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After Sindoor friction, India & Azerbaijan reset ties with EAM visit | India News

Amid ongoing efforts by both India and Azerbaijan for a reset in ties, external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov agreed to expand cooperation in energy, trade, investment and connectivity in a “very productive” meeting in Baku.Jaishankar’s visit to Azerbaijan was the first by an Indian foreign minister in the past 8…

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‘There will be no privatisation’: Haryana CM assures power employees as electricity union calls off strike | India News

NEW DELHI: Haryana’s striking electricity employees on Friday called off their three-day strike following a meeting with chief minister Nayab Singh Saini and power minister Anil Vij.The employees said Saini assured them that private players would not be allowed to enter Haryana’s power sector and that parallel power distribution licences would be revoked. Following the…

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Evening news wrap: Delhi police detain SIR protesters marching towards EC headquarters; Jordan church shooting leaves seven dead & more | India News

Delhi police detain SIR protesters marching towards EC headquarters; Jordan church shooting leaves seven dead & more Delhi Police detained protesters marching towards the Election Commission headquarters against the SIR of electoral rolls, as authorities imposed restrictions on public gatherings. Raj Thackeray accused the BJP of undermining democracy amid a political row over an audio…

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‘Always respected’: Uttarakhand CM Dhami calls Daler Mehndi days after on-stage row | India News

NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday spoke with singer Daler Mehndi over the phone, days after a controversy erupted over a cabinet minister reprimanding the singer on stage during an event.According to the CMO, Dhami inquired about Mehndi’s well-being and told the artiste that Uttarakhand upholds the rich tradition of ‘Atithi…

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‘Murder of democracy’: Raj Thackeray targets BJP over ‘Rs 500 crore payment’ audio clip | India News

He urged Fadnavis to investigate the conversations allegedly captured in the clip NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Friday accused the BJP of “murdering” democracy by allegedly exerting pressure on the media and using religious polarisation to divert public attention. The barb came after an audio clip triggered a political row…

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Punjab polls: Badal praises SAD-BJP rule as Amit Shah’s NDA pitch fuels reunion buzz | India News

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal’s openness to an alliance has fuelled speculation of a reunion with the BJP ahead of the 2027 Punjab assembly elections. NEW DELHI: Speculation over a possible reunion between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) gathered pace on Friday after SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said…

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Myanmar arms training case: Court allows US mercenary VanDyke, 6 Ukrainians to stay abroad till Feb 24 | India News

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday allowed American mercenary Matthew Aaron VanDyke to travel to the United States and extended permission for six Ukrainian nationals to remain outside India until February 24.Special judge Prashant Sharma passed the order while hearing applications moved by the seven foreign nationals.VanDyke, along with the six Ukrainians, was arrested…

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‘Lot of pressure on him, happened in just 2 hrs’: Robert Vadra on son Raihan’s Bikaner exhibition row | India News

Artist and photographer Raihan Vadra, the son of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra, during his solo exhibition at Bikaner House, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Businessman Robert Vadra has alleged that pressure was exerted on his son, artist and photographer Raihan Vadra, to remove photographs documenting recent protests in Delhi from his solo exhibition…

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‘Disgrace at so many levels’: Shashi Tharoor reacts to removal of Raihan Vadra’s photos from exhibition | India News

Tharoor backs Raihan Vadra, says protest photos are not political in themselves NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday criticised the removal of photographs from Raihan Vadra’s exhibition at Bikaner House in New Delhi, saying the move had damaged India’s global reputation as a freedom-loving democracy and raised serious concerns over freedom of…

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