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India News | FCI Cashier with Rs 40 Lakh Salary in 6 Years Invested Rs 19 Crore in Stocks: CBI FIR
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July 11, 2025
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) The CBI has found investments amounting to Rs 19 crore allegedly made by a Food Corporation of India (FCI) cashier in Nagaland, whose total earnings from salary over the last six years stands at Rs 40 lakh, officials said...
India News | Mere Protest for Voicing Dissent Hallmark of Democracy: Delhi Court in TMC Protest Case
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July 11, 2025
New Delhi, Jun 11 (PTI) A Delhi court has discharged 10 TMC leaders in a case linked to a protest outside the Election Commission of India despite prohibitory orders, saying a mere protest for voicing dissent was the hallmark of democracy....
India News | "Govt Misleading Backwards Classes of Telangana:" BJP's Ramchander Rao on 42% Reservation for OBCs in Local Body Elections
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July 11, 2025
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 11 (ANI): Terming the Telangana Government decision to approve 42 per cent reservation for OBCs in local body polls "duping", Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao said on Friday that the state government is...
India News | Rain Offers Respite, but Delhi Remains Second Most Polluted City in India: Report
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July 11, 2025
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) Delhi on Friday recorded a maximum temperature of 33.2 degrees Celsius -- two degrees below normal for this time of the year -- after light rain. The national capital remained in the ‘green' zone, which means that no...
India News | Fraudsters Pose as Vigilance Officials, Dupe Octogenarian Doctor in Odisha
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July 11, 2025
Kendrapara, Jul 11 (PTI) Six men posing as vigilance wing officers carried out a fake raid at the home of an 80-year-old doctor in Odisha's Kendrapara district, making off with cash, gold ornaments and other valuables, police said on Friday....
India News | Monsoon Session of Jharkhand Assembly's from Aug 1
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July 11, 2025
Ranchi, Jul 11 (PTI) The monsoon session of the Jharkhand Assembly will commence from August 1, an official said on Friday. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Also Read | Congress' Partap Singh...
India News | Bengali Citizens Harassed During Drive to Identify Illegal Migrants: CPI Leaders Write to Shah
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July 11, 2025
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) CPI(M) leaders Brinda Karat and Anurag Saxena on Friday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah, and said they have received several complaints of "harassment of genuine citizens" during the ongoing exercise for "identification of...
India News | Kota Rail Division Probes if Senior Officials Flouted Motor Trolley Safety Norm, Beat Signal Staff
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July 11, 2025
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) The Kota Rail Division has initiated a probe after a signal staff alleged that senior engineering officials assaulted him when he tried to stop them from using motor trolleys for track maintenance in blatant violation of...
India News | 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' a Commitment to Conserve Environment: Speaker Om Birla
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July 11, 2025
Kota (Rajasthan), Jul 11 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday said that the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign is more than planting trees and it is a commitment to conserve the environment in providing a sustainable future for coming...
India News | Kharge, Rahul Gandhi Ask Odisha Leaders to Fight Unitedly Against BJP
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July 11, 2025
Bhubaneswar, Jul 11 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party stalwart Rahul Gandhi on Friday gave a clear message to the party leaders in Odisha to fight unitedly against the BJP government in the state. Kharge and Gandhi held...
India News | Almost All Major Roads in Monsoon Disaster-hit Areas of Mandi Opened: Himachal CM
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July 11, 2025
Mandi (HP), July 11 (PTI) Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced on Friday that nearly all major roads in the Mandi district, which were affected by monsoon disasters, have been reopened, with ongoing efforts to restore link roads at a...
India News | Andaman & Nicobar Command, Coast Guard Rescue 2 Foreign Nationals from Mid-sea
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July 11, 2025
Port Blair, Jul 11 (PTI) The Andaman and Nicobar Command along with Indian Coast Guard rescued two foreign nationals from a US-registered sailing yacht which was adrift in extremely rough sea conditions due to engine and sail failure near the...
China the big winner as Trump slaps massive copper tariffs to crush Canada
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July 11, 2025
President Donald Trump’s plan to impose a sweeping 50 percent tariff on all copper imports to the United States is sending shockwaves through North American supply chains. But while the goal is to strengthen American industry, experts warn the...
Chinese man who studied at Oxford, NTU, other universities but ended up as food delivery worker sparks conversation on ‘the point of education’
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July 11, 2025
SINGAPORE: Ding Yuanzhao made the news this week for being perhaps the most qualified food delivery rider in the world. His story, first told in the Chinese news portal 163.com, has since been retold on news sites in the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore,...
China cracks down on women writing gay erotica, some face up to 10 years in jail
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July 11, 2025
BEIJING, July 11 — Chinese women who publish homoerotica online say they are being threatened with fines and jail time, as increasing enforcement of vague obscenity charges targets a rare space for LGBTQ identity and feminism. In recent months,...
India at Prime Speed: Samir Kumar and the New Age of Amazon
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July 11, 2025
Bengaluru: In the summer of 2012, Samir Kumar found himself back in India, trying to piece together a team and a vision inside a modest incubation space. Amazon India hadn’t yet launched. E-commerce was still a dot on the horizon, mostly urban,...
India News | Byrnihat Most Polluted City in India in First Half of 2025: Analysis
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July 11, 2025
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) Byrnihat, located on the Assam-Meghalaya border, ranked as the most polluted city in India in the first half of 2025 while Delhi stood a distant second, according to a new analysis. According to the analysis by independent...
India News | AAP Will Go It Alone in Bihar Assembly Polls: Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh
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July 11, 2025
Patna, July 11 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh on Friday said his party will contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections independently, even as he backed INDIA bloc's allegation of voter list manipulation at the behest of the BJP. In a...
India News | India Must Fill Funding Gaps Faced by Institute That Played Key Role in Green Revolution: Ramesh
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July 11, 2025
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) India must fill the funding gaps being faced by the Mexico-based International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre that played a crucial role in sustaining the Green Revolution, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Friday...
India News | Sitharaman Inaugurates 72 Digital Libraries, Lays Foundation Stones for Key Projects in Meghalaya
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July 11, 2025
Shillong, Jul 11 (PTI) Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday inaugurated 72 digital libraries and laid foundation stones for multiple key infrastructure and development projects worth over Rs 1,500 crore in...