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Security personnel in the fringe and vulnerable areas of hill and valley districts in Manipur. File Photo: PTI via Hindustan Times

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Curfew and internet ban imposed in Manipur after arrests spark fresh unrest

The cargo vessel caught fire nearly 40 nautical miles off the Beypore coast early on Monday (9 June). Photo: Collected

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Explosions, fires rock Singapore-flagged cargo ship off India's Kerala coast

Employees perform cooling operations where coal is stored at the NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) power plant in Solapur, India, on March 2, 2025. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

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India's $80 billion coal-power boom is running short of water

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Indian man held for trafficking three women from Bangladesh

'Vande Bharat Express' train stands at a platform in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, June 6, 2025. Photo: AP via UNB

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Modi inaugurates rail project connecting Kashmir to Indian plains

A file photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hand with US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

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India, US push to finalise interim tariff deal as Trump's deadline nears

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13 alleged Bangladesh nationals arrested in Tripura

Shona Banu was allegedly picked up by the police last month and sent to Bangladesh; she was sent back to India four days later. Photo: Pritam Roy/BBC

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'I was pushed across the border into Bangladesh at gunpoint'

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, attends the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of The International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) in Hong Kong, China 30 May 2025. Photo: Reuters

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Pakistan open, 'not desperate' for talks with arch-rival India, says foreign minister

People gather to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first Indian Premier League (IPL) title win, outside a cricket stadium in Bengaluru, India, 4 June 2025. Photo: Reuters

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Seven dead in stampede outside India's Bengaluru cricket stadium, TV channels say

Members of media are seen through a broken glass window inside the premises of the district Malir jail after dozens of prisoners escaped from the jail on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

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Over 200 prisoners break out of Pakistani jail after earthquake panic: official

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Over 2,000 illegal immigrants in India 'pushed back' into Bangladesh since Operation Sindoor

People carry a patient on a stretcher as they wait for a rescue boat to evacuate him from the flood-affected Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, following heavy rains in Imphal East, Manipur, India June 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

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At least 34 dead in India's northeast after heavy floods