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Scindia launches speed post 24 and 48, pledges faster India Post delivery

This announcement, made through a local program, is being considered an important step towards the modernisation of postal services

SIR in MP: Voter list update reunites man with mother after 22 years

Gairi, now 45, had left for the neighbouring state about 22 years ago and started working as a peon in a private school there

Punjab CM aims to turn 2nd phase of anti-drug drive into mass movement

Addressing a Lok Milni in Bathinda, Mann said the state government has launched the second phase of the campaign to completely eradicate drugs from Punjab

Trump proposes 1-year, 10% cap on credit card rates, banks push back

Strong opposition is certain from Wall Street and the credit card companies, which donated heavily to his 2024 campaign and to support his second-term agenda

SIR is constitutional, stop the spectacle in UP: BJP hits out at Akhilesh

SIR is a constitutional process, which the Election Commission is carrying out with complete professional and technical expertise, BJP national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said

Our civilisational courage shines in Somnath: PM Modi at Swabhiman Parv

Starting his three-day visit to Gujarat, PM Modi witnessed a drone show and presided over a meeting of the Shree Somnath Trust as its chairman

Mass blackout in Iran as government severs internet services amid protests

Iran severed the internet connections and telephone lines that connect its people to the vast diaspora in the United States, Europe and elsewhere

Dozens feared dead as Iran faces biggest nationwide protests in years

Separate mobile-camera footage from Fardis, a city about 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Tehran, showed at least seven bodies covered in blood inside a building

NSE IPO nod likely by month-end, says Sebi chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey

The NSE has been seeking regulatory approval for its IPO for several years, following governance lapses and the co-location controversy that had come under Sebi's scrutiny.

MI vs DC HIGHLIGHTS WPL 2026: Mumbai bounce back to get first win; beat DC by 50 runs

Jemimah loses her first game as DC captain as Harmanpreet and co. get their first points on the table in their 2nd match.

Punjab urges Centre for special economic package and fiscal support

Stressing the urgent need to shift away from water-intensive crops, Cheema proposed a special budgetary allocation for paddy diversification, arguing that the current incentive is inadequate

MP CM to roll out 'Krishak Varsh' 2026 with tractor rally on Sunday

According to an official release, prior to the programme, CM Yadav will flag off a 'Krishi Rath' and a farmers' tractor rally at the Kokta Bypass in the state capital

Warburg Pincus to invest ₹960 crore in Fleur Hotels, buy 41.09% stake

Lemon Tree Hotels announces strategic reorganisation, Fleur to be listed on bourses separately

Gulshan Kumar murder case convict serving life term dies of heart attack

Gulshan Kumar, a cassette baron and among Bollywood's most prominent producers, was shot dead outside a temple in Andheri in the western part of Mumbai by three persons on August 12, 1997

Election Commission directs micro-observers to report lapses during SIR

In an advisory, the poll body said micro-observers must function independently and objectively during the exercise, with strict adherence to transparency, accuracy and neutrality

EC appoints four additional special roll observers for SIR in Bengal

Those named as SROs were Ratan Biswas, Vikas Singh, Sandeep Rewaji Rathod and Dr Shailesh, according to a notification

CAQM conducts special inspection of industrial units in Naraina Cantonment

During the inspection drive, all locations mentioned in the complaint were visited, and every industrial unit found operational at the time of inspection was examined

Hindi connects communities, brings people together: UN on World Hindi Day

Today and every day, we celebrate Hindi as a language that connects communities and brings people together across borders, the world body said on Hindi Diwas

Maha civic polls: Fadnavis takes dig at Ajit Pawar over corruption claims

Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party is part of the BJP-led Mahayuti but the two parties are fighting the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic polls separately

Delhi govt seeks 3,330 more electric buses under PM E-DRIVE scheme

Chief Minister Gupta said that with the support from the Centre, the Delhi government aims to make public transport 100 per cent electric