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Daily Archives: October 5, 2024

Supreme Court bins pleas against verdict allowing states to impose tax on mineral rights

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has dismissed petitions seeking a review of its July 25 verdict that ruled royalty payable on minerals...

Spirituality doesn’t mean being religious: President

NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said spirituality does not mean being religious or renouncing worldly activities. Speaking...

PM Modi to release Rs 20,000 crore for farmers today

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release Rs 20,000 crore as the 18th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme on Saturday, benefiting...

Pune court summons Rahul Gandhi on October 23 in Savarkar defamation case

PUNE A special court in Pune has summoned Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed by the grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar...

Bodies of 3 more Naxalites found in Chhattisgarh; toll 31   

DANTEWADA: The bodies of three more Naxalites were recovered on Saturday morning in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, where a fierce encounter with security...

NIA conducts searches in JK, 4 other states in terror case

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency on Saturday conducted searches at 22 locations across states as part of its probe against Pakistan-based...

Over 700 Imran supporters ‘held’ ahead of march planned by party in Islamabad

LAHORE: Over 700 supporters of the jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan were arrested from different parts of Punjab on Thursday,...

Pak okays Rs 45 bn for military to protect Chinese interests

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government decided to provide an additional Rs 45 billion budget for the armed forces mainly to strengthen their capacity...

All-out war unlikely, says Biden

JERUSALEM: Israeli strikes sealed off Lebanon’s main border crossing with Syria early on Friday, hours after an intense Israeli attack on Beirut’s...

Khamenei calls Iran’s missile attack ‘legal and legitimate’

TEHRAN: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared in public on Friday for the first time since Iran’s missile attack on Israel, describing...