New Delhi: International air travel connecting India with West Asia, Europe, and the United States faced major disruptions on Thursday following a temporary closure of Iranian airspace, which lasted for nearly five hours on Wednesday. The closure, prompted by heightened military tensions in the region, forced airlines to re-route, delay, and even cancel flights, affecting both passengers

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Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh: In a disturbing incident reminiscent of recent attacks on northeastern students in India, five postgraduate students at the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, were expelled following the alleged assault of a 22-year-old student from Assam. The incident occurred in the university hostel on Tuesday afternoon, prompting police to register a case and

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday declined to interfere with a Madras High Court order staying the single judge’s directive to grant a “UA 16+” certification to the highly anticipated Tamil film Jana Nayagan, starring actor Vijay. The apex court emphasized that the matter was already pending before a division bench of the high court and urged the bench

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New Delhi: Republican Senator Steve Daines, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, is expected to visit India in the near future, HT has learnt. The visit comes at a time when India and the United States are working to repair strained relations, particularly in the economic and trade arenas, and represents a strategic effort to deepen

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Despite a clear directive from the Andhra Pradesh High Court, cockfighting and illegal betting persisted on a massive scale across coastal districts during the Sankranti festival, highlighting the challenges of enforcing animal welfare laws and curbing gambling traditions deeply embedded in the region’s rural culture. According to sources familiar with the matter, hundreds of crores of rupees

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A social media misstep by Union Home Minister Amit Shah has sparked a political row in Tamil Nadu, with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) sharply criticizing the BJP for its apparent lack of understanding of the state’s culture and traditions. The controversy arose after Shah posted greetings for Thiruvalluvar Day instead of Pongal, Tamil Nadu’s biggest festival, prompting backlash from state leaders

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In a shocking revelation highlighting animal cruelty in Telangana, police authorities have registered three separate casesagainst 16 people in connection with the mass killing of more than 500 stray dogs across three districts—Kamareddy, Warangal, and Jagitial—over the past ten days. The allegations suggest that the accused deliberately administered poisonous injections to the animals, prompting widespread condemnation from animal welfare groups

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Palakkad legislator Rahul Mamkootathil, who has been facing multiple allegations of sexual assault, including rape and forced abortion, was remanded to judicial custody on Thursday after his three-day police custody concluded. The development comes amid heightened public protests demanding his immediate resignation and criticism of political parties for their handling of the case. Mamkootathil, a sitting MLA and

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In a significant development related to press freedom and ongoing investigations in Telangana, a local court in Hyderabad on Thursday granted bail to two journalists associated with the Telugu news channel NTV. The journalists, Donthu Ramesh, the channel’s input editor, and Dasari Sudheer, a reporter, had been arrested earlier this week in connection with a news report that

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Delhi has finally begun to see relief from the cold wave that gripped the city for the past five days, with Safdarjung, the city’s representative weather observatory, recording a minimum temperature of 4.3 degrees Celsius on Friday. This marks an improvement over Thursday’s chilling low of 2.9 degrees Celsius, which had been the lowest since January 18,

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