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World Records in Deepotsav in Ayodhya

October 19, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 19: Two new Guinness World Records were set on Sunday in the holy city of Ayodhya as over 26 lakh earthen diyas were lit during “deepotsav” at the same place and 2,128 people performed ‘aarti’ together. The record was registered after 26,17,215 earthen diyas were lit on the occasion. The Ramkatha Park […]

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Pakistan Attacks ICC, BCCI for Statements on Killing of Three Afghanistan Cricketers

October 19, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 19: Pakistan has strongly criticised the International Cricket council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for their statements on the death of three Afghanistan cricketers allegedly in an aerial attack by Pakistan. Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information Ata Tarar dismissed the ICC’s statement on the […]

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Bihar Elections: Rift Widening in “Mahagathbandhan”

October 19, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 19: Even as only a day left for the filling of nominations for the second of the two-phase polling in Bihar, the rift among the constituent parties in the “Mahagathbandhan” has started even more widening giving clear indications of more “friendly fights” among the alliance partners giving on a platter […]

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India Working on Designing 2Nanometer Chips: Vaishnaw

October 18, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Digital credit, fast mobile data and large language models (LLMs) are among some of the initiatives that India has taken in its digital-led growth story, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. He also showed a palm-sized model of a home-grown semiconductor wafer that has potential to disrupt global market leaders […]

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Allahabad HC Rebukes UP Police for Arresting an Inter-faith Couple under “Social Pressure”

October 18, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 18: The Allahabad High Court on Saturday slammed the Uttar Pradesh police for “illegally” detaining an interfaith couple which the court noted is a “violation of their fundamental rights.” The court said detention under “social pressure” but without authority of law did not make the detention legal and only increased its “illegality.” […]

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SC Upheld Gujarat HC Order Permitting Partial Demolition of Mosque for Road-Widening

October 18, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 18: The Supreme Court has upheld an order of the Gujarat High Court permitting partial demolition of over 400-year-old Mancha Masjid complex in Ahmedabad to facilitate a road-widening project, holding that the measure was undertaken in the public interest and did not infringe upon the right to religious freedom. A Bench of Justices […]

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Munir Warns India of “Decisive Response” in Case of “Even a Minor Provocation”

October 18, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Unable to digest the beatings it received from India during the recent “Operation Sindoor,” the Pakistani army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir stepped up his rhetoric “warning” India of a “decisive response” to even a minor provocation while saying there was no space for war in a “nuclearised environment.” […]

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Bihar Elections: INDIA Remains a Divided Bloc, One Setback for NDA

October 18, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Even as the nominations for the first phase of the two-phased elections to the 243-member Bihar state Assembly already completed, the opposition INDIA Bloc has remained a divided house and all set to contest among themselves in multiple seats threatening to undermine the very foundation of the coalition. The […]

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GST Bachat Utsav: Govt monitoring to ensure benefits reach consumers, says FM

October 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government is monitoring to ensure that benefits of the recent GST reforms reach consumers in the form of reduced prices of items they purchase. Addressing a press conference on GST Bachat Utsav, she said the government has been monitoring price cuts in […]

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Indo-US trade: Negotiations for the BTA underway in a “cordial atmosphere”, says Goyal

October 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Saturday said negotiations between India and the US are continuing in a “cordial atmosphere” to finalize a bilateral trade agreement (BTA). Addressing a press conference, however, he refrained from giving a timeframe for the ‘good news’ about the signing of the […]

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