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The US Supreme Court has cleared Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India as it dismissed a review petition against his conviction in the case. The US Supreme Court has cleared Mumbai attack convict Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India, dismissing his review petition against the move. India is seeking the extradition of Rana, a Canadian national of…

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto arrived in the national capital on Friday night, on his first state visit to India. He was received by the Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita at the airport in New Delhi. President Prabowo, who is in India from January 23-26, will also be the Chief Guest for India’s 76th Republic…

12 passengers died and 15 others were injured after a false fire alarm caused panic onboard the Mumbai-bound Pushpak Express on the evening of January 22. Passengers, fearing for their lives, jumped off the stationary train only to be struck by another train, the Karnataka Express, on the adjacent tracks. The incident occurred between Maheji and Pardhade stations near Pachora…

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday attended the maiden Quad ministerial of the new Donald Trump administration. Soon after the meeting, he met the newly appointed US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, for their first bilateral meeting, lasting for more than an hour. S Jaishankar became the first foreign minister to hold a bilateral meeting with…

The Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani, on Monday met the Israeli Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, and his wife Rachel Azar along with other officials, and discussed India-Israel collaboration. In a post on X social media platform, Gautam Adani said the company remains committed to continuing to invest and expand its partnership with Israel. “Honoured to meet…

Several tenders managed to bring the fire under control at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. The police cited 2-3 cylinder blasts for the blaze while no casualties have been reported. A massive fire broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Sunday, as millions of devotees were gathered at the grand religious gathering. Fire…

A woman tourist from Maharashtra was killed in paragliding accident along with her instructor in North Goa on Saturday, the police said. The incident reportedly took place after one of the cables snapped mid-flight, due to which they lost balance and collided with some rocks and crashed from a height. The unfortunate incident took place while they…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, during a recent appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, said that most incumbent governments, including India, lost elections following the Covid-19 pandemic India’s Parliamentary Committee is set to summon officials from the social media platform ‘Meta’, days after CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed that most incumbent governments, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National…

Violence levels in Jammu and Kashmir were orchestrated by Pakistan, the “epicentre,” but with the Bangladesh army, there was “no animosity” but a realisation of both sides that there was a need to “work together,” the army chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, said today. Speaking to reporters today, he said that the people of J&K were shunning violence…

The world’s largest religious gathering kicks off in India on Monday amid health and environmental concerns. Over the next 45 days, an estimated 400 million Hindu pilgrims will converge on the city of Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The Maha Kumbh mela is one of the most sacred pilgrimages for Hindus and is celebrated…