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Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday and said the state should offer engineering and medical education in Tamil in the state. Shahs comments come amid a raging Hindi imposition row in the southern state. Attending the 56th Raising Day of the CISF at Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, the Union home minister said the Centre has now permitted conducting CAPF examinations in regional languages. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has allowed conducting CAPF examinat

7 Mar 2025 11:45 am
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The massive row over the implementation of the National Education Policy in Tamil Nadu continues, with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin stating they will not tolerate Hindi colonialism replacing British colonialism. Chief Minister Stalin also mocked the Bharatiya Janata Partys signature campaign in favour of three-language policy. In a post on social media platform X, Stalin said it was Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who provoked the state into recent series of protests and said, He forg

7 Mar 2025 11:45 am
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The 29-year-old man who was executed in the UAE after being convicted for the murder of an Emirati citizen had rang up his mother a day before his execution. Muhammed Rinash Arangilottu made an emotional phone call to his mother, weeping and pleading for his life. Laila, his mother who left for the UAE for his burial, told reporters that she assured him to do everything possible to bring him back. However, all her efforts ended in vain as Rinash was executed the next day. His burial was held in

7 Mar 2025 11:45 am
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Bharatiya Janata Party acknowledged the significant contribution of the women voters whose voting percentage exceeded their male counterparts by appointing Rekha Gupta as the fourth woman chief minister of Delhi. Now that Womens Day is just around the corner, women concerning issues like safety and security and questions regarding the fulfilment of election promises are making rounds. Women constitute 45 percent of Delhi voters which amounts to approximately 72 lakh votes and Delhis electorate

7 Mar 2025 11:45 am
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Bharatiya Janata Partys chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi on Monday said political parties who dont deliver on their election promises face rejection from the people. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, he pointed to the BJPs recent victory in the Delhi Assembly elections as evidence that voters reject governments that fail to honour their commitments. Delhis verdict is clear when governments fail to fulfil their manifesto promises, the people do not hesitate to choose an alternative, Seth

10 Feb 2025 7:46 pm
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The Supreme Court on Monday directed the central government to file its response on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 8 and 9 of the Representation of the People Act (RP Act), 1951. The petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sought life-long disqualification of MPs and MLAs who have been convicted of criminal offences. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan asked the Centre and the Election Commission of India to file

10 Feb 2025 7:46 pm
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After hearing arguments from all the stakeholders in the case, the Supreme Court of India on Monday reserved its judgement on the alleged West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam. The case involves the cancellation of over 23,000 teaching and non-teaching appointments by the Calcutta High Court in April last year. During the hearing, a division bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, along with Justice Sanjay Kumar, listened to the Central Bureau of Investigation

10 Feb 2025 7:46 pm
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West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose formally started the budget session in the assembly on Monday. In his speech, he praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her government on many fronts, including its welfare schemes, Bengal Global Business Summit, law and order, etc. The relationship between Governor Bose and the state government has been topsy-turvy from the beginning. They have frequently engaged in direct confrontations and counterattacks on various issues. The tug of war

10 Feb 2025 7:46 pm
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The Delhi High Court granted two-day custody parole to Jammu and Kashmir MP and leader of Awami Iteha Party (AIP), Engineer Rashid, on Monday. The Court had reserved its verdict during the last hearing after the National Investigation Agency argued against the parole. The AIP leader was arrested by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in 2019 on charges of terror funding. Last year, Rashid was granted temporary bail to campaign for his party. However, the AIP failed to

10 Feb 2025 7:15 pm
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Security forces have launched a probe after a letter threatening a bomb blast was found onboard an Ahmedabad-bound flight from Saudi Arabia. According to authorities, all passengers have deboarded from the aircraft safely and search operations are underway. According to officials, a threat letter was allegedly found inside the international aircraft during security checks after the flight landed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Security officials said the threat letter was fou

10 Feb 2025 6:50 pm
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The exit of N. Biren Singh as chief minister of Manipur has met with mixed reactions, with both the administration and people in the states hill and valley districts seeing it as a necessary step toward restoring normalcy. However, the real challenge now lies in selecting a consensus leader who can bridge the deep ethnic divide between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities and restart the stalled peace talks. There is growing speculation that the state may come under Presidents Rule, with Governor

10 Feb 2025 6:23 pm