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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 24 (ANI): West Bengal government on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to permit the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to deploy additional civil judges with three years of experience and, if required, seek assistance from the Chief Justices of Jharkhand and Odisha for verifying objections under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter rolls in the state. The directions were issued by a bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 24 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that residents facing eviction from railway land in Haldwani cannot insist on being rehabilitated at the same site, observing that the land belongs to the Railways and encroachers cannot dictate how it should be used. A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi noted that development project requires vacant land on both the sides and that those occupying railway property cannot decide where ...Read More >
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has registered a case over the death of a two-month-old infant following an assault at Kummera village in Nagarkurnool district. According to the complaint filed by Hyderabad-based lawyer Rama Rao, the incident was reported on February 21 during the Mallanna Jatara when Chakali Chandrakala, her son Sakali Ganesh, daughter-in-law Mounika and other family members visited the temple for darshan. The family, belonging to an OBC community, alleged that the ...Read More >
Itanagar, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday underscored the crucial role of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in driving India's economic growth, stating that since 2014, several policy interventions have been undertaken under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to strengthen the country's economy. Under the MSME policies, there has been special emphasis on uplifting Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes through the cre ...Read More >
Salem District Collector R. Brindha Devi and Namakkal District Durgamoorthi released the final electoral rolls in the presence of representatives of recognised political parties on Monday (February 23, 2026). On December 19, 2025, the draft electoral rolls were released in Salem district and on Monday, the final electoral rolls were released. As per the final list, Salem district has 27.55 lakh voters at 11 Assembly constituencies, including 13.70 lakh male, 13.84 lakh female and 320 third-gend ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (PTI) Legislators of opposition BJD and Congress staged a walkout from the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday during the address of Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, who called the state the nation's "growth engine". The opposition MLAs claimed there was no coherence between the governor's claim and the ground reality. The Budget session began with the singing of the national anthem and song, with the opposition bench cooperating for around an hour. However, Congress and BJD members ...Read More >
Puducherry [India], February 17 (ANI): Leaders of the Congress party, including General Secretary KC Venugopal, on Tuesday held a Padayatra in Puducherry, aiming to strengthen the party's outreach and reconnect with the people of the Union Territory. Venugopal, while joining the march, said that the people of Puducherry have been "cheated and deprived of good governance" under the NDA government. In a post on X, Venugopal wrote, "Electrifying atmosphere in Puducherry, as we embarked on the Pad ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu should engage the Centre on its demand for the retention of its two-language policy and not air its views on media, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a case an allocation of land for new Central schools that will follow the three-language policy. "Don't make it into a language issue. We are a federal society. You are part of the Republic. If you come one step forward, they (the Centre) will also come one step forward... the 'My-State-My-State' attitude must be avoided," said ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (UNI) Taking serious note of the worsening air pollution levels in the Delhi-NCR region, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a series of directions to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to urgently examine the feasibility of temporarily closing or relocating toll plazas situated at the borders of the national capital to ease chronic traffic congestion. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joym ...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 >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has reportedly accused the state's principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misleading voters, claiming the existence of over a crore of illegal electors. This followed the publication of data from the Election Commission's draft electoral roll in its ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). However, Trinamool leaders themselves had equally contributed to building an environment of uncertainty and fear over ...Read More >
Guwahati: Tension has escalated in the peripheral areas of Manipur's Bishnupur district following suspected militants firing. No one was injured. However, the incident has happened when groups of Internally Displaced People have returned home. A police official said that several rounds were fired near the Torbung and Phougakchao Ikhai areas of Bishnupur district, which borders the Churachandpur district, late Tuesday night. The police officer said that additional security forces, led by senio ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Congress MPs are all set to meet in the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) office today in the Parliament to chalk out the strategy for the floor of the House for the day. The meeting will be held at 10:30 am.Meanwhile, both the Houses will meet at 11 am and begin with the Question Hour. The session will start with Question Hour, followed by the laying of papers by various ministers, including Dr. Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal, and Jitin Prasada, amo ...Read More >
The Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) has increased the number of vacancies for the 2nd Inter Level Recruitment 2025. The recruitment drive, which earlier had 23,175 posts, will now fill a total of 24,492 positions. This means 1,317 additional vacancies have been added, giving more candidates a chance to apply. Along with the increase in vacancies, BSSC has also extended the application deadline. Candidates can now submit their online applications till January 15, 2026, while the last dat ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Monday (December 15, 2025) drew the attention of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to the fact that the dark months of winter, lack of streetlights along long stretches, and vehicles parked haphazardly along the tarmac invite tragedy and loss of lives, like in the recent horrific accidents on highways in Telangana and Rajasthan claiming nearly 40 lives, many of them children. A Bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi did not appear happy with an af ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Union government on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) extended the deadline for the Commission of Inquiry probing the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence until May 20, 2026, according to an official notification. The violence, which erupted on May 3, 2023, claimed 260 lives and displaced thousands of residents. The three-member commission, led by former Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajai Lamba, was constituted on June 4, 2023, following a recommendation from the Manipur government. The pan ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 17 (UNI) Kerala's Minister for Local Self Government, MB Rajesh, has alleged that the union Government is attempting to dismantle the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) through a proposed bill that abandons the Centre's responsibility to provide guaranteed rural employment. According to Rajesh, the legislation strikes at the very core of MGNREGS by shifting 40 per cent of the expenditure burden to states, which could result in an annual l ...Read More >
New Delhi, December 17: Lok Sabha will take up a packed legislative and oversight agenda on Wednesday, with two major Bills slated for consideration and passage, alongside the laying of papers, presentation of committee reports, and statements by ministers, as per the revised List of Business. The House will meet at 11 am and begin with the Question Hour. The session will start with Question Hour, followed by the laying of papers by various ministers, including Dr. Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram Megh ...Read More >
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) and sought their cooperation for establishment of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and Young India Integrated Residential Schools (YIIRS). During his meeting with Ms Nirmalaraman, he sought the Centre's cooperation for the establishment of Young India Integrated Residential Schools (YIIRS) in Telangana. He informed her that ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy appealed to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to exempt education-related borrowings from the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) limits, as the state rolls out an ambitious ₹30,000-crore plan to strengthen the education sector during his meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. During a meeting at the Finance Minister's chamber in Parliament, Reddy sought the Centre's support for large-scale investments ...Read More >
NONGSTOIN, Dec 16: The West Khasi Hills district administration with support from the district police demolished 17 illegal coke plants that were earlier flagged to be without any form of consent from authorities, a delayed report said here on Tuesday. The latest phase of demolition from December 1-3, comes more than two years after the state launched an all-out effort to clamp down on illegal coke factories that had mushroomed across Shallang and neighbouring areas in the district. The coke p ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 16 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that a meeting of MLAs and officials would be held under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition, R. Ashoka, to discuss the Jalahalli underpass work. Replying to a question from MLA Muniraju during Question Hour in the Legislative Council, the Deputy CM said, "The construction work was given to a contractor named PGB in 2021 for an amount of Rs 57 crore. As many as 48 property ...Read More >
Hyderabad/ New Delhi, Dec 16 (UNI) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday appealed to union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to exempt borrowings for development of the education sector, from the limits prescribed under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM). He sought the exemption on the ground that the expenditure should be treated as an investment in human resource development. Revanth Reddy, who met the Finance Minister at her chamber in Parliament, briefe ...Read More >
Jamshedpur: With the launch of the Special Intensive Revision-2003 (SIR-2003), all voters of the 47-Jugsalai (SC), 48-Jamshedpur East, and 49-Jamshedpur West Assembly constituencies in East Singhbhum district have been requested to verify their names in the electoral roll and submit the required details to their respective Booth Level Officers (BLOs). The district election administration has urged voters to search for their names in the SIR-2003 electoral database and provide the relevant infor ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has not submitted any evaluation report on the adoption of nano urea despite the fertiliser being in the market for over four years, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. Responding to a written query by BJP MP Narhari Amin from Gujarat, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Anupriya Patel said IFFCO has not sent any evaluation report regarding the adoption of nano urea. Meanwhile, sales of the product con ...Read More >
Voting for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections is set for January 15, 2026. Counting of votes will take place on January 16. This announcement formally begins the process for the long-awaited civic polls in Maharashtra. Candidates can file nominations from December 23 to December 30, 2025. The schedule covers elections for the BMC and other municipal corporations across the state. Voting for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections will be held on January 15, 2026, wi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police arrested an absconding fraudster, who had been on the run in a job fraud case since 2023, from New Delhi, informed a senior official on Monday. The accused, identified as Gautam Kumar, a resident of Khagaria district in Bihar, was arrested from Rohini area of New Delhi on December 11, 2025. He was later produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate, Rohini, New Delhi and brought to Odisha on transit remand. After coming across a fake ...Read More >
The Manipur violence that began in May 2023 claimed 260 lives ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * The Supreme Court questioned why full leaked audio clips of Biren Singh were not sent to the lab * The petitioner stated only select audio clippings were sent to Gujarat's National Forensic Sciences University * NFSU reported the audio clips were tampered with and unfit for forensic voice comparison Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Supreme Court on December 15 questioned the manner in which leaked audio recordings linked to the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence were handled during forensic examination, expressing concern that investigators forwarded only selected portions despite having access to the complete material. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and Alok Aradhe took note of an affidavit dated November 20 filed on behalf of the petitioners, which stated that only certain excerpts of the recordings we ...Read More >
Hyderabad: On the death anniversary of India's first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on Monday, Telangana State unit BJP President N Ramchander Rao paid floral tributes to Patel by garlanding his portrait at the party's state office. Speaking to the media, Rao hailed Patel as the architect of modern India, who unified over 560 princely states. He recalled Patel's decisive role in integrating Hyderabad State--comprising present-day Telangana, parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka--into the ...Read More >
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