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Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday announced that Hansi will be accorded district status as the 23rd district of the state, marking a significant administrative milestone for the region. Saini said the official notification will be issued within a week, after which Hansi will formally attain district status from the revenue administration perspective. Saini also inaugurated and laid foundation stones of three development projects of Rs 77.30 crore. Recalling Hansi' ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chennai Super Kings, who are often known as Dad's army, seemed to change their team composition as they went all guns blazing in the bidding process on Sunday, December 16. The five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions went for Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma with a sum of Rs 14.20 crores each. Overall, the uncapped players earned a lot in the auction, and CSK were the franchise that spent the most of their sum on the uncapped players. The franchise spent nearly 30 Crores on tw ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally observed that the NIA courts should be something like an emergency ward in a hospital, and, if there is a NIA trial then all other matters can be taken away from that court, which would allow it to completely focus on the NIA matter. The central government informed the apex court that to ensure speedy trial, it has decided to set up a dedicated NIA court in each state and union territory and more than one court at places where there are over 10 cas ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress will protest the renaming of the rural jobs scheme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), across district headquarters on December 17 and in villages on December 28, the foundation day of the grand old party, to project the pro-poor politics of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. The All India Congress Committee (AICC) directed all the state units to stage protests over the renaming of the scheme after the Congress opposed the ...Read More >
Guwahati: All seven accused in the singer Zubeen Garg death case appeared virtually before Kamrup (Metro)'s Chief Judicial Magistrate during a hearing on Tuesday, after the charge-sheet was submitted last week. The court fixed the next date of hearing on December 22. Garg had gone to attend the North East India Festival (NEIF) in Singapore, where he died under mysterious circumstances while swimming in the sea on September 19. The state government formed an SIT to probe into the case, and it sub ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police has come out with a special winter safety plan for Traffic Police personnel performing their duties amid poor air quality and air pollution. The force is providing the personnel on the ground with high-quality air-filter masks, winter-specific gear and regular health checkups. Officials disclosed that the personnel spending long periods on the road are at the greatest risk, and therefore, their safety is being prioritised. The national capital is currently reeling under ...Read More >
Bijapur: Thirty four Maoists, including 26 carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 84 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Tuesday, police said. Bijapur Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitendra Yadav said, the cadres, including seven women, laid down their arms under the 'Poona Margen' (from rehabilitation to social reintegration) rehabilitation initiative. "The Chhattisgarh government's rehabilitation policy has convinced the Maoists to abandon violence and turn themselves before ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill for repealing or amending 71 obsolete and outdated laws, with Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal asserting that the progressive legislation would contribute to ease of living for citizens. Replying to a brief discussion on the Repealing and Amending Bill-2025, Meghwal said the proposed legislation was aimed at removing outdated laws, correcting errors that had crept in during the law-making process and removing discriminatory aspects of certain laws. ...Read More >
New Delhi: India has reiterated its support for peace and stability in West Asia, welcoming the adoption of the Gaza Peace Plan during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's delegation-level talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, the Ministry of External Affairs said while addressing the special briefing on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jordan. Responding to a question on discussions related to Gaza and regional matters, MEA Secretary (South) Neena Malhotra said that "on regiona ...Read More >
Bilaspur: The Kopra Reservoir in Chhattisgarh has been declared a Ramsar site. In the coming days, this reservoir located in Sakri village of Bilaspur district is set to emerge as a centre for environmental conservation and eco-tourism. This site is located at a distance of 15 km from Bilaspur city. The international recognition granted to this reservoir has strengthened its global importance while putting the onus on Chhattisgarh for its conservation. Chhattisgarh's Forest and Climate Change M ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will file a fresh charge sheet against Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi apart from others as it has taken cognisance of the latest Delhi Police FIR filed in the National Herald money laundering case, officials said Tuesday. Earlier in the day, a trial court here refused to take cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the federal probe agency in April against the mother-son duo apart from some others. The court said the rejection was made on the g ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a petition challenging an order passed by the Kerala High Court, which issued a slew of guidelines, including asking clinical establishments to prominently display a list of the services offered and package rates. The matter came up for hearing before a bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta. The plea has been filed by the Kerala Private Hospitals Association and one Hussain Koya Thangal. The bench issued a notice to the Kerala go ...Read More >
Amravati: The fear of leopards has gripped citizens in Maharashtra, be it Junnar, in Pune, Nashik or Amravati. This has yet again given rise to the human-animal conflict. But not every part of Maharashtra is in the same dilemma. The number of leopards is only one aspect of the problem; other variables include their habitat, the food chain, human interference, and wildlife management, all of which are interlinked to the fear that leopards instil," Yadav Tarate Patil, a wildlife specialist and fo ...Read More >
New Delhi: Google on Tuesday announced funding support of USD 8 million to India's AI Centers of Excellence for health, agriculture, education, and sustainable cities, and committed USD 4,00,000 to support development of India's health foundation model. Google - - the architect of AI models, including Gemini and Gemma that are integrated for search enhancements, cloud services, and enterprise tools - - is also supporting Gnani.AI, CoRover.AI, and BharatGen with USD 50,000 grants each for buildi ...Read More >
New Delhi: IUML MP Harees Beeran on Tuesday raised concerns over the alarming number of suicides linked to marriage-related issues, citing NCRB data that recorded 1,71,418 suicidal deaths in 2023, with the majority attributed to marital problems. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Kerala MP termed the crisis a "moral, legal, and institutional failure", demanding urgent action beyond existing legislative frameworks. "While marriage is considered a sacred milestone in Ind ...Read More >
Dehradun: In a bid to enhance the income of the farmers, the Uttarakhand government has come out with a policy to promote the cultivation of aromatic plants. The government claims to have prepared a ten-year road map under its Mehak Kranti Niti (Fragrance Revolution Policy) that is aimed at doubling the farmers' income while benefitting the state's economy. The policy has been implemented keeping in mind the harsh geographical conditions that make large-scale agriculture impossible. Furthermore ...Read More >
New Delhi: BJP MP Iranna Kadadi on Tuesday accused the Karnataka government of neglecting farmers and failing to set up procurement centres, leading to economic distress and suicides in the agrarian community. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Karnataka MP said while the Centre has fixed a minimum support price for 23 crops, it is the responsibility of state governments to establish procurement centres when prices fall below MSP. "During the kharif season in Karnataka, ...Read More >
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar came up with his 'Seven Resolves for a developed Bihar - III' on Tuesday to ensure all-round progress of the state and place it among the developed states of the country in the next five years. A cabinet meeting chaired by Nitish gave its nod to the seven resolves, following which the process of their implementation will begin in the five-year period between 2025 and 2030. They are based on the joint programme having the theme of 'development with justic ...Read More >
Chennai: In a significant development towards India's goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070 and generate half of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has conducted a comprehensive study to boost green hydrogen production in the country. Green hydrogen -- a clean fuel produced from renewable energy -- can play a central role in reducing emissions from sectors that are traditionally difficult to decarbonise such a ...Read More >
Satna: An incident of four children suffering from thalassemia testing positive for HIV after blood transfusions has come to light at the Satna District Hospital in Madhya Pradesh, causing a stir across the state. With officials making evasive answers, an investigation into the blood donors has been initiated. The bizarre case, which took place four months back, came to light on Monday, prompting Satna collector Satish Kumar S to hold a meeting with the officials responsible and harshly reprima ...Read More >
Kolkata: The unprecedented chaos and administrative lapses surrounding football icon Lionel Messi's Kolkata visit have triggered a sweeping political and bureaucratic shake-up in Bengal. Bowing to mounting public anger, sports minister Aroop Biswas resigned on Tuesday, owning what he called the "moral responsibility" for the fiasco at the Salt Lake Stadium. On the same day, the state government initiated some of its toughest-ever administrative action, issuing showcause notices to director-gene ...Read More >
Jamnagar: Football icon Lionel Messi was hosted by Anant Ambani in Vantara on Tuesday, marking his final stop before he left India. The footballer arrived at Gujarat's Jamnagar Airport on Monday night. Messi was accompanied by Luis Suárez, Rodrigo De Paul and other members of the G.O.A.T India Tour 2025 entourage. After arriving at the airport, they left in a large convoy of cars to Khawadi, where they were guests of the Ambani family. After spending the night in Jamnagar, Messi visited Vantar ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a sharp dig at the BJP-led Centre on Tuesday while opposing the VB-G RAM G Bill in the Lok Sabha, recalling the 1971 hit Bollywood number -- "Dekho o deewano (tum) ye kaam na karo, Ram ka naam badnaam na karo". The MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram asserted that the bill is not merely an administrative tweak but an "assault on the very spirit and philosophical foundation of this crucial programme". The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika ...Read More >
New Delhi: Special Intensive Revision falls within the constitutional powers of the Election Commission to periodically purify electoral rolls to ensure no eligible voter is excluded from the list and no ineligible voter is included, Union Minister JP Nadda said in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to a debate on Election Reforms in the Upper House, the Leader of the House attacked the Congress for creating an atmosphere that mass-scale rigging was taking place in the country in the name of S ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday raised the issue of distress faced by women frontline workers in the Rajya Sabha, seeking doubling of the Centre's contribution to their pay and filling of nearly 3 lakh vacancies in the ICDS. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, the former Congress president said ASHA workers, anganwadi workers and helpers, and community resource persons under the National Rural Livelihood Mission remain overburdened and underpaid despite their vital cont ...Read More >
Nagpur: An unidentified drone has been spotted flying over the airstrip of Nagpur-based Solar Industries, manufacturer of defence-related products, prompting authorities to launch an investigation, officials said on Tuesday. A First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged in this connection against an unidentified person at Kondhali police station and a probe is on into it, Superintendent of Police Dr Harssh Poddar said. The drone was spotted flying over the company's airstrip located on Nagp ...Read More >
New Delhi: A bill seeking to raise FDI in the insurance sector to 100 per cent was on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha amid strong protest from the Opposition. The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, seeks to amend Insurance Act, 1938, Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956, and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, as per the bill circulated to members of Parliament. Introducing the bill, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the commo ...Read More >
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir's former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and a ruling party MP Aga Ruhullah have slammed the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for removing veil from a Muslim woman during an official event. Nitish Kumar has courted controversy by pulling down the 'niqab' of a woman doctor while handing her job letter at a function in Patna on Monday. The function was held at the 'Samvad' hall at the chief minister's secretariat to distribute the appointment letters to 1,283 AYUSH (Ay ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Kapil Sharma is back with another season of his laughter show The Great Indian Kapil Show. This time the show will open with our own desi girl Priyanka Chopra, who shot for it recently. Pictures and videos of the global icon from the sets have been going viral on social media, igniting buzz around it. For the fans of both Priyanka and Kapil, the wait is almost over as the first episode is going to come out on December 20, 2025. It will air on Netflix at 8 pm IST. The much-loved comed ...Read More >
Srinagar: A sharp winter chill tightened its grip across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday as temperatures plunged across the region. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.8 degrees Celsius, while Zojila Pass emerged as the coldest place at a bone-chilling minus 17 degrees Celsius, the Meteorological Department's Srinagar centre said. Several parts of the Kashmir Valley dipped well below the freezing point overnight. Pampore and Pulwama were among the coldest inhabited areas, ...Read More >
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