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Over 1,95 Lakh Applications for Inclusion/ Exclusion in Bihar Draft Rolls

August 28, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 28: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday said over 1.95 lakh demands from individuals have so far been received for inclusion and exclusion of names from the draft electoral roll in Bihar. Out of the total claims, about 25,000 have been disposed of. The CPI (ML) Liberation has filed 79 […]

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RSS Chief Bats for Three Kids per Couple

August 28, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 28: The Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has advocated for every Indian couple to have at least three kids pointing to the replacement-level birth rate of 2.1 children per woman. Answering questions on demographic change and population control during a press conference organised on Thursday on the occasion of the […]

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Tariff War: “If India Does Not Budge, Trump will Not Soften up”

August 28, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 28: Even as some top US officials have warned that unless India was prepared to curb its purchase of Russian crude, President Donald Trump was unlikely to soften his stand on the 50% highest tariff on Indian exports, the government sources continue to express the confidence that the discord between […]

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After Bihar, ECI Preparing for SIR Exercise in West Bengal

August 28, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 28: Despite the controversy raised over its “Special Intensive Revision” (SIR) exercise of the voters’ role in Bihar and the Supreme Court seized with the matter, the Election Commission of India (ECI) seems to be setting the stage for a similar exercise in West Bengal which will also be going […]

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SCO Summit: After 7 years, PM Modi to meet President Xi for bilateral meetings

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping on August 31 and Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 1, in Tianjin on the sidelines of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, the media reported on Thursday. Their engagements will be closely watched by the […]

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Latest Trump buddy: Finland’s President Stubb calls PM Modi on Ukraine, India-EU FTA!

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Facing brickbats at home and abroad, is US President Donald Trump now using a backchannel via his latest European Union friend, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, to ‘reconnect’ with New Delhi? For, a week after attending an EU-NATO meeting with President Trump at the White House on the Ukraine issue, […]

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PM Modi hails 11 years of Jan Dhan Yojana; 56 crore accounts, ₹2.68 lakh crore deposits

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), the world’s largest financial inclusion programme, has completed 11 years, with more than 56 crore bank accounts opened under the scheme and deposits crossing ₹2.68 lakh crore, the finance ministry said on Thursday. Launched on August 28, 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the scheme has transformed access […]

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Rahul – Tejashwi Voter Adhikar Yatra: Controversy over Raising Abusive Slogan against PM’s Mother

August 28, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 28: The BJP on Thursday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar had crossed all “limits of insult, hate and tastelessness” after a massive controversy erupted over some opposition leaders hurling abusive slogans against the late mother of the Prime Minister Narenda Modi when the rally […]

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Delhi CM Rekha Gupta flags off ‘U-Special’ buses for college students

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta flagged off buses for college students under the ‘U-Special’ (University Special) scheme on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, Gupta said, “The U-Special service was closed for years, which neither the AAP government nor the Congress government prioritized. I am happy that the BJP government, in its short tenure, has once again […]

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Domestic air passenger traffic likely to touch 176 million in FY26: ICRA

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

India’s domestic air passenger traffic is projected to rise to 172–176 million in FY26, marking a growth of 4–6 per cent over the previous year, according to a report released on Thursday by rating agency ICRA. The moderation in growth comes even as aircraft deliveries are increasing. In Q1 FY26, passenger traffic grew 4.4 per […]