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Better data governance can help states improve welfare delivery

India, Dec. 7 -- Indian states, with their diverse and intensive interactions with citizens and businesses, are responsible for 60% of public expenditure. State governments in India together spend mor... Read More


25 killed as massive fire guts Arpora nightclub in North Goa

India, Dec. 7 -- At least 25 people were killed when a massive fire, reportedly sparked by a series of LPG cylinder explosions, tore through Birch by Romeo Lane - a nightclub in Arpora, a coastal vill... Read More


TIB calls for election manifesto commitments to curb the misuse of powers and religion in politics

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has called on political parties to clearly articulate their positions on the use of money, muscle power, and religion in politics and to re... Read More


Goa Governor visits Goa Medical College following Arpora fire tragedy

Arpora, Dec. 7 -- Following the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa Governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Sunday visited the Goa Medical College where the bodies of the deceased have been kept and the injure... Read More


"Means to create environment of hatred": Congress' Imran Masood on Babri Masjid construction

New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- Alleging that the recent foundation stone laying ceremony in West Bengal's Murshidabad district is an "means to create an environment of hatred in the entire country," Congress MP... Read More


Book Box | A reader in Morocco

India, Dec. 7 -- Dear Reader, I've become obsessed with doors. You see them everywhere in Morocco - ten feet tall, set into the high, windowless walls of the ancient Medina. Burnished oak studded wit... Read More


25 dead, over 50 injured as massive fire engulfs popular Goa nightclub in Arpora

India, Dec. 7 -- A devastating fire tore through the popular nightclub Birch by Romeo Lane in Arpora, North Goa, shortly after 1 am on Friday, leaving 25 people dead and more than 50 others injured, m... Read More


"Five patients with 12% burns recovering very fast; hope to discharge them", says Goa Health Secy on Arpora restaurant-club's fire

Panjim, Dec. 7 -- Goa Health Secretary Yatindra Maralkar on Sunday confirmed that 25 people lost their lives after a massive fire engulfed a restaurant in North Goa's Arpora. Maralkar said the five i... Read More


UMEED central portal for management of Waqf properties officially closes uploads

New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- The UMEED Central Portal for management of Waqf Properties in India, launched by Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju on June 6, officially closed for uploads on Decemb... Read More


"Efforts to make Mosques named after Babar now visible in INDI alliance States": Shehzad Poonawalla on Babri Masjid construction

New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- Reacting to the foundation stone of the Babri Masjid laid by suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir in Beldanga, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla described it as ... Read More