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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday raised concerns over reports of alleged attacks on Christians in the days leading up to Christmas, warning that such incidents threaten India’s constitutional values and affect society as a whole.
Thailand has issued a clarification following widespread outrage over the demolition of a statue of Lord Vishnu in a disputed border area with Cambodia, asserting that the structure was not a registered religious site and was removed purely for security and territorial management reasons.
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: India’s long-running Maoist insurgency appears to be entering its terminal phase following the killing of Ganesh Uikey, a senior Central Committee member and the top leader of the outlawed movement in Odisha.
London/IBNS: A video of a Mumbai-born law student studying at the University of Oxford strongly criticising Pakistan during a debate at the prestigious Oxford Union has gone viral, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to approach the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court’s order granting interim relief to former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case, media reports said.
Aligarh/IBNS: A teacher at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was shot dead by unidentified assailants on the university campus in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh city on Wednesday night, media reports said.
Bengaluru/IBNS: At least nine people were killed after a private sleeper bus collided with a container truck, triggering a massive fire in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district in the early hours of Thursday, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attended the Christmas morning service at the Cathedral Church of the Redemption in the national capital, as the country marked the festival in the final week of the year.
The Himachal Pradesh doctor, who was caught assaulting a patient lying on a hospital bed in Shimla, has been removed from his post after the video of his act went viral, media reports said on Wednesday
India on Wednesday strongly condemned the demolition of a Hindu deity statue in Cambodia, allegedly by the Thai army, saying such “disrespectful” acts hurt religious sentiments and should not occur amid an ongoing military conflict.
The Unnao rape survivor and her mother met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday evening, hours after the elderly woman was allegedly manhandled by Central paramilitary personnel during a protest against relief granted to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
Guwahati/IBNS: Internet services were temporarily suspended in Assam’s Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong districts after fresh violence erupted between two groups, leaving two people dead and at least 45 others injured, including 38 police personnel, media reports said.
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the situation in Karbi Anglong “has improved” a day after clashes between two groups over alleged illegal settlements left two people dead.
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has promised to give a reconstruction package of USD 450 million to Sri Lanka, a nation which was battered by cyclone in recent months.
Kolkata/IBNS: A court in West Bengal’s Murshidabad on Tuesday convicted 13 people and sentenced them to life imprisonment in connection with the killing of father-son duo Haragobindo Das and Chandan Das during violent anti-Waqf (Amendment) Act protests in Samserganj earlier this year, media reports said.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) inducted the first in-built Pollution Control Vessel (PCV), Samudra Pratap (Yard 1267) on Tuesday under the 02 PCV project of Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).
Thirty Indian nationals were among 49 people recently arrested by US authorities for allegedly residing illegally in the country, according to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
New Delhi/IBNS: Jamia Millia Islamia University has suspended a faculty member after an examination question set by him triggered widespread outrage, media reports said.
The Himachal Pradesh government has suspended a 31-year-old doctor after he was allegedly caught on camera assaulting a patient inside the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla. The incident came to light after a video of the altercation went viral on social media.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra and his wife, former tennis player Himani Mor, at his residence at Lok Kalyan Marg. The meeting comes at the end of a landmark year in Chopra’s career.
Robert Vadra, husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Tuesday fuelled fresh speculation about her future as Prime Minister, saying she enjoys wide public support and that many see echoes of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in her leadership and political commitment.
In a significant political development ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) announced it will contest the polls in alliance with Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Monday appeared to mock Indian authorities after sharing a video from fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya’s birthday celebration, referring to the two of them as the “biggest fugitives of India.”
Kolkata/IBNS: “Do not go to Bangladesh if you don’t want to face consequences,” Kolkata-based sarod player Shiraz Ali Khan has warned Indians after narrowly escaping the chaotic, violent and lawless situation in the country, which is on edge following the killing of prominent anti-India youth activist Sharif Osman Hadi.
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has sharply criticised the recently concluded India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), calling it “neither free nor fair” and warning that it represents a bad deal for New Zealand.
New Delhi/IBNS: Protesters raised slogans against Bangladesh’s interim government and chanted the Hanuman Chalisa during a demonstration outside the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Friday over the killing of a Hindu man, Deepu Chandra Das, in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, media reports said.
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday raised concerns over demographic changes in the state, claiming that nearly 40 per cent of its residents are now of Bangladeshi origin, media reports said.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday hailed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) concluded with India as “excellent,” saying it offers exporters a major opportunity for significant economic gains.
Maharashtra’s political landscape witnessed a swift shift over the past 24 hours, with the BJP-led ruling alliance buoyed by Sunday’s local body election results, while the opposition camp was forced into introspection amid signs of internal strain.
The political standoff between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress over the newly passed G RAM G law, which seeks to replace the 20-year-old MGNREGA, escalated on Monday after the BJP dismissed Sonia Gandhi’s criticism as “mischaracterisations” and “flights of political fancy”.
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