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PM Modi’s call: Unite against divisive forces
Highlighting emerging challenges and societal ills over the decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for collective e¡orts to address them, unite society against divisive forces and inspire citizens towards self-reliance. Inaugurating...
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Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles
Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles as Moscow says 808 drones downed in Russia bombarded Kyiv with ballistic missiles in an hourslong nighttime barrage, and the Russian military said Thursday that its air defences intercepted 808 drones red by Ukraine at...
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CJP’S Das, Ranka released after assuring they won’t breach peace
A special executive magistrate court on Wednesday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka from Tihar Jail after they agreed in writing not to breach peace or call for protests at Jantar Mantar while the...
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India bag 14 medals in para athletics
limelight with her consistent international performances, Deepthi revealed the tremendous role her parents played in supporting her ambitions despite being taunted for backing her by their fellow villagers. Seasoned sprinter Simran also created a new...
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Court exten. ds CJP leaders’ judicial custody by 2 days; Bora moves HC
Two Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, were on Monday remanded to judicial custody for another two days, while All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora approached the Delhi High Court challenging a...
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Kolkata grieves after rare Durga Puja stampede
The city’s rarest and most painful Durga Puja tragedies cast a shadow over the festive celebrations on Sunday, a day after a stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata killed 19 people, including a sevenyear-old child, and...
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SC recognises internet access as fundamental right for children
Internet provides education, information and opportunities for creative expression Remote-area children often depend on online learning resources Internet connects children with special needs to supportive communities Court backs parental guidance and...
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Govt may call special Parl Session to pass Women’s Quota, Delimitation Bills
Undeterred by the Opposition protests against SIR and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the Centre may go ahead with its plan to convene a special session of Parliament later this month to once again push the Bills related to delimitation and...
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HC refuses to restrain CJP’S Tiranga march, NDMC shuts Central Park
The Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protest is set to test the authorities’ handling of demonstrations in central Delhi, after the Delhi High Court on Thursday declined to restrain CJP from holding its protest at Connaught Place’s...
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Fairfax to buy 60.72% of IDBI Bank in Rs 53,000-cr deal
Canada-based Fairfax Financial Holdings will acquire a 60.72 per cent stake in IDBI Bank for approximately Rs 53,000 crore, marking the largest foreign investment in an Indian bank and a signicant step towards the country’s banking privatisation...
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Union minister L Murugan resigns, sparks speculation of Cabinet rejig
Minister of State L Murugan resigned from the Union Council of Ministers on Tuesday, saying he wanted to return to Tamil Nadu to strengthen the BJP in the state. His resignation gave rise to speculation about an imminent Union Cabinet rejig. This was...
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President appoints new Governors for six states
Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu, as part of a major gubernatorial reshu¤e e¥ected by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday. Om Prakash Mathur, Governor of Sikkim, will be the new Governor of...
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SC order fails to stop detentions
More than 200 protesters were detained as they chanted slogans and marched towards the Jantar Mantar on Sunday as the protest called by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) entered its second day amid heavy security deployment across the capital. The CJP...
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CAPITAL UNDER LOCK AND STIR
As massive unprecedented police crackdown tried to foil the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) called protest of young students and activists in the national Capital on Saturday at Jantar Mantar which remained out of bounds, thousands of protesters took to...
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‘Can’t use hammer to kill fly’:
An unprecedented security clampdown has been put in force in the Capital ahead of Saturday’s protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar, with the deployment of 25,000 police and paramilitary personnel, closure of 45 metro stations,...
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Nana, take
Thursday. He was 75. Patekar, whose powerful screen presence was felt even in ensemble comedies such as “Welcome”, is suspected to have su£ered a heart attack, doctors said. The actor was taken to a private hospital after he was found unconscious at...
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Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities kill at least 24 people in latest attack
Russian missiles and drones pounded Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, killing at least 24 civilians, including four children, and wounding around 60 in Moscow’s latest devastating barrage, Ukrainian ocials said. Three...
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Opposition turns up heat on CEC in day of protest, standoff and arrests
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was detained along with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other opposition leaders on Tuesday after a day-long protest demanding a meeting with the Election Commission over the Special Intensive...
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Will annul unilateral decisions, didn’t approve modification in Form 6: SC Refuses interim restraint on CEC, issues notices to EC, Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will annul decision found not to be in accordance with law while issuing notices to the Election Commission and the Centre on pleas alleging that the poll body took several decisions without the approval of the two...
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US has ‘deliberately become a lonelier power’: Jaishankar
External A airs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the United States had “deliberately become a lonelier power” as its repositioning and the rise of China reshape the global order, while emerging and middle powers respond by diversifying partnerships...
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Eight students drown off Maha’s Diveagar beach
Eight 16-year-old students from a private coaching in Pune district drowned at Diveagar beach in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Thursday after being swept away by strong sea currents, turning a picnic involving 48 students and teachers into a...
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‘Indian captain thwarts co-pilot’s attempt to crash Flydubai plane’
An Indian pilot has been credited with helping prevent a possible disaster after his co-pilot allegedly attacked him and attempted to take control of a Flydubai aircraft carrying 174 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, forcing the plane to...
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Nepal: Rain-induced disasters kill 27 people in last few days
At least 27 people have been killed in rain-induced disasters across Nepal since September 24, officials said on Tuesday. Four people remain missing and eight have been injured in incidents linked to heavy rainfall, including floods and landslides,...
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Delhi draws up battle plan for smog
With winter pollution months approaching, the Delhi government has lined up a tighter enforcement and monitoring regime, including 50 per cent work-from-home, doubled parking charges, staggered office timings, stricter PUCC compliance, an expansion of...
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56 killed as heavy rains trigger flood-like conditions across UP
Fifty-six people have died and 46 others were injured in rain- and stormrelated incidents across Uttar Pradesh since September 25, with intense rainfall leaving several districts waterlogged, damaging 1,021 houses and killing 107 animals, officials...
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Amid row, full EC extends Delhi SIR, eases mandatory hearings
Amid stir and calls for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, the full Election Commission met here on Saturday and took some key decisions, including extension of Delhi Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and doing away with mandatory...
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Plea in SC seeks prosecution of CEC, challenges his unilateral decisions
As the controversy and political upheaval rages over the administration and decision-making process at the Election Commission, a petition has been filed before the Supreme Court against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The Public...
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‘Impeach, arrest CEC’: Oppn amplifies clamour for Gyanesh Kumar’s ouster
The Opposition on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his impeachment and arrest and alleging that the poll panel under him was functioning as a “one-man autocracy”. A political storm erupted after...
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Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran, says deal likely after polls
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that it faced a stark choice between reaching an agreement with Washington or continued military action, including what he described as the possible “annihilation” of the Islamic Republic. Speaking at...
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SIT finds 105 instances of Ram Temple donation theft, SC told
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) examining missing donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya has identified 105 instances of theft, the Supreme Court was told on Monday. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said a chargesheet will be filed by September 25,...
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Advani, Jaishankar, Sandhu among Delhi voters served SIR notices
A large-scale verification exercise of Delhi’s electoral rolls has flagged 33.13 lakh voters, including senior bureaucrats, constitutional functionaries, politicians and other prominent public figures, after their details could not be matched with the...
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Donald Trump’s Russia Bill opens door to India tariffs
US President Donald Trump has signed the sweeping Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which seeks to impose steep levies on Moscow and its top energy buyers such as China and India. “On Friday, September 18, 2026, the President signed into law: H.R....
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Tata Sons reappoints Chandrasekaran, Noel-led Trusts calls vote ‘legal nullity’
Over a month after he said that he will step down as chairman of Tata Sons, the Board on Thursday backed N Chandrasekaran at the helm for another term of five years, the company said. However, the decision has been contested by Noel Tara, Chairman of...
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Centre ends free UPI era for merchants
The government on Tuesday announced a new transaction fee on certain Unified Payments Interface (UPI) merchant payments, bringing an end to nearly six years of a fully free UPI system for merchants. From October 15, personto-merchant (P2M) transactions...
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PM Modi warns against ‘weaponisation’ of tech, critical minerals at BRICS Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked leaders of the BRICS grouping to recognise the dangers of weaponising “technology and critical minerals,” which could undo all the gains the world has achieved so far on shared progress and prosperity. No...
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BRICS declaration slams US without naming it
India pulled off a major diplomatic victory at the 18th BRICS Summit on Saturday with the adoption of a consensus joint declaration despite differences between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the West Asia crisis. The joint declaration did...
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America marks 25th anniversary of 9/11
A solemn ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11 was held at Ground Zero here on Friday, attended by all four living former US presidents, Vice President J D Vance and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The commemoration was held at the...
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Xi returns to India after 7 years for BRICS
After nearly seven years, Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to return to India this weekend, arriving in New Delhi on September 12 for the 18th BRICS Summit and a closely watched meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Confirmed by Beijing on...
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Two-day BRICS Summit begins Sat; focus on food and energy resilience
India will host a two-day BRICS summit from Saturday with discussions centred on strengthening the grouping’s collective ability to withstand disruptions in food, energy, health, disaster management and critical supply chains, as member countries seek...
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Modi and Putin to hold bilateral talks on Sept 11 before BRICS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a bilateral meeting in New Delhi on Friday, September 11, ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit, with defence, energy, technology, trade and the Ukraine conflict expected to figure in...
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Rescue ops end after 27 hours, 7 dead; owners held, 5 MCD officials suspended
A more than 27-hour rescue effort at the site of a collapsed five-storey building in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area ended on Monday evening with seven people confirmed dead and five injured, as police arrested the building’s owners and the Delhi High Court...
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Student hostel caves in, 5 dead
A five-storey building used as a student hostel in South Delhi’s Satya Niketan caved in on Sunday afternoon, killing at least five people and leaving between 15 and 20 others feared trapped as rescue teams worked through the night to pull survivors...
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India’s policy gear has shifted: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lashed out at critics of India’s latest GDP figures, saying those responsible for pushing the country into the “Fragile Five” were now unable to accept its emergence as the world’s fastest-growing major...
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Two workers rescued alive from Nepal tunnel after 9 days of floods
Two men were rescued alive from a tunnel at Nepal’s Trishuli 3A hydropower project on Friday after surviving for nine days following flash floods that have killed at least 1,295 people, left about 5,000 missing and damaged critical infrastructure...
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War won’t be solved by stopping oil purchases: Jaishankar in Kyiv
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said the Russia-Ukraine war would not end by countries stopping purchases of Russian oil, arguing that the conflict, now in its fifth year, can only be settled through “dialogue, diplomacy and...
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US and Iran trade strikes as Middle East tensions surge
The United States launched fresh strikes on targets in Iran on Tuesday, triggering a new round of missile and drone attacks by Tehran and raising tensions across the Middle East after a month-long lull in major military action. The latest exchange also...
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SC quashes all FIRs against NEET protesters, CJP calls off Sept 5 march
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of FIRs registered across India against students who took part in protests linked to the NEET paper leak between July 20 and 25, saying the cases should not stand in the way of their future prospects....
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‘Move from endless war to end of war’
Calling for an immediate end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to move from “endless war to the end of war,” asserting that a peaceful resolution of the conflict is humanity’s...
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India and Uzbekistan upgrade ties, seal uranium deal, eye $5 bn trade
India and Uzbekistan elevated their bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on Sunday following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Marking the 15th anniversary of the strategic...
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FM invites global investors to set up mfg , tech, innovation bases in India
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman invited global investors to set up manufacturing bases, and technology and innovation centres in India, urging them to leverage talent and opportunity to build for the world. Addressing a high-level Business...
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After the flood, another threat looms
The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 579 on Friday, with more bodies recovered as search and rescue operations resume at full pace after a brief slowdown due to fear of fresh floods following an increase in the water level in the...
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Nepal floods toll hits 392, over 1,500 missing as rescuers race against time
The death toll from the flash floods triggered by a glacial collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border rose to 392 on Thursday, with 359 deaths reported in Nepal and three in neighbouring Tibet. Rescue teams were searching for 1,468 people still missing on...
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India sends relief, rescue support
India on Wednesday sent 10 tonnes of humanitarian and medical supplies to flood-hit Nepal as rescue operations intensified after a sudden flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 95 people and left hundreds missing, including more than...
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Electoral roll exclusion does not mean loss of welfare benefits: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said its judgment on the Bihar special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls had already clarified that deletion of a person’s name from the voter list does not, by itself, result in the loss of other...
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Rain brings Delhi-NCR to standstill
Heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds disrupted life across DelhiNCR on Monday, flooding roads, slowing traffic to a crawl and affecting air travel, while Gurugram authorities ordered schools to shift classes online and...
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10 days on, Monsoon Session of Parl still not formally prorogued
Ten days after both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die, the Monsoon session has not yet been formally prorogued, prompting speculation that the government may be keeping the session open to facilitate the passage of a key legislation without...
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BJP reboots its youth outreach
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the BJP’s newly appointed national office-bearers at the party headquarters in the Capital on Saturday. It was his first meeting with the new 65-member national team of the party, unveiled on August 17, under president...
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Nearly 1,700 H1N1 cases in Delhi; Nadda reviews preparedness
As cases of H1N1 influenza increase in the national Capital with nearly 1,700 cases recorded this season so far, Union Health Minister J P Nadda reviewed the situation and preparedness measures on Friday. Nadda reviewed the national influenza...
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SC forms 5-member panel, headed by its ex-judge, to probe police excesses
The Supreme Court has constituted a five-member highpowered expert committee (HPEC), headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice R Subhash Reddy, to examine allegations of police excesses during student protests against paper leaks. The other members...
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Gor: J&K important part of India, US may review travel advisory
In a strong endorsement of India’s longstanding position on Jammu and Kashmir, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Wednesday called the Union Territory “an important part of India” during his first visit to Kashmir Valley. Gor’s significant remark...
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PM CARES Fund data released; corpus rises to Rs 8,452 crore
The PM CARES Fund, set up by the Centre in March 2020 as a public charitable trust to respond to emergencies and distress situations, had a corpus of Rs 8,452.06 crore at the end of March 2025, according to its latest audited accounts. While questions...
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BJP’s 2029 team takes shape with 3 former CMs, 18 MPs, 12 women
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its new team of national office-bearers, bringing in a large number of new faces while retaining several experienced leaders in key organisational positions. The much-awaited reshuffle comes seven...
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Rescuers dig through rubble after Indonesia quake kills 51
Rescue teams in eastern Indonesia recovered four more bodies Sunday after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck the day before, bringing the death toll to 51, authorities said. Thousands have been displaced. The US Geological Survey said the powerful...
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Caste enters Census 2027 as Centre notifies 40 questions
India’s Census 2027 will for the first time since Independence collect caste details as part of the population count, with census officials instructed to record the caste exactly as stated by respondents rather than choose from a pre-set list. The...
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Parl Monsoon Session ends after bitter deadlock and near washout
The Monsoon Session of Parliament, which concluded on Thursday, was marked by frequent disruptions, shortened sessions, protests and turned out to be a near washout in terms of debates and curtailed business of both Houses. While the Lok Sabha...
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Shah ready for questions, Oppn says ‘not interested in lectures’
As Parliament remained deadlocked over the Opposition’s demand for a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the crackdown on student protesters and a discussion on the alleged theft of donations to the Ram Temple, Shah on Wednesday offered to...
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Centre eyes joint panel review of FCRA Bill amid Oppn pushback
The government is considering referring the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 to a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament for further scrutiny, even as several opposition parties have demanded that the proposed legislation be...
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Protesters, police claim injuries as lathicharge, tear gas mark march to Assembly
RANCHI: Several protesters and four policemen were injured during a clash near the Jharkhand Assembly on Monday, as police used water cannons, tear gas and lathi-charged job aspirants protesting against alleged irregularities in recruitment...
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Deadlock clouds fate of women’s quota, delimitation and FCRA Bills
With just four working days left in the Monsoon session of Parliament, uncertainty continues to surround the government’s plans to introduce and pass three key pieces of legislation, including the proposed constitutional amendment on women’s...
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Gen Z to shape ‘Viksit Bharat’: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, that the decisions they make over the next three to four decades will influence India’s journey towards becoming a ‘Viksit Bharat’. Addressing...
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Heavy rain paralyses Delhi, Gurugram
NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed Delhi and Gurugram on Friday, triggering widespread flooding, crippling traffic, disrupting daily life and inundating residential areas, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for the national...
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