NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the Special Protection Group (SPG) to reduce the size of his convoy by 50% as part of a broader push towards austerity measures within the government. Sources said the Prime Minister personally asked the SPG to trim...

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused sections of the American media of helping Iran through their reporting on the ongoing conflict, claiming that some coverage amounted to “virtual TREASON.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump criticised what he described as...

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US defense secretary Pete Hegseth defended President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027 before House and Senate lawmakers on Tuesday. The hearings focused heavily on the growing cost of the Iran war, the strain on US weapons stockpiles and...

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A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government. Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was charged in April with acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government. According to federal...

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NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday increased import tariffs on gold and silver to 15% from the earlier 6%. The move is intended to reduce precious metal imports and ease pressure on India’s foreign exchange reserves. The sharp hike comes only days after Prime...

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A blood-stained rough notebook belonging to a 10-year-old boy helped police in Madhya Pradesh crack what investigators initially feared was a near-perfect blind murder case in Raisen district. The decomposed body of a man was discovered inside a sack beneath Sirwara...

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