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Vintage lithograph showing a scene from the Battle of Stirling Bridge. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Published – September 11, 2026 05:00 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link
National Working President and MP Sanjay Kumar Jha addresses a press conference regarding the Farakka Water Treaty, in Patna. File | Photo Credit: ANI The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) alliance partner Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) leader Santosh Kumar Suman first demanded that the place Bakhtiyarpur, “birthplace” of JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, be renamed as…
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Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday (September 11, 2026) urged the gathered BRICS members and partner countries to link their payment systems and conduct more trade in local currencies. Speaking at the inaugural session of the BRICS Business Forum 2026, Mr. Goyal highlighted that BRICS cooperation would create jobs, wealth and prosperity for countries…
Spread across 44.2 acres in Nalbari district’s Danguapara, about 65 km northwest of Guwahati, the unit is PepsiCo’s fifth foods manufacturing plant in India. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Food and beverage manufacturer PepsiCo on Thursday (September 10, 2026) opened its first foods factory in the Northeast, a geographically-challenged region not among India’s preferred investment…
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Mandalay Airport is an international and domestic travel hub in central Myanmar, but civilian air raid warning groups also identify it as a runway for military jets launching sorties. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s second-busiest airport was closed for two days on Friday (September 11, 2026), security sources told AFP, after the military-backed government…
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India’s multi-billion-dollar PM GatiShakti project, akin to national multimodal freight grids in the U.S., Europe or China, got a shot in the arm with the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) coming into operation. The country has effectively completed a 2,843-km dedicated freight rail backbone, comprising the 1,506-km WDFC from Dadri to JNPT and the 1,337-km…
Tenkasi Superintendent of Police S. Ashok Kumar has placed under suspension a head constable for allegedly assaulting a woman police constable in the district. Police sources said that head constable T. Ponraj, 40, of Kurukkalandarpatti near Paavoorchathram in the district, who had been attached to the Kadayanallur police station, recently got into a heated argument…
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The Israeli authorities had claimed to have taken control of the Ali al-Taher ridge last week. File | Photo Credit: AP Israel said on Thursday (September 10, 2026) it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, triggering a 4.1 magnitude tremor. AFP journalists in…
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Representational image only. (File) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Centre has written to Keralam government asking it to take a decision on the PM SHRI scheme at the earliest, General Education Minister N Samsudheen said on Friday (September 11, 2026). Mr. Samsudheen said the letter from the Union Education Secretary to the State Chief…
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Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh will not be represented at the BRICS summit in any official capacity, said Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh Humaiun Kobir on Thursday (September 10, 2026). Speaking to reporters in Dhaka, Mr. Kobir said that India had invited Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in…