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NATO to unveil major defence deals as allies seek to reassure Trump on military spending
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (327+ words) NATO is set to announce a series of defence projects worth billions of dollars at its summit in Turkey on Tuesday as member states seek to demonstrate increased military investment and reassure US President Donald Trump that the alliance is…...
Bengal's Baruipur horror triggers fresh battle as Mamata takes to streets again
1+ day, 12+ min ago (849+ words) The alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in West Bengal's Baruipur has spiralled into a full-blown political confrontation, with former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP accusing each other of exploiting the tragedy as…...
Punjab parties criticise removal of Diljit Dosanjh's 'Satluj' from OTT
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (501+ words) Political parties and Sikh organisations in Punjab on Monday condemned the removal of Diljit Dosanjh-starrer'Satluj from the ZEE5 streaming platform, describing it as an attempt to suppress one of the state's darkest chapters and demanding that the film be restored. Originally…...
Bengal: Mamata loyalists, rebels in dramatic tug-of-war for control
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (271+ words) The rebels, according to sources within the TMC, were also questioned by election commissioners in Delhi on 2 July and asked to justify why they were meeting in hotels and not in party offices. If they claimed to be the real…...
UAPA against Kerala man held for 'offensive' comment on Pahalgam victim
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (275+ words) The Kerala Police have invoked the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against a 26-year-old man arrested over an alleged offensive comment posted under a video featuring the daughter of a victim of the Pahalgam terror attack. The accused, Muhammed Sanoof,…...
World Cup: Infantino's FIFA a Trump stooge? Balogun ban reversal says so
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (312+ words) A New York Times report says the Trump administration swung into action immediately after the red card, with commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the White House Task Force on the World Cup, engaging lawyers to…...
Whats App gets more time to respond on usernames, pauses India rollout
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (510+ words) Meta-owned Whats App has been granted additional time to respond to the Centre's notice over its proposed username feature and has assured the government that it will not introduce the feature in India until consultations are completed, according to sources....
Karnataka: Probe widens, more arrests likely in Bengaluru daycare abuse case as NHRC seeks report
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (480+ words) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Karnataka government on allegations of abuse of toddlers at a daycare centre on Capgemini's Bengaluru campus, even as police widened their investigation with the arrest of a former…...
Modi's silence on Israel is "unconscionable': Congress
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (340+ words) The Congress on Monday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cited India among Israel's strongest supporters, accusing the government of abandoning India's moral and civilisational values through its silence on Israel's…...
Congress flags distress migration in Odisha CM's home district, seeks jobs in Keonjhar
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (319+ words) The Odisha Congress on Sunday stepped up its attack on the BJP government, alleging that poverty and joblessness continue to drive large-scale migration from mineral-rich Keonjhar district, including from villages in Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's home region. The charge…...