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JAC Demands Freeze Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies for 25 More Years

March 22, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 22: The Joint Action Committee on Fair Delimitation, a gathering of mostly the southern Indian states, on Saturday demanded that the freeze on the number of Parliamentary constituencies, based on the 1971 Census, be further extended for another 25 years. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) Parliamentary Party leader Kanimozhi, who briefed […]

Education

Afghanistan: As schools reopen, Unicef urges Taliban to lift ban on girls’ education

March 22, 2025 revoi editor

New Delhi: The UN’s children’s agency on Saturday urged the Taliban’s rulers of Afghanistan to lift the ongoing ban on girl’s education immediately, to save and secure future of millions deprived of their right to education since the Islamists returned to power in 2021. This appeal came soon after a new school year began without […]

Defence

Williams & Wilmore: “I’ll pay for their overtime work,” says Trump

March 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: American astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who returned from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth this week after being stranded there for over nine months, may have another pleasant surprise: although NASA is reported to have denied them payment for overtime work, US President Donald Trump has offered […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Trump revokes parole; to deport 5 lakh back to nearby nations

March 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump revoking their parole, more than half a million people from neighboring countries such as Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela face deportation in the next few weeks, the media reported on Saturday. Effective April 24, this decision will end a two-year “parole” granted by the preceding […]

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Singing Song or Commenting on Women’s Hair is no Sexual Harassment: Court

March 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 21: Commenting on and singing a song about a woman colleague’s hair in itself does not amount to sexual harassment at workplace, the Bombay High Court has said granting relief to a senior executive of a private bank. Justice Sandeep Marne in his order of March 18 said even if the allegations […]

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18 BJP MLAs in Karnataka Suspended for 6 Months

March 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 21: The Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader on Friday suspended 18 MLAs belonging to the Opposition BJP for six months for their “indiscipline and disrespectful behaviour” towards his chair during the ruckus in the House over the allegations of honey-trapping. The 18 members, among other Opposition members, had not only indulged […]

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Demand Voiced for Nitish Kumar’s Apology for “Insulting” National Anthem

March 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 21: The opposition parties in Bihar led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday staged demonstrations in the Assembly demanding an apology from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for an alleged insult to the national anthem during a sports event in Patna. The protests were held in both Houses of the State […]