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ESIC Extends SPREE 2025 Registration Scheme Till Jan 31, 2026

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has extended the Scheme for Promotion of Registration of Employers and Employees (SPREE 2025) by one month, following representat... Read More


Year-End Review 2025: Operation Sindoor showcases India's military resolve, precision and self-reliance

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- In its Year-End Review for 2025, the Ministry of Defence highlighted Operation Sindoor as a landmark military operation that underlined India's firm resolve against terrorism, tec... Read More


Desperate Pakistan attempts to amplify EAM's Dhaka handshake, pitches for talks to prevent any 'escalation'

Islamabad, Jan. 1 -- The desperation in the Pakistan's top leadership once again came out on Wednesday after Pakistan attempted to amplify what was a courtesy handshake between EAM S Jaishankar and th... Read More


NCLT Indore Rules Interest Not Admissible For Unsecured Claims Without Contractual Proof

Bhopal, Jan. 1 -- The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Indore Bench, has ruled that interest on an unsecured financial claim cannot be admitted merely because interest has been allowed in the cla... Read More


Cigarette Prices from Feb 1: Rs.18 Cigarette May Cost Rs.21? Smoking to Get Costlier as Govt Imposes Fresh Excise Duty

India, Jan. 1 -- Smokers in India should prepare to pay more for cigarettes from February 1, 2026. The central government has announced a fresh excise duty on tobacco products, a move that will increa... Read More


Real test for Modi govt to restore good old relations with Bangladesh: Asaduddin Owaisi

Hyderabad, Jan. 1 -- Amid the growing tensions between India and Bangladesh, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday urged the Modi government to prioritise restoring good old ties with Bangladesh, e... Read More


"Will not bow to malevolent forces," says Mamata Banerjee; issues defiant message on TMC's 28th foundation day

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- : Marking the 28th anniversary of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), West Bengal Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee issued a powerful statement of defiance on T... Read More


South Asian nations' gesture highlights Khaleda's respect, stature: Foreign Adviser

Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday said it was a 'positive gesture' from the South Asian countries towards former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia who earned a kind of ac... Read More


'Came out of prison seriously ill': BNP leader blames Sheikh Hasina for Khaleda Zia's death

India, Jan. 1 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Thursday linked the deterioration of former prime minister Khaleda Zia's health to imprisonment. Nazrul, a BNP Standing... Read More


Kerala CM urges newly elected local govts to focus on development, public welfare

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 1 -- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday extended New Year greetings to the people and said that the newly elected local self-government institutions have a cri... Read More