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GUWAHATI: Reopening of national highway-2, the Imphal-Nagaland supply lifeline, has reignited tension in Manipur’s fragile peace process, with two Kuki-Zo armed groups warning Saturday that it “must not be misinterpreted as an endorsement of unrestricted movement between Meitei and Kuki-Zo areas”.The caution from Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United People’s Front (UPF) came two days…

NEW DELHI: The annual summary revision of the electoral roll countrywide, with reference to Jan 1, 2026 as the qualifying date, is likely to be converted into a pan-India special intensive revision (SIR) exercise on the lines of the one in Bihar, reports Bharti Jain. A clear indication of this has come with EC convening…

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Saturday discussed ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine conflict with French President Emmanuel Macron, in what was their second conversation in the past few weeks. Macron briefed Modi about the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris this week that discussed security guarantees for Ukraine, including “reassurance forces” with support…

PUNE: That Delhi is breathing poison has been confirmed by yet another study, which has revealed that the national capital’s air has the highest concentration of mercury – a toxic metal linked to neurological, kidney and heart problems – among three Indian cities measured.A six-year study by Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) has…

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi lost no time in deeply appreciating and reciprocating US President Donald Trump’s sentiments, including his “positive assessment” of ties, suggesting this might be the moment both sides can use to turn the tide of negativity in the relationship that nosedived into the ground under Trump after scaling soaring peaks in…

NDA MPs’ dinners to be hosted by BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday followed by PM Modi next day ahead of the vice presidential polls have been cancelled in view of the devastation caused by floods in Punjab and other areas in the country.The dinner at PM residence was scheduled a day before V-P elections…

SHILLONG: Meghalaya police SIT filed a 790-page chargesheet against Sonam Raghuvanshi, her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha, and his three friends for the alleged murder of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi during a honeymoon trip to Cherrapunji on May 23.Sonam, Raj, Akash Rajput, Anand Kurmi and Vishal Singh Chauhan are in judicial custody in Shillong. They face…

NEW DELHI: Vietnamese electric carmaker VinFast became the latest company to enter India as it drove in two green SUVs, VF6 and VF7, on Saturday, debuting the vehicles during the festive period, reports Pankaj Doval. The company, which has set up a factory in Tamil Nadu, priced the VF6 — which comes strapped with a…

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has assured states about the Centre’s commitment to ensuring fiscal health of states, addressing concerns over revenue getting impacted, at least temporarily, due to a reduction in GST rates.“Our govt remains committed to safeguarding fiscal stability and economic well-being of all states. The well-calibrated approach in the current GST…

SHIMLA: Three persons were killed and two severely injured when an ambulance transporting a patient from Jassur in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital in Punjab’s Ludhiana plunged into a deep gorge in Manghuwal near Gagret in Una district in the early hours of Saturday.The accident occurred halfway into the 200km…