeting of the 27th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation during which he also called on…
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Nepal floods: No adverse impact of flash floods on Indian side, says NDRF
NDRF has deployed 20 teams — 11 in UP and nine in Bihar — for evacuation, relief and rescue operations in case these areas experience floods and waterlogging. These include an NDRF team deployed in Kushinagar district, near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. In a media briefing, NDRF IG Narendra Bundela said floods have caused massive…
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
The president also reiterated his criticism that Canada “treats us very badly.” Trade talks between the nations collapsed last week.
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C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit
John Ratcliffe’s meeting this week with a Russian intelligence chief was aimed at pushing the Kremlin to pursue a peace deal with Ukraine.
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Hours after blocking, X restores account of organisation hosting Bhagwat in New York
The @AheadForum1 handle of American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue (AHEAD Forum) became unavailable Wednesday, three days before Bhagwat’s address at Madison Square Garden’s Infosys Theatre. Seeking restoration, AHEAD Forun had earlier said that the suspension “may have occurred in error” and its communications promoted “universal peace, oneness, harmony” and interfaith dialogue. No public evidence…
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BJP cites ‘jhooth ki goonj’ site to hit out at Rahul Gandhi
“Rahul’s every lie will be countered with facts. The ‘jhooth ki goonj’ website is exposing every lie of his. The louder propaganda echoes, the faster truth will emerge,” BJP spokesperson Anil Banluni said. Party neta Sudhanshu Trivedi said Rahul is full of frustration and envy vis-a-vis PM Modi, but every lie of his is being…
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Join sports, playgrounds more important than PlayStation: PM to youth
Speaking at the Khelo India dialogue, he said, “More important than screens are sports centres. More important than PlayStation is the playground. And this will happen only when the youth embrace this approach.” Lamenting India’s absence from almost half of Olympic sports, he said that is why he had announced a talent hunt for children…
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Govt plans to engage third-party auditor to inspect NHs, e-ways
EIL had earlier carried out the task of third-party quality check during the construction of the Golden Quadrilateral, the country’s first flagship highway development programme under the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In recent years, increased instances of deficiencies in NH projects have become a cause of concern, as these have attracted criticism from the…