Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)
Iran-US direct talks begin in Pak amid fragile truce
ISLAMABAD: The US and Iran began historic face-to-face negotiations Saturday in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week ceasefire was announced, as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week. The...
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Iran lays down red lines ahead of talks with US in Islamabad
DUBAI/BEIRUT/CAIRO/ISLAMABAD: Iran said on Friday that Iranian assets must be unblocked and a ceasefire take hold in Lebanon before peace talks with the United States can proceed, throwing last-minute doubt over negotiations scheduled for Saturday in...
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Israel pushes for Lebanon talks as Iran truce teeters
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT/ISLAMABAD: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he is seeking direct talks with Beirut, a day after the worst bombardment of the war killed more than 300 people in Lebanon and placed Donald Trump’s US-Iran...
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Conflicting claims cloud nth-hour ceasefire
Vance to lead US team to Pakistan on Saturday to hold talks on a lasting agreement with Iran Oil declines to $95 per barrel, Sensex zooms 4%, tracking a worldwide stock market surge TEHRAN: Hours after a last-minute ceasefire was announced, the...
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Trump raises the stakes to civilisational levels
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump threatened Iran with civilisational destruction as the US attacked military targets on the country’s key oil export hub, ramping up pressure on Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday morning (Tehran...
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Trump threatens Tehran with night of destruction
TEHRAN: Iran on Monday rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war, while President Donald Trump appeared to widen his threat from civilian targets to the whole Islamic Republic as his ultimatum ticked...
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US aviator rescued after tense search, Trump vows ‘hell’ if Strait stays closed
TEHRAN: US President Donald Trump on Sunday made expletiveladen new threats to escalate strikes on Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his deadline, after American forces rescued an aviator whose Iran-downed plane...
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Trump gives new ultimatum, hunt for US pilot intensifies
TEL AVIV: The US military on Saturday searched for a missing pilot shot down over a remote area in Iran, while President Donald Trump remained silent on the incident but reminded Tehran of his Monday deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz: “48 hours...
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US F-15 downed, Gulf energy sites hit as talks go nowhere
WASHINGTON: Iran shot down a US fighter jet for the first time in the war and targeted more sites, including energy facilities, in Arab Gulf states even as a handful of ships transited the Strait of Hormuz by using a new route hugging the Omani...
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Trump dashes hopes of quick end to war as Iran continues Gulf strikes
DUBAI: Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to strike its neighbours even as US President Donald Trump claimed in a televised address the threat from the country was nearly...
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Trump signals Iran, Nato exit, Tehran denies ceasefire claim
WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/CAIRO: The United States will end its war on Iran fairly soon and could return for “spot hits” if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to make a primetime address to the...
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Trump slams allies, Iran seeks guarantees for truce
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump expressed frustration Tuesday with allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the US war effort, telling them to “go get your own oil” as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country had the...
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Trump threatens to destroy Iran’s civilian infrastructure
DUBAI: US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital civilian infrastructure, potentially including desalination plants that supply drinking water, if a deal to end the war is not...
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Iran warns US on ground war as regional diplomats huddle
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Sunday that it will soon host talks between the US and Iran, though there was no immediate word from Washington or Tehran, and it was unclear whether the talks would be direct or indirect. “Pakistan is very happy that both...
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A month on, truce hopes dim, war inches closer to Red Sea
DUBAI: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the month-old war in the Middle East on Saturday, claiming a missile launch that Israel said it intercepted. Pakistan said regional powers plan to meet Sunday to discuss how to end the fighting, while Iran...
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Israel strikes Iran N-sites after Trump extends Hormuz date
DUBAI: Iran’s nuclear facilities came under attack on Friday, state media reported, just hours after Israel threatened to “escalate and expand” its campaign against Tehran. Iran quickly threatened to retaliate and Israel claimed responsibility for the...
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Iran, US stick to their guns, Trump says unsure of deal
DUBAI: Iran and the US appeared at an impasse on Thursday, hardening their positions over ceasefire talks and setting the stage for another potential escalation in the West Asia conflict. A US proposal for ending nearly four weeks of fighting is...
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Iran shoots down US plan, says will end the war when it decides
DUBAI: Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an assault that sparked a huge fire at Kuwait International Airport. Iran’s defiance came as...
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Missiles hit Tehran, Tel Aviv amid uncertainty over talks
DUBAI: Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel’s Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast on Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said the US was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war. With thousands more...
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Trump presses pause, Iran denies talks claim
DUBAI: US President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. was talking with a “respected” Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to end the war. He also extended a deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz or...
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Iran threatens key infra after Trump’s Hormuz ultimatum
ARAD: The US and Iran threatened to target critical infrastructure Sunday as the war in the West Asia, now in its fourth week, puts lives and livelihoods at risk throughout the region. Iran said the Strait of Hormuz, crucial to oil and other exports,...
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Israel strikes Iran N-plant again, Tehran aims for British-US base
CAIRO: Iran targeted a joint UK-US base in the Indian Ocean, and Iran’s main nuclear enrichment site was struck again, as the war in West Asia entered its fourth week. Iran’s attack on the Diego Garcia air base — about 4,000km away — suggested Tehran...
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Bulk diesel, premium petrol prices up
PREMIUM PETROL PRICE UP ₹2, INDUSTRIAL DIESEL UP ₹22; NO CHANGE IN NORMAL PETROL, DIESEL RATES NEW DELHI: State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) raised the price of industrial diesel and premium petrol on Friday as surging global crude prices —...
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Stakes rise as Gulf petrochem sites attacked; US eyes waiver for Iran oil
DUBAI: Iran intensified its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf on Thursday, raising the stakes in a war that is sending shock waves through the global economy. The strikes, in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian...
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Iran warns 5 Gulf sites after its gas field struck
DUBAI: Israel kept up its campaign of targeting Iran’s leaders on Wednesday, killing the country’s intelligence minister, and an Iranian offshore natural gas field was struck in a sign of the war’s mounting pressure – from both sides — on the region’s...
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Iran rejects talks as Israel says killed security chief
DUBAI/JERUSALEM: Israel said on Tuesday it had killed Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, the most senior figure targeted since the war’s first day, while a top Iranian official said the new supreme leader had rejected de-escalation offers conveyed by...
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Govt invokes ESMA; gas for households, cars top priority
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday moved to ration natural gas supplies, prioritising households receiving piped gas, vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG), and units producing cooking gas (LPG), as the conflict in West Asia disrupts...
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Khamenei’s successor, strikes on oil infra take Brent past $100
DUBAI: Oil prices surged and stock markets slid Monday after hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen to succeed his late father as Iran’s supreme leader. His appointment, and new strikes on regional oil infrastructure, signaled that Iran was...
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India make history, retain crown at home
AHMEDABAD: India scored just 12 runs in the first two overs of the Powerplay. There were some murmurs of nerves at the Narendra Modi Stadium. But then, they took off. In the next four overs, they smashed 80 runs. By the end of the sixth over, Abhishek...
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As oil surges, US gives India a waiver on Russian cargos
WASHINGTON: The US has issued a 30-day sanctions waiver authorising Indian refiners to access Russian crude oil stranded at sea in a bid to stabilise global energy markets rattled by the West Asia conflict. Oil prices jumped further on Friday, with...
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Israel pounds Tehran; Gulf cities under fresh Iran fire
DUBAI/WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump claimed the right to join Iran in deciding its next leader on Thursday as the war escalated further, with US and Israeli jets hitting areas across the country and Gulf cities coming under renewed bombardment....
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Israel steps up strikes on Tehran, Iran defiant
DUBAI: Israel stepped up airstrikes on Iranian missile launchers and factories Tuesday, and Iran retaliated against Israel and across the Gulf region, disrupting energy supplies and travel. As explosions rang out in Tehran and in Lebanon — where Israel...
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Trump, Tehran dig in as attacks rage on
DUBAI/WASHINGTON: The US and Israeli air war against Iran widened on Monday with no end in sight as Israel attacked Lebanon in response to strikes by Hezbollah, while Tehran maintained missile and drone attacks on Gulf states. US President Donald...
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War engulfs West Asia as US, Israel strike Iran
DUBAI: The US and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and President Donald Trump urged the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by rising up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. Iranian...
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Court skewers CBI case against Kejriwal, others
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday cleared former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his then deputy Manish Sisodia and 21 others of any wrongdoing in planning and executing the now-repealed 2021-22 Delhi excise policy, marking a dramatic twist in...
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India, Israel elevate ties; trade deal on anvil: PM
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India and Israel have elevated their bilateral relationship to the status of a special strategic partnership, adding that the “historic decision” reflects the aspirations of the people of the two...
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India firmly with Israel: PM in Knesset address
NEW DELHI: Countering terrorism requires sustained and coordinated global action because terrorism anywhere threatens peace everywhere, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Jerusalem on Wednesday, adding that India was firmly in support of the Gaza...
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Jharkhand crash: Plane didn’t have a black box
NEW DELHI: The medical evacuation aircraft that crashed in Jharkhand Monday night, killing all seven people on board, had no black box, officials familiar with the matter told HT, in what would likely pose a significant challenge in piecing together...
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Medical charter plane crashes, 7 feared dead
NEW DELHI/ RANCHI: All seven people on board were feared dead as an air ambulance transporting a burn victim from Ranchi to New Delhi crashed in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Monday night, in the latest safety crisis to hit India’s aviation...
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Congress played ‘naked’ politics at AI meet in Capital, says Modi
MEERUT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Congress over its youth wing’s protest at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Friday, saying the party turned an international event into an arena for its “gandi” (dirty)...
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From 10 to 15%: Trump raises US global tariffs
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump raised his newly imposed global tariff to 15% on Saturday, maxing out the statutory ceiling of the legal provision he had invoked just a day earlier — and signalling that steeper levies were on the way. In a post...
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Tariffs junked, Trump takes new route
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime in a 6-3 ruling on Friday — and within hours, Trump said he would sign a fresh executive order imposing a 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the...
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From helping job seekers prep for interviews in local languages to developing critical AI safety benchmarks, our partners, Entri and CeRAI are using Google AI to ensure technology empowers every Indian, safely, responsibly and in their own language.
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Rajya Sabha elections on Mar 16, NDA tally to go up
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced elections to the Rajya Sabha for 37 seats across 10 states on March 16 even as data suggested that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set to expand its presence in the...
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India, France boost security, energy ties
NEW DELHI: India and France on Tuesday upgraded their relations to a special global strategic partnership and took several steps to deepen ties in defence, technology, critical minerals and energy, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Emmanuel...
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India team heads to US to seal deal text
NEW DELHI: India’s chief negotiator Darpan Jain will visit the US next week to finalise the legal text for an interim agreement in line with the February 7 joint statement of the two countries, commerce secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Monday, adding...
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Reforms to innovation: PM sets decade’s agenda
NEW DELHI: Asserting that his government’s “Reform Express” is benefitting common citizens in a big way, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his top three reform priorities for the next decade will be continued structural reforms, deepening...
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Assam gets key project, Modi sharpens poll pitch
GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stepped up the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for a third consecutive term in Assam with a sharp political attack on the Congress, while the Union cabinet in New Delhi separately...
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BNP clinches massive mandate in B’desh polls
DHAKA : Bangladesh’s opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a landslide parliamentary election on Friday, returning to power after nearly two decades and positioning party leader Tarique Rahman to become prime minister as the country emerges from...
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DAC nod for Rafale fighters, sub hunters
NEW DELHI: The defence acquisition council (DAC) on Thursday cleared the purchase of military hardware worth ₹3.6 lakh crore, including 114 Rafale fighter jets, six P-8I long-range maritime surveillance aircraft, SCALP deep-strike cruise missiles and...
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Delhi, DC chart course for new trade order
NEW DELHI: India and the US moved closer to an interim trade deal on Saturday, releasing a joint statement that confirms US tariffs on Indian goods have dropped to 18% from 50% and details a framework committing both countries to zero duties on select...
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RBI hits pause, rates to stay low for a long time
NEW DELHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India maintained status quo on interest rates and policy stance in its first meeting of the year and also the first after the Union Budget, bringing to an end the current rate...
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Modi praises trade deals, slams Oppn in RS speech
NEW DELHI: A raft of recent trade deals will open a world of new opportunities for the youth and prove that the world is tilting towards India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, hitting out at the Opposition for sullying the image of the...
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Manipur gets a new CM after 12 months of President’s Rule
IMPHAL: Former Manipur speaker Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday took oath as the chief minister of the strifetorn state, becoming the first person to helm the northeastern province since President’s Rule was clamped in 2025 after two years of ethnic...
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US deal protects key agri items, dairy; no duty for $40bn exports
NEW DELHI: The India-US trade deal exempts Indian dairy and “sensitive” agriculture items from its ambit, provides for zero-duty access to over $40 billion worth of Indian goods, and reduces customs duties on labor-intensive Indian merchandise such as...
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US trade deal done: India tariffs now 18%
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Monday that Indian goods will face a reduced US tariff of 18% after a phone conversation with President Donald Trump, who said the two sides had concluded a trade deal whereby New Delhi...
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THE 3 KARTAVYAS THAT INSPIRED THE BUDGET
1 To accelerate and sustain growth, by enhancing productivity and competitiveness, and building resilience to volatile global dynamics 2 To fulfil aspirations of people and build their capacity, making them strong partners in India’s path to...
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Sunetra Pawar sworn in, finance goes to Fadnavis
MUMBAI: Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar took oath as the first woman deputy chief minister of Maharashtra at a low-key ceremony on Saturday evening, three days after her husband and former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar died in a...
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Sunetra-Pawartotake oath as Maha dy CM
MUMBAI: Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar is set to take oath as the first woman deputy chief minister of Maharashtra on Saturday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders aware of the matter said, taking over the position from her late husband Ajit...
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Footage gives rise to three theories for Pawar jet crash
NEW DELHI: New video emerged of the final moments of VT-SSK, the Learjet 45 business jet that crashed in Baramati on Wednesday, claiming the lives of Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others on board, prompting experts to raise...
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Tragic homecoming: Ajit Pawar dies in jet crash
MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others were killed in a plane crash in Maharashtra’s Baramati town on Wednesday morning, ending an era in state politics and raising serious questions about the flight operator and the state...
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Historic deal: India, EU play their trump card
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union (EU) on Monday concluded a free trade agreement billed as the “mother of all deals”, with their leaders positioning commerce as a bulwark against protectionism and pledging to shore up a rules-based world order...
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Pak to face heavy ICC penalties if it boycotts T20 WC
MUMBAI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) could face a range of penalties from the International Cricket Council (ICC), including the withholding of its revenue, restrictions on future bilateral series, and reduced influence in upcoming multi-nation...
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US hints ‘path’ to scrap 25% levy on India over Russia oil
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said on Saturday there is a “path” to remove the 25% tariffs imposed on India as a penalty for buying Russian oil, noting that such purchases by Delhi from Moscow have “collapsed”. The levy is...
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