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Shashi Tharoor's son Ishaan laid off as Washington Post cuts one-third of its staff
World | Feb 05, 2026, 08:06 AM ISTThe Washington Post on Wednesday announced significant layoffs after the company underwent what it described as "significant restructuring", shutting down the current Sports Desk and scaling down its international reportage footprint.
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Washington Post validates success of Indian strikes on Pakistan, debunks Islamabad's 'victory' claim
World | May 15, 2025, 11:25 AM ISTOperation Sindoor was launched in response to the Pahalgam attack in which 25 tourists and a local guide were killed in cold blood by terrorists on April 22.
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India rejects US media report alleging New Delhi's involvement in 'plot' to overthrow Muizzu govt
World | Jan 03, 2025, 07:30 PM IST"You can see a pattern in their activities. I leave you to judge their credibility. As far as we are concerned, they have none," the Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a weekly press briefing on Friday.
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Canada: Trudeau's NSA admits leaking details of Nijjar case to Washington Post as part of 'strategy'
World | Oct 30, 2024, 10:50 AM ISTTrudeau's national security and intelligence advisor told the Commons public safety committee that she did not require Trudeau's authorisation for the leak and insisted no "classified intelligence" was provided to the US publication.
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'We're taking it very, very seriously': White House on India's alleged role in assassination plots
World | Apr 30, 2024, 03:54 PM ISTThe Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) reacted strongly to a report by a US newspaper, which claimed that a RAW officer was involved in the foiled assassination bid of India-designated Khalistani terrorist Gurupatwant Singh Pannun.
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Jeff Bezos makes a rare visit at Washington Post amid layoffs fears
Technology | Jan 20, 2023, 03:47 PM ISTThe newspaper shut its Sunday magazine and laid off 11 newsroom employees late last year. The publication has struggled to expand its subscription business, with fewer paying subscribers last year than the three million it had in 2020.
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How Washington Post is being slammed for obit headline on Baghdadi
India | Oct 28, 2019, 11:23 PM ISTSocial media users are having a field day mocking The Washington Post headline that called Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi "austere religious scholar" after the dreaded terrorist was killed in a US raid.
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Jamal Khashoggi death: Trump 'not satisfied' with Saudi account, but refuses to scrap arms deal
World | Oct 21, 2018, 02:57 PM ISTTrump's statement comes a day after Saudi government confirmed that Khashoggi died following a "fistfight" at its consulate in Istanbul on October 2, without disclosing any details on the whereabouts of his body.
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Jamal Khashoggi, Washington Post journalist, killed in 'fist fight' at Istanbul consulate: Saudi Arabia
World | Oct 20, 2018, 04:44 PM ISTKhashoggi died as a result of the altercation after he had come to the consulate to obtain paperwork needed for his upcoming wedding to his Turkish fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, a statement said.
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In big goof up, cover of Washington Post Express uses men's symbol to represent women's march
World | Jan 06, 2017, 03:38 PM ISTThe Washinghton Post Express, a free daily edition given to mass transit passengers in D.C, faced flak for its cover page blunder about a women's march in the US capital after the tabloid mistakenly featured
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Jailed reporter's family urges Iran to release him
World | Oct 31, 2014, 10:26 AM ISTTehran: The family of Washington Post's Iranian-American reporter Jason Rezaian, held without charges in Iran for more than 100 days, has called on Tehran to set him free."For over 10 years, Jason has written fair
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It is time to set a new agenda: Modi and Obama
World | Sep 30, 2014, 08:24 PM ISTWashington: Calling for a new agenda in a novel joint editorial, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama today pledged themselves as global partners to enhancing homeland security by sharing intelligence through counter-terrorism
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Iranian government urged to release four detained journalists
World | Jul 25, 2014, 02:33 PM ISTNew York: The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the Iranian government to immediately release four detained journalists, three of them with US-Iranian nationality, a media report said on Friday.Two of the
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Narendra Modi hailed as new 'fashion icon' by American media
National | Jun 07, 2014, 06:43 PM ISTWashington: Narendra Modi, who was unwelcome here only a few years ago, is now a “fashion icon” to the American media.After his stunning electoral triumph, three major US publications - Time, New York Times and
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Washington Post, Guardian win Pulitzers for NSA revelations, Snowden says prize a 'vindication'
World | Apr 15, 2014, 10:09 AM ISTNew York: Washington Post and Guardian won the Pulitzer Prize in public service on Monday for revealing the US government's sweeping surveillance programmes in a blockbuster series of stories based on secret documents supplied
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Devyani Khobragade: NYT, Washington Post, CNN defend strip search of Indian diplomat
World | Dec 21, 2013, 10:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: After maintaining an ominous silence over the strip search and cavity search of a senior Indian diplomat in New York, the US media is suddenly on overdrive trying to justify the treatment meted
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Twitter, Washington Post targeted by hackers
Feb 03, 2013, 01:15 PM ISTNew York, Feb 3: Social media giant Twitter is among the latest U.S. companies to report that it is among a growing list of victims of Internet security attacks, saying that hackers may have gained
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Manmohan ineffectual, presides over corrupt government: Washington Post
National | Sep 05, 2012, 06:32 PM ISTWashington, Sep 5: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been described as "a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government" by a leading US daily that said his reputation was damaged by the