IMPHAL: Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a two-day tour of the Northeast on Saturday, combining outreach with a ₹36,000-crore development package aimed both at reviving conflict-hit Manipur and boosting the region’s economic growth. Modi will arrive in...

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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Russia’s Far East near Kamchatka on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center cautioned that “hazardous” waves could impact coastlines within 300 kilometers of the epicenter. The region...

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday expressed strong concern over the mixing of untreated industrial effluents with domestic sewage flowing into the Yamuna, calling the situation “extremely disturbing.” A special bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Manmeet...

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INDORE: An 11-year-old Class VI student died of a suspected cardiac arrest while playing at her school in Betma, Indore district, on Wednesday. Witnesses said the girl, identified as Lakshita Patel, suddenly felt fatigued during sports class, sat down, and collapsed...

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BHOPAL: A 21-year-old videographer from Govindpura was allegedly held hostage, assaulted, stripped, and blackmailed after being called to film a Ganesh idol procession in Bag Sewania locality on the night of September 3–4, police said. According to SI Veermani Pandey,...

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KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday quashed a narcotics case against Kajim Sheikh (35), who was arrested in March this year — 14 years after a warrant was issued against him. Sheikh had been named in a 2010 FIR lodged at Murshidabad’s Jalangi police station...

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