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PM Modi inaugurates IIT campus in Bhubaneswar, launches projects worth Rs 14,523 cr in Odisha

The PM also released a stamp and a coin to commemorate the Paika rebellion of 1817.

5 years on, SIT awaits UP govt’s nod to prosecute 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots accused

The accused allegedly participated in a 'mahapanchayat' at Nagla Mandor and incited violence through their speeches resulting in riots.

Modi govt to give Indian names to 3 Andaman islands

Govt to rename Ross, Neil & Havelock islands as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep and Swaraj Dweep respectively in tribute to the freedom fighter.

In SC appeal, Sajjan Kumar says HC overlooked ‘major contradictions, inconsistencies’

Sajjan Kumar, sentenced in ’84 anti-Sikh riots case, has said Delhi HC did not consider that other political parties may have sought to secure his conviction.   

Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif gets seven years imprisonment in corruption case

The Accountability court found Nawaz Sharif culpable in Al-Azizia case and imposed a USD 2.5 million fine. 

Schools that teach ancient Indian scriptures will now have a CBSE-like board

Modi government is ready with a Vedic board, which will be in charge of granting affiliation to Vedic schools. Ramdev's schools to be first beneficiary.

Industrial, construction activity banned in Delhi’s pollution hotspots for 2 days

Delhi is facing its highest pollution levels since Diwali, with air quality remaining in the 'severe' category for the third consecutive day on Monday.

GST slabs of 12% & 18% could merge with rise in revenues, says Arun Jaitley

In a Facebook post, finance minister Arun Jaitley said a future road map could be to work towards a single standard rate instead of two standard rates of 12 per cent and 18 per cent.

Poll panel chief says Modi’s simultaneous polls desirable goal, but possible only in 2024

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora dismisses tampering allegations, says it's a national pastime to blame the EVM.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot expands cabinet with 23 ministers, including 17 first timers

The council of ministers were finalised by Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot and state Congress leaders after discussions with party chief Rahul Gandhi.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.