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NEW DELHI: You can loosen your purse strings a little more abroad. Travellers flying into India will now have enhanced duty-free limit, which for resident Indians has been hiked from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. What’s more, duty-free import of one laptop for passengers above 18 years has now been allowed under Baggage Rules, 2026,…

Ladakh saw violent protests last year over demands for statehood and greater autonomy. Clashes were reported across the region NEW DELHI: Centre on Tuesday told Supreme Court that all procedural safeguards were followed while ordering detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and action against him was taken for instigating people in the sensitive border area…

NEW DELHI: The India-US trade deal is unlikely to lead to a near-term reduction in India’s imports of Russian crude oil, with supplies to be stopped from sanctioned entities such as Rosneft and Lukoil.While govt is yet to comment on US President Donald Trump’s claim that India will stop Russian crude purchases, officials pointed out…

Despite collecting a cess specifically for health, the Centre’s spending on health is now lower than it was before the cess was imposed, both as a share of the total budget and as a proportion of the GDP.Before the health cess was introduced in 2018, the allocation for health was 2.4% of total govt expenditure…

NEW DELHI: With a couple of big-ticket trade deals in his bag within a matter of days, PM Modi asserted on Tuesday that the world is recognising India’s strength and according it renewed respect, even as he cautioned governing alliance MPs against any sense of complacency over the govt’s achievements.Addressing the BJP-led NDA parliamentary party…

NEW DELHI: India’s negotiations with the UK and the European Union for FTAs, which had been going on for years got a sudden boost last Feb after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US president Donald Trump announced the launch of talks for a bilateral trade agreement.The pattern has been repeated with a difference. This time,…

JAMMU: Peoples Conference MLA Sajad Lone’s amendments for restoration of Article 370, Article 35-A and J&K’s statehood in lieutenant-governor Manoj Sinha’s address to the assembly’s budget session were rejected on Tuesday amid bedlam over several issues, mainly BJP’s demands for a National Law University (NLU) in Jammu.Sinha’s address at the start of the session on…

Kayla Nicole makes a controversial comment allegedly shading Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s relationship ahead of their wedding.(Image via Getty Images, Taylor Swift/Instagram) Travis Kelce’s ex girlfriend, Kayla Nicole, has been in the news ever since the Kansas City Chiefs’ star player went public with his high profile romance with Taylor Swift.While both Taylor Swift…

Fresh encounter breaks out in J&K. (Generative image) JAMMU: A fierce encounter broke out between a joint team of security forces and a group of terrorists holed up in a remote, forested area in Basantgarh, in J&K’s Udhampur district, on Tuesday. The Army’s White Knight Corps, in a statement on X, said a cordon had…

JAMMU: Parties across the political divide in J&K have welcomed the announcement on Tuesday by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw that three proposed railway projects in the state have been put on hold for now following opposition from the state govt and MPs, who have argued that the track alignments could damage apple orchards.Vaishnaw said there…