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A fuel station employee checks the revised petrol price on a dispensing machine at a petrol bunk in Visakhapatnam. File picture | Photo Credit: V. Raju Petrol and diesel prices were increased by 90 paise per litre on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), the second increase in less than a week. Petrol price was hiked to…
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A fuel station employee checks the revised petrol price on a dispensing machine at a petrol bunk in Visakhapatnam. File picture | Photo Credit: V. Raju Petrol and diesel prices were increased by 90 paise per litre on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), the second increase in less than a week. Petrol price was hiked to…
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A view of Rouse Avenue District Court, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Lawyers at Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Monday (May 19, 2026) abstained from judicial work and observed a strike in protest against alleged derogatory remarks made by a judge towards an advocate during court proceedings. The development comes a…
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A Congolese health worker checks the temperature to screen a traveller at the Grande Barrier border following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States said Monday (May 18, 2026) it is bolstering precautions to prevent the spread of Ebola, including screening air travelers from outbreak-hit areas and temporarily suspending…
Seeman | Photo Credit: S. Shivaraj Undeterred by the consecutive electoral setbacks, Naam Tamilar Katchi chief co-ordinator Seeman on Monday said the party will contest alone in all 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry General elections in 2029. He urged his party cadre not to get disheartened by the recent Assembly…
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India’s recurve and compound archery squads for the 2026 Asian Games, across both men’s and women’s categories, have been finalised following the selection trials held at the SAI’s National Centre of Excellence in Sonipat. In the men’s compound event, Sahil Rajesh Jadhav topped the standings, with Kushal Dalal and Ganesh Thiru Muru securing the remaining…
Former India basketball captain and Olympian Jennifer Paes, mother of tennis legend Leander Paes, passed away on Sunday (May 17, 2026) after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was 72. “She was terminally ill cancer patient and passed away on Sunday. The funeral service was held today at St. Thomas Church in Kolkata,” a family…
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Delhi Capitals’ K.L. Rahul after winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals, in New Delhi, on May 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Delhi Capitals (DC) batter K.L. Rahul joined an elite company, reaching his 50th fifty-plus score of his Indian Premier League (IPL) and registering…
Croatia captain Luka Modric was included in the country’s preliminary World Cup squad on Monday (May 18, 2026), just weeks after undergoing cheekbone surgery, as the 40-year-old midfield maestro targets a fifth tournament. Head coach Zlatko Dalic named a 26-man provisional squad, with seven players on standby. The final Croatia squad for the World Cup,…
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The West Bengal government has started registering and reopening previous cases relating to violence during and after the 2021 Assembly polls. They have set up a committee to look into the activities of criminal syndicates. Crackdown on multiple Trinamool Congress also continued on Monday (May 18, 2026), with many coming in the police nets. “In view of the complaints received relating to post-poll violence…