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A major fire at Surat’s Shyam Sangini Textile Market destroyed large quantities of festive-season fabric. More than 150 firefighters battled the blaze for hours.
Two undertrial prisoners facing POCSO charges have escaped from Srinagar’s Central Jail, prompting Jammu and Kashmir Police to launch a search operation and issue lookout notices.
Activist Sonam Wangchuk has said leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were deeply demoralised after the July 20 police action at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and briefly considered ending the protest.
Penguin India has reportedly withdrawn from publishing Sonia Gandhi’s memoir after the former Congress president declined proposed changes and deletions to the manuscript. Other publishers are now competing for the book, with HarperCollins reportedly close to finalising a deal.
Jail authorities have recovered smartphones, SIM cards, Wi-Fi routers, electronic devices and ₹31,000 in cash from the cell of Aftab Ansari, the convicted mastermind of the 2002 American Centre attack, at Kolkata’s Presidency Correctional Home.
US President Donald Trump has floated the idea of renaming the Strait of Hormuz as “Trump Strait,” while continuing to make provocative claims over US control of the strategically important waterway.
The United States has warned countries against helping Iran bypass sanctions, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek.
Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao was taken into preventive custody on Tuesday as he sought to travel to Nalgonda to meet party district chief N Varshith Reddy following an alleged attack on his residence by Congress workers.
India has secured $136.38 billion in foreign currency inflows through special schemes, far exceeding expectations and giving the Reserve Bank of India greater firepower to support the rupee amid global economic pressures.
China, Russia and Kazakhstan are exploring the revival of the Ob-Irtysh waterway as a potential Arctic trade corridor, but shallow waters, ice, infrastructure costs and competing water demands remain major hurdles.
Investors have several dividend-related dates to track this week, with major names including APL Apollo Tubes, GNFC, Force Motors, Zee Entertainment, NSDL, IREDA and Kalyan Jewellers scheduled around their respective record dates.
The Philippines is expanding its space programme and could deepen cooperation with India and ISRO on satellites, space technology and launch capabilities as Manila develops an indigenous ecosystem.
