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CRPF Jawan Kills Two Colleagues, Commits Suicide

February 13, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: A Central Reserve Police Force jawan allegedly killed two of his colleagues and injured eight others before taking his own life at CRPF camp in Lamphel located in the Imphal West district at around 8.20 pm on Thursday, official sources said. Accused Havildar Sanjay Kumar opened fire from his weapon killing […]

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UN Report Says Hindus were Subjected to Violent Attacks in Bangladesh

February 13, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: A United Nations report into the violence that roiled Bangladesh in mid-2024 has said Hindus were among members of minority communities were particularly “subject to violent attacks by mobs.” Hindus make up an estimated eight per cent of Bangladesh’s 17 crore-population. The country was rocked by violence following student protests over job quotas forcing […]

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Manipur Placed under President’s Rule

February 13, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: The Centre on Thursday imposed the President’s rule in Manipur, four days after the chief minister N Biren Singh resigned on Sunday. A union home ministry notification said the Manipur Assembly has been put under suspended animation. Announcing the proclamation of the central rule, a notification issued by the Union Ministry […]

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JPC Report on Waqf Amendment Bill Tabled in Lok Sabha

February 13, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: The report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf (amendment) bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday with the Home Minister Amit Shah asserting the BJP has no objection to the Opposition’s dissent notes being included without redaction, and asked the speaker decide according to procedures. When panel chairman Jagdambika […]

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New Income Tax Bill Referred to JPC

February 13, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 13: The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday introduced in Parliament the new Income Tax Bill, 2025, which is expected to cut through the financial jargon in the existing act and simplify the language of the law, introducing tables and formulas to replace the complicated legal language. Experts said connected […]

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Aaditya Thackeray in Delhi on Save INDIA Bloc Mission

February 13, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 13: Amidst strained relations between the alliance partners, the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray has rushed his son Aditya Thackeray to Delhi In a bid to salvage the tottering opposition INDIA Bloc. Thackeray junior called on the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday night and met the Aam Aadmi […]

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Union Budget: Over 1,300 Railway Stations to be Turned into City Centres

February 12, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 12: The budgetary allocations in the union budget for 2025-26 has given an impetus to the centre’s ambitious plan to turn railway stations across the country into city centres. The Centre has set aside over Rs 12,000 crore towards it in the next budget. Of the 1,337 stations identified for a makeover, […]

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Modi Completes France Tour, Departed for the US

February 12, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 12: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday departed from France for the United States where he will meet the President Donald Trump on Thursday. Mr Modi wrapped up his two-day visit to France after co-chairing the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit alongside French President Emmanuel Macron with whom he also held bilateral discussions. […]

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Blow to INDIA Bloc, Shiv Sena (UBT) Upset with Sharad Pawar

February 12, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 12: In yet another blow to the opposition unity in the INDIA bloc, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena is now on warpath against its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by the veteran leader Sharad Pawar. The Opposition INDIA bloc was facing an existential crisis […]

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SC Frowns on Pre-Election Freebies, Feel is Creating a “Class of Parasites”

February 12, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 12: The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the practice of announcing freebies by the political parties for the sake of winning elections and wondered if the practice was creating a “class of parasites” who were not willing to work and enjoy the benefits free of cost in […]