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SC Dismisses Meenakshi Natarajan’s Petition Challenging Rejection of her Nomination, ECI still Silent

June 12, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 12: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the Congress candidate for Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh Meenakshi Natarajan challenging the rejection of her nomination by the Returning Officer after observing that the courts should ordinarily refrain from intervening in the ongoing election process and the only […]

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Markets: Hoping for peace in W.Asia, crude prices fall, bourses soar 2%

June 12, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump claiming, once again, that Washington has reached a “great settlement” with Tehran—although Iran denied it!—and a fall in crude oil prices, Indian benchmark indices took a positive global sentiment clue and jumped nearly 2 percent on Friday, the media reported. Trump, as his Friday statements […]

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First trillionaire: If Musk spends $1mn/day, it will take him 2,740 years to spend all his wealth!

June 12, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: USD 1 trillion is a number so massive that it stretches the limits of human comprehension. Now imagine a man sitting upon this colossal wealth. If Elon Musk spends USD 1 million (Rs. 9,52,96,150) every day, it would still take him 2,740 years to spend his wealth, which is now […]

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All 4 Candidates from Karnataka and all 4 from Gujarat Elected Unopposed to Rajya Sabha

June 11, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 11: All the four candidates for the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka, including three from the Congress and one BJP, while all the four candidates from Gujarat, all BJP, were declared elected unopposed on Thursday. Among the four elected from Karnataka was the Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge while the former prime minister […]

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16 Killed in Pakistani Army Firing on Unarmed Civilians in PoK

June 11, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 11: At least 16 people were killed and more than 40 others injured on Thursday after the Pakistani army opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir who gathered at Eidgah Ground in Rawalakot. What began as a peaceful demonstration by ordinary citizens demanding affordable flour, rice, electricity, and basic […]

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“El Nino” has Formed over Pacific and will Grow Stronger: Climate Experts Warned

June 11, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 11: “El Nino,” nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced on Thursday. Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will likely turbocharge extreme weather […]

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Three “Missing” Indian Seafarers Found “Dead,” India Lodge Protest with US

June 11, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 11: The three Indian seafarers, initially reported missing, have died after a vessel was attacked by US forces off the coast of Oman earlier this week, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal confirmed on Thursday, even as President Donald Trump warned that the US would hit Iran “very hard tonight” and move […]

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All Three BJP Nominees Declared Elected to RS as ECI, SC kept Order on Rejection of Natarajan Nomination Pending

June 11, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 11: Even as the controversy over the rejection of the nomination of the Congress candidate for the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh remained stuck between the Election Commission and the Supreme Court, all the three nominees of the BJP were on Thursday declared elected unopposed. The development to declare all […]

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Crisis in TMC: Two More RS Members Quit, Close Aide Serves Ultimatum, Shatrughan Sinha Stays with ‘Didi’

June 11, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 11: Pushing the party deeper into crisis, two more Rajya Sabha members of the Trinamool Congress resigned from both the party and the Upper House on Thursday and a close aide of the party chief Mamata Banerjee served an ultimatum even as the party’s Lok Sabha member Shatrughan Sinha promised […]

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Business

Economy: Amid global headwinds, India’s GDP growth to slow to 6.6% in FY27, says BMI

June 11, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid the ongoing West Asian conflict between the US-Israel, and Iran, and the global headwinds, India’s GDP growth in the current final year, 2026-27, would slow down to 6.6 per cent, as compared to 7.7 per cent in FY26, according to BMI, a Fitch Group company. This projection is in […]

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