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US hails India’s role in disrupting fentanyl supply chain. Inside Gujarat ATS crackdown on Surat firms

ATS last month arrested chemical supplier & associate for allegedly using forgery to procure & export fentanyl precursors. Both now among 23 individuals and entities sanctioned by US.

Polling for final phase of West Bengal elections begins, TMC strongholds vote today

The first phase of elections on 23 April saw record 91.78 per cent polling. Voting Wednesday will decide the electoral fate of 1,448 candidates.

Rain brings respite from scorching conditions in city

New Delhi Apr 29 (PTI) Rain and thunderstorm hit Delhi early Wednesday, bringing respite from the searing heat conditions. The minimum temperature settled below...

Four killed in separate road accidents in Mainpuri and Muzaffarnagar

Mainpuri/Muzaffarnagar (UP), Apr 29 (PTI) Three persons, including a couple, were killed in a road accident in Mainpuri district, while a woman died...

Car bursts into flames after hitting divider on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway; 3 rescued

Palghar, Apr 29 (PTI) A car carrying three persons crashed into a road divider on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district and...

Two civic staffers in MP caught taking Rs 2 lakh bribe

Bhopal, Apr 29 (PTI) Lokayukta sleuths have caught a sub-engineer and another employee of a civic body in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district while...

Mamata visits polling booths in Bhabanipur, alleges central forces acting at BJP’s behest

Kolkata, Apr 29 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday visited several polling booths in her Bhabanipur assembly constituency where voting...

PM Modi set to inaugurate 594-km Ganga Expressway in UP

Lucknow, Apr 28 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday inaugurate the 594-km-long Ganga Expressway, a mega infrastructure project connecting Meerut to...

Great Nicobar project one of biggest scams, gravest crimes against natural, tribal heritage: Rahul

Sri Vijaya Puram, Apr 29 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged the Great Nicobar project at Campbell Bay in Andaman...

Time to stand up against forces that seek to undermine rights: Kharge to people of West Bengal

New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday urged people of West Bengal to step out in large numbers to exercise...

On Camera

The rupee must fall harder and faster. It’s the path that will lead India to prosperity

The lesson we seem to have learnt is that we should not bother with exporting goods if our remittances and service exports can help us keep our current account deficit modest.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.