Modi, aged 74, is the first prime minister born in Independent India and was sworn in for his third consecutive term in June of the previous year. On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will officially become India’s second-longest serving premier in consecutive...

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NEW DELHI: The Indian passport has strengthened its global standing, rising eight spots to rank 77th in the Henley Passport Index 2025. Indian citizens now enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 59 destinations worldwide. This upward move follows a decline last...

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to stay the ongoing counselling process for undergraduate medical admissions based on NEET-UG 2025 but agreed to hear the concerns raised by two students. The petitioners, who appeared for the exam at a centre in...

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KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentences of two men convicted in the 2021 rape and murder of a five-year-old girl, sentencing them instead to 60 years of imprisonment without the possibility of remission. The court cited the potential...

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MUMBAI: A special POCSO court has granted bail to a 40-year-old former teacher of a prominent Mumbai school who was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a male student. In its detailed order, the court noted evidence suggesting that the relationship between the...

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the recent deaths of five tigers in Karnataka’s Male Mahadeshwara Hills (MM Hills) Wildlife Sanctuary and directed both the state government and the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and...

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