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December 21, 2025 03:47 IST

Of total contributions to BJP, 52% came from Electoral Trusts, 48% from others; top donors besides trusts include Serum India, Rungta Sons, Vedanta, ITC, Hero Enterprises, Mankind Pharma

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December 21, 2025 08:17 IST

A state-level inquiry team constituted by the state government to probe how the five children with thalassemia contracted HIV during blood transfusions has found major lapses — from not maintaining records of donors to failure in conducting HIV tests properly.

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December 21, 2025 08:12 IST

The MGNREGS imprint can also be seen in the many water harvesting ponds, percolation tanks, and trenches around the village, which have helped bring groundwater levels up. Under various work heads, cement concrete roads have been laid.

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December 21, 2025 07:44 IST

Top donors besides trusts include Serum India, Rungta Sons, Vedanta, ITC, Hero Enterprises, Mankind Pharma

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December 21, 2025 08:12 IST

Addressing a gathering in Taherpur over the phone, as his helicopter was unable to land due to low visibility, Modi also accused the TMC of opposing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to protect “infiltrators”.

Sonia Gandhi
December 21, 2025 08:18 IST

Opposition party believes it has a better chance of bringing other anti-BJP parties on board over this issue and that the BJP will be more vulnerable to a well-articulated critique on a livelihood issue.

India T20 World Cup squad Shubman Gill
December 21, 2025 08:19 IST

Gill had been battling for form of late and had gone 18 innings without a fifty in the format. The Indian Express understands that the two factors leading to Gill being left out were a) his strike rate in the Powerplay; and b) team combination and balance.

up police
December 21, 2025 07:37 IST

The SHO said a lesson should be taught to such parents for not imparting ‘achhe sanskar'. The boys belong to a minority community.

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December 20, 2025 13:53 IST

The gram panchayat under which Laghat falls has been recognised as one of the most affected by chitta menace in Himachal

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December 20, 2025 19:05 IST

The spark for the latest violence is the December 12 shooting of 32-year-old Sharif Osman Hadi who had participated in the movement against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leading to her ouster from office on August 5, 2024.

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December 21, 2025 08:24 IST

The CAG also found instances of skill certification by employers who do not merit classification as ‘Best-in-Class’, the report said.

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December 20, 2025 08:12 IST

Drawing a parallel with global pop culture, he said, “If kids in India are willing to learn Korean because of content, I believe the day will come when people outside India will want to learn Hindi because of our conversations and stories.”

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December 20, 2025 20:23 IST

On Monday, when The Indian Express visited these schools, the daily average AQI in Delhi was 427, making it one of the most polluted days of this pollution season.

No problem with Centre, except on statehood, but L-G interfering: Omar Abdullah
December 19, 2025 17:18 IST

Speaking at the Express Adda Wednesday, Omar Abdullah also spoke about his unease in using “the words Union Territory and Jammu-Kashmir in the same sentence”.

After 45-yr-old man’s lynching in Bihar, family struggles for answers
December 19, 2025 14:55 IST

Mohammad Athar Hussain sold clothes door to door for nearly 20 years in the area in Nawada where one evening of Dec 5 he was allegedly mistaken for a thief

MEIL COO Harpal Singh, who is in-charge of the Ratle project, said that they would report if they noticed any suspicious activity (Photo: RHCP India | Enhanced using AI).
December 19, 2025 08:59 IST

BJP Kishtwar MLA Shagun Parihar, who has raised questions about the workers hired for the project, said this “vindicated” her allegations.

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December 19, 2025 07:57 IST

Labour-intensive sectors to gain from zero-duty access on 98% of Oman’s tariff lines

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December 19, 2025 18:02 IST

In prescriptions that OPD patients at Lok Nayak showed The Indian Express over two days this week, pharmacy staff had crossed out several medicines or marked them as “not available”.

Hearing 12 petitions filed by women in live-in relationships who sought protection as they feared a threat to their lives, the HC ordered the police chiefs of the districts concerned to provide immediate protection if someone disturbs their peaceful living.
December 19, 2025 08:27 IST

Hearing the petitions by the women who feared a threat to their lives, the HC ordered police to provide immediate protection if someone disturbs their peaceful living.

Supreme court
December 19, 2025 02:15 IST

Ashok Rana has sought passive euthanasia for his son, Harish, who suffered head injuries in 2013, and has since been bedridden and dependent on an artificial support system

Zubeen was made to go to sea, not enough done to save him: Police
December 18, 2025 08:22 IST

This is in line with what Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said more than once – that the singer’s death was not an accident but a murder.

delhi mumbai expressway
December 19, 2025 07:20 IST

Project scrapped in March 2023, re-awarded to same Pune firm months later

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December 19, 2025 11:13 IST

‘I speak to my mother (Sheikh Hasina) regularly on the phone. I have been to Delhi once and plan to go again’

Comedian Zakir Khan in conversation with Anant Goenka and Devendra Pandey (Express photo by Amit Chakravarty)
December 18, 2025 19:19 IST

Zakir Khan is the guest at Express Adda in Mumbai today. He is in conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Express Group, and Devendra Pandey, Deputy Associate Editor, The Indian Express.

vajpayee bjp
December 18, 2025 06:14 IST

Vajpayee PMO member and media in-charge Ashok Tandon writes about 1999 episode when NDA govt teetered after 13 months, says allies Mamata, Vaiko shot down any question of replacing PM

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