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Row over Rabri's diamond bracelet gift to folk singer
RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s 79th birthday celebration has triggered a controversy after ex-CM Rabri Devi gifted a diamond-studded golden bracelet to a Bhojpuri folk singer as JD(U) on Saturday wrote to Bihar police’s Economic Offences Unit (EOU), demanding a probe.
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June 14, 2026
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WHAT THE WAVES COULDN'T TAKE AWAY
THE sea was not supposed to be there. On the morning of 26 December 2004, 17-year-old S Vishanth watched in horror as towering walls of water surged through Ennore’s narrow streets, swallowing homes, fishing nets, and everything in their path.
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June 14, 2026
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EAM raises US lethal action, Rubio cites blockade breach
EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday raised the killing of three Indian mariners in a US military strike on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, saying “such lethal actions against commercial shipping are not justified.”
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June 14, 2026
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What is the Price of a Life in India?
A name becomes a number, a life becomes a statistic, as countless people disappear into India’s daily ledger of loss
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June 14, 2026
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The bronze medal that shines like gold
THOUSANDS of families residing across Chennai’s resettlement colonies try to navigate their lives shaped by displacement, inadequate public and infrastructural facilities, and limited access to quality education.
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June 14, 2026
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EVOLVING SYMBOLISM OF POWER DRESSING
LAWYERS sport it. Corporate executives flaunt it. Even callow job aspirants wear it. But when a newly-minted chief minister shows up in one in Tamil Nadu, it can raise eyebrows.
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June 14, 2026
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BJP prepares to go solo in Punjab polls, Shah wants outreach at booth level
THE BJP is likely to contest the next Assembly election in Punjab without entering into an alliance. The decision to field candidates on all 117 seats was deliberated upon at a two-hour brainstorming session between Punjab leaders and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin and party’s national general secretary B L Santhosh on Friday night in Delhi.
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June 14, 2026
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Workers strip Trump's name from Kennedy Center after ruling
WORKERS in the US capital began removing President Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, after a federal judge ruled that its renaming was unlawful.
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June 14, 2026
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Japan vs US: Tale of 2 interest rates
With Japan being the top investor, BoJ rate hike may trigger massive sale of US govt bonds
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June 14, 2026
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SCIENTIFIC CAPABILITIES AS STRATEGIC ASSETS
AS Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes a decade in office, it is an appropriate moment to reflect on a leadership journey that has sought to reshape India’s development trajectory and redefine its place in the world.
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June 14, 2026
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B’desh flags push-in concern, India seeks quick nationality verification
INDIA and Bangladesh have agreed to strengthen coordinated border management, intensify joint patrols and enhance real-time information sharing following the 57th Director General-level Border Coordination Conference between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) held in New Delhi from June 8 to 11.
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June 13, 2026
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18 days & ₹1.47 cr gone: Retired Gujarat official falls prey to digital arrest
WHAT began as a routine phone call turned into an 18-day nightmare for a retired professional in Gujarat’s Vadodara city, as cyber fraudsters posing as government officials allegedly held him under ‘digital arrest’ and duped him of ₹1.47 crore.
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June 13, 2026
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Mentally ill man in prison for 10 years despite acquittal; HC calls for checks in all state prisons
SHOCKED to find that a man with chronic mental illness has been languishing in jail for the past 10 years despite being acquitted in a murder case in 2016, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the state government to form a team to inspect all prisons in Tamil Nadu to ascertain if any other person with mental illness continues to languish in jail even after being acquitted or receiving a sentence.
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June 13, 2026
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IIT-Madras releases ‘world’s most detailed’ 3D human brainstem atlas
THE Indian Institute of Technology Madras has released what is being described as the world’s most detailed 3D atlas of the human brainstem at cell-level resolution, marking a significant leap in understanding one of the most critical parts of the human brain, according to a statement issued by the institute.
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June 13, 2026
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At INDIA bloc meeting, Rahul renews call for Oppn unity to fight BJP
AT the meeting of the INDIA bloc leaders earlier this week, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that going by the anger among the people, the next general election is “already won” but the main problem is that there won’t be a fair election to win.
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June 13, 2026
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Air India may defer aircraft deliveries, expansion plans
TO cut mounting losses in the backdrop of several headwinds, Tata Group-run Air India is looking to defer aircraft deliveries, cut flights and postpone expansion plans.
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June 13, 2026
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RANA’S LEGACY WILL BE HARD TO FOLLOW
JASPAL RANA didn’t know the subtlety of camouflaging bitter truth with sweeteners.
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June 13, 2026
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Centre’s reply sought on PIL seeking quashing of GO on Vande Mataram
THE Madras High Court on Friday directed the centre to file a counter-affidavit to the public interest litigation (PIL) petition praying for quashing a GO dated January 28, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) regarding the rendition of Vande Mataram and National Anthem during state functions.
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June 13, 2026
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GOVT CAPS DIESEL SALES TO CURB BLACK MARKETING
FUEL RETAILING
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June 13, 2026
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Scientists concerned as Himalayas show signs of climate breakdown
OFTEN described as the world’s “Third Pole”, the Himalayas are showing signs of stress, with rising temperatures, erratic snowfall, shrinking glaciers and growing human pressure threatening one of Asia’s most vital ecological systems.
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June 13, 2026
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Classmate stabs to death 16-year-old inside UP school
A Class 10 student was allegedly stabbed to death by a fellow student inside a school premises in the Chandauli district of eastern UP on Friday.
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June 13, 2026
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Ultraviolette eyes 5L bikes a year; to set up plant in TN
ELECTRIC PUSH
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June 13, 2026
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Cong plans to step up protests as SC turns down Natarajan’s plea
AFTER the Supreme Court dismissed Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea challenging the rejection of her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha polls, the Congress is preparing to take its protest from the courtroom to the streets.
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June 13, 2026
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Cabinet secretary reviews NEET-UG re-test preps
FOUR weeks after the NEET-UG paper leak scandal forced its cancellation, the government on Friday signalled it was leaving nothing to chance, with the Cabinet Secretary chairing yet another review and the NTA quietly rolling out a series of candidate-friendly changes for the June 21 NEET re-examination.
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June 13, 2026
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Brazil seek light of ‘Don’ in WC
Five-time champions will hope that the seasoned Italian coach can help team regain lost sheen. Swaroop Swaminathan assesses Selecao’s chances ahead of their opener
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June 13, 2026
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INDIA INC'S SHIELD IN CLIMATE FIGHT
HE blue planet is clearly under distress. The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Global Climate 2025 report reiterated that Earth is edging dangerously closer to breaching critical climate thresholds that, once crossed, could trigger irreversible long-term consequences.
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June 13, 2026
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C’garh gets ₹9.6K cr investment at investor meet
IN a move to position Chhattisgarh as India’s next hub for technology and high-growth manufacturing, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai’s ongoing industrial outreach clinched investment proposals worth ₹9,580 crore in Hyderabad.
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June 13, 2026
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4,399 days: A historic mandate, transforming India
ON June 10, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the longest-serving elected prime minister in India’s history, completing 4,399 consecutive days in office and surpassing the previous record held by Jawaharlal Nehru.
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June 13, 2026
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FIR lodged against Didi over 'provocative' remarks
AN FIR has been registered against TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for allegedly making provocative remarks during the last assembly poll campaign, police said on Friday.
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June 13, 2026
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LEGISLATURE AWAITS CLARITY ON LEGAL, POLITICAL POSERS
ALCUTTA High Court's Justice Krishna Rao on Thursday posed a pertinent question on whether West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose was right in recognising Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition in the House without the consent of the Trinamool Congress after his expulsion from the party.
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