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Controversial book: police search Samagra Shiksha office in Jammu
The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s special wing, Counter Intelligence Jammu, on Monday (July 6, 2026) visited the office of Samagra Shiksha as part of an ongoing investigation to identify the people responsible for the book Great Personalities and Legends of J&K, which has profiled Kashmir separatist leaders such as Maqbool Bhat, Masarat Alam, Shabir Shah…
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BJP govt. in West Bengalis fulfilling the promises made during polls: Shah
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah. File | Photo Credit: @Bhupendrapbjp/X via PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for a 125-foot statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, in Kolkata on Monday. The statue will come up in the New Town area. Later, addressing a…
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Won’t allow govt control of Ayodhya Ram temple at any cost, says VHP
A view of Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya Dwar of Ram Mandir. | Photo Credit: ANI At a time when the debate over the change in administrative structure of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya gathers pace, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday (July 6, 2026) reiterated its opposition to government control of the shrine. The organisation,…
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Israeli drone strike kills four people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese state media reports
Mohamed Ashek, 13, carries a toolbox as he walks amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike after returning home following displacement during the war, after the Israel-Lebanon deal, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on July 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Four people were killed by an Israeli drone strike on a…
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Form used in rehearsal for second phase of Census has an ‘open column’ to record caste
The rehearsal for the second phase of Census, which started in 16 States and Union Territories on July 6, has an “open column” for respondents to record their castes, several officials involved in the exercise told The Hindu. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The rehearsal for the second phase of Census, which started…
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Have support from India: Netanyahu counters Vance
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the U.S. is not Israel’s sole ally, citing India’s support. File | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (July 5, 2026) cited support from India, countering American Vice President J.D. Vance’s remarks that the U.S. was its sole powerful ally “anywhere left in the…