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WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) defended his decision to bar CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO from the White House, characterising the media access ban as an action against fake news rather than an attack on constitutional press freedoms. Trumps statement, posted on Truth Social, came after the three news organisations []

NEW DELHI:India and Canada have agreed to fast-track negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), with the next round of talks scheduled to begin on October 5, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said, adding that the next 90 days could be a defining period in bilateral relations. Goyal said he concluded the []

AICHI NAGAYO: India bounced back from their defeat to Iran with a commanding 3-0 victory over Pakistan in the mens table tennis team contest at the Asian Games on Monday in Aichi-Nagoya. Harmeet Desai got India off to a winning start, defeating Khan Muhammad 11-4, 11-3, 11-5 in straight games in the opening match.Sathiyan Gnanasekaran []

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NEW DELHI: Delhi-NCR is likely to experience predominantly dry weather on Monday, with no significant rainfall expected in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Faridabad, according to the latest forecast issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Delhi is likely to witness mainly clear skies, while several parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) may see []

KABUL: Taliban chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Monday condemned Pakistans airstrikes on Kunar and Paktika provinces of Afghanistan, which claimed three lives, and warned that they would give an appropriate response to the attacks. Mujahid said that Pakistans attacks carried out on Monday targeted Afghan territory and civilians. He claimed that one woman and two []

NAGAYO: With accommodation concerns emerging ahead of the Asian Games, India has identified around 2,000 Indian residents living in Nagoya whose homes could be used to accommodate athletes and officials in a worst-case scenario, as a three-layer contingency programme has been put in place to ensure the Indian contingent does not face any further lodging-related []

AICHI NAGOYA: Indian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athlete Suchika Tariyal made history, securing the countrys first-ever bronze medal in the discipline on the stage of the Asian Games 2026 at Aichi-Nagoya on Monday. Even though compatriot Varun Sanyals MMA campaign at the Asian Games finished before it could even start due to medical reasons, Suchika []

TEHRAN: Iran has ruled out reopening the Strait of Hormuz or returning to the previous framework of negotiations with the United States until Washington meets Tehrans conditions, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said, as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate. According to Al Jazeera, Ghalibaf said Iran had conveyed its demands to []

PHAGWARA: In a stroke of luck, Madhu, a migrant farm labourer living in the Banga area, has won the 3-crore bumper prize in the Sikkim Government Ganesh Chaturthi Bumper Lottery. Madhu, originally from West Bengal, had come to the Banga area in search of work and had been earning his livelihood as an agricultural labourer. []

Ashok Kaura PHAGWARA: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has registered 1,107 corruption cases and arrested 1,146 accused between March 16, 2022, and August 31, 2026, as part of the state governments stated zero-tolerance policy towards corruption. DGP Vigilance Sharad Satya Chauhan told This Correspondenton Sunday that the Bureau had intensified its crackdown on corruption and was []

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York on Tuesday as the United States pushes efforts to secure de-escalation between Russia and Ukraine, with the two leaders expected to discuss steps towards reducing hostilities and reviving negotiations. The meeting is being organised on the sidelines of the []

KATHMANDU: Nepal was struck by massive flash floods following a powerful surge along the Bhote Koshi River, resulting in a devastating loss of life, widespread displacement, and extensive damage to homes, roads, bridges, hydropower facilities, and other critical infrastructure, prompting Nepals security and disaster-management agencies, local authorities, and health services to fully mobilise for search []

WASHINGTON: Vin Diesel has opened up about his enduring bond with his late Fast and Furious co-star Paul Walkers daughter, Meadow Walker, calling her such a blessing in his familys life and saying, I would die for her. As per E! News, at a recent event marking the action franchises 25th anniversary, Diesel said Meadow []

JAKARTA: Raja Juli Antoni, Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia, announced a major expansion of Indonesias wildlife health and in situ conservation efforts at a press conference in Jakarta. The programme is being supported by Vantara, one of the worlds largest wildlife conservation initiatives, founded by Anant Ambani, Executive Director of Reliance Industries []

MUMBAI: Bollywoods megastar Amitabh Bachchan in an upcoming episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 18 revealed how he avoids getting scolded by his wife Jaya Bachchan and even shared that he does all the household chores. In an upcoming episode of the quiz-based reality show Preetiraj turns the tables on host Big B, asking if []

PORT LOUIS: Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri called on Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam and discussed possibilities for furthering cooperation in the energy sector, the Indian High Commission said on Sunday. Honble Minister called on Dr. the Hon. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius. Both leaders discussed possibilities for furthering India-Mauritius cooperation []

CARACAS: The Venezuelan government updated the official toll from the June 24 twin earthquakes, reporting that the death toll had risen to 6,438, up 137 from the previous week.The bulletin on Monday said 335 homes had been delivered to affected families, and 59,109 buildings had been inspected to determine whether they were safe for habitation. []

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Nabin on Monday unveiled his new team, with former Chief Ministers Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan) and Tirath Singh Rawat (Uttarakhand) and Ram Madhav among the Vice Presidents and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and former Union Minister Smriti Irani among the General Secretaries. The BJP announced []

NEW DELHI: Expressing serious displeasure, the World Bank has warned the Pakistan government that redirecting funds from a multi-billion-rupee resilient housing programme for the flood-affected population in Balochistan to infrastructure projects would further aggravate poverty in the state, according to a report in the Pakistani media. After meetings with the Federal Minister for Planning, the []

JEDDAH: A special Har Ghar Tiranga exhibition formed part of the Independence Day celebrations at the Consulate General of India in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, celebrating the Tiranga as a symbol of unity, freedom and shared national pride. Members of the Indian community, guests, Consulate officials and their families walked through the exhibition, capturing memorable moments []

NEW DELHI: A reporter files a story from the field with 2 minutes of usable footage and twenty minutes until the deadline. The interview is solid. But the framing is shaky, and the clip needs to work on the website and three social feeds before the piece even goes live. That gap between what a []

NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday questioned the Centre over the situation along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, asking whether the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) had recently obstructed Indian Army patrols and established a presence in an area where Indian forces had earlier been patrolling. In a post on []

NEW DELHI: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will travel to New Delhi to attend the upcoming BRICS Summit, Iranian sources said on Friday.Pezeshkians participation in the summit is scheduled to be held in the national capital in September. The visit assumes significance as India is hosting the 18th BRICS Summit under its 2026 chairship. The summit []

NEW DELHI: India has dispatched the first tranche of a 20-tonne consignment of relief supplies to Colombia to assist the nation in its ongoing post-earthquake recovery and relief operations after the disaster left 265 people dead and 3,494 injured. In a post on X, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that the humanitarian assistance package []