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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday met Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi to raise concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state ahead of the upcoming Assembly…
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Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday strongly criticised Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for attempting to quote from an unpublished memoir by former Army chief General MM Naravane during…
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The Lok Sabha witnessed heated scenes on Monday during the ongoing Budget Session after Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi attempted to quote excerpts from an unpublished memoir of former Army chief General M.M. Naravane, triggering strong…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday reacted to a global statistics report that ranked India second in projected global GDP growth contribution for 2026. His remarks were later cited by Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju to…
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At 90, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has won his first Grammy Award for his spoken-word album Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The album won in the category of Best Audio Book, Narration, and…
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India has cut its budgetary allocation for developing Iran’s Chabahar port to zero in the 2026–27 Union Budget, reflecting concerns over US sanctions. At the same time, funding for development projects in Bangladesh has been halved to ₹60…
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday warned that Nipah virus cases are rare but can be severe, emphasizing that the current outbreak is limited to India. In a post on X, Ghebreyesus noted,…
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The price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder has been increased by ₹49 with effect from February 1, 2026, according to news agency ANI, as part of the monthly price revision on the day of the Union Budget presentation. In Delhi, the retail…
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said that India will buy oil from Venezuela rather than Iran, asserting that an agreement to that effect is already in place, according to Reuters. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route…
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Sunetra Pawar, 62, was sworn in as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister on Saturday, becoming the first woman to hold the post in the state’s history, amid tragic circumstances following the death of her husband, Ajit Pawar, in a plane crash…
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