New Delhi — The Delhi Police on Monday announced the arrest of three individuals allegedly involved in a large-scale foreign exchange trading scam with connections to Dubai. The arrests include a sales manager from a private bank, a mule-account provider, and a key handler with a prior history of cheating and forgery, officials said. The

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The education system in Gaza is in ruins, and the human cost is becoming increasingly stark. Following years of conflict, most schools in the enclave have been destroyed, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without access to formal education. Families, already displaced and traumatized by war, are struggling to secure

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The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) on Monday announced the approval of several key research and infrastructure projects aimed at bolstering scientific management and pollution abatement across the Ganga basin. The decisions were taken during the 67th executive committee (EC) meeting, chaired by NMCG Director General Rajeev Kumar Mital, with a focus on data-driven

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The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation filed by Christian James Michel, the alleged middleman in the AugustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, which sought to challenge the India–UAE extradition treaty. The petition specifically questioned Section 17 of the treaty, signed in 1999, which allows India to prosecute an extradited individual not only

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The recent political and family upheaval surrounding Bihar’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has cast a spotlight not only on Tejashwi Yadav and his political challenges but also on his sister, Rohini Acharya, and her personal life. Following the RJD’s heavy defeat in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, Rohini Acharya publicly announced that she was severing

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In a devastating incident early Monday morning, 45 Indian pilgrims from Hyderabad lost their lives in Saudi Arabia when the bus transporting them from Mecca to Madinah collided with a diesel tanker. The crash, which occurred at approximately 1:30 am IST in Mufrihat, about 160 kilometers from Madinah, left only one survivor, Hyderabad Police Commissioner

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The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government and other relevant parties in response to a petition challenging the validity of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2025. The bench, comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, sought formal responses from the state and other respondents

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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death by a Dhaka court on three charges of crimes against humanity linked to the student-led protests of 2024 that culminated in her ouster from office. The charges, brought by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT-BD), include incitement, ordering killings, and failing to

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Tejashwi Yadav, the RJD MLA from Raghopur, has officially been chosen as the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, marking a significant political development in the state following the recent Assembly elections. The appointment comes at a time when the RJD and its allies in the INDIA bloc are grappling with both

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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition seeking drastic measures to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR, including a year-round ban on construction and severe restrictions on vehicular movement. The bench, led by Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai and comprising Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria, emphasized that the capital “cannot be

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