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Govt introduces Central Excise (Amendment) Bill in LS to impose new levies on tobacco, pan masala

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- The Indian government has introduced two bills in the Lok Sabha: the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, to impose ... Read More


Car plummets from flyover after driver dozes off, one killed

Ghaziabad, Dec. 1 -- A speeding car broke through the railing of the Rajnagar flyover here on Monday and plunged nearly 50 feet into the premises of a PWD office below, leaving a 48-year-old man dead ... Read More


A total of 120 parties seek to contest March 5 elections

Kathmandu, Dec. 1 -- A record number of political parties are contesting the midterm elections for the House of Representatives scheduled for March 5. As the registration deadline ended on Sunday, 12... Read More


S Jaishankar calls for stronger global biosecurity framework, warns of rising bioterrorism threat

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday warned that the threat of biological weapons and bioterrorism is no longer theoretical and urged the international community to mo... Read More


Public savings at risk as debt-ridden Nepal Airlines' finances spiral

Kathmandu, Dec. 1 -- Rs50 billion in debt, on the verge of bankruptcy, eroding public trust, corruption scandals, overstaffing, and chronic mismanagement-these are the reputations Nepal Airlines, the ... Read More


Mohali: CBI court sentences 7 to three years' imprisonment

Mohali, Dec. 1 -- The CBI special court in Mohali has sentenced seven people to three years' imprisonment in a Rs.7.83-crore bank fraud linked to Ludhiana-based firm M/s Manish Traders. The court fou... Read More


'Those who bite are inside': Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury sparks row with a puppy in Parliament

New Delhi/IBNS, Dec. 1 -- The Congress on Monday found itself at the centre of an unexpected row after party MP Renuka Chowdhury arrived at Parliament accompanied by a puppy. The real controversy eru... Read More


PM Modi calls for performance in Parliament; Priyanka Gandhi offers sharp counter

Goa, Dec. 1 -- Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks by saying that raising key public issues in Parliament cannot be dismissed... Read More


EAM highlights India's commitment to full Biological Weapons Convention implementation at 50th BWC conference

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday addressed the inaugural conference on the occasion of '50 Years of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC): Strengthening Bio-secu... Read More


Netanyahu requests a pardon to end his ongoing corruption trial in Israel

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country's president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges, seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitte... Read More