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discussion on Vande Mataram in Rajya Sabha | Debate aim is to malign Nehru: Cong; BJP flags ‘demographic invasion’
December 11, 2025 06:11 IST

Participating in a debate on 150 years of Vande Mataram, Congress member Jairam Ramesh said the objective of the debate was to malign Nehru, and accused the BJP of insulting freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the country.

Opp questions EC sanctity; look into your shrinking votes: BJP
December 11, 2025 04:08 IST

The Opposition and the BJP continued to spar over issues ranging from appointment of Election Commissioners to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as the Lok Sabha debated electoral reforms on Wednesday. After Congress MP K C Venugopal questioned the sanctity of Election Commission, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad asked the […]

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma framed the upcoming Assam legislative election as a “civilisational fight”.
December 11, 2025 15:26 IST

Himanta Biswa Sarma called on Assamese people not to sell land or offer employment to “unfamiliar people” — a term he has used on several occasions to refer to Bengali-origin Muslims.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Narendra Modi. (Twitter/narendramodi)
December 11, 2025 04:45 IST

Modi and Netanyahu last spoke in October when he congratulated the Israeli PM on the progress made under the Gaza plan.

2 days before recruitment exam in Bihar, ‘paper leak gang member’ arrested
December 10, 2025 06:23 IST

He was picked up in a previous paper leak case, police said

Cardiac services halted at Jammu Super Speciality Hospital, HC takes cognisance
December 10, 2025 06:23 IST

The collapse of the services was attributed to the non-supply of emergency medical equipment, such as stents and pacemakers, by authorised suppliers

Ladakh L-G’s financial powers curtailed, Centre’s move ruffles local BJP unit
December 10, 2025 06:22 IST

A Ladakh BJP delegation has asked the party’s national leadership to ‘restore and re-delegate’ financial powers of L-G for ‘smooth administrative functioning and timely delivery of public welfare initiatives’

Protests, looting and another death as farmers’ panic over fertiliser crisis continues in Madhya Pradesh
December 10, 2025 06:22 IST

52-year-old Jamuna Kushwaha collapsed in front of a fertiliser distribution centre where he had been queuing for 2 days. This comes less than 2 weeks after a similar death in Guna district.

Goa nightclub fire: Interpol issues Blue Corner Notice against Luthra brothers, their beach shack demolished
December 10, 2025 06:22 IST

Look Out Circulars were issued against the Luthras, who owned Birch by Romeo Lane, as well as against 2 more accused, one of whom — Ajay Gupta — was later detained.

According to the data collated for 15 assembly seats by SABAR Institute, Krishnaganj, Ranaghat Uttar Purba, Bagda, Gaighata, among others have a high rate of untraceable or absent voters. (File)
December 10, 2025 05:19 IST

Accusing Congress of seeking to “give the people the wrong message”, Chaudhary took on LS LoP Rahul Gandhi for carrying around a copy of the Constitution “only to show off” while being unaware of “the scope and the spirit of Article 324.”

National song debate: Opp claims bid to divert attention, Treasury sees ‘appeasement politics’
December 10, 2025 05:13 IST

While the Opposition benches claimed the government was trying to divert attention from critical issues facing the country, the treasury benches accused the Opposition, especially the Congress, of appeasement politics.

Cong members went to jail chanting Vande Mataram, you worked for British: Kharge
December 10, 2025 05:03 IST

“When the non-cooperation movement started in 1921, Congress members were going to jail chanting Vande Mataram... What were you doing? You were working for the British,” Kharge said.

SC on SIR pleas: Can EC inquire into citizenship status in dubious entries
December 10, 2025 04:42 IST

Section 19 of the RP Act says that any person who is not less than 18 years of age on the qualifying date, and is ordinarily resident in a constituency, shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that constituency.

Trade, defence, energy on table as top US official, Foreign Secretary hold talks
December 10, 2025 04:19 IST

The US embassy said that defence, energy, technology, space, and trusted supply chains were the major issues discussed during the visit.

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December 10, 2025 09:37 IST

He was from family of tea garden workers, rahul tanti Was among 25 people killed in nightclub blaze

Luthra brothers moved transit anticipatory bail in Goa fire case
December 9, 2025 14:39 IST

The owners of Birch by Romeo Lane, the Goa club where 25 people died in a fire late Saturday night, are believed to have left the country for Thailand.

CM Revanth Reddy eyes $3-trillion economy by 2047 as Telangana bags big investments at global summit
December 9, 2025 01:33 IST

The two-day Telangana Rising Global Summit attracted investment pledges or MoUs worth Rs 1.8 lakh crore on the first day

Narrow escape for tourists as bus catches fire during safari in Nahargarh
December 9, 2025 10:38 IST

Forest authorities have attributed the fire to a short circuit

2 villages clash in Odisha after headless body recovered; internet ban, prohibitory orders imposed
December 9, 2025 01:30 IST

An order issued by Odisha’s home secretary said the law-and-order situation in Malkangiri had turned critical, with ‘anti-social elements circulating false, provocative and inflammatory messages…’

In latest trouble for beleaguered Film and Television Institute in Arunachal, students refuse to return for 2nd semester
December 9, 2025 01:22 IST

The first batch of students’ first semester was a tumultuous one punctuated by two ‘academic halts’ as they protested against missing and incomplete infrastructure

Actors, directors, politicians: The cast of characters from Dileep case saga
December 9, 2025 01:17 IST

The survivor of the assault is also a popular actor. Several other actors and film personalities have also given statements during the course of the case.

What next for Dileep? Acquittal could pave way for return to film bodies that once shunned him
December 9, 2025 10:46 IST

Minutes after the acquittal, B Unnikrishnan of the Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) told reporters in Kochi that the body will take a “relook at his expulsion”, which came into effect in 2017.

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December 9, 2025 10:35 IST

In a report in October, it described the club as a “structure in a hexagon shape of area, approximately 550 square metres, erected in the water body”

BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj: Bihar was just a glimpse, Bengal next
December 9, 2025 06:29 IST

Bansuri Swaraj Monday targeted West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, alleging that political violence was taking root in the state but it will soon be free of lawlessness as the torchbearers of saffron were marching ahead.

Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam: Give at least 3-5 hours for Manipur
December 9, 2025 06:27 IST

Inner Manipur Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam said Monday several “real issues” confront the country, but not discussed in Parliament.

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