On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Lok Sabha to mark the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, India’s national song, reflecting on its historical significance, its role in the freedom struggle, and the challenges faced by the nation at key milestones in the song’s history. In his address, Modi lamented that when Vande Mataram had completed a

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Lok Sabha on Monday during a special discussion marking 150 years of Vande Mataram, placing the national song at the centre of a sweeping historical and political critique. The PM revisited the song’s origins, its role in the freedom struggle, and its many political flashpoints, while simultaneously targeting the Congress

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The Union government told Parliament on Monday that IndiGo Airlines had raised no concerns during a meeting held on December 1—barely 24 hours before the carrier began mass flight cancellations that have now stretched into a week. Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu, responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha, squarely attributed the crisis to

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the Lok Sabha debate commemorating 150 years of Vande Mataram to launch a sweeping critique of the Congress’s historical stance on the national song. Speaking on Monday during a special discussion, Modi accused India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, of aligning with Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s objections to Vande Mataram and of bending to communal

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What began as a long-awaited family vacation for a Delhi household ended in unimaginable grief when a massive fire tore through a nightclub in Goa’s Arpora in the early hours of Sunday. Twenty-five people lost their lives in the blaze, among them four members of the same family from Karawal Nagar in northeast Delhi. The

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NEW DELHI – A recent global study has revealed that in 2023, nearly half of the world’s population lived in areas where income inequality increased, despite overall economic growth across most nations. The findings, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, provide fresh insight into global disparities and underscore the urgent need to address rising inequality, even

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NEW DELHI – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a total of 6,444 money laundering cases and 2,416 charge sheets against 16,404 individuals and entities since 2014, the government informed Parliament on Monday. The figures, covering more than a decade of investigations, were shared by Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary during proceedings

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NEW DELHI – Congress MP and former Union Minister Ajay Maken on Monday brought attention to the potential ecological consequences of the newly proposed “100-metre rule” for the Aravalli Hills during the Zero Hour of Parliament’s ongoing Winter Session. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Maken expressed deep concern over the dilution of the legal definition

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NEW DELHI/BENGALURU – India’s largest airline, IndiGo, is facing an unprecedented wave of passenger anger and frustration as thousands of travelers struggle to locate their missing baggage following one of the most disruptive episodes in Indian aviation history. The airline, which commands a dominant 65% share of the domestic market, was forced to cancel over

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India’s largest domestic airline, IndiGo, is grappling with mounting passenger frustration as thousands of bags remain lost or delayed in the wake of a week-long operational crisis that saw more than 2,000 flights cancelled. Social media platforms are inundated with photos of luggage piling up in airport terminals, with passengers expressing anger over the mishandling

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