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Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham. File | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Andy Burnham on Friday (July 31, 2026) vowed to take the India-U.K. comprehensive strategic partnership to “new heights” and fully harness the trade and investment opportunities presented by the recently operationalised bilateral trade deal. PM Modi and…
The third round of the RA Motorsports-promoted IAME Series India karting will be held at the Madras International Karting Arena (MIKA) from Saturday. The grassroots programme has attracted 34 entries for the double header which will be organised by the Madras Motor Sports Club. The previous two rounds were held in Coimbatore’s CoASTT circuit. Among…
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The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Bihar Unit, on Friday (July 31, 2026), criticised Bihar police, in particular the Station House Officer (SHO) of Gandhi Maidan Police Station, Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, for illegal detention, handcuffing and harassing the PUCL members for raising voice against denial of due process to detained students. PUCL, Bihar Unit…
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Kangayam MLA N.S.N. Nataraj has urged the district administration to resume and expedite the stalled widening works on the Erode–Perundurai Junction (SH-19) road and restore regular drinking water supply to Chennimalai and surrounding areas in Erode district that fall within his Assembly constituency. In a representation submitted to District Collector S. Kandasamy on Friday (July…
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Maruti Suzuki. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., India’s biggest passenger vehicles company, for the period April-June, FY 2026-27 (Q1), reported a 11% fall in net profit to ₹3352 crore as compared to ₹3758 crore in the year-ago period, as high material prices eat into its margin. During the quarter, the company’s…
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The Bombay HC said on July 31, The Maharashtra FDA needs to be ‘fair, impartial and uniform’ in its drive concerning hotels and eateries. File | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to be ‘fair, impartial and uniform’ in its drive concerning hotels and eateries, including those in government…
Seema produced a best throw of 58.65m to finish third. | Photo Credit: AFP When discussions turn to Indian women’s discus throw, they almost invariably begin with Seema Punia, the country’s most celebrated thrower and a four-time Commonwealth Games medallist. But on Thursday, another Seema — bespectacled, unassuming and far less known — stepped into the spotlight. Seema Kaliramna — a…
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At least 25 people were killed and 44 injured on Friday (July 31, 2026), after a passenger bus overturned in Algeria’s Boumerdès governorate, the Civil Protection agency said. The Civil Protection agency said the injured were being evacuated to nearby hospitals. Ennahar TV reported that Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb arrived at the University Hospital of…
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Slow movement of traffic near Lower Agaram Road due to white-topping work in Bengaluru on 30 July 2026. | Photo Credit: Sudhakar Jain The temporary closure of a 250-metre stretch of Lower Agaram Road in southeast Bengaluru for whitetopping has left adjoining roads clogged during peak hours, causing delays of at least 15 minutes for…
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Representational file image. The story so far: When the war in West Asia began in February, and India started feeling the heat by way of impact on fuel supplies, the Ministry of Oil, Petroleum, and Natural Gas began pushing biometric authentication of LPG connections to eliminate ghost connections and prevent diversion of domestic cooking gas…