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5.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Nepal, No casualty Reported

April 4, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Apr 4: An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck Nepal on Friday evening, with light tremors felt across parts of Northern India including Delhi-NCR. According to the National Center for Seismology, the earthquake struck at a depth of 20km at 7.52pm (local time) with its epicentre being about three kilometres from Garkhakot, Nepal. No […]

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Sacked Teachers in Distress as Political Barbs Fly Freely in West Bengal

April 4, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 4: As the academic world in West Bengal was drowned in chaos over the Supreme Court verdict cancelling the recruitment of over 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff in the government and government-aided schools, the BJP on Friday renewed its frontal attack on the chief minister Mamata Banerjee demanding her resignation […]

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Petitions Filed in SC Challenging Waqf Amendment Bill, Protests in Various Cities

April 4, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 4: With the Rajya Sabha adopting the Waqf Amendment Bill by 128 votes to 95 after 12 hours debate that completed well past Thursday midnight, Two Opposition MPs on Friday filed petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the bill on grounds of it being “discriminatory towards Muslim.” Massive demonstrations were […]

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US Tariff War: SJM Wants India to “Dump” WTO, TRIPS

April 3, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 3: The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), the economic wing of the Sangh Parivar, believes that India was paying a heavy price for complying with international agreements which the United States seem to be discarding now with its President Donald Trump entering into a tariff war and suggested India to follow […]

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Rahul Gandhi Questions Government on China, US Tariff, BJP Hits Back

April 3, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Apr 3: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that China had taken over 4,000 square kilometres of Indian territory and that reciprocal tariffs or import duties imposed by the U.S. would “completely devastate” the Indian economy, and demanded answers from the government over these issues. The BJP […]

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Debate on Waqf Bill on in RS, Lok Sabha Passed It by Majority Votes

April 3, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 3: After the Lok Sabha passed the Waqf Amendment Bill by 288 votes to 232 after more than 10 hour long debate that continued well past midnight on Wednesday, the bill was introduced for adoption in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday where the heated exchanges were continuing on the same […]

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Setback for Mamata as SC Upheld Calcutta HC Order in Teachers’ Recruitment Scam

April 3, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 3: In a major set-back to the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Calcutta High Court’s decision to annul the appointment of 25,753 teachers and other staff in state-run and state-aided schools in West Bengal, prompting the chief minister Mamata Banerjee to declare […]

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Elon Musk to Leave Trump Cabinet Soon

April 2, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Apr 2: The U.S. President Donald Trump has told members of his Cabinet and others close contacts that his billionaire ally Elon Musk would soon step back from his government role, sources close to the president said on Wednesday. Trump has tasked the Tesla and SpaceX CEO with leading efforts to cut government […]

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Maoists Offer Conditional Peace Talks

April 2, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Apr 2: The Maoists have reportedly agreed to hold peace talks with the centre and the state governments if their condition of temporary ceasefire by the security forces was accepted. The offer has come as the Chhattisgarh government has intensified operations in Maoists stronghold areas in the state in the last few months. […]

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Felling of Trees Halted by Telangana High Court

April 2, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Apr 2: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday halted – for 24 hours – work on 400 acres of land in Kancha Gachibowli near the Hyderabad Central University, which was allotted to Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC). The interim order was passed as the court heard Public Interest Litigations (PIL) filed by students […]