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Brick kiln owners owe a total of ₹316.66 crore, comprising ₹226.40 crore in outstanding royalty and ₹90.26 crore in interest. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Bihar government on Friday (September 18, 2026) came out with a One-Time Settlement (OTS) scheme for the settlement of outstanding dues of brick kilns for brick kiln season 2024-25….
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. File | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, accused the International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday (September 19, 2026) of double standards after it adopted a resolution criticising Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. The IAEA’s “biased viewpoint and…
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The bridge is expected to reduce the distance of travel between Versova and Madh Island from 22 km to 1.5 km. File photo | Photo Credit: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury The Bombay High Court has permitted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to cut 1,237 mangroves to build a bridge that connects Versova and Madh Island in…
The ruling came in a class-action lawsuit filed by migrants subject to deportation orders that has become a key test of what due process protections the government must provide before removing people to countries with which they have no connection. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A U.S. federal appeals court rejected on Friday (September 18,…
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Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump will have a meeting with Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez in New York on Tuesday (September 22, 2026), a senior U.S. official said, in what will be the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since Washington ousted former Venezuelan President…
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U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. File | Photo Credit: Reuters More U.S. troops have died during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed, the Washington Post reported on Friday (September 18, 2026). Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth denied the report. The Post, citing five unidentified officials, reported that there had been at…
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Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Rai. | Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh Congress unit chief Ajay Rai on Friday (September 18, 2026) accused the BJP-led State government of wasting public money on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday at a time when a portion of the country is facing floods and economic crisis persists across…
The announcement suggests that U.S. Preside Trump was pleased with the outcome of the negotiations, and that he may not revive his territorial claims, at least in the near future. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States, Denmark and Greenland have entered into an agreement for the U.S. to develop a significant military presence…
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India’s hopes of making the Davis Cup Final 8 were pushed to the brink after Dhakshineswar Suresh and Sumit Nagal squandered promising starts to lose their respective singles, leaving the visitors trailing 0-2 against Korea at the end of the opening day of their Qualifier tie on Friday (September 18, 2026). Dhakshineswar lost the first…
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Firefighters inspecting damage to a building caused by falling debris from a drone that Saudi authorities said was launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and intercepted over Taif province, western Saudi Arabia. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan will go to “any extent” to defend Saudi Arabia, a top Army general has said, asserting that Islamabad’s commitment…
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