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Arunachal Pradesh calm after three days of violence followed by curfew

The protest was on a panel's recommendation to grant permanent resident certificates to six communities.

SC judge recuses himself from hearing Sajjan Kumar’s plea in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

Justice Sanjiv Khanna refused to hear Kumar's plea Monday who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Navy spots another skeleton in Meghalaya coal mine as county’s longest rescue mission continues

The Indian Navy has spotted a skeleton, suspected to be one of the 15 miners who have been trapped in the coal mine since 13 December.

Blocked fire exits & bust alarms — India’s Parliament is a fire hazard

Just within the past four years, there have been at least three instances of fires in the Parliament House complex.

Modi govt’s interference hurting integrity of statistics system – former data panel chief

PC Mohanan says questions raised about agency’s work by NITI Aayog, withholding of jobs report & lack of statisticians is taking a toll.

PM Narendra Modi set to inaugurate National War Memorial, a nation’s ode to fallen soldiers

There is no entry fee for the National War Memorial, which is meant to honour the thousands of soldiers who’ve died in the line of duty.

Most of the 20 lakh forest dwellers facing eviction don’t know why they’re being ousted

The Supreme Court has ordered that the tribals and forest dwellers whose claims to forest land have been rejected should be evicted by July.

India proposes regulating cross-border data flow in draft policy

The draft policy recommends data on Indians not be used by companies to store abroad, or shared with foreign governments.

73 former IAS, IPS & IFS officers give EC a solution to EVM row, and it’s not paper ballot

The letter, which comes months before the Lok Sabha elections, includes as signatories former NSA Shivshankar Menon & former foreign secretary Nirupama Menon Rao.

National Crime Records Bureau adds more than 5 lakh names to database of sex offenders

The database keeps a record of offenders convicted under charges of rape, gang rape, POCSO and eve teasing.

On Camera

Ghatkopar hoarding collapse a typical Mumbai disaster—too many agencies, no one to blame

As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?