West Bengal: Fencing work along  Indo-Bangladesh border begins
Purulia: BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari addresses an election rally in support of BJP candidates ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election at Pathorkata in Manbazar area of Purulia district on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

June 12, 2026 7:40 PM

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West Bengal: Fencing work along  Indo-Bangladesh border begins

Fencing work in the border areas of West Bengal has started. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari today informed the media at a programme in Kolkata on the occasion of 12 years of NDA government. Mr Adhikari said people are giving their lands for fencing along the Indo-Bangladesh border. He said that by ...

South Korean former President sentenced to 30 years in jail in drone case

June 12, 2026 7:25 PM

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South Korean former President sentenced to 30 years in jail in drone case

  A Seoul court has sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison today, after finding him guilty of ordering drone incursions into North Korea to escalate tensions and justify his December 2024 martial law declaration. The Seoul Central District Court convicted the jai...

Video Story Generating Indigenous AI Model Varya launched

June 12, 2026 7:18 PM

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Video Story Generating Indigenous AI Model Varya launched

  The India AI Mission today launched Varya, a distilled video model built to make frontier video AI affordable, accessible and relevant. Addressing the launch event in New Delhi, Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology S. Krishnan said that the launch of one of the found...

Asian & European markets up

June 12, 2026 6:25 PM

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Asian & European markets up

Asian stock market indices edged higher today. South Korea’s Kospi surged 4.6 per cent, Japan's Nikkei 225 soared 2.8 per cent, Taiwan's Taiex climbed 2.4 per cent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 1.9 per cent, China’s Shanghai Composite advanced 1.1 per cent, and Singapore's Strait Times rose 0.8 per ...

Sindhu storms into semi-finals of Australia Open

June 12, 2026 7:12 PM

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Sindhu storms into semi-finals of Australia Open

In Badminton, PV Sindhu has stormed into the women's singles semi-finals of the Australian Open tournament in Sydney. The third-seeded Indian outclassed Chinese Taipei's Chen Su Yu 21-6, 21-9 in a one-sided quarter-final clash today. Sindhu will next face top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the sem...

India’s retail inflation accelerated to 3.93% in May
Consumers and sellers as seen at a vegetable market in Kolkata , India , on 12 July 2023 . Spiraling prices of tomato, onion and pulses are emerging as new risks that is fueling India's retail inflation to 4.6 % in June ,The El Nino influence paired with reducing WPI on retail inflation has made the situation worse for consumers according to finance ministry reports. (Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

June 12, 2026 6:04 PM

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India’s retail inflation accelerated to 3.93% in May

  India’s retail inflation accelerated to 3.93 per cent in May this year on an annual basis, rising for the fifth consecutive month under the new series. The inflation print was moderately higher from 3.48 per cent recorded in April. According to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Progr...

Gold, Silver prices up

June 12, 2026 6:09 PM

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Gold, Silver prices up

In the Indian bullion market, 24 carat Gold was trading 0.7 per cent up at 1 lakh 50 thousand 520 rupees per 10 grams, while Silver was trading 0.9 per cent higher at 2 lakh 43 thousand 550 rupees per kilogram, a short while ago.  At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for August contract was trading...