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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 15 (ANI): Telangana Jagruthi President Kalvakuntla Kavitha reiterated that achieving Samajika Telangana is her goal.She categorically announced that they will contest the 2029 elections. On Monday, she responded in detail to several questions posed by netizens on X under the hashtag #AskKavitha.According to the press release, netizens raised questions on her vision for Telangana, the future roadmap of Jagruthi and the failures of the Congress government, a ...Read More >
A woman from Baramati in Pune district has allegedly been raped by three men in Maharashtra's Beed district after being promised a job, police said. The alleged incident took place six months ago, they said, adding that a case was registered a few days back in this connection against four persons, including a woman. The accused woman lured the victim under the pretext of getting her a job at an arts centre at Ambajogai in Beed district. However, after the victim arrived here, the woman and tw ...Read More >
The stage is all set for Assembly Speaker G. Prasad Kumar to announce his verdict on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) on the disqualification petitions pertaining to five of the 10 MLAs of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti who allegedly defected to the ruling Congress after winning on the BRS ticket. The Speaker has decided to announce the course of action into the petitions filed against MLAs Tellam Venkat Rao, Arekapudi Gandhi, Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy, T. Prakash Goud and Gudem Mahipal Reddy by the BR ...Read More >
Terming the court's decision a "moral and legal victory," Congress leaders accused the Centre of misusing investigative agencies to target political opponents. The Haryana unit of Congress Wednesday staged a protest outside the BJP state headquarters, Panchkamal, in Panchkula, following a Delhi court's refusal to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) chargesheet in the National Herald money laundering case. Terming the court's decision a "moral and legal victory," Congress lead ...Read More >
PM Modi is in Oman for a 2-day visit marking 70 years of India-Oman ties. The trip's central focus is the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), a trade pact expected to double bilateral trade and boost energy and food security. In the third and final leg of his three-nation visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Oman on December 17-18. This trip, which marks 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and Oman, focuses on strengthening business and s ...Read More >
Polling for the third and final phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana began on Wednesday. The polling began at 7 am and would conclude at 1 pm. The counting begins at 2 pm. Also read: Which are the countries facing travel ban from US? See full list A total of 12,652 Sarpanch candidates are in the fray, while 75,725 are contesting for ward member posts, officials said. As many as 53 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the election at 36,483 polling stations. Also ...Read More >
Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate a public service commission conference on December 19 and address a Brahma Kumaris event on December 20.Source : X Hyderabad, Dec 17 (PTI) President Drouapdi Murmu on Wednesday arrived at the Rashtrapati Nilayam at Secunderabad here as part of her winter sojourn.Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Telangana ministers along with senior officials received the President at the Air Force Station, Hakimpet. The Presid ...Read More >
The 'ideological showdown' between the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress and Shashi Tharoor was analysed, in quite some detail, by an X user Sunday evening and prompted a brief response from the Thiruvananthapuram MP. In a dozen posts the X user - Civitas Sameer - framed the discord between the Congress and one of its seniormost leaders as a 'contrast between two ideological tendencies' and blamed the opposition party for its 'inability to choose, integrate, or execute either, coherently'. "Thank you f ...Read More >
The Indian Army on Tuesday achieved a major logistics breakthrough by successfully inducting tanks, artillery guns and engineering equipment into the Kashmir Valley using a Special Military Train. The operation marked a significant boost to the Army's mobility, speed of response and operational readiness along India's northern frontiers. As part of a comprehensive validation exercise, heavy combat and support equipment including tanks, artillery guns and dozers were transported smoothly from th ...Read More >
More than 260 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023 Fresh tensions flared in the Torbung area along the Bishnupur-Churachandpur district of Manipur on Tuesday night. The development took place after cross-firing broke out between security forces and unidentified armed miscreants at around 8:30 pm, officials told Hindustan Times. They also said that at least one person was injured during the incident. However ...Read More >
The NIA arrested Kamalkant Verma alias Uncle Ji, the 11th accused and linchpin of a multi-state illegal arms syndicate. Originating from Bihar, the arms were procured from Haryana and smuggled to UP and other parts of Northern India. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the 11th accused working as a linchpin of a multi-state illegal arms and ammunition trafficking syndicate. These arms and ammunition, originating from Bihar, were spread across various parts of Northern India. A ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Opposition MPs slammed a bill to raise FDI in the insurance sector to 100 per cent in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, calling it a colonial mindset and a threat to social security, while BJP members termed it a social reform to serve people. Participating in the debate on The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025, John Brittas, CPI (M) from Kerala, said the BJP government, which always talks against gulami ki mansikta (colonial mindset), wants to ...Read More >
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad triggered a fresh political storm with his remarks on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's recent act of pulling down the hijab of a Muslim woman during a public event. Nishad, whose NISHAD Party is part of the BJP led NDA in Uttar Pradesh, questioned the criticism directed at Nitish Kumar and made comments that were widely described as insensitive. In an interview to a news outlet, he said that the chief minister's hands had only touched the ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (Maxim News): President Murmu Hyderabad visit began on Wednesday as President Droupadi Murmu arrived at Rashtrapati Nilayam in Secunderabad for her annual winter sojourn. The visit forms part of her regular stay in the city, during which she undertakes official engagements. The arrival marked the start of a five day stay that will continue until December 22. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, state m ...Read More >
Panaji (PTI): A court in North Goa on Wednesday remanded Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, in police custody for five days. The brothers, brought to Goa from Delhi after being deported from Thailand in connection with the December 6 blaze that killed 25, were produced in the court after undergoing health check-ups twice at the District Hospital in North Goa. Judicial Magistrate First Class Mapusa Puja Sardesai remanded the two brothers in police custo ...Read More >
Imphal: Tension continued among newly resettled internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Torbung and Phougakchao areas of Manipur's Bishnupur district following cross-firing between security forces and unknown armed miscreants on Tuesday night. Additional security forces, including state commandos, have been deployed at three key locations in the Torbung and Phougakchao areas, police officers said. The officers said some unknown armed miscreants from the Churachandpur side allegedly launched ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even after 54 years of Bangladesh's birth, there are blatant attempts to contrive and concoct historical narratives to absolve certain quarters of their treason and blame India, observed an opinion piece in a Dhaka-based newspaper on Wednesday, December 17. Calling it "mischievous manipulation of established historical facts", the Daily Star article quoted a recent statement from Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar claiming it was India who had ...Read More >
Imphal, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Security was tightened in the fringe areas of Manipur's Bishnupur district on Wednesday with the deployment of additional forces, a day after unidentified attackers opened fire, escalating fresh tensions in the restive state, officials said. A Police official said that on Tuesday night, several rounds were fired by the unidentified attackers near the Torbung and Phougakchao Ikhai areas of Meitei people-dominated Bishnupur district, which borders the tribal inhabi ...Read More >
Odisha: Congress protest over National Herald case leads to scuffle with police Bhubaneswar, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hundreds of Congress party workers on Wednesday engaged in a scuffle with the Odisha Police after they were stopped midway while marching to gherao the state office of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here. The Congress workers and leaders staged the protest alleging "political harassment" of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Taking a serious note of the severe air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a slew of directions and asked the NHAI and the MCD to consider either temporary closing or relocating the nine toll plazas of the civic body at borders of the national capital to ease usual massive traffic congestion. The top court described the pollution crisis as an "annual feature" and called for pragmatic and practical solutions to tackle the menace and modified its own i ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (PTI) More than 85 per cent of eligible voters exercised their franchise in the final phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana on Wednesday, the SEC said. The elections were held peacefully, and counting of votes was underway, officials said. Of the 50,56,344 eligible voters, 43,37,024 cast their votes, recording a turnout of 85.77 per cent, the State Election Commission said. Polling was conducted in 3,752 gram panchayats for 28,410 ward member seats. As of 7 pm, 1,9 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the linchpin of an illegal arms and ammunition trafficking case, originating from Bihar and spread across various parts of northern India, officials said on Wednesday. Kamalkant Verma alias Uncle Ji from Patna is the 11th accused to be arrested in the case, they said. NIA investigations have revealed that Kamalkant played a vital role in the syndicate, involved in procuring ammunition illegally from various gun houses ...Read More >
Kolkata Dec 17 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday criticised the Centre's decision to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), calling it an "anti-Bengal" move and accusing the BJP of systematically erasing the state's cultural and historical legacy. Reacting to the Union Cabinet's approval of a Bill to rename MGNREGA as Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G), the TMC national general secretary said the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the government over the G RAM G bill, saying it is destroying Mahatma Gandhi's idea of Ram Rajya both in letter and spirit by repealing MGNREGA and renaming the scheme. She also accused the government of "dishonouring" both Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, who gave the title of Mahatma to the Father of the Nation, by renaming MGNREGA. Participating in the debate on the Viksit Bharat Guarantee ...Read More >
Ambernath, Dec 17: With just two days remaining for the Ambernath Municipal Council elections, a late-night firing incident at the office of BJP candidate Pawan Walekar has sent shockwaves across the city, raising serious concerns over law and order during the sensitive election period. Attack Caught On CCTV In Ambernath West The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday in the Navin Bhendi Pada area of Ambernath West, when two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire at Wal ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday clarified that the Nehru Papers are not "missing" from the Prime Minister's Museum and Library (PMML), stating that they are in the possession of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and asked her to explain what documents are being withheld. Union culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat issued the clarification after the Congress cited a parliamentary reply on the issue and demanded an apology from the Union government. Referring to a post by Congress l ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: In a major logistics breakthrough, the Indian Army has successfully inducted tanks, artillery guns and engineering equipment into the Kashmir Valley through a special military train, significantly enhancing its operational preparedness in the region. "The Indian Army achieved a major logistics milestone on 16 December with the induction of tanks and artillery guns into the Kashmir Valley by a Military Special Train," the Army's Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADG ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday asked the government not to levy toll tax if a person has to wait for more than five minutes at the toll plaza, stating that the tax "sometimes takes the shape of a legalised loot". Raghav Chadha also raised issues regarding the toll tax during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha earlier today. In an interview with ANI, the AAP MP said the toll tax concept requires well-maintained roads and asked whether cit ...Read More >
New Delhi: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday told the Lok Sabha that train passengers must pay charges for carrying luggage beyond the prescribed free allowance. Replying to a question by TD MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy, the minister said the Railways already follow class-wise limits for luggage carried by passengers inside compartments. Second Class passengers are allowed 35 kg free and up to 70 kg on a chargeable basis, while Sleeper Class passengers can carry 40 kg free and up t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated Param Vir Dirgha, a new gallery at Rashtrapati Bhavan that displays portraits of all 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees. The gallery where the Param Vir Dirgha was created previously displayed portraits of British ADCs. The initiative to display portraits of Indian national heroes marks a meaningful step toward shedding the colonial mindset and embracing, with pride, the richness of India's culture, heritage, and timeless trad ...Read More >
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