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Mumbai: The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Tuesday arrived at a general understanding for nearly 40 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra but negotiations between the three partners in the state will continue for the remaining eight seats, including the prestigious Mumbai (South) constituency, leaders aware of the development said. The Congress also held a formal meeting with ally Samajwadi Party (SP) for Uttar Pradesh. In the meeting, some Congress leaders suggested that the SP should take the lead if it is decided that Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party is brought on board later, said the leaders quoted above. The…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The postmortem report of the 4-year-old son of Bengaluru CEO Suchana Seth revealed that he was smothered to death by a pillow or a cloth, a doctor told news reporters. Hiriyur Taluk Hospital’s administrative officer Dr Kumar Naik told reporters that the child was strangled to death or “smothered” using a cloth or a pillow. The rigor mortis had resolved in the child, the doctor added. According to the report, rigor mortis in India usually resolves after 36 hours. In the child’s case, there was no rigor mortis, indicating it had been more than 36 hours since…

KOLKATA: The BJP is indulging in a “gimmick show” through the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday. Addressing a public programme at Joynagar in South 24 Parganas district, Banerjee, who is also the chief of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), said “she does not support festivities that exclude other communities”. Her remarks came ahead of the much-awaited consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya town on January 22. “Yesterday I was asked to comment on Ram Mandir in Ayodhya as if I have nothing…

Kamboj’s remarks come after the United States vetoed a resolution proposed by Russia in the UN Security Council calling for the immediate suspension of hostilities in the Gaza Strip on December 22, 2023. The death count of 23,000 Palestinians in Gaza has caused international alarm. NEW YORK: India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj on Tuesday said the loss of civilian lives in the ongoing Israel-Hamas was “clearly unacceptable” and New Delhi is in constant touch with leaders of Israel and Palestine in this regard, while reiterating its “clear and consistent” message for de-escalation of the conflict and early…

Vibrant Gujarat Summit: ‘Reliance was, is, and will always remain a Gujarati company,’ said Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani at Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit AHMEDABAD: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday said that no power can stop India from becoming a $35 trillion economy by 2047. The businessman’s statement came during the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar. Emphasising that “Reliance was, is and will always remain a Gujarati company,” Ambani said, “Reliance has invested over Rs 12 trillion in creating world-class assets and capacities across India in the last 10 years. Of this, more than one-third has…

The decision is intended to boost tourism in the union territory of Lakshadweep and enhance surveillance capabilities over the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. New Delhi: Amid the diplomatic tensions between India and Maldives over the derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is now considering the development of a new airfield in the Minicoy Islands. This airfield is envisioned to be capable of accommodating not only commercial aircraft but also military ones, including fighter jets. A massive controversy had erupted last week following derogatory remarks by the deputy minister of Maldives and other ministers who made racist…

The sophisticated, state-of-the-art UAV marks a significant step towards strategic autonomy and technological leadership in high-endurance, combat-proven, and indigenized advanced aerial systems. Hyderabad: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar today flagged off the first indigenously manufactured Drishti 10 ‘Starliner’ Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for the Navy. The sophisticated, state-of-the-art UAV marks a significant step towards strategic autonomy and technological leadership in high-endurance, combat-proven, and indigenized advanced aerial systems. Drishti 10 ‘Starliner’ is an advanced Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform with 36 hours endurance, 450 kgs payload capacity, the only all-weather military platform with STANAG 4671 certification, and…