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India’s “Flag Dilemma” as Afghan Minister Arrives

October 9, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 9: India is facing a “flag dilemma” during the current visit to the country by the Afghanistan’s UN-sanctioned foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi who landed in Delhi on Wednesday on a week-long visit, first by a top Taliban leader since they returned to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of US-led forces. […]

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Shoe Hurling Episode: CJI Says was “Shocked” But Treat it as a “Forgotten Chapter”

October 9, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 9: In his first reaction on the despicable shoe hurling incident in the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Thursday said he and his fellow judge on the bench were initially “shocked” over it but insisted that they have treated it as a “forgotten chapter” and […]

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Bihar Elections: Tejashwi Yadav Promises Government Job for Each Jobless Family

October 9, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 9: The Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Thursday promised a government job for a member in each family of jobless if his Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan is voted to power. The RJD leader said he would bring a new law to this effect […]

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Nobel Prize for Literature Goes to Hungarian Author László Krasznahorkai

October 9, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 9: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai on Thursday won the Nobel Prize 2025 for Literature “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Thursday. Born in 1954 in a small town of Gyula, […]

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FIRs in Punjab, Bengaluru over Social Media Posts against CJI Gavai

October 8, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 8: The Police in Punjab have registered multiple first-information reports (FIRs) over allegedly casteist social media posts about Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, two days after a shoe was hurled at the CJI in his court by a lawyer. The shoe-thrower, 71-year-old Delhi lawyer Rakesh […]

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“India was Never United Except During Aurangzeb’s Rule,” Khwaja Asif

October 8, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 8: In yet another very bizarre claim, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said India was “never truly united” except under the rule of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb — a statement that easily crumbles under the weight of basic historical facts. In an interview with a Pakistan television channel, Asif also said the […]

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Mamata Banerjee Cautions Modi against Amit Shah, “May Betray you One Day”

October 8, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 8: The West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in a tone of “cautioning” the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the union home minister Amit Shah of “behaving like an acting prime minister.” Speaking to reporters outside the Kolkata airport after her return from flood-ravaged north Bengal, Ms Banerjee said she […]

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Bihar Elections: Churning over Seat-Sharing in NDA, Mahagathbandhan

October 8, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 8: Both the ruling and the opposition coalition groups in Bihar are showing signs of unease over seat-sharing as the smaller parties in the groups are eyeing for bigger shares of seats than the major parties are prepared to concede. In the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the union minister […]

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Modi Inaugurates Navi Mumbai Airport, Metro Line-3, Mumbai One

October 8, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) inaugurated phase one of the Navi Mumbai International Airport built at a cost of ₹19,650 crore. The new airport, spread over 1,160 hectares, is set to significantly boost India’s aviation capacity and ease the heavy traffic burden on Mumbai’s existing […]

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Kitagawa, Robson, Yaghi Joint Winners of Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 8, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 8: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in a release said the three laureates developed a new type […]

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