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TMC Promises to Stop CAA, NRC, UCC, Offers 10 Free Cylinders a Year to BPL Families

April 17, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 17 The Trinamool Congress, the ruling party in West Bengal and an important member of the INDIA bloc if the opposition alliance is voted to power, on Wednesday released its Lok Sabha election manifesto virtually nullifying the promises the ruling BJP has made in its manifesto, no Citizenship (Amendment) Act, […]

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IMF Raises India’s Growth Projection in 2024, Remains Fastest-Growing Economy in the World

April 16, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 16: The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised India’s growth projection to 6.8 per cent from its January forecast of 6.5 per cent citing bullish domestic demand conditions and a rising working-age population. With this, India continues to be the fastest-growing economy in the world, ahead of China’s growth projection of 4.6 […]

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SC Questions Selective References of Mob Lynching

April 16, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 16: Nearly two years after the gruesome incident, the Udaipur killing of the tailor Kanhaiya Lal in June, 2022, figures in the Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday while taking up a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) voicing concern over increasing mob violence against the minorities, including those lynched by cow vigilantes, and seeking […]

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29 Maoists Killed in Encounter in Bastar

April 16, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 16: In one of the worst carnage of the Naxalites, 29 Maoists, including a senior rebel leader – Shankar Rao, who had a bounty of ₹ 25 lakh on his head – were killed by security forces during an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Tuesday afternoon. A huge quantity of weapons, including Ak-47 […]

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Delhi Free water Supply: LG Accuses Kejriwal Government of Deceiving People

April 16, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 16: Amidst the continuous on-going tussle, the Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday opened another front of conflict between the Aam Aadmi Party government and the Raj-Bhavan accusing the Arvind Kejriwal administration of deceiving the citizens of the national capital by giving a false and impossible promise of “free […]

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EVMs vs Ballot Papers: SC asks Petitioners “Don’t Run Down the System”

April 16, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 16: Even though the hearing in the case is still incomplete, the Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a clear indication that it was not well disposed towards going back to the ballot paper system to replace the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for polling during the elections and asked the petitioners […]

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IMA Petition: Baba Ramdev, Balkrishna given Week’s Time to Show Sincerity in their Apology

April 16, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 16: A visibly contrite Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and his close associate Acharya Balkrishna, the managing director of their herbal medicinal company Patanjali Ayurved, on Tuesday unconditionally apologised with folded hands in the Supreme Court which gave them one weeks’ time to prove that they were sincere in their apology […]

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Tennis: Andy Murray not to undergo ankle surgery for now

April 16, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, April 16: British tennis player Andy Murray will not have surgery on an ankle injury he had suffered last month during the Miami Open in the USA but there’s no set date given for his return, the media reported. “The latest update from Andy is that he is now out of the walking boot […]

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The Maldives: India imposes port restrictions for export of essential commodities

April 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid volatile bilateral relations with the Maldives, India on Tuesday imposed port restrictions on the export of essential commodities to the island nation in the Indian Ocean which has earned China’s friendship and debt-trap but lost India’s tourists and goodwill in the last six months. According to a notification issued by […]

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Roving Periscope: How UPA govt tried to make the RBI its cheerleader?

April 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D. Subbarao’s recent memoirs have exposed the UPA government’s alleged pressure during his tenure (2008-13) on the central bank to paint a rosier picture of its performance. His book arrived when his successor, the former RBI chief Raghuram Rajan, was under attack in some […]

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