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SCHOLZ LOSES CONFIDENCE VOTE, SETTING UP EARLY ELECTION IN FEB

BERLIN: Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union's most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February.

Chinese spying row roils British politics

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that he was \"concerned about the challenge that China poses\" following revelations that a suspected Chinese spy became a confidant of disgraced royal Prince Andrew.

Chinese prez calls on party to 'turn knife inward' to end graft

China's Communist Party must \"turn the knife inward\" to eliminate problems of discipline, including corruption, President Xi Jinping said, a new call to hunt down corrupt officials and those who corrupt them.

Canada finance min quits over rift with PM on Trump tariffs

Canada's finance minister Chrystia Freeland quit on Monday after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on issues including how to handle possible US tariffs, dealing another blow to an already unpopular government.

'30 N KOREAN SOLDIERS KILLED, WOUNDED IN KURSK REGION'

Ukraine said on Monday that its troops killed or wounded at least 30 North Korean soldiers who had been deployed by Russia to its western Kursk region, where Ukraine has seized territory.

'B'desh to hold polls in late 2025 or early 2026'

DHAKA: Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government installed after an August revolution, said on Monday that general elections would be held late next year or in early 2026.

Assad denies 'planned' exit from Syria, calls new leaders 'terrorists'

DAMASCUS: Bashar al-Assad on Monday said he fled Syria only after Damascus had fallen and denounced the country's new leaders as \"terrorists\", in his first remarks since rebels seized the capital and unseated him.

The gains of going it alone

Why the AAP may have decided against an alliance with the Congress in Delhi polls

IIT Madras has a digital human brain atlas ready

The complexity of the human brain has always presented one of the greatest challenges in science.

Wah Ustad! A global musician from India

As the disciple and son of Ustad Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain inherited a formidable legacy.

The shaky foundations of Bangladesh's growth

The lack of diversification in its economy, the small size of its middle class, and subdued wages have contributed to the current crisis. Aggregate GDP numbers put a gloss on it

With Zakir Hussain, tabla Started on its Solo journey

baba came to Ustad Alla Rakha's house the day his wife delivered their first son. As per the family's tradition, the boy should have carried the surname Qureshi, but the baba said the boy must be named after Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet, as the boy might become a fakir (wandering ascetic) in future.

SC QUESTIONS WOMAN LAWYER SEEKING BAR QUOTA

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday raised eyebrows over a woman lawyer engaging a male advocate to argue her petition for a 33% reservation for women in Gujarat bar associations.

NSA set to Visit China for Spl Representative talks

NEW DELHI: National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval is expected to visit China soon to take forward discussions on addressing the long-standing border dispute following the disengagement of forces on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), people familiar with the matter said.

'Jai Shri Ram' slogan in mosque a crime? SC to decide

SC WONDERED IF A SHOUTING OF RELIGIOUS SLOGAN COULD INVOKE CHARGES OF OUTRAGING THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS

SC raises alarm over rising drug abuse among youth

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday termed drug abuse a generational threat that could \"corrode the shine of the nation's youth\" and expressed concern over substance abuse being seen as a \"cool\" lifestyle marker.

Will remove DSP-rank officer over Bishnoi interview: Punjab in HC

The Punjab government on Monday informed the Punjab and Haryana high court that it has decided to dismiss a deputy superintendent of police from service in connection with an interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi while in police custody.

REPORT LINKS DEATH OF MAN IN CUSTODY TO SHOCK, INJURIES

MUMBAI:

Replace Urdu, Persian terms with Hindi ones in police parlance: Raj

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Rajasthan government has directed the state police to replace traditional Urdu and Persian words used in the police proceedings with Hindi ones, said officials.

NDA parties slam Cong over reservations, caste-based survey

NEW DELHI: Leaders from the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and the Shiv Sena—partners in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA)—attacked the opposition INDIA bloc during a discussion on 75 years of the Constitution in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

India unveils measures to help SL economy recover

Strengthening defence, trade ties

PM twisted facts, misled nation on Nehru: Kharge

NEW DELHI: Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of twisting facts and misleading the country about Jawaharlal Nehru's letter on reservations and speaking the untruth during his Lok Sabha address last week.

Cong amended Constitution to secure interests of a family: FM

NEW DELHI: The Constitution has stood the test of time unlike several countries that gained independence after World War II, but had their founding documents either rewritten or modified, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday in the Rajya Sabha.

Striking farmer leader calls for MSP guarantee

DALLEWAL, A 70-YEAR-OLD CANCER PATIENT, HAS BEEN ON A FAST-UNTO-DEATH AT THE KHANAURI BORDER POINT SINCE NOV 26

Museum member's request for letters by Nehru triggers row

NEHRU'S LETTERS WERE ALLEGEDLY WITHDRAWN FROM THE NEHRU MUSEUM IN 2008 AT THE REQUEST OF SONIA GANDHI

PALLAVI PATEL PROTESTS ALLEGED CORRUPTION IN TECHNICAL EDU DEPT

LUCKNOW: Pallavi Patel, leader of Apna Dal (Kamerawadi), staged a protest at the Vidhan Bhavan on Monday after walking out of the ongoing winter assembly session.

Amid uproar over Sambhal, Bahraich, Question Hour hit

Amid uproar over Sambhal, Bahraich, Question Hour hit

HC sets aside two orders issued by ex-Yeida chairman

Court refers matter to authorities concerned for fresh review

SAMBHAL TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN COUNCIL TOO

LUCKNOW: The issue of Sambhal dominated the first day of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council's winter session.

5-YEAR-OLD KIDNAPPED AND MURDERED AT CHARBAGH STN, ACCUSED HELD

A 5-year-old boy was kidnapped and murdered at Charbagh railway station on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, with his body discovered early Monday morning inside an abandoned train at the railway yard, police said.