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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 oil infra targets in West Asia
Tehran strikes U.S. embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait as war enters fourth day; energy facilities in the region come under attack; Israel bombards Iran, goes deeper into Lebanon, targets Hezbollah Iran stepped up its attacks on economic targets and...
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Iran hits Israel, U.S. bases after killing of Khamenei
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
The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and 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 nation since 1979. Iran...
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Kejriwal, 22 others walk free 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 Class 8 textbook, orders seizure of 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 the...
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India ‘stands firmly’ with Israel, Modi tells 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 Bengal SIR process
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 terrorism 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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Time for nations facing tariffs to unionise: 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’ U.S. tariff moves: Commerce Ministry
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 halts Trump’s sweeping tariffs
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. The 6-3 decision centres on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law,...
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SIR in 22 States and U.T.s expected from April: EC
The Election Commission (EC) has informed State poll authorities that the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter lists in the 22 States and Union Territories, where it has not yet been conducted, is expected to begin in April. The 22 remaining...
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DGCA proposes swift ban on disruptive passengers
Airline operators may soon be empowered to directly impose a flying ban of up to 30 days on unruly or disruptive passengers without referring the matter to the competent authority. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has proposed...
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Political leaders, officials must foster fraternity: SC
Political leaders must foster fraternity and high public officeholders should live up to the ideals of the Constitution, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. The court was hearing a petition highlighting instances of Chief Ministers, senior...
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NGT clears ₹92,000cr. 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 a ‘position of strength’, says Modi
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 Urban Challenge Fund to tap market for infra push
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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Zero tariff textiles exports to U.S. possible for India: Goyal
India will receive the same benefits on textiles exports under its interim trade agreement with the U.S. as Bangladesh gained through its own deal, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. “Just as Bangladesh has a facility that if raw...
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Centre plans guidelines for books by defence personnel
Amid the controversy surrounding the unpublished memoir Four Stars of Destiny, off ormer 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 publish...
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Label all photorealistic AI content online, says Centre
The Union government has notified amendments to the Information Technology Act, 2021, requiring photorealistic AIgenerated content to be prominently labelled. The changes, which will come into force on February 20, also significantly shorten timelines...
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‘Restrictive’ software tools being used for SIR, says 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, Malaysia ink pacts to expand strategic 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 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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India’s 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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18 killed in blast at illegal coal mine in Meghalaya
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 mishaps since July 2012, when 15 miners died in a flooded mine in the State’s...
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Manipur President’s Rule ends; Khemchand new CM
he 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 will not include sensitive sectors: Goyal
The 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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Bulk requests for deleting names of voters in Barmer
Subhan Khan, a Bharatiya Janata Party worker at the sleepy village of Janpaliya in Barmer district in Rajasthan, was stunned when his boothlevel officer informed him that an application had been filed seeking the deletion of his name from the State’s...
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Simpler process Budget 2026:
While 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 at increasing productivity across sectors and ensuring...
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Sunetra Pawar 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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Economic Survey predicts bright India, increasingly darker 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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Rahul pitches for sharing of power in T.N. in talks with DMK
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday broached the topic of a power-sharing arrangement in Tamil Nadu with DMK Parliamentary Party leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi during their meeting in New Delhi, sources from both parties confirmed. “The talks went...
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‘Mother of all deals’: India and 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 bloc. India...
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Tejashwi named national working president of RJD
Tejashwi Yadav was named national working president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal in the presence of his father and party chief Lalu Prasad, mother Rabri Devi, and sister Misa Bharti. The announcement was made on Sunday at the party’s national executive...
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3.5 lakh Bengal voters yet to appear for SIR hearing
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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NDA double-engine govt. will be formed in T.N.: PM
In his first major message in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the State needs an “NDA double-engine government”, which would march “shoulder-to-shoulder” with the Union government to achieve overall...
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Mumbai set to have woman mayor from general category
Mumbai’s next mayor will be a woman from the general category as determined by a lottery process, the Maharashtra Urban Development Department stated on Thursday. The department conducted the lottery for mayoral posts in Mumbai and 28 other civic...
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EC discretion during SIR is not unregulated power: 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 address, 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 and strain’ by SIR to Bengal’s people
The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the Election Commission (EC) for the “stress and strain” caused, through its ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, to the ordinary people of West Bengal, where around 1.36 crore people, almost 20% of...
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PM launches ₹6,957crore Kaziranga corridor work
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cited the outcome of the Bihar Assembly election and the Mumbai civic polls to claim that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become the first choice of the people in the country. After laying the foundation...
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Highest annual spike saw 44,000 start-ups added in 2025, says PM
Nearly 44,000 startups registered with the government in 2025, the highest annual addition since Startup India was launched, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday at an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the scheme. Launched on January...
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Iran signals at executions, trials amid Trump’s threat
The head of Iran’s judiciary defied a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump and signalled on Wednesday that there would be swift trials and executions ahead for those detained in nationwide protests. The comments from Iran’s judiciary chief...
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Retail inflation at 3month high of 1.33% in December
Increased figure still below RBI’s lower comfort level of 2%; data show broadbased decline in price levels across sectors as reason for low figure; core inflation at 28month high of 4.8%, says expert India’s retail inflation quickened to a...
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Defying U.S. warning, Iran clamps down on protests
Protests sweeping across Iran neared the twoweek mark on Saturday, with the country’s government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown and as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world. With...
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Mamata, ED lock horns over search at consultancy firm
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of removing evidences from two locations during a raid against the political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) in Kolkata. The...
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EC says it has constitutional duty to bar foreigners from voter rolls
The Election Commission of India (EC) began its defence of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls before the Supreme Court on Tuesday by dismissing claims that it is conducting a “parallel” National Register of Citizens (NRC)...
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Maduro in U.S. court; interim leader offers to work with Trump
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived at a New York court on Monday, just days after being seized in Caracas in a U.S. military operation that paved the path for Washington’s plans to control the oilrich country. Mr. Maduro, 63, faces...
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Bangladesh says it will not travel to India for T20 World Cup over ‘security concerns’
With less than five weeks remaining for the Men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced that its team will “not travel to India” for the tournament, and has formally requested the...
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T.N. announces assured pension scheme for State govt. staff
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday announced the new Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme (TAPS) for State government employees. Under the new arrangement, State government employees will be provided with an assured pension equal to 50% of...
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Centre’s tobacco tax rejig to take effect from Feb. 1
The Union Finance Ministry on Thursday issued a series of notifications that will give effect to the new taxation regime for tobacco products from February 1. The Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025, passed in the recently concluded Winter Session of...
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Huge haul of explosives in Rajasthan; police suspect a terror conspiracy
The Rajasthan Police on Wednesday seized 150 kg of ammonium nitrate, used in industrial explosives, along with 200 cartridges and six bundles of safety fuse wire measuring about 1,100 metres from a car and arrested two persons in Tonk district. The...
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EC gives one more week for U.P. SIR in another extension
The Election Commission of India (EC) on Tuesday revised the schedule for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh yet again, extending it by a week. Now the draft list will be published on January 6, instead of...
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Shift trial in Anjel Chakma murder case out of Uttarakhand: Tripura tribal body to Dhami
The All India Chakma Students’ Union (AICSU) has urged Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to transfer the trial of the “racially motivated” murder case of tribal student Anjel Chakma out of Uttarakhand. Chakma, a 24yearold MBA student...
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Congress leaders speak in different voices on Digvijaya Singh’s ‘organisational weakness’ remark
Reactions continued from within the Congress on Sunday after senior leader Digvijaya Singh lauded the organisational power of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ahead of the Congress Working Committee meeting held on Saturday, with some supporting...
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10.56 lakh names cut on draft rolls in Assam
The names of 10.56 lakh voters have been deleted on the draft electoral rolls of Assam which were published on Saturday after a house-to-house verification of the voter lists during the special revision exercise conducted by the Election Commission in...
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BNP leader calls for ‘secure’ Bangladesh at homecoming
Bangladesh should be a “secure” home for all communities cutting across religious and regional differences, said the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman, on Thursday following his return home after nearly 18 years...
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Ahead of crucial civic polls, Thackeray cousins unite
After much anticipation and several rounds of discussions and public appearances together, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin Raj Thackeray on Wednesday formally announced an alliance between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the...
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Bangladesh protests rally outside its Delhi mission
Hundreds of supporters of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal gathered near the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday and demanded safety for the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh. Following this, the Ministry of Foreign...
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India, New Zealand end FTA talks, to boost trade
India and New Zealand on Monday concluded discussions on a free trade agreement (FTA) that will give India tarifffree access to the island nation’s markets, bring in $20 billion in investments over 15 years, and help double bilateral trade to $5...
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Keeping a close watch on Bangladesh events: India
ndia on Sunday described the killing of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh as a “horrendous act”, and expressed “strong concern” about the safety of minority communities in the neighbouring country. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal...
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U.S. wants India’s nuclear norms globally aligned
Two days after Parliament cleared the SHANTI Bill, which allows private participation in India’s nuclear sector and eases liability norms by capping operator liability for a nuclear incident to ₹3,000 crore, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed...
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Consider ‘ground realities’ in various States, SC tells EC
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (EC) to take a “sympathetic view” of representations to extend the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, taking into consideration the “ground realities”...
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LS passes nuclear energy Bill allowing privatisation
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025, despite demands by several Opposition parliamentarians for referring the legislation to a parliamentary...
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Sydney beach shooter was Indian citizen, say officials
Sajid Akram, one of the two Bondi Beach attackers who killed at least 16 people at a Jewish event in Australia on Sunday, was an Indian citizen from Hyderabad, government officials who ran a background check on the deceased told The Hindu. He last came...
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With new Bill, demand-led job scheme set to turn supply-driven
The Union government is set to introduce the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee For Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 in the Lok Sabha. The move will mark a shift from...
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Delhi chokes on toxic smog; air quality panel flags ‘recurring negligence’, high dust levels
The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) on Sunday pulled up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) over “evident gaps” and “recurring negligence” in the upkeep of roads in the city. It said flying squads inspected...
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Retail inflation moves up marginally to 0.7% in Nov.
Retail inflation in India quickened marginally to 0.7% in November 2025, up from the historic low of 0.25% in October 2025, with a continued contraction in food prices offsetting a marginal acceleration in fuel inflation. November’s inflation rate is...
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EC extends deadline for SIR in five States, one U.T.
The Election Commission has extended the schedule of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in five States and one Union Territory: Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and the Andaman and Nicobar...
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Illegal immigrants will be detected, deported: Shah
The National Democratic Alliance government will “detect, delete and deport” illegal immigrants from the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday, as the Lok Sabha witnessed a faceoff during a discussion on electoral reforms, leading...
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Citizenship under CAA only if claims verified: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said conferment of rights associated with Indian citizenship to people claiming to be religious minorities who fled persecution from Pakistan, Afghanisation, and Bangladesh and protected under the Citizenship (Amendment)...
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Dileep acquitted in 2017 actor assault case; six found guilty
A trial court in Kerala acquitted actor Dileep in the 2017 actor rape case on Monday, while convicting six others. The verdict was delivered in a packed hall in the Ernakulam District and Sessions Court. Those pronounced guilty on Monday are N.S....
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