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Jagan submits 10 million signatures to governor against 'privatisation' of medical colleges

Hyderabad, Dec. 19 -- YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday described the proposed privatization of medical colleges in the state unde... Read More


India seeks Netherlands support as EU free trade talks enter decisive phase: Jaishankar

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said India is entering what he described as a "decisive phase" in negotiations with the European Union on a free trade agreemen... Read More


Punjab to expand Hunar Shiksha Schools Pilot project: Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains

Amritsar, Dec. 19 -- Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Friday said that the Hunar Shiksha Schools initiative, currently being run as a pilot project in 40 schools across the state, will ... Read More


Rahul Gandhi holds lunch meeting with former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday had a lunch discussion with former Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz during his 5-day visit to Ger... Read More


Slanted-eyes gesture by Miss Finland prompts East Asia outrage and fallout at home

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 19 -- A social media photo posted by Finland's delegate to last month's Miss Universe pageant has ignited widespread backlash across East Asia, spilling into Finnish politics and ev... Read More


Jairam Ramesh slams government's hasty passage of VB-G RAM G Bill reframing MGNREGA

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday slammed the government's hasty passage of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 (VB-G... Read More


Cough syrup nexus: Allahabad HC dismisses pleas challenging FIRs against alleged kingpin, others

PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 19 -- The Allahabad high court on Friday dismissed writ petitions that challenged the FIRs lodged against multiple accused of interstate trafficking of codeine-based cough syrup. Dism... Read More


Jairam Ramesh calls winter session 'pollution session', slams govt lack of debate on pollution

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Centre over air pollution, alleging that the recently concluded winter sitting of Parliament eff... Read More


Gujarat builds semiconductor-focused policing grid for Sanand and Dholera

India, Dec. 19 -- Gujarat's push to emerge as a national semiconductor hub has led to a parallel build-up of a specialised security and policing architecture for the Sanand and Dholera industrial regi... Read More


Haryana assembly: Rare bonhomie witnessed on day 1 of winter session

CHANDIGARH, Dec. 19 -- The opening sitting of the Haryana assembly's winter session unfolded without much hostility--and barring occasional verbal exchanges--especially during the first half of the ne... Read More