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T20 World Cup: BCB Insists on Shifting Bangladesh Matches to Sri Lanka, ICC Silent

January 8, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 8: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday formally sent a second communication to the International Cricket Council (ICC) explaining specific security concerns about travelling to India for the T20 World Cup while reiterating its demand for a change of venue to Sri Lanka. The World Cup gets underway on February 7, […]

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Poland’s Support to India over US Threat to Levy 500% Tariff

January 8, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 8: Poland has backed India amid New Delhi’s standoff with the United States over its purchase of Russian oil, with Warsaw saying that it was “satisfied” with India’s cutback on imports from Moscow. This comes amid US President Donald Trump’s renewed threats against India, including the possibility of imposing punitive levies running […]

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Fake Marriage Certificate, Fake Divorce to Immigrate to UK

January 8, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 8: The Gujarat police have initiated the process of informing the British High Commission in Delhi about unearthing an illegal immigration scheme of sending a woman to Britain based on fabricated marriage certificate and subsequent divorce documents which came to light following a dispute over payment of money for arranging the illegal […]

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Fall-out of ED Raids: Jain’s Wife File Police Complaints of Theft of Documents against ED

January 8, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 8: The family of Pratik Jain, chief of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), on Thursday filed a police complaint against the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging theft of important documents during a raid at his home in South Kolkata, the police said. The search operation, which began at 6 a.m., […]

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11 Arrested over Violence during Anti-Encroachment Drive near a Mosque in Delhi

January 8, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 8: The police on Thursday arrested six more people, raising the number of those arrested so far to 11, a day after the anti-encroachment drive near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan area turned violent. The police have also identified 10 social media influencers for allegedly spreading false claims […]

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ED Raid on I-PAC Offices, Residence, Political Slugfest between BJP and Opposition

January 8, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 8: The raid on Thursday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at the offices and residence of the owner of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), a political consultant of the West Bengal ruling party the Trinamool Congress, ostensibly in connection with an alleged coal scam, has sparked off a […]

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Iran: Amid speculations about Khameini’s likely escape, protests spreads to over 100 cities

January 8, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid speculations that Iran’s top spiritual leader Ayatollah Syed Ali Hosseini Khomeini, 86, may, like his Syrian ally, the then Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, flee to Russia, popular protests against the theocratic regime have spread to more than 100 cities across multiple provinces of the Shia-majority country, the media reported […]

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Defence: India, Germany negotiate $8bn submarine manufacturing deal

January 8, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Ahead of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to India next week with a business delegation, the two countries are negotiating a crucial USD 8 billion defence deal for submarine manufacturing in the country, the media reported on Thursday. The two countries are working on the details of a submarine manufacturing […]

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Roving Periscope: Markets down after Trump’s 500% tariff threat to Russian oil buyers

January 8, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump ‘greenlighting’ the bipartisan Russia Sanctions Bill, stock markets in some countries sank on Thursday, with India’s Sensex and Nifty50 shedding 780 and 263 points, respectively. The proposed bill, if passed, could be used to penalise Russia’s trading partners, including India, China and Brazil, over their […]

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First Phase of Census 2027 to Begin in April, 2026

January 7, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 7: The first phase of the 2027 Census Operation will take place between April 1 and September 30, 2026, as per a notification issued by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India on Wednesday. “Houselisting operations will be conducted between 1 April 2026 and 30 September 2026 across all States and […]

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