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Saudi Arabia Scraps “Kafala” System, Millions of Indian Workers to Benefit

October 22, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 22: Bowing down to international pressures and human rights organisations and buoyed by its international ambitions, Saudi Arabia has finally confirmed scrapping of the controversial “Kafala” labour sponsoring system in vogue for over 70 years benefitting millions of labourers from other countries, the largest chunk of them being Indians. Reviled […]

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Karnataka Leadership Change: Yathindra Projects Jarkiholi as Siddaramaiah’s Successor, Not Shivakumar

October 22, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 22: Further fuelling speculations about leadership change in Karnataka, Yathindra, the son of the chief minister Siddaramaiah, in a statement that set the cat among the pigeons said on Tuesday that his 77-year old father was on the “final phase of his political career” and hinted that he might promote […]

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Gehlot – Lalu to Iron out Differences in Mahagathbandhan

October 22, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 22: As tensions simmered within the Mahagathbandhan over the failure to arrive at a formal seat-sharing pact for the Bihar Assembly elections, senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot met the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday apparently with the mandate to defuse […]

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Environment: India ninth globally in total forest area, says FAO

October 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With large-scale afforestation and community-led forest protection efforts, India has climbed to the ninth spot globally in total forest area and retained its third rank in annual forest area gain, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said. In this respect, India follows Australia, the Democratic Republic of the […]

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AC Coaches Train Passengers to Receive Blankets with Colourful Covers

October 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 21: Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched a new pilot project introducing blanket covers featuring traditional Sanganeri prints in select air-conditioned coaches. The initiative was unveiled at Jaipur’s Khatipura Railway Station and marks a fresh step toward improving passenger comfort and hygiene. The passengers aboard the Jaipur-Ahmedabad (Asarva) Express last week […]

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Asia Cup Trophy: Stalemate Continues, Naqvi Adamant on Handing over

October 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 21: India is once again learnt to have rejected the offer of the Asian Cricket Council chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board and interior minister in the Shehbaz Sharif government, to take the Asia Cup Trophy from him in Dubai. The ball may now be […]

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2 Terror Operatives held, Grenades Seized, Prevent Possible Attack

October 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 21: The Punjab Police on Tuesday said they have nabbed two terror operatives and seized a rocket-propelled grenade along with the launcher, which was intended for a “targeted” attack. “In an intelligence-based operation, Amritsar Rural Police, in close coordination with central agencies, apprehends two terror operatives Mehakdeep Singh @ Mehak and Aditya […]

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11-year Old Girl’s Body found Hanging in Cupboard, Parents Thrashed by Locals

October 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 21: The body of 11-year old niece of infamous Sanjay Roy, the sensational rapist and murderer of the on-duty trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last year, was found partially hanging in a cupboard in her house in Bhowanipore locality on Tuesday. The enraged local people […]

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Bihar Elections: Prashant Kishor Claims BJP Pressuring his Candidates to Withdraw

October 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 21: Accusing the BJP of intimidating Jan Suraaj Party candidates, the poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Tuesday that the NDA scared to losing the elections was threatening the opposition candidates to withdraw from the contest. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Kishor alleged that three of his Jan Suraaj Party […]

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US Visas: New H-1B rules won’t apply to existing visa holders, including students

October 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The US has announced that the new rules of H-1B visas, such as visa fee of USD 100,000, will not apply to the existing visa holders. This new clarification, issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on applicability of the recently-announced H-1B fee, could give hope to […]

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