India
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Kota Neelima refutes foreign funding allegations against Congress
A social media post alleging foreign funding links between the Indian National Congress and a media influence network has created a storm. The post has targeted Kota Neelima, a prolific writer and…
- India
Indian visa applications suspended indefinitely in Bangladesh’s Chittagong
Dhaka: India on Sunday suspended visa operations at the Indian Visa Application Centre in the Bangladesh’s second-largest city Chittagong until further notice in the wake of heightened tensions following the death of…
- India
Rs 2 crore embezzled from India’s Geneva mission; CBI books accounts officer
New Delhi: The CBI has launched a probe into the swindling of more than 2 lakh Swiss francs (around Rs 2 crore) at India’s Permanent Mission in Geneva by a former accounts…
- India
Railway fares to go up from December 26
New Delhi: Indian Railways on Sunday announced a revision in fares with effect from December 26 this year, aimed at a Rs 600 crore increase in revenue. Under the new ticket pricing…
- Offbeat
Video of child dancing in school assembly prayer goes viral
A heartwarming moment from a school assembly showing a little boy praying has gone viral on social media. In the video, the boy dressed in his winter uniform is seen swaying side…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI to seek explanations from BLOs on doubtful cases in draft voters’ list
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will take written explanations from the booth-level officers (BLOs) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on the doubtful cases in…
- India
Kerala HC sets aside Sabarimala airport land acquisition process
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has set aside crucial stages of the land acquisition process for the proposed Sabarimala greenfield airport, holding that the state failed to properly assess the minimum land…
- Delhi
Delhi chokes: AQI hits severe 410 amidst dense smog
New Delhi: Air pollution levels in the national capital deteriorated sharply on Sunday, edging dangerously close to the “severe” category as dense smog, plunging temperatures, and thick fog blanketed large swathes of…
- World
Security tightened at Indian Assistant High Commission Office in Bangladesh
Dhaka: Security has been strengthened at the Indian Assistant High Commission office and the visa application centre in Bangladesh’s Sylhet city in the wake of heightened tensions following the death of prominent…
- India
PM Modi slams ‘maha jungle raj’ in West Bengal, seeks BJP vote
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lashed out at the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, calling the state’s prevailing situation “maha jungle raj” and alleging that “corruption, nepotism and appeasement of…
- India
Young doctors free to go abroad, but can no longer say facilities lacking in India: Nadda
Lucknow: Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday said medical aspirants are free to go overseas, but they must not say infrastructure is lacking in India. Young doctors can no longer…
- News
India will surpass Germany to become third-largest economy by 2027: Scindia
Indore: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday expressed confidence that India will surpass Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy by the end of 2027, lauding the polices and institutional reforms ushered…
- India
Indian cyber agency flags WhatsApp ‘hijack’
New Delhi: Indian cyber security agency CERT-In has flagged a vulnerability in the WhatsApp “device-linking” feature that enables attackers to take “complete” control of an account, including access to real-time messages, photos,…
- India
Congress protest against replacing MGNREGA, ‘hate politics’ in National Herald case
Bengaluru: The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Saturday held a protest against the central government replacing the MGNREGA, and alleged “hate politics” against the party leadership in the National Herald case. The…
- India
World today is like coalition politics, India should remain nimble: Jaishankar
Pune: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said the global political situation was like “coalition politics” with constantly shifting alignments, and India should focus on its own interests while remaining nimble.…