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Modi Launches over Rs 14,000 Crore Projects in West Bengal, Assam, Flags off 5 Amrit Bharat Trains

January 18, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 18: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched development projects worth over ₹830 crore in West Bengal and flagged off three Amrit Bharat trains connecting Kolkata with other parts of the country. In Assam, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the Rs 6,957-crore Kaziranga Elevated Corridor, and virtually flagged […]

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Congress to Stay with DMK in Tamil Nadu

January 18, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 18: Amidst speculations of the Congress shifting to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) camp launched by the actor-turned-politician Vijay, the party high command taking a long-term view on Sunday has decisively shut down all talks about exiting the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu and directing the state leaders to refrain […]

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Mumbai Mayor: “Game is On:” Raut, “He is Lying Regularly,” Waghmare

January 18, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 18: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections may have crowned the BJP as the largest party but it is still not the winner and the real contest is just beginning. As Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde keeps his 29 corporators in a five-star hotel, apparently to foil any poaching attempt […]

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DGCA Impose Hefty Fine on IndiGo for Flight Disruptions in December

January 17, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 17: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of ₹22.2 crore on the IndiGo airline for massive disruption in December, the regulator said in a statement on Saturday. The fine comes over a month after the airline regulator constituted a four-member committee to probe widespread disruption between December 3 […]

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Andaman Nicobar Islands to be Developed as Hub of Blue Economy: Jitendra Singh

January 17, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 17: The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the Andaman and Nicobar Islands would be developed as a hub of India’s Blue Economy. Mr Singh said India’s future economic value addition would increasingly come from untapped marine resources as the […]

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First Vande Bharat Sleeper Train Flagged off

January 17, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 17: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave green signal to India’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train, which will connect Howrah, the oldest station in Kolkata, to Kamakhya Junction in Guwahati. This state-of-the-art service is designed as an overnight link, establishing a high-speed rail connection between West Bengal and Assam, both […]

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Modi Attacks TMC as “Heartless Cruel Government”

January 17, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 17: Coining a new slogan for the coming West Bengal state Assembly elections “Paltano darkar, chayee BJP sarkar” (There is need for change, need BJP government), the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an all-out attack on the Mamata Banerjee government branding it as a “heartless cruel government.” Giving […]

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Shinde Moves his BMC Members to Hotel to Avert Poaching

January 17, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 17: Taking recourse to resort politics, the Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde has moved his newly-elected Shiv Sena members of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to a star hotel in Bandra fearing poaching in view of the slender majority the “Mahayuti” has earned in the civic body in the […]

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Roving Periscope: As Trump closes in, Europe sends “troops” to Greenland!

January 17, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: To shield Denmark’s overseas territory, Greenland, from its likely ‘annexation’ by the United States, the European Union, which recently floated the idea to raise a 100,000-strong joint army, sent less than 30 “soldiers” for initial deployment on the Arctic island, the media reported. France, which even warned the US, said […]

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Automobiles: Maruti Suzuki to invest Rs.35,000 crores in Gujarat plant; create 12k jobs

January 17, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s largest automaker, Maruti Suzuki, will invest Rs. 35,000 crore (USD 3.9 billion) ‍to develop a new manufacturing plant in Gujarat. Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) will set it up at Khoraj, Gandhinagar district, with a total annual production capacity of 10 lakh vehicles, the state government announced on Saturday. […]

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