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Ramnath Goenka Lecture: ‘Bharat Impatient’

December 10, 2025 05:22 IST

Politicians, thought leaders, bureaucrats and eminent personalities from all walks of life attended the Sixth Ramnath Goenka Lecture, delivered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Cong members went to jail chanting Vande Mataram, you worked for British: Kharge

Congress members went to jail chanting Vande Mataram, you worked for British: Mallikarjun KhargeSubscriber Only

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.

The Trinamool Congress strongly opposes the Centre's proposed VB-G RAM G Bill, which aims to replace MGNREGA. (File)

After 3 years, Centre resumes MGNREGA in Bengal, but with ‘special conditions’Subscriber Only

December 10, 2025 07:09 IST

On October 27, the top court had dismissed the Centre’s Special Leave Petition challenging the HC’s June 18 order directing implementation of the MGNREGS in Bengal prospectively from August 1, 2025 and leaving it on the Centre to impose “special conditions”.

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Exclusive | To fund hydel project, NHPC proposed forest land assets as collateral, Govt said noSubscriber Only

December 12, 2025 12:28 IST

Environment ministry red-flagged move; Subansiri Lower project on Arunachal-Assam border faces over 300% cost escalation

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US team in Delhi for talks, Trump threatens tariffs on Indian riceSubscriber Only

December 10, 2025 04:22 IST

Picking only India among the three countries named by the farmer representative, Trump asked US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent: “Why is India allowed to do that? They have to pay tariffs. Do they have an exemption on rice?”

Trade, defence, energy on table as top US official, Foreign Secretary hold talks

Trade, defence, energy on table as top US official, Foreign Secretary hold talksSubscriber Only

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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‘Wanted to give his kids an education he never had’: In Goa club list of dead, new father from Assam who left tea gardens behindSubscriber Only

December 10, 2025 09:37 IST

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

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BJP, allies hit back: Stifled democracy, opposing EVM after people rejected themSubscriber Only

December 10, 2025 04:10 IST

Opposition seeks return to paper ballot, Rahul questions immunity shield to ECs

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Mehul Choksi’s appeal against extradition rejected by Belgium’s supreme court

December 9, 2025 22:03 IST

Responding to PTI, Spokesperson for Court of Cassation, Advocaat-generaal Henri Vanderlinden, said, "The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal.

The victims, all staff members at a local hotel in the ancient temple town, ate rice with potato-cabbage curry around 3 pm on Monday.

4 Khajuraho hotel employees dead, 5 critical after meal at staff quarters; probe orderedSubscriber Only

December 9, 2025 22:33 IST

They had rice with potato-cabbage curry around 3 pm on Monday, after which they were admitted to hospital following severe vomiting. The staff’s food is prepared separately, district authorities said.

Another man from Uttarakhand who died in the fire was Sumit Negi from Pauri Garhwal. His friend, Sachin Rawat, brought the body back.

‘Made Rs 20,000 a month, it was good money’: Among Goa fire dead, 5 from UttarakhandSubscriber Only

December 9, 2025 21:42 IST

One of them, Manish, recently got his passport made to apply for a job in Thailand

As discussed at a recent review meeting, the Ministry’s expenditure until December 2 had reached Rs 25,878 crore of the allocated amount for Central sector schemes in the Budget Estimates (BE) for 2025-2026.

FY26 end nears, Housing Ministry spends only 27% of budget for urban development schemesSubscriber Only

December 9, 2025 21:25 IST

The highest amount, so far, has been spent on mass rapid transit system and Metro projects (Rs 14,811 crore). But it accounts for 42.55% of the budget allocated for the scheme.

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SIR aims to delete voters… trust in EC lost, doubts about EVMs: Opposition

December 9, 2025 21:05 IST

During the debate in the Lok Sabha on ‘election reforms’ amid the ongoing electoral roll revisions across 12 states/UTs, Opposition leaders alleged that the EC’s intention behind the SIR exercise was to “delete” electors and “not authenticate them”.

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From Rs 1 lakh to over Rs 3 lakh: Odisha MLAs pass Bill for 3-fold hike to their salary, allowanceSubscriber Only

December 9, 2025 20:52 IST

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mukesh Mahaling, who moved the Bill in the House, said the MLAs’ salary was last hiked in 2018

Opening his address, Vijay referred to Erode as the land of manjal (turmeric), saying the district symbolised the lives and labour of ordinary people.

At first Puducherry rally, Vijay praises ‘impartial govt’, warns DMK will ‘learn their lesson’ in 2026Subscriber Only

December 9, 2025 19:40 IST

At the rally, Vijay’s first big one since the September tragedy in Karur, the crowd was tightly regulated

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‘Muslims do not need anyone’s certificate to prove their patriotism,’ says Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Arshad Madani amid Vande Mataram debate

December 9, 2025 19:37 IST

In a post on X, Madani said, "We have no objection to anyone reciting or singing “Vande Mataram”. However, a Muslim worships only one Allah and cannot associate anyone else with Him in worship."

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella meets PM Modi, to invest $17.5 billion for ‘India’s AI future’

December 9, 2025 20:07 IST

Nadella says investment 'largest ever in Asia', company to build infrastructure, skills, and sovereign capabilities

State Urban Development Minister Pratima Bagri, however, sought to distance herself from the accused, Anil Bagri.

Drug bust becomes headache for Madhya Pradesh govt, Congress says accused is minister’s brotherSubscriber Only

December 9, 2025 18:58 IST

'The police are doing their job, and criminals who have done wrong, whether they are someone's relative or not, cannot be spared,' the minister, Pratima Bagri, said

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‘We will come looking for you’: In Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi says law pertaining to EC will be changed retrospectivelySubscriber Only

December 10, 2025 16:35 IST

Accusing the Election Commission of India (ECI) of not responding to any concern raised by the Opposition, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that poll campaigns were being tailored as per the requirements of PM Narendra Modi.

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Vande Mataram debate: Amit Shah’s ‘appeasement politics’ charge against Congress, Kharge says ‘don’t teach us patriotism’

December 9, 2025 17:11 IST

Amit Shah said the poem, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay after a period of “Islamic attacks” and British cultural imposition, helped revive the idea of the nation as a mother.

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Lok Sabha Winter Session: Rahul Gandhi’s 3 suggestions for reforms in election process & an ‘anti-national’ jibe at NDA

December 9, 2025 17:46 IST

Lok Sabha Winter Session, Rahul Gandhi anti-national remark: Rahul Gandhi said all political parties should be given machine readable voter lists at least a month ahead of the polling dates.

He added that network recovery was carried out on a “war footing”, with more than 1,800 flights operating by December 9.

‘IndiGo back on its feet; most of bags stuck at airports delivered’: CEO Peter Elbers

December 9, 2025 16:58 IST

IndiGo restored its network on a “war footing”, flying over 1,800 flights by December 9.

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BJP’s Telangana social media in-charge detained over Revanth Reddy poster, party slams ‘Emergency mindset’Subscriber Only

December 9, 2025 16:34 IST

The poster showed the Chief Minister sitting on a chair with multiple robotic arms holding corruption allegations

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks during a debate on Vande Mataram in the Rajya Sabha at the Winter session

Amit Shah links Vande Mataram’s origins to Islamic invasions, cultural imposition by BritishSubscriber Only

December 10, 2025 05:03 IST

Partition would not have happened if Vande Mataram had not been divided into two, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha.

25 Dead in Fire at Birch by Romeo Lane restaurant in Arpora, Goa

Goa nightclub fire: Luthra brothers in Thailand, police focus on tracking third owner, raid Gurgaon residenceSubscriber Only

December 9, 2025 15:41 IST

To trace Luthra brothers, CBI has initiated process of issuing Blue Corner Notice against them through Interpol

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