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Plan to relocate Great Nicobar’s tribal communities stirs fresh concern
A draft plan outlining the “relocation” of Nicobarese tribal communities affected by the Union government’s Great Nicobar Island (GNI) megainfrastructure project “to their ancestral lands” has created confusion and is exacerbating existing...
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Gherao of judicial staff a challenge to SC: CJI
The Supreme Court on Thursday said a mob gherao of seven judicial officers, confining them without food or water for more than nine hours at a government office in Malda district of West Bengal, reportedly after several voters were struck off the...
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Commercial LPG, jet fuel rates hiked amid war
Staterun oil marketing firms hiked the price of commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders by more than 10% in major metro cities on Wednesday, while the price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) was more than doubled for international air travel...
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Trump blasts allies, tells them ‘get your own oil’
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at allies on Tuesday telling them to fend for themselves regarding oil supplies, adding to the pressure within the Western military alliance, NATO, whose members have not joined the U.S. and Israel in their war on...
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Trump threatens Iran’s oil, power sites over deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration was engaging in talks with Iran and threatened to strike its oil, power, and water infrastructure if Tehran did not quickly agree to a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran denied...
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Iranians warn U.S. against ground invasion
Iranian forces were “waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever”, Iranian state media reported Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as saying on Sunday while warning...
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Early March economic data shows slowing growth
Economic indicators are beginning to show signs of slowing growth in response to the constraints created by the war in West Asia, the Ministry of Finance has said in a new report. The Monthly Economic Review for March, released on Saturday by the...
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Petrol, diesel excise duty cut; prices won’t drop
The Union government on Thursday reduced the Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on petrol and diesel by ₹10 per litre each, effectively bringing the duty on diesel to zero and on petrol to ₹3/litre. The move will not, however, translate into lower...
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Iran grants India, 4 others Hormuz passage
India and four other “friendly nations” were allowed to move their ships through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, adding that Tehran has established its “sovereignty” over the waterway connecting the Persian Gulf...
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Tehran dismisses U.S. attempt to end conflict, sets own terms
Iran on Wednesday dismissed a U.S. proposal to end the war and set out its own terms for peace, even as it continued trading fire with Israel. The U.S. proposal offered a ceasefire and sanctions relief in return for the Islamic Republic abandoning its...
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SC status ‘only for Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs’
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held in a judgment that a person professing any religion other than Hinduism, Buddhism, or Sikhism should not be considered a member of a Schedule Caste community. The court concluded that conversion to any other religion...
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Trump pauses Iran strikes, says deal is likely
U.S. President Donald Trump, who issued a 48hour ultimatum to Iran on Saturday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power infrastructure, said on Monday that he would postpone the attacks for five days after “very good and productive”...
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Will completely close Strait of Hormuz : Iran
The Iranian military on Sunday threatened to completely shut down the strategic Strait of Hormuz and attack U.S. infrastructure, including energy facilities in the Gulf, if U.S. President Donald Trump acts on threats to target the country’s power...
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Trump mulls ending war; U.S. eases curbs on Iran oil
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he is considering “winding down” the war on Iran, adding that securing the Strait of Hormuz — now under Iran’s control — is the responsibility of other nations, even as Washington temporarily eased...
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Iran steps up attacks on Israel, Gulf energy sites
Iran defiantly insisted on Friday that it would deny its enemies their security and that it was still building missiles nearly three weeks into U.S.Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy...
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Israel won’t hit Iran gas facility again: Trump
Distancing himself from an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said Tel Aviv would not target the “extremely important and valuable” site again and warned Tehran against attacking Qatar’s energy...
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22 India-bound ships on Hormuz evacuation list
Twentytwo Indiabound vessels in the Persian Gulf region have been identified for evacuation for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz by the Indian government. Of these, 20 vessels have been assessed as critical to India’s energy security,...
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Afghanistan says 400 killed in Pak. airstrike on Kabul hospital
Rescuers recovered more bodies from the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Tuesday after officials said an overnight airstrike killed more than 400 people, in a dramatic escalation of the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan that...
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India to sign U.S. deal only after clarity on rates
India will sign a trade deal with the U.S. only after the country settles its “tariff architecture” and clarifies countrywise tariff rate, sources in the government have said. “Any deal that we finalise and sign has to be seen against the tariff...
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Assembly polls for 4 States, 1 U.T. begin on April 9
The Assembly elections will be held in a single phase in Assam, Puducherry, and Kerala on April 9 and in Tamil Nadu on April 23, while West Bengal will vote in two phases on April 23 and 29, the Election Commission of India (EC) announced on...
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U.S. bombs Kharg Island; Iran hits back
Amissile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the UAE, while U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that the U.S. destroyed military sites on an island vital to...
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Centre sets aside ₹57,381 crore to address ‘global headwinds’
Amid the $100perbarrel oil shock and fears of energy shortage and supply chain disruptions arising out the West Asia conflict, the Centre has allocated ₹57,381 crore for an Economic Stabilisation Fund that would provide it fiscal space to address...
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India’s crude supply secure, no fuel shortage, Minister tells LS
There is no shortage of petrol, diesel, kerosene, and aviation turbine fuel in the country, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday, adding that India’s crude supply has been secured amid the conflict in West...
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Global energy concerns mount as Iran hits ships
Iran attacked commercial ships across the Persian Gulf and targeted Dubai International Airport in the UAE on Wednesday, escalating a campaign of squeezing the oilrich region as global energy concerns mounted and American and Israeli airstrikes pounded...
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LS takes up resolution on removal of Speaker as MPs trade accusations in House
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up a resolution moved by the Opposition seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla, with both the Treasury and Opposition benches trading sharp accusations over the neutrality of the Chair. Parliamentary Affairs Minister...
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Conversations with Iran to continue: Jaishankar
The Indian government tried reaching out to the Iranian leadership after the U.S.Israel attack on February 28 killed its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but could not establish contact because of the ongoing conflict, External Affairs Minister...
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Regulations to implement new rural job Act yet to be finalised
The Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VBG RAM G) Act, 2025, has several steps to clear before it can be implemented. According to sources, the Union Rural Development Ministry is holding weekly consultation meetings...
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Won’t strike neighbours, won’t surrender: Iran
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that Tehran would no longer target its neighbouring countries in West Asia unless attacks originated from their territory. However, he vowed that Iran would not surrender in its war against the U.S....
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U.S. ‘allows’ India to buy Russian oil for 30 days
The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday issued an order that would “allow” India to import Russian oil for 30 days, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said while sharing the order on X. Analysts say this will help mitigate the spike in the price of...
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Nitish files RS papers ahead of his exit as CM
Marking the end of an era, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He was accompanied by the other four candidates of the ruling National Democratic Alliance,...
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U.S. sinks Iranian vessel near Sri Lanka
AU.S. submarine attacked an Iranian warship on Wednesday, which sank in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri Lanka, bringing the West Asian conflict closer to the Indian subcontinent. At least 83 people were killed in the torpedo attack. U.S. Defense...
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Battered Iran attacks economic targets
Iran stepped up its attacks on economic targets and U.S. missions across West Asia on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S.Israel strikes have inflicted wide damages on the Islamic Republic while warning it was “too late” for it to seek...
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West Asia war widens, spikes oil, strands flyers
Iran and allied armed groups fired missiles at Israel, Arab states, and U.S. military targets around the region on Monday, while Israel and the U.S. pounded the West Asian country as the war expanded to several fronts and death toll grew on all...
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Iran bombs U.S. allies across West Asia
Iran vowed revenge on Sunday after the killing of its Supreme Leader, and traded strikes with Israel as part of a widening war prompted by a U.S. and Israeli bombardment a day earlier. U.S. President Donald Trump warned that any retaliation would only...
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U.S., Israel launch strikes on Iran; Tehran retaliates
The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and U.S. President Donald Trump called upon the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by rising up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the West Asian nation since...
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Kejriwal, 22 others cleared in excise policy case
In a major victory for the Aam Aadmi Party, a special court on Friday discharged party chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, and 21 others in the politically charged liquor policy case. Mr. Kejriwal hailed...
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SC bans textbook, orders seizure of all copies
The Supreme Court on Thursday said there was a “deeprooted conspiracy” behind the “very, very calculated move” to portray the judiciary as a venal institution in a Class 8 social science textbook with “selective reference” about “corruption” in...
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India ‘stands firmly’ with Israel, Modi says in address to Knesset
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the Knesset on Wednesday, extended a firm hand of friendship to Israel and condemned the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 as a “barbaric terrorist attack”. Speaking at the Israeli parliament, the Prime...
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SC expands judicial team to aid West Bengal SIR
The Supreme Court on Tuesday moved in quickly to swell the ranks of judicial officers deployed to aid the Election Commission (EC) in the completion of the special intensive revision (SIR) in West Bengal, even alerting neighbouring Odisha and Jharkhand...
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Centre unveils policy to tackle terror threats
The Union Home Ministry on Monday released the country’s firstever antiterror policy, emphasising that other than terror sponsored from across the border, “criminal hackers and nation states continue to target India through cyberattacks”. The...
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Nations facing tariffs must unionise, says Lula
Instead of negotiating with the U.S. on tariffs separately, countries should form “negotiating blocs”, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said here on Sunday, advocating for “unionisation” of those suffering from the tariffs. Mr. Lula,...
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‘India studying implications of U.S. tariff moves’
While the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on various countries, including India, several other tariffs remain that continue to hurt various sectors, trade analysts and export data show. In a...
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump tariffs
The United States Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s farreaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. The 63 decision centres on tariffs imposed under an emergency...
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Britain’s former Duke Andrew arrested over connections with Epstein
Britain’s former Duke of York, Andrew MountbattenWindsor (formerly, ‘Prince Andrew’), was arrested and taken into custody early on Thursday morning, over his connection to Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased American child sex offender and financier. The...
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Nvidia, OpenAI announce partnerships with Indian firms, academic institutes
U.S. tech giants Nvidia and OpenAI on Wednesday announced partnerships with Indian industry and academia at the ongoing AI Impact Summit. The former will work with three firms – Yotta (which runs data centres), L&T, and E2E Networks. The latter has...
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India-France partnership is a force for stability in the world, says PM
India and France elevated their relationship to a ‘special global strategic partnership’ on Tuesday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met French President Emmanuel Macron. The meeting also saw the amendment of the protocol on Double Taxation Avoidance...
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NGT gives clearance to Great Nicobar project
ABench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday cleared the way for the ₹92,000crore Great Nicobar Island megainfrastructure project, noting that “considering the strategic importance” of it and “other relevant considerations”, “we do not find...
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Trade deals made from position of strength: PM
India recently entered into a slew of trade agreements, including with the European Union and the United States, “from a position of strength”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, adding that these deals were designed to expand global market...
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New Central fund to drive urban development
The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the launch of the Urban Challenge Fund (UCF), a new Centrally sponsored scheme of the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry with ₹1 lakh crore Central assistance. In a statement, the government said the scheme...
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BNP secures landslide victory in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by chairman Tarique Rahman, is set to return to power in Dhaka after two decades, following a landslide victory in the February 12 parliamentary election, winning an absolute majority of seats, according to the...
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Retail inflation at 2.75% in new Consumer Price Index with 2024 as the base year
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Thursday released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data based on a new series with 2024 as base year, placing retail inflation in January 2026 at 2.75%. As this is the first data release...
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Govt. plans guidelines on books by veterans
Amid the controversy surrounding the unpublished memoir, Four Stars of Destiny, of former Army chief General M.M. Naravane ((retd.), the Defence Ministry is working on detailed guidelines for serving and retired armed forces personnel who wish to...
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Opposition MPs submit notice seeking removal of Om Birla as LS Speaker
Opposition parties belonging to the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Tuesday submitted a notice to the SecretaryGeneral of the Lok Sabha, seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla for allegedly conducting the business of the...
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‘Restrictive’ software tools used for SIR: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday said the Election Commission (EC) was using “very restrictive” software tools, at least in the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal, with scant tolerance for “natural” differences and inconsistencies...
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India and Malaysia sign pacts to expand ties
India and Malaysia on Sunday vowed to expand their ties in the highpriority sectors of trade and investment, defence, energy, advanced manufacturing and semiconductors with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that both sides are committed to peace...
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India, U.S. unveil framework for trade deal
India will remove or reduce tariffs on all industrial goods and a “wide range” of agricultural goods imported from the United States, according to the joint statement issued by the two countries on Saturday morning. In return, the U.S. will reduce its...
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Oil imports from Russia hit 38-month low
The value of India’s crude oil imports from Russia fell to a 38month low of $2.7 billion in December 2025, with Russian oil making up less than a quarter of India’s imports, down from 34% just a month before, an analysis of the latest official data...
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Explosion in illegal Meghalaya mine kills 18
An explosion in an illegally operated rathole coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district killed 18 miners on Thursday, officials said. This is one of the biggest miningrelated tragedies since July 2012, when 15 miners died in a flooded...
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President’s rule ends in Manipur; CM sworn in
The installation of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)led National Democratic Alliance government, with a Meitei leader at the helm, brought an end to nearly a year of President’s Rule in Manipur on Wednesday. Around 6 p.m., Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar...
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U.S. deal excludes sensitive sectors: Goyal
he trade deal with the United States, announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media late on Monday night, will exclude sensitive agricultural items and dairy, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday,...
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U.S. tariff on India cut to 18%, say Modi, Trump
Indicating a positive turn in a bilateral relationship that had been under strain from multiple issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that “Made in India” products would “now” attract a “reduced tariff of 18%” in the U.S., after a telephonic...
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Capex scale-up
hile acknowledging the strains created by the external global environment, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday presented the Union Budget 2026 in Parliament, with the aim ofi ncreasing productivity across sectors and ensuring employment...
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Sunetra sworn in as Deputy CM of Maharashtra
Aday after the conclusion of the threeday State mourning for late Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, who died in an air crash in Baramati on January 28, his wife Sunetra Pawar was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra...
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Menstrual health in schools is integral to right to life: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday declared that the right to menstrual health and access to menstrual hygiene management (MHM) measures in educational institutions is part of the fundamental right to life and dignity under Article 21 of the...
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Survey predicts upbeat India, troubled world
The Economic Survey 202526 on Thursday painted a relatively rosy picture of India’s domestic growth outlook, raising the country’s mediumterm forecast to 7% from the earlier estimate of 6.5%. However, it simultaneously outlined a relatively grim...
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Ajit Pawar killed in air crash; foul play denied
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party supremo Ajit Pawar was killed in a plane crash in Baramati on Wednesday morning, along with four others on board. The Learjet 45 aircraft, belonging to Delhibased charter company VSR...
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‘Mother of all deals’: India and the EU finalise FTA
After almost two decades of negotiation, India and the European Union (EU) finalised a free trade agreement (FTA) on Tuesday, billed as the “mother of all deals”, that will see the EU drop tariffs on 99.5% of Indian exports to the 27nation...
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India is a herald of peace in a world that is marked by conflicts, says President
President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said India was spreading the message of peace in a world marked by conflict, asserting that global harmony was essential for securing the future of humanity. Addressing the nation on the eve of the 77th Republic Day,...
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3.5 lakh ‘unmapped’ voters yet to appear for SIR hearing in Bengal
About 3.5 lakh voters marked as “unmapped” under the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal have not turned up for hearings, raising concern among election officials. During the first phase of the SIR in the State, about...
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PM makes ‘double-engine’ push
In his first major message in pollbound Tamil Nadu, BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the State needs an “NDA doubleengine government”, which would march “shouldertoshoulder” with the Union government to achieve overall...
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Tension rises in Manipur after Meitei man is abducted, killed
A29yearold man was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Churachandpur district of Manipur on Wednesday night, security officials said. The killing was recorded on camera. Mayanglambam Rishikant Singh, a resident of Kakching, belonged to the...
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EC discretion during SIR is not unregulated authority, says SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Election Commission (EC) is blessed with the “widest discretions” but its “deviations” while revising electoral rolls, as in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, cannot be “untrammelled or...
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Governor altered policy speech in Assembly, says Kerala CM
The Kerala Legislative Assembly saw extraordinary scenes on Tuesday after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar had made changes to the policy speech prepared by the State government while delivering the customary...
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SC flags ‘stress’ triggered by SIR in Bengal
The Supreme Court on Monday urged the Election Commission to avert causing “stress and strain” through its ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercise to the ordinary people of West Bengal, where approximately 1.36 crore people, almost 20% of the...
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8 Opposition leaders booked as row over Manikarnika Ghat intensifies
A war of words erupted on Sunday between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Opposition parties after multiple first information reports (FIRs) were lodged in Varanasi against those allegedly spreading AIgenerated images and misleading...
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