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The expiration of the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, has raised fears of a renewed global arms race, even as Washington and Moscow signal the need for urgent talks and the US steps up pressure on China to join a future nuclear pact.The Kremlin said on Friday that Russian and US negotiators agreed on the need to quickly launch new arms control talks after New START formally expired, leaving the world’s two largest nuclear powers without any binding limits on their strategic arsenals for the first time in more…

Highlights New rules limit takedown orders to senior bureaucrats, police X opposed India’s policy, lost legal challenge in September Critics say process still burdensome, affects free speech Rule change a relief for X, which counts India as big market The central government has reduced the number of officials who can order content to be taken down from the internet, a move that follows a bitter legal battle with Elon Musk’s X around a contentious policy.X, Musk’s social media platform, had been in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2023 decision to police the internet by allowing thousands of officials to…

Thrissur: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Saturday asserted that the saffron party will come to power in Kerala following the Assembly elections this year as it has the confidence of the people in the state. Nabin, on the second day of his two-day visit to the state, said that the central government has done a lot for Kerala which included a 23 per cent increase in the loans given to it and doubling of the grants-in-aid provided to the state.”The central government has never shown a miserly attitude towards the state and these figures are indicative of that,” the…

Mumbai: The new fleet of Vande Metro local trains will be designed specifically to operate in Mumbai’s flood-prone and humid coastal conditions, with the aim of improving reliability alongside passenger comfort on the heavily used suburban network.Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation had issued a tender for 2,856 AC Vande Metro suburban cars under MUTP-3 and 3A in Sept 2025. Bids were to be opened on Dec 22, 2025, but it’s been pushed to April. The technical specifications underline a clear focus on addressing long-standing local challenges, such as monsoon waterlogging, high humidity, saline coastal air and high energy consumption. The trains…

NEW DELHI: The Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 Metro station in East Delhi has been renamed to Shree Ram Mandir Mayur Vihar. The station is located on the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro.The renamed station connects several key parts of the capital, including Anand Vihar Railway Station, Rajouri Garden, Lajpat Nagar and Delhi Cantonment, making it an important transit point for daily commuters.Explaining the reason behind the name change, Sanatan Dharm Sabha Mayur Vihar President RP Agarwal said that the demand had been pending for years.“Our committee has been working on this for the past three years. We had sent…

Bengaluru: The 37th General Body Meeting (GBM) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) began Wednesday at St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, with over 200 bishops from 174 dioceses across the country taking part in the meet. The four-day meeting, held under the theme “Faith and the Nation: The Church’s Witness to India’s Constitutional Vision,” was inaugurated by Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli.Proceedings opened with a solemn Eucharistic celebration, during which Archbishop Girelli called upon bishops to be the “light and salt of the earth” and urged them to serve the poor and…

Hyderabad: Stepping up his attack on the Congress ahead of municipal elections in Telangana, Union coal minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday accused the ruling party of pursuing ‘religion-based politics’ under the cover of welfare and social justice, alleging that its policies would seriously harm Backward Classes in the state.Kishan Reddy said that, in Telangana, the name ‘Muslim League Congress’ suited the Congress party well. He recalled that chief minister A Revanth Reddy had on several occasions stated that “Congress means Muslims, and Muslims mean Congress.” He also pointed out that the CM had said the govt would submit documents…

CHENNAI: Diversity in judicial appointments, regional benches of the Supreme Court, increase in the retirement age of high court judges from 62 to 65 and the constitutional status for the collegium which selects and transfers judges — these are the salient features of a private member Bill moved by the DMK’s Rajya Sabha member P Wilson seeking necessary amendments to the Constitution. It seeks representation for candidates from SC/ST and OBCs in proportion to their population.Wilson proposed measures to bring greater transparency to appointments in the higher judiciary. The Bill called for the establishment of permanent regional benches of the…

Ahmedabad: An unidentified burglar broke into a hearing care clinic in Ambawadi and decamped with electronic devices and medical equipment, police said on Thursday. The theft came to light on the morning of Feb 5.According to the complaint lodged by Devang Bhavsar, 41, a doctor who runs the “Ear Can Hear” clinic near Parimal Garden, the break-in took place sometime between 11pm on Feb 4 and 10.30am the next day. The clinic remained closed during this period.Bhavsar told police that his clinic usually opens at 10am, with his father arriving earlier. On Wed, however, his father travelled to Surat, and…

They grew up together — sharing classrooms, jokes and playgrounds. That sense of familiarity shattered when six teenagers, all known to a Class IX girl, allegedly sexually assaulted her, recorded the act and circulated the video among themselves in Balangir district recently.Experts said the crime underscores the urgent need for stronger parental supervision, tighter controls on access to adult content online, and deeper emotional bonding within families, with reduced screen time for children and adolescents.Police probe revealed that five of the accused were the survivor’s classmates, all aged around 15, while the sixth was a recent Class X dropout, aged…