Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday emphasized the immense tourism potential of the Hadoti region in southeastern Rajasthan, describing it as a “remarkable confluence of water, forests, heritage, and culture.” Speaking at the concluding ceremony of the three-day Hadoti Travel Mart at City Park in Kota, Birla reaffirmed the commitment to position the area prominently on the global

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that large parts of the country are likely to witness dense to very dense fog and intensified cold wave conditions over the next four to five days, with minimum temperatures expected to drop further across north and central India. ❄️ Temperature fall ahead 🌫️ Dense fog alert Dense fog

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Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi:West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday alleged that he was denied an opportunity to offer floral tributes at the samadhi of Nair Service Society (NSS) founder Mannath Padmanabhan in Kottayam before assuming office in 2022. The allegation has triggered a public exchange between the Governor and the NSS leadership, with conflicting

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New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Union government to consider taking a decision within four months on revising the wage ceiling under the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Scheme, noting that the limit has remained unchanged for the past 11 years. The court’s direction came while disposing of a petition that highlighted the exclusion

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Panaji:Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday commissioned Samudra Pratap, the Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) first dedicated pollution control vessel, marking a major milestone in India’s maritime safety, environmental protection, and indigenous shipbuilding capabilities. The vessel is not only the first of its kind in the Coast Guard fleet but also the largest ship inducted into the

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Indore:A fresh controversy has emerged in Indore after a man claimed that his 69-year-old relative died of diarrhoea caused by contaminated drinking water in the city’s Bhagirathpura area, which has already been hit by a severe outbreak of water-borne illness. While the family has linked the death directly to the ongoing crisis, health officials have

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Kolkata/Sagar Island:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that she would move the court on Tuesday against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, alleging that the exercise has led to widespread fear, harassment, and administrative arbitrariness. Addressing a public meeting at Sagar Island in South 24

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New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to activist Gulfisha Fatima in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi riots case, observing that she did not exercise independent command, resource control, or strategic oversight over multiple protest sites during the agitation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). In a detailed and strongly reasoned order, the

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Sultan Bathery (Kerala):Congress Working Committee member and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday firmly rejected suggestions that he had strayed from the party’s ideological or political position, saying he had remained consistent with the Congress line throughout his 17-year association with the party. Addressing reporters after attending the Lakshya 2026 leadership camp organised by the

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Itanagar/Hyderabad:Arunachal Pradesh Fisheries Minister Gabriel Denwang Wangsu has made a strong case for a dedicated national policy framework to promote cold-water fisheries in hill and border states, stressing that such an approach is essential to unlock the untapped fisheries potential of ecologically sensitive and geographically challenging regions. Addressing the 12th Governing Body meeting of the

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