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'I got demotEd': omar pitches for statehood at PM Modi-led event

Katra, June 7 -- Joking about his "demotion" from chief minister of a state to that of a Union Territory, Jammu & Kashmir's Omar Abdullah made a pitch again for the restoration of the region's stateho... Read More


Rahul repeats 'surrender' jibe; takes aim at Nitish govt

Patna, June 7 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday repeated his controversial "surrender" accusation against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a remark that had triggered vociferous criticism from th... Read More


Women leading forces a matter of pride: CJI

New Delhi, June 7 -- The sight of women officers flying sorties in Operation Sindoor - in the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed lives of 26 civilians - was a "matter of immense ... Read More


India, Central Asian nations resolve to jointly tackle terror

New Delhi, June 7 -- India and the five Central Asian states on Friday condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, and in an apparent nod to Pakistan, called for the perpetrators, organisers, and sponsors o... Read More


What RBI's steep rate-cut signals

New Delhi, June 7 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) surprised markets by frontloading its monetary easing with a 50-basis point rather than the consensus 25-basis point repo rate cut on Friday. One b... Read More


Low risk from most prevalent variant of Covid-19, says WHO

New Delhi, June 7 -- The World Health Organisation has assessed the global health risk from Covid-19 variant NB.1.8.1, Sars-CoV-2 virus most prevalent today, as low, despite rising cases in several co... Read More


ED raids Dino Morea, BMC officials' premises

Mumbai, June 7 -- The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches at the premises of actor Dino Morea, some BMC officials, and contractors among others, as part of a money laundering investig... Read More


UK foreign Secy to arrive in India today, discussionon ties on anvil

New Delhi, June 7 -- UK foreign secretary David Lammy will visit India on Saturday to review bilateral relations, especially trade and strategic ties, with his counterpart S Jaishankar a month after t... Read More


Of departed friends and other ghosts

India, June 7 -- Given the brevity of its geohistory, Mumbai has attracted the attention of an outrageously large number of chroniclers. Eighty-five-year-old Adil Jussawalla is one of the city's best-... Read More


Celebrating myth and storytelling

India, June 7 -- The Cave of Echoes celebrates the universal art of storytelling, and the rich diversity of the stories - especially myths - that people live by. Drawing on Hindu and Greek mythology, ... Read More