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Trade deal: New Zealand to invest $20 bn in India over 15 years; they also conclude the FTA

December 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India and New Zealand on Monday announced the conclusion of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, aimed at boosting bilateral trade in goods and investments. Their trade talks, which started in May, have been completed in seven months, the media reported. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday that […]

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Bangladesh Turmoil: BNP Leader’s Daughter Burnt Alive, India Suspended Chittagong Visa Centre

December 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Amidst the on-going unrest in Bangladesh caused due to the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi forcing India to indefinitely suspend visa operations at Chittagong , a 7-year-old daughter of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Belal Hossain was burnt to death after an angry mob attacked his house […]

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President Gives Assent to VB – G RAM G Bill

December 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 21: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G Ram G) Bill, which replaces the erstwhile Congress-led government’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The new Act brings structural changes to the rural job scheme while increasing the […]

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Railways Announce Fare Hike by One/Two Paise Per Km beyond 215 Kms

December 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Aimed at mobilising ₹600 crore, the Railways has increased train ticket fare by one paisa per km for journeys in ordinary class beyond 215 km, and two paise per km for non-Air Conditioned classes of mail or express trains and AC classes of all trains. The Congress criticised the hike, and […]

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Modi – Kharge Bout on Illegal Immigrants

December 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 21: The Congress-BJP divide over the issue of illegal immigrants escalated on Sunday with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterating his attack on the Congress accusing it of illegally settling Bangladeshi migrants in Assam and protecting them and the Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge strongly criticising the BJP governments for […]

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Local Body Elections: Mahayuti Far Ahead of MVA in Maharashtra

December 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 21: After clinching massive victory in the State Assembly elections last year, the ruling three-party “Mahayuti” alliance led by the BJP is storming the local body elections in Maharashtra leaving the rival three-party “Maha Vikas Aghadi” (MVA) way behind as the early trend showed on Sunday evening. According to the […]

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Shubman Gill, Jitesh Sharma Out of T20 Squad, Ishan Kishan In

December 20, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 20: India announced their squad for the T20 World Cup 2026 and T20 series against New Zealand, with the BCCI selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, taking the bold call of removing Shubman Gill from the post of vice-captain and axing him from the 15-member squad. Wicket-keeper batter Jitesh Sharma was also […]

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Congress to go Alone in BMC Elections, MVA in Disarray

December 20, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Bringing out the deep chasm between the partners of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra, the Congress on Saturday announced its decision to go alone in the upcoming elections to the Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), ending the days of speculations over the future of the three-party alliance. The Congress […]

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Congress Vows to Continue Fight against VB – G RAM G

December 20, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 20: The Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday accused the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government of bulldozing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) and asserted that the “black law” that seeks to repeal it would be defied by the lakhs of party workers. The Viksit Bharat Guarantee […]

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Modi Accuses TMC of Obstructing Development of West Bengal, Inaugurates Terminal 2 at Guwahati Airport

December 20, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 20: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of hindering the development of the state and claimed that the people were desperately seeking a “double -engine government” to ensure the progress of the state. “Let the Trinamool oppose me and BJP as […]