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Displaying 'empty trunk', Tejasvi Surya detained during protest in Bengaluru

Tejasvi Surya staged a symbolic protest at R.V. Road Metro Station by displaying an empty trunk and a poster targeting the Congress-led Karnataka government over the Bengaluru Metro fare hike. Police detained him, stating protests are restricted under court orders. Surya argued he was merely travelling by Metro and claimed his detention violated parliamentary privilege.

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Pappu Yadav arrested, reportedly for raising NEET case, says Jitan Ram Manjhi

Union MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said that Purnea MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav was reportedly arrested for actively raising the issue of the suspicious death of a NEET aspirant in Patna. Speaking in Gaya,

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Four arrested for assaulting tourist in J&K's Doda

Police in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district have arrested four people for allegedly assaulting a tourist in the Bhaderwah area. Acting on a written complaint, the police initiated preventive action under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita to avoid any escalation.

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'Deals must be win-win, isolation not an option': Mohan Bhagwat on India-US trade agreement

Speaking at the Mumbai Vyakhyanmala lecture series, he stressed the need for balanced, win-win agreements, strong and fearless governance, and cautious, well-tested reforms in agriculture.

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51 pc of India Inc rank cyber breaches as top risk to organisational performance: Report

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a dual risk, with concerns around both inadequate adoption and weak governance. The survey underscores a shift among India Inc towards embedding risk management into core strategy, governance and long-term planning amid converging global and technological risks.

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'Worse than C-grade cinema': Gaurav Gogoi blasts CM Sarma over Pakistan-link claims

Assam Congress chief and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi sharply criticised Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over allegations linking him to Pakistan, calling the CM's press conference "worse than a C-grade cinema."

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US trade deal - a booster shot for India's AI hardware ecosystem

With India generating a significant share of global data but hosting limited AI compute capacity, the agreement may help bridge this gap and position the country as a global AI compute hub.

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Security forces arrest five militants; recover mortars, IEDs in Manipur

In a separate operation, security forces and the Forest Department destroyed about 70 acres of illegal poppy cultivation in Ukhrul district, preventing large-scale opium production.

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Pakistan-linked funding, FCRA violations by Gaurav Gogoi's wife: Assam SIT probe

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma termed the findings "serious" and indicative of a new form of hostile activity, stating that the matter now involves national security and has been referred to the Union Home Ministry, especially due to the alleged link involving a sitting Member of Parliament.

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Ashwini Vaishnaw unveils 2-nm Qualcomm chip, urges Karnataka govt to work together for 'Viksit Bharat'

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday unveiled Qualcomm's two-nanometre chip in Bengaluru, calling it a major milestone in India's semiconductor journey and a step toward becoming an end-to-end chip design and manufacturing hub. Speaking at the inauguration of Texas Instruments' new R&D facility and later at the Zetwerk Electronics plant, he highlighted India's rapid progress in advanced chip design, electronics manufacturing and talent development.

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Swing collapse at Surajkund fair kills cop; second accident reported within an hour

Nearly a dozen people were wounded, one of them seriously, when a Tsunami swing collapsed at the 39th Surajkund International Crafts Mela in Haryana's Faridabad on Saturday evening, the police said.

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'India's message on terrorism is clear; no double standards, no compromise': PM Modi in Malaysia

India and Malaysia agreed to deepen cooperation in defence, security, semiconductors and trade after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur.

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From security cooperation to bilateral payment linkages: India, Malaysia sign six key pacts

Key announcements included setting up a Thiruvalluvar Centre and scholarships at Universiti Malaya, opening India's first consulate in Malaysia, collaboration on UPI-based bilateral payment linkages, and Malaysia's completion of formalities to join the International Big Cat Alliance.

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US trade deal boosts India's target of $250 billion engineering exports by 2030

The interim US-India trade deal framework has strengthened India's push to achieve $120 billion in engineering exports in FY2025-26 and its longer-term goal of $250 billion by 2030, according to the Engineering Export Promotion Council of India (EEPC). The deal includes reduced US tariffs on Indian goods to 18 per cent and preferential tariff rate quotas for automotive parts, improving market access and competitiveness for Indian exporters, particularly MSMEs.

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Dalai Lama's office rejects reports linking Tibetan spiritual leader to Jeffrey Epstein

The office of the Dalai Lama has firmly denied reports linking the Tibetan spiritual leader to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The clarification came after media reports claimed the Dalai Lama's name appeared multiple times in documents released by the US Department of Justice as part of the Epstein case. The Dalai Lama's office stated that he never met Epstein nor authorised any interaction with him

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