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Modi Claims Hundreds of Muslim Women Wanted Waqf Law Amended

April 14, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said letters from hundreds of Muslim widows led the Centre to amend the Waqf act to take up the task of reforming the management of Waqf properties. He said had Waqf assets been managed well, Muslim youths “wouldn’t have been fixing punctures of bicycle tyres” […]

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Man on the Run Re-Arrested after 20 Years

April 14, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 14: A former Indian Army personal, who was convicted for the murder of his wife and had jumped parole, has been caught by the police after 20 years. The Crime Branch arrested Anil Kumar Tiwari, who was on the run since his release on parole in 2005. Tiwari was found guilty of […]

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Rampal will Wear Footwear Again after 14 Years

April 14, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 14: It was a day of deliverance for Rampal Kashyap but it took more than 11 years for Mr Narendra Modi to meet the devoted Haryana villager after becoming the Prime Minister in 2014. Rampal from Kaithal village had taken a vow 14 years ago to shun footwear till Mr […]

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Review Petition Likely on SC ruling on President, Governors TimeLine to Assent Bills

April 14, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 14: The Centre is learnt to be considering to approach the Supreme Court with a review petition to review its judgment of setting a timeframe for the President and the governors to decide on giving assent to bills passed by state legislatures, which effectively curtails the powers of the President, […]

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West Bengal Violence: No Major Incident in Last 36 Hours: Police, Petition Filed in SC for Court-Monitored Probe

April 14, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 14: Even as the police claimed that there was no fresh major incident of violence sparked off from anti-Waqf Act protest in the last 36 hours in Murshidabad district, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a court-monitored probe into the violence by a special team […]

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Financial crime: Mehul Choksi, arrested in Belgium, may be brought back to India

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after the 26/11 terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana was extradited from the US to India, another high-value accused, Mehul Choksi, is likely to be brought back from Belgium to face the long arm of the law in the country of his origin. According to the media reports, the Belgian […]

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Roving Periscope: To teach Trump a lesson, China may weaponize $760 bn in US Treasury holdings

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It was expected. Ever since US President Donald Trump began entangling China in a tariff quagmire, some believed Beijing might, after all, have the ultimate weapon to pin down Washington: USD 760 billion worth of US Treasury holdings. Beijing reiterated its vow to “fight to the end” last Friday. Not […]

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Technology: Govt to prioritize AI, divert Rs.10k startup fund to new tech

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that Indian startup should innovate rather than recycling old ideas in new avatars, his ministry has decided to allocate a major part of the second Rs. 10,000 crore Fund of Funds Scheme (FFS) for startups to budding entrepreneurs in sectors […]

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Central Agencies Blame TMC Government for Violence in West Bengal

April 12, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 12: Even as the Calcutta High Court on Saturday ordered the deployment of central forces in violence-hit areas in Murshidabad district in West Bengal to restore order, the central intelligence agencies have blamed the Mamata Banerjee government in the state for the deteriorating law and order situation. “The state government […]

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Smartphones, Computers, Electronics Exempted from Reciprocal Tariff

April 12, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 12: The Donald Trump administration has exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its punishing “reciprocal” tariffs — lessening the cost impact on American consumers for a host of popular high-tech products. The exemptions, published late Friday in a notice by the US Customs and Border Protection office, cover various electronic goods, […]