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TMC Leader Threatens BJP Members of Pouring Acid, Sparks Controversy

September 7, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 7: Political tensions flared in West Bengal after Trinamool Congress MLA and party’s Malda district president Abdur Rahim Bakhshi threatened to pour acid in the BJP legislator’s mouth during a public rally. Speaking at a protest rally in Inayatnagar under Malatipur Assembly constituency, organised by the Trinamool Congress on Saturday […]

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No Hang-up for India – Pakistan Asia Cup Cricket Match: BCCI Clears Air

September 6, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 6: Amid ongoing backlash over India squaring off against Pakistan in the Asia Cup on September 14 in Dubai, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Devajit Saikia cited the recently issued policy and stated that the central government has not restricted participation against any nation that is not on […]

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GST Rejig to Cause Loss of Only Rs 3,700 Crores: SBI

September 6, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 6: The State Bank of India (SBI) in its latest research report said reforms in Goods & Services Tax (GST) through reduction in rates will cause a minimal revenue loss of ₹3,700 crores. The government estimates the net fiscal impact of GST rates rationalisation will be ₹48,000 crore on an annualised basis. […]

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Modi “Deeply” Appreciates Trump’s “Positive Assessment” of Indo-US Relations

September 6, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday “deeply” appreciated the US President Donald Trump’s “Positive assessment” of the India-U.S. partnership after the American leader hailed the “special” relationship between the two nations — remarks seen as an attempt to check the downturn in the ties. The Prime Minister’s comments on social media came […]

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Man Threatening to “Blow up Mumbai” Arrested in Noida

September 6, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 6: A 50-year-old man has been arrested in Noida for allegedly sending a message to the Mumbai Police, threatening dozens of blasts to “kill 1 crore people” in the financial capital when the Ganesh idols were taken for immersion at the culmination of the 10-day festivals on Saturday. One more person was […]

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6 Killed in Ropeway Trolley Collapse at Pavagadh Hills in Gujarat

September 6, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 6: Six persons were killed after a cargo ropeway trolley, used for carrying construction material up the hill, fell from the fourth tower as the cables snapped at the renowned Mahakali Temple atop the Pavagadh Hill, near Vadodara, in the Panchmahals district in Gujarat on Saturday afternoon, police said. Superintendent […]

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“Bihar and Bidis:” Controversy Hits Kerala Congress, Social Media Cell to be Reconstituted

September 6, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 6: After an attempt by the Kerala unit of the Congress to criticise the Centre’s move to reduce the GST on “beedis” while hiking the tax rates on cigarettes linking the decision with the coming elections to the Bihar state Assembly, boomeranged on the party, its social media chief resigned […]

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Bonanza: With GST rate-cuts, Mahindra, Tata, and Renault to pass on benefits to customers

September 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of the festive season, leading four-wheeler manufacturers have announced a reduction in prices and pass on the benefits to customers following the Union Government’s “rationalization” of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and rate cuts in various sectors, including the automobile sector. According to media reports on Saturday, Mahindra & […]

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Roving Periscope: PM Modi refuses to fall in Trump’s traps; to skip UNGA meet in NY

September 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: For the first time since he became the Prime Minister in 2014, Narendra Modi will skip an important meeting in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this month, maybe because he has once again seen through the ‘trap’ laid for him by his frenemy, US President Donald […]

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Adani Power and Druk Green Power to set up a 570MW hydro power project in Bhutan

September 6, 2025 revoi editor

New Delhi / Ahmedabad, September 06, 2025: Adani Power, India’s largest private power producer, and Druk Green Power Corp. Ltd. (DGPC), Bhutan’s state-owned generation utility, today signed the Shareholders Agreement (SHA) for setting up a 570 MW Wangchhu hydroelectric project in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. An in-principle understanding on the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) […]