Month: July 2026

166,000 evacuated as wildfires spin out of control in France, Spain

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166,000 evacuated as wildfires spin out of control in France, Spain

Over 166,000 people were evacuated in France and Spain as unprecedented forest fires raged near Madrid and Bordeaux, a French city flanked by tourist havens and world-renowned vineyards. French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday (July 24, 2026) asked the army to mobilise to help contain the worst wildfire the country has ever seen after seeking…

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Home Minister Amit Shah talks to slain policeman’s family in Kashmir; govt. to support studies of victim’s son

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Home Minister Amit Shah talks to slain policeman’s family in Kashmir; govt. to support studies of victim’s son

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. File | Photo Credit: PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (July 24, 2026) spoke to the family members of the slain policeman Ashiq Hussain Qureshi, who was killed in a terror attack on July 22 in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Meanwhile, J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha also met…

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Delhi High Court acquits man in 2006 rape case, says names do not define character

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Delhi High Court acquits man in 2006 rape case, says names do not define character

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu In an unusual preface to a judgment acquitting a man in a 2006 rape and kidnapping case, the Delhi High Court has observed that a person’s name does not determine his character or conduct, remarking that not every person named ‘Ram Chander’ embodies the…

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Mirwaiz, MP Rashid, MP Ruhullah, Lone question mass arrests, demolitions after Anantnag attack

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Mirwaiz, MP Rashid, MP Ruhullah, Lone question mass arrests, demolitions after Anantnag attack

There is growing anger and anxiety among the leadership of the regional parties, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Member of Parliament (MP) Engineer Rashid and MP Aga Syed Ruhullah, over the mass arrests and demolitions of houses of families of terrorists in Kashmir in the backdrop of the Anantnag attack, which left a policeman dead two…

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Plea in Delhi HC challenges internet shutdown around Jantar Mantar protest site

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Plea in Delhi HC challenges internet shutdown around Jantar Mantar protest site

Delhi Police Ikshana vehicle during Cockroach Janta Party Protest at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on July 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Legal services organisation Software Freedom Law Centre, India, on Friday (July 24, 2026) moved the Delhi High Court against the suspension of mobile internet services in parts of Central Delhi…

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Trump says Venezuela is not ready for elections, but has made progress

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Trump says Venezuela is not ready for elections, but has made progress

President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald ‌Trump on Friday (July 24, 2026) told reporters Venezuela ​was not ready ⁠to hold elections, but added that the country had made ‌a lot of progress under acting President Delcy ‌Rodriguez. Last month, the ruling ‌party ⁠and opposition members ⁠met for the first time…

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Mark Butcher exclusive: On Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Test cricket, Bazball and the innings that changed his life

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Mark Butcher exclusive: On Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Test cricket, Bazball and the innings that changed his life

It was 25 years ago that Mark Butcher scored a monumental 173 not out in England’s successful chase against Australia in the Headingley Test. He scored seven other Test hundreds, some of them against the most fearsome attacks. He is now a popular commentator and sharp analyst of the game. Excerpts from Butcher’s exclusive interview…

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West Bengal Minister vows to restore mangroves lost to encroachments in Sundarbans

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West Bengal Minister vows to restore mangroves lost to encroachments in Sundarbans

West Bengal Environment and Forest Minister Manoj Kumar Oraon speaking at a workshop organised by the Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) in collaboration with the State Forest Department. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In the Sundarbans, hundreds of acres of mangrove forests have been lost to encroachments, including the construction of shallow fish ponds….

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Internet down, 18 metro stations shut, yet Jantar Mantar remains upbeat

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Internet down, 18 metro stations shut, yet Jantar Mantar remains upbeat

Thousands of people continued to turn up at the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar on Friday, even as the restrictions around the authorities closed the entry and exit gates at 18 metro stations, two more than were closed the previous day. Internet services remained suspended at Jantar Mantar, Sansad Marg and parts…

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‘Can EC do whatever it wants?’: HC on deputing teachers for SIR in Delhi

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‘Can EC do whatever it wants?’: HC on deputing teachers for SIR in Delhi

Booth-Level Officers in west Delhi’s Vikas Nagar area. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the Election Commission’s (EC) response to a public interest litigation (PIL) plea challenging the “large-scale” deployment of government school teachers as Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) and enumeration staff for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR)…

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