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BJP National President Nitin Nabin. File | Photo Credit: PTI Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin on Monday (July 6, 2026) said his party would form government in Jammu and Kashmir in the near future. “Like Jammu, the lotus will bloom in Kashmir as well and Jammu and Kashmir will have a BJP…
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Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah. File | Photo Credit: @Bhupendrapbjp/X via PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for a 125-foot statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, in Kolkata on Monday. The statue will come up in the New Town area. Later, addressing a…
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Spain’s Mikel Merino (6) celebrates scoring his side’s opening goal with Fabian Ruiz (8) during the World Cup round of 16 match between Portugal and Spain in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, on July 6, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Substitute Mikel Merino scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time to lift Spain into…
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Indian wrestlers finished with an impressive haul of 20 medals, including four gold, seven silver and nine bronze at the Under-20 Asian Wrestling Championships here. India ensured consistent podium finishes across multiple weight divisions throughout the championship, securing top-three overall team rankings in both women’s wrestling and men’s freestyle. In women’s wrestling, India finished second…
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Mohamed Ashek, 13, carries a toolbox as he walks amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike after returning home following displacement during the war, after the Israel-Lebanon deal, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on July 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Four people were killed by an Israeli drone strike on a…
Defending champion Tadej Pogacar’s final attack paid off as the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider won his first stage of this year’s Tour de France on Monday, taking the overall lead from Jonas Vingegaard, who finished second. Pogacar and Vingegaard are tied at eight hours, 46 minutes and 55 seconds after stage three, but Pogacar’s bonus…
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Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa. File | Photo Credit: Norway Chess Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa bounced back with a decent effort on the final day to finish tied third in the Croatian leg of the Grand chess tour here on Monday (July 6, 2026). France’s Firouzja Alireza bagged the top honours with 23.5 points. Praggnanandhaa shared the third…
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A view of Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya Dwar of Ram Mandir. | Photo Credit: ANI At a time when the debate over the change in administrative structure of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya gathers pace, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday (July 6, 2026) reiterated its opposition to government control of the shrine. The organisation,…
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Justin Greaves and Shai Hope compiled centuries and guided West Indies to 406-5 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 549-9 declared on the fourth morning of the second test on Monday (July 6, 2026). Greaves was 131 not out at lunch beside captain Roston Chase on 8. The West Indies trailed by 143 runs. The Sri…
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The rehearsal for the second phase of Census, which started in 16 States and Union Territories on July 6, has an “open column” for respondents to record their castes, several officials involved in the exercise told The Hindu. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The rehearsal for the second phase of Census, which started…
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